Jo gets the chance to cement her place at Riverside Kate is anxious about her pregnancy, but she still can't tell Mac. At work she meets an old friend, Sue, who's convinced she's pregnant too. Later, however, Sue finds out that she is in fact not pregnant. She urges Kate to tell Mac about her own pregnancy, as soon as possible. Ruth tells elderly Amelia Vithana that she needs to get rid of her cats to stop her asthma .
Amelia is distraught.
But it turns out the cats are not to blame. Amelia, who makes wooden sculptures, is reacting to the wood instead. An extremely relieved Amelia is told that her feline friends can stay. Candy discourages her boyfriend Justin from coming to Riverside, even though he has bad stomach pains , and heads off to work. An insecure Jo arrives early and Candy is clearly put out by her presence.