Finding Adam doing more research in the office Brian recommends he leaves it for Stella when she’s back. But Adam’s discovered Stella’s quit and won’t be coming back – when was Brian planning to tell him this? Brian insists he can talk Stella round, but gets short shrift when he calls her. Undeterred, he arranges to meet her later. Trying a charm offensive Brian apologises for his reaction over her bringing in the BL harvest, but Stella reiterates that her patience has worn out and she won’t be coming back to Home Farm. She has other plans, including getting a new dog. She’s sure Brian will find a replacement for her. Later while relaxing at Grey Gables with Pip, Stella can’t avoid Adam, who takes his turn to try and change her mind, emphasising how much stress Brian is under. Stella’s answer is still no, backed up by Pip, and even Adam has to agree that the insults Brian threw at Stella last week were unforgivable.

Kirsty and Pip agree the church could make a great new home for the shop if potential plan goes ahead. Kirsty wonders how she ended up agreeing to have Kate lodge at Willow Farm – she’s already planning to make changes. However when Kirsty gets home she’s delighted to find Kate’s transformed the living room into a vision of Scandinavian chic. Meanwhile Brian’s disquiet over the mess at Home Farm leads Kate to delay her move. She tells Kirsty she’s sorry, but she doesn’t think she can leave her dad on his own right now.