When Dimity gets a 24-hour ultimatum from the bank to sort out her finances or lose both Ponsonby homes, Stuart bears the full force of her sky-rocketing stress-levels. Into this fraught atmosphere comes Caroline, Dimity's old best friend and Stuart's one-time lover, now with just weeks to live, on a mission to make peace with the past. Julian, freaked out at home and desperate to win Amber back from her journalist lover, tries to move in next door with Arthur, who is forced to shatters his illusions.