After another bust-up with Uncle Ari, an exasperated Nikau teams up with an equally frustrated Bella to escape Summer Bay for an evening…
Ari Parata (Rob Kipa-Williams) remains firmly in the line of sight of John Palmer as the week begins, with John’s continued frustration of Ari’s friendship with wife Marilyn (Emily Symons).
Meeting Marilyn on the beach to try and talk things through, Ari happens to walk by at the wrong moment which sets John off again. He later turns down an invite to Ben Astoni’s birthday party by making an excuse that he needs to work, but when questioned by Dean (Patrick O’Connor) he admits that he’d feel awkward with Marilyn there.
In the meantime, Marilyn invites the whole of the Parata family along to the party so that they can meet some new people.
However when John changes his mind and heads over to the farmhouse to join the celebrations, the first thing he sees is Marilyn laughing with Ari, which displeases him immensely.