The Braithwaite family seems fragmented for good, as Sarah and baby William move in with David. Charlotte's determination to get the family back on track involves a appearance on a TV quiz show, but Alison refuses point blank - they're no longer a 'normal' family. There's an expensive offer for Virginia to make to Megan in the aftermath of the drunken previous night and Alison finally meets up with Graham. He tells her he's in love with her too, but she refuses to have an affair with him and put another woman through that sort of pain. But he and Helen are getting a divorce, so she relents, and they begin seeing one another. But someone is watching them.

David has hired a private detective to follow Alison - and his worst fears have been realised. He confronts her about the affair and asks if they can get back together. But Alison and Graham are planning to get married. As a parting shot, David drops a bombshell about his brother: perhaps Graham's motives aren't as romantic as they seem. When Sarah catches David and Elaine together, she swallows her pride and returns to her mother. And there's another shock for Virginia when unsuspecting Mike arrives to tell her that Megan has left him - can she cover up her re-kindled affair to Tamsin, or will she find herself alone? Alison has an announcement to make to the girls: Graham is moving in.

Charlotte goes missing, but when she is found in David's attic, she asks Alison to tell Graham to leave the mansion. Alison's caught in a dreadful dilemma - should she compromise her love for Graham for the sake of her children? And how will Helen help her? Meanwhile at the Trust, over a quarter of a million pounds has gone missing and to everyone's shock, Pauline is the prime suspect. When Graham returns to the mansion demanding to be allowed in, Charlotte takes matters into her own hands.