Thorne invites the family to breakfast so he can announce an offer on the house, but Ishara and Eben contest this decision. When Ishara tries to search for her father, she discovers a link to a woman he was once with called Ella. In the meantime, Van As sends out another thug, who ends up in a violent showdown with Eben in his trailer.

Rosie's funeral draws the community together, but when Freddy doesn't show up, a heartbroken Mack travels to Springbok to find and confront Freddy. Hugo, one of Van As's thugs, threatens Jana and Eben, so Lucy sabotages his truck. Hugo is bitten by a Cape Cobra and ends up crawling through the desert. Upon being saved by a traditional healer, Hugo swears revenge on the Greyling family.

Ishara and Johnny track down Freddy and force him to return to Desert Rose. Williams follows a hot lead on Hugo's abandoned truck back to Van As in Springbok. Eben reunites with his father and confronts him about abandoning them. Thorne appears with news of a sale offer, but Freddy kicks him out the house; however, Thorne takes his anger out on Jana by attacking her.