Joe opened the door to find Robert Sugden standing outside the Home Farm kitchen. He remembered him vaguely from when he was a child, hanging around with his brother Andy on the grounds. He knew that his mother's stepfather, Joe Sugden, had been Robert's uncle, but he hadn't had much to do with Rachel's side of the family, although Robert's parents had been at Joe's parents wedding. Robert was accompanied by a teenage boy who must be Rebecca's nephew.

"She thinks she still lives here," he explained, glancing at the kitchen table where Rebecca still sat, looking into space. "I've tried telling her, but nothing's going in."

"Well, did she say what she was doing here? What she wanted?" asked the teenage boy anxiously.

"Nothing I could make out. I just thought that if I called the pub someone there would know who to get hold of..."

"It was a good call," said Robert, looking at Rebecca.

"I gave her a cup of hot sweet tea, that's what you're supposed to do." Joe could hear himself rambling, not wanting to mention the kiss. "And a pair of socks, her feet were freezing."

"Well, I appreciate everything you've done, but we've got this," said Robert, a little dismissively, as he went to greet Rebecca.

"Bex! We've been worried about you! How did you get here?"

"Taxi," said Rebecca, looking surprised at the question. "I thought Dad would pay, but I found some money."

"What'd you leave for, Rebecca?" asked Lachlan. "You were doing so well."

Robert lifted the car seat he was carrying and placed it on the table. Rebecca's face lit up as she saw the baby inside.

"Seb! Hello my baby. Hello my boy," she cooed as she picked him up, Joe watching as she cradled him. It was obvious how much she loved him, and Joe thought of his own mother with a pang.

"You can go now," she told Robert firmly.

"Go?" Robert echoed. "Bex, I'm looking after him, while you're getting better."

"No." Rebecca looked at Robert as a memory came back to her. "You tried to steal him. You took him, from the car, from his car seat."

"I'm his dad," Robert explained to Joe, who must have been looking at him strangely.

"We were going on a journey," said Rebecca, the confusion evident in her voice. "I can't remember where..."

"Should she be talking about this?" asked Joe, concerned, as he approached Rebecca.

Rebecca continued to ramble, about going far away, about having to leave 'Dog', not making any sense. Robert reminded her what had happened, how the car crash had come about.

"Where are Dad and Chrissie?" asked Rebecca faintly. Robert and Lachlan looked sad and guilty in response.

Rebecca's face crumpled. "No. No." She turned to Joe and he instinctively put his arms around her as she cried on his shoulder, Seb looking up at them.

"Hey, hey," Joe soothed, looking at Robert and Lachlan for support as Rebecca clung to him. It should have been awkward, comforting a woman he barely knew, but somehow it wasn't, maybe because he understood her grief.

Rebecca finally stopped crying, her head still resting on Joe's shoulder. Robert stepped up, holding out his arms for the baby. "Here, I'll take Seb." Rebecca reluctantly handed him over, wiping tears away.

"We'll take you back to Victoria's," said Lachlan. "She said you can stay there..."

"And Seb?" said Rebecca, still drying her eyes.

"Yes, Seb too," said Robert quietly. "I'll take you there, then I'll go and get your things from the hospital."

Rebecca slowly followed Robert and Lachlan to the door.

"If there's anything I can do..." Joe offered.

"Thanks," replied Robert. "We've got this." Joe watched as they left Home Farm, Rebecca turning to look uncertainly back at him before Robert closed the door behind her.

Joe sighed and sunk down at the kitchen table. It had been a very strange day, with the girls from the nightclub visiting, Noah turning up and then Rebecca. Suddenly, his feud with the Dingles didn't seem so important anymore.