10/01/2024

Henry is running late. When Helen asks him to sign Pat’s card he is uncharacteristically rude and storms off to school. Whilst this is going on, Helen is on the phone to Natasha who wishes her luck for her therapy session later. She offers to go with her but Helen says she’ll be fine. Later Henry confides in one of his teachers about the situation at home. He tells him he wouldn’t want anything from Rob, but he does feel envious that Jack had a dad. Henry gets upset and his teacher tells him his mum would want to know and just wants him to be happy. Henry counters that if that were the case, she would have stayed with Lee and it’s all Rob’s fault. Helen and Natasha are having a debrief when they are interrupted by Henry who seems buoyed by his chat with Mr Reid. Helen is surprised and Natasha suggests you can’t change the past but you can change how you move forward.Lily and Oliver bump into each other and have an awkward conversation about how many Lower Loxley staff have gone to Grey Gables. Oliver jokes that perhaps Lily’s university studies would make her an ideal candidate for the hotel. Later on, having thought about their conversation, Lily goes to find Oliver. She tells him that as part of her course she’s required to do work placements and how Grey Gables would be ideal. Oliver makes positive noises, telling her he’ll have to square it with Roy and Adil but offers to show her around in the meantime.