Donald tells Mpumi that he still loves her. He tells her that he has had a hard look within, and he feels that the reason for his coldness towards her was that he was hurting. He wants to fix things, and this leaves Mpumi confused. She mulls the news over with her family, who urges her to go to New York. She later decides that she wants to live her life and will move forward with moving to New York. This news comes as a surprise to Donald as he was sure that he had his family back together again.

uleng almost got away with fooling Papi about her affair with Mandla. He puts two and two together, and she cannot escape this predicament when he finds a watch that belongs to Mnadla on the side table. Papi then calls Mandla, who comes out of hiding and doesn't seem remorseful. Papi is very angry but still seeks an explanation that Puleng cannot give.

Thumbeza is out of town and things go south almost immediately. While Nomafu is out, she bumps into Vero and it becomes a good time as they share drinks but next thing they know, there's young man eyeing her and it doesn't take long for him to work his charm and takes her to a hotel room.

Mabutho created a whole situation when he tried to defend himself after being caught but instead ended up almost killing Zweli and now all eyes are on the Hlophes to come clean. They sit and come up with a plan to take him out and after visiting the hospital and seeing Lindiwe, Bukhosi concludes that he'll be able to execute easily.