On this week’s episode of Home and Away in Australia, Mackenzie is given a chance to save Salt as she starts to run out of alternatives, but will she accept it because she is too proud?
Mackenzie Booth (Emily Weir) is searching for an investor to preserve the company after miraculously avoiding jail time following the illicit poker nights at Salt.
Although Mac was appreciative by the judge’s leniency, the hefty fine she received and her good behavior bond have simply made matters worse by increasing the debt that initially drove her to host the evenings.
Not only that, but Mac has recently lost her boyfriend Logan (Harley Bonner) after he discovered her lie, forcing her to move in with her brother Dean (Patrick O’Brien) and his girlfriend Ziggy (Sophie Dillman). She was kicked out of the pier apartment for being months overdue on the rent.
When employee Felicity (Jacqui Purvis) arrived and mentioned that she had another solution to bring the company out of debt, Mac was in a particularly bad place.
Flick was offended that Mac had assumed her proposal was bad because the poker nights were her idea in the first place and was ready to dismiss her before even hearing what she had to say.
Subsequently, when she realized her blunder, Mac apologized to Flick and asked for her assistance. She later revealed to Dean that it was more a case of her not wanting to pull people into her mess once more.
They only required one wealthy investor, as Flick noted, and when Mac was asked if she knew of anyone, she said that she was on good terms with an ex-boyfriend who had made it big and now owned a number of properties in the city. Later, Mac requested Flick to go with her to the city with her so she could help sell her business idea to a few potential investors.
This week, it appears that the journey to the city was for nothing because none of the high-flyers showed any indication of being interested. As she converses with Flick, she acknowledges that the thought of having a third party invest in the company doesn’t really appeal, especially because it would entail giving up some control to a potential stranger.
Flick, Dean, and Ziggy are disappointed when Mac lists Salt for sale since they feel they have no other choice.
She must struggle for it because she adores this location. As Dean and Ziggy watch Mac hang the sign from the balcony, Dean makes a remark.
Ziggy suggests that perhaps she wants to sell in order to minimize her losses and take control of the situation before it is upended from beneath her.
However, Flick quickly devises a strategy and heads off to find her brother Cash (Nicholas Cartwright).
When Flick later suggests that Mac invest herself, making the two of them equal partners, Mac is astonished!
It’s a far cry from having a stranger on board, but while Mac was prepared to give Flick control of Salt if she was imprisoned, sharing ownership is a different matter entirely.
Will Mackenzie agree to let Flick invest in Salt when there are so many things that could go wrong? Or will she succumb to pride?
Although Rose (Kirsty Marillier) and Xander (Luke Van Os) agreed to remain in Summer Bay and try to put their differences with Cash behind them, tension between the three has continued to grow this week.
Since spending a night out drinking together and then recovering in Rose’s car, Rose and Cash have been at odds. Despite the fact that nothing occurred between them, Cash has refrained from notifying Rose’s sister, Jasmine, and his girlfriend (Sam Frost).
The fact that Rose has acknowledged her desire to Cash hasn’t helped the problem, and she was embarrassed when he promised her that nothing would happen between them, which irritated Xander.
Rose informed Cash that they would only interact socially at family functions and that they would work together exclusively in order to prevent any potential embarrassing moments.
In an effort to further remove herself from Cash last week, Rose asked her manager to assign them to different shifts, but he was unable to do so. Rose contemplated leaving the bay completely as a result.
Cash was the one to finally recognize his mistake and expressed regret that his behavior was driving Rose away when he had previously promised Jasmine he would watch out for her and Xander.
Rose accepted handyman Tex Wheeler’s (Lucas Linehan) offer of a drink and decided to stay and move into the pier apartment with Xander.
However, this week, when Cash hears of the request Rose had made to their supervisor before they were able to resolve their differences, old wounds are once again exposed.
Cash is enraged that Rose has potentially damaged his reputation and is concerned about what the sarge would think now that Rose has requested not to work with him.
Rose rushes out of the room because she is upset, and Xander later discovers his sister sobbing.
The following day, when the three of them get again for lunch, Rose chooses to invite Tex along—possibly to prove to Cash that she’s done with him.
“I consider Tex’s entrance into Rose’s life to be incredibly serendipitous. He provides her with a way “out” of the uncertainty around Cash and Jasmine,” Kirsty said to Yahoo Lifestyle. You’ll have to wait and see how this new Summer Bay romance develops, but I think this may be the beginning of something wonderful.
But when Cash and Rose begin arguing once more in the middle of the diner, Xander decides that enough is enough and intervenes to confront Cash.
According to Luke, Rose and Xander have a close relationship. Like all siblings, they fight a lot, but Xander would do anything to keep his older sister safe.
Is Xander going to make a decision he’ll later regret?
