Drover's Run...A week after the court case..

Alex pulls his ute to a halt near the house gate and inhales as he watches Stevie striding away from him.

Jodi turns and looks at him extends her arms from her sides and shrugs.

He shakes his head then putting his hand on the car door opens it and unfolds himself from the cabin.

Nick walks out and greets him.

...

Nick follows his brothers line of sight and remarks. " Still won't talk to you?"

"Mate she won't even look at me." Alex remarks as he closes the door.

Tess, Jodi and Kate are having a difficult time dealing with Stevie's anger.

Nick doesn't have a problem as she's basically refused to acknowledge him other than when she has too.

After all he was Harry's son and Alex's brother knowing them put him into the same category as far as she was concerned.

...

When ever she was fighting with Alex her mood was always grumpy and this time it was worse than they had ever experienced before .

All the girls were at a loss as to how to cheer her up.

She'd flatly refused to speak to Alex since the court case and even though he'd tried everything he could think of nothing would convince her to forgive him for bareing her life so publicly.

It was bad enough that almost everything about her life had been made public property but his confession was too much.

Especially as he hadn't told her first.

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Sandra was recovering in hospital after Fiona's vicious attack on her in the courthouse car park.

All had been captured on security cameras.

Sandra's constant digs at Fiona had pushed her too far and as their verbal fight erupted Sandra had made a fatal mistake that led Fiona to realize that it was actually Sandra that had poisoned Harry.

Fiona's life was in tatters.

Alex's anger was swift, first throwing her off Kilarney then having the marriage annulled.

The humiliation of it all had rocked her self esteem and embarrassed her family greatly and Fiona had laid the blame completely at Sandra's feet .

Her sadness had festered into rage and she unleashed it all behind the wheel of the car.

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As Sandra was being attended to in the car park Fiona had raged around her yelling abuse and revealing Sandra's guilt in the demise of Harry Ryan.

Sandra had snarled back at Fiona and had implicated herself in front of not only bystanders but the ambulance workers and several policemen.

Her fate was sealed and Stevie's changed.

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Throwing wire and the tools used from the day's work around the shed Stevie fumes.

He's here again and she'll have to sit through yet another dinner with him and the others.

" Do you think you could do that with a little more care?" Tess asks from the doorway of the shed.

Stevie stops and turns her demeanour wild.

" Why is he here again ? Did you invite him for dinner?" Stevie accuses.

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Tess is fed up with Stevie's attitude and snarls back." No I didn't and for your information Nick and Alex have a Farmer's Council meeting tonight and Alex is just here to pick him up. This is my home and he's my husbands brother I have every right to invite him whenever I choose and he has the right to come to visit. If you have a problem with that then maybe it's time you found somewhere else to live."

Without waiting for an answer Tess storms from the shed.

Stevie stands angrily staring at the door.

Turning she throws the pliers from her hand against the shed wall.

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Jodi and Kate have disappeared inside to wash up and Nick and Alex watch as Tess walks swiftly towards them.

Her face shows an anger neither have seen before.

" Are you alright? Nick asks.

" Bloody brilliant!" She snarls as she moves passed them.

Nick and Alex exchange looks.

" I'll go this way." Nick says.

"Yep and I'll go this way." Alex replies.

"I'd be careful if I was you." Nick states.

" Yep." Alex responds as he moves towards the shed.

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