Max keeps vigil at Bradley's bedside

In the aftermath of the explosion, Dot attempts to convince a frightened Dotty that Nick's finally out of their lives. At that moment, there's a bang on the door - it's the police. Dot's cagey about their presence, but insists that she knows nothing of his whereabouts. The police leave with no leads but urge Dot to call if she hears anything from him. Meanwhile, the doctors have told Max that Bradley has suffered flash burns and has shards of glass in his eye, and the worried father decides to head to the hospital to be with his son. After Tanya makes her excuses as to why she can't go with him, Max heads across the Square to Dot's and blames her for Bradley's condition. Unnerved by the accusations, Dot asks him to leave.

Later, Dotty tells her grandma that she's convinced Nick will return as a clearly upset Dot questions how she could have been so stupid as to allow Nick back into her life again and blames herself for everything that's happened. Max heads to the hospital alone as Tanya and Syd shunned his suggestion that they go see Bradley. However, Tanya soon arrives and sympathetically takes Max's hand.

Heather stops by Dot's to check that she's okay, and after a frank conversation about recent events, Heather tells Dot that she can't blame herself for the fire. Asking Heather to look after Dotty, Dot rushes out of the door, hospital-bound. As Max and Tanya await news of Bradley's condition, Dot appears in the doorway. When she sees Bradley with burns and an eye patch, she's overcome with a heavy guilt and backs out of the room, unable to shoulder the burden of her son's actions. Upon returning home, Dot can't bear to think or talk about the situation any longer and orders Heather out of the house so she can be alone…

Elsewhere, Dawn's modelling photos arrive and Garry's quite surprised when he sees them - she's modelling jewellery; Whitney's mystery man bumps into her again at the park; Garry claims that his relationship with Dawn will suffer if she continues modelling; the locals blame Christian for the fire; Whitney's conversation with her mystery man becomes awkward when she begins asking a few too many personal questions for his liking; the first cracks begin to show in Garry and Dawn's relationship when he refuses to babysit Summer while she goes to work; Lucy asks Christian for money to buy her silence about the fire; and Phil offers Dawn a stash of money - but will she accept it?