Leah’s a little disappointed given they always go to Salt (and your plans to stay at home are more imaginative how, Leah?), but soon comes into the belief that there’s more to it.
However, when Leah later tries to gather info from Xander (Luke Van Os) about their booking, she’s confused when he states that no such booking has been made.
Leah later realises that Theo knows something about Justin’s lie, and he’s forced to spill the truth about what Justin’s been up to with Claudia. Leah’s fuming that her husband would lie about it for weeks, and when she fails to get hold of either Justin or Claudia, she instead manages to talk to Claudia’s husband Eric, who strangely asks to meet up with her in person.
Meanwhile, Claudia has finally had her arm cast removed, but claims that it will still be a few weeks before it’ll be fully healed so that she’s able to drive. Although Justin is expecting to take her home, she instead asks him to take her to a remote cabin belonging to one of her clients, so she can assess it.
Although Justin is happy that the end of their arrangement is in sight, Claudia can’t help but lament the fact that she’ll soon be returning to normality.
As it turns out, that normality may not quite be as she claims. When Eric turns up at the diner to meet Leah and Theo, he announces that Claudia and Justin are having an affair! Eric is so sure of his claim that he has kicked Claudia out, explaining that he knows the signs and that she has done this before.
Back at the cabin, it’s clear that Claudia is trying to prolong her time with Justin as much as possible.
With Justin’s help she has already completed all the tasks, and so Justin is ready for them to head off. As she puts on her coat, she winces in pain leading Justin to help her.
But Claudia takes the opportunity to plant a kiss on him!
Stunned, Justin pulls away as he asks what’s going on. Claudia expresses her belief that things have changed between them, and can sense that Justin is unhappy with Leah considering he’s lying to her about their arrangement. Now that Eric has thrown her out, she sees no problem in taking things further.
Justin puts Claudia straight, explaining that nothing will ever happen between them, before storming outside.
When Claudia finishes up inside, Justin is desperate to head home, having found that there’s no phone signal, but Claudia instead wants to talk things through.
Justin realises his car keys are missing and goes searching, but when Claudia eventually admits to having them, she tosses them away.
Despite the keys clearly not landing much more than a few feet away, Justin is somehow unable to find them, and continues to search as night falls.
Apologising, Claudia insists that he at least come back inside, but Justin refuses to go anywhere with her.
