"We've reached a dead-end with the investigation," Aden tells Charlie and Georgie once he'd closed the door behind them. "And I hate to say it, but we may not get this guy unless we have another fire, even then, it's a long shot."

"Do you think your profile is wrong?" asks Charlie.

"Not necessarily wrong, more of an underestimate on my part. This guy uses a different MO, yet despite that and the different planning needed for each fire, he still doesn't leave any evidence behind and that has me thinking he's a lot more experienced at this than I first thought and when I say that, I mean it's more than just going somewhere and practicing. I'm thinking he had previous experience in burning buildings down before he did the first fire."

"There haven't been any unexplained fires in the area before the first one though," Georgie points out.

"Not in Summer Bay, no."

"He's not a local or at least he's new to the area," Charlie gets onto Aden's train of thought. "There's not that many newbies in the area, it shouldn't take too long to check them out."

"We need to identify them and then check with the local police at their previous locations to see if there were similar fires during the time they lived there."

"Wouldn't you have a record of that?"

Aden smiles at Charlie. "Only if the Property Crime Squad was called in and unfortunately, not all stations like to call in outside help."

"Joey, if you keep looking like that, you'll have the customers wanting to drown their sorrows too."

"What?" Joey responds vaguely.

Taking Joey gently by the arm, Martha leads her to a quiet corner of the Club. "Georgie called me earlier and warned me you might not be at your best."

Joey looks at her blankly, before blushing when she realises what Martha meant. "It should never have happened Martha."

"But it did and I think you really need to look at the reason why it happened."

Joey looks away. "I feel so guilty. I was raised to respect and honour commitment and marrying Angelo was a commitment."

Martha frowns. There was something about the way Joey said commitment that had her wondering if there was something more going on. "Joey, I know you love Angelo and believe in your marriage vows, but it's becoming increasingly obvious to not just Georgie and I, that Charlie was more than just a one night stand."

"I thought I'd never see her again and that I could forget her," she finally admits after some hesitation.

Her look of guilt and despair nearly broke Martha's heart. She squeezes Joey's hand gently. "And now she's back in your life and all the feelings from that night have come back," Martha guesses. All Joey could do was nod. "I know your vows mean a lot to you, but you can't go on like this Joey, it's not fair to all involved, including yourself."

"I know that but I don't know what to do."

"You're going to need to do some serious thinking and come to a decision."

"Just like that?"

"Of course not. This isn't something you can rush into, but there will come a time when you will need to decide whether you love Angelo enough to stay in a marriage with him or if Charlie is the one you want to be with." Martha holds Joey's gaze. "Are you in love with Charlie?"

Charlie flinches when a screwed up bit of paper hits her squarely between the eyes. "Georgie!"

"Sorry, but you haven't responded to words."

Sighing heavily, Charlie admits that she just can't concentrate.

"No shit but at least try to look like your working or you'll have His Majesty on your back and he's the last person you want there."

"I just can't believe how things have gotten so fucked up because of a woman."

"You can't help who you fall for or stop your feelings Charlie."

"No, but I should be able to control them better than I did this morning."

"You just need to make sure you don't get into situations where you can lose control like that again. Change the time you run or run somewhere else and try not to be alone with her, at least until she's made a decision."

Her cousin was making sense, but Charlie looked forward to her morning run ins with Joey and she wasn't sure if she could stay away from Joey even if she wanted to.

Georgie rolls her eyes at her cousin's faraway look. "I'll just go back to talking to myself then," she murmurs.

She hadn't answered Martha's question, at least not out loud, but ever since Martha had asked, Joey had been going over it in her mind. She hated how things had turned out and she dreaded the decision she was eventually going to be forced to make because whatever she decided, someone was going to get hurt. She tries to shrug off her thoughts when she hears Angelo coming in the front door. Her eyes widen in surprise when he holds out a bunch of roses and a box of her favourite chocolates.

"I was way out of line last night and for that, I'm sorry."

Taking the flowers, Joey breaths in the scent. "They're lovely."

"I've been a crappy husband lately, demanding things of you without giving anything back. I should be supporting you in your job, just as you support me in mine."

Despite the sincerity of his words, Joey had a feeling Angelo didn't really believe them, but not wanting to start another argument, she smiles and thanks him for the flowers and chocolate.

"You are the most important person in my life Joey," his words driving a knife of guilt into Joey. "And I know our marriage didn't start off the way I'd have liked but this marriage is the best thing that has ever happened for me and I'm willing to make whatever compromises are needed to make this a long and happy union."

Joey concentrates on the flowers in her hand.

"I promise you Joey, if you want space, I'll give you space, if you want to go back to the city, we'll go back to the city and if you want to work more, I'll support you every step of the way." He leans in, gently pressing his lips to hers. "Whatever you want Joey, I'll give to you," he promises.

"Angelo."

He places a finger to her lips. "I mean it Joey." Before Joey could say anything, Angelo steps back. "I'm going to change, then we can sit down to tea and just have a relaxing evening."

Heading home after a long day at work, Charlie's attention is drawn to what looked like smoke in the distance. Worried, she speeds toward it, the car screeching to a halt when she sees the warehouse on fire. Reaching for her mobile, she calls it in, just as a figure runs from the building. "Hey!" she yells out. The figure stops for a moment, before disappearing around the corner. About to run after him, Charlie notices a light still on in the building and a car parked around the side. Fearing someone else could be trapped inside, she rushes into the burning building. Covering her mouth against the thick smoke, she struggles to see further than a metre in front of her. "Hello, is anyone in here?" she yells as loud as she could. Moving further into the building, she yells again. Hearing nothing except the fire roaring closer and becoming disorientated in the smoke, she stumbles over something on the floor.

Coughing and getting to her knees, she realises she'd tripped over a man. "Oh my god." Reaching out to him, the last thing she sees before everything goes black were the flames getting even closer.