04/06/2024

Published: June 4, 2024, 6:15 p.m.

At Grey Gables, Oliver wonders why confused Mick is behind reception \u2013 clearly the rota has gone awry, and Oliver misses Roy. Mick needs to smarten up and Lily rebukes him following a complaint from a guest about a comment he made.\nJoy phones the hotel as she\u2019s found some expensive missing glasses at the shop belonging to a guest. Mick\u2019s concerned about Joy being back working in the shop, with her arm still in a sling, and surprises Joy with news he\u2019s bought a motor home. Oliver collects the glasses, and some shoe polish for Mick, who will also need to move his motor home from the hotel\u2019s staff car park. \nJakob identifies another horse with Strangles and worried Lilian needs to find some crucial paperwork, but can\u2019t ask Alice again \u2013 who swears she filled it in. Can Lilian be confident Alice wasn\u2019t drinking while at work? Lilian doesn\u2019t know, and Jakob feels na\xefve for being taken in by Alice about her drinking. Oliver wonders how this Strangles issue could have happened and whether it\u2019s human error. \nJoy visits Mick in his motor home, which doesn\u2019t look ideal. Joy wants to apologise for how she reacted at her surprise party. Mick knows he shouldn\u2019t have looked through Joy\u2019s address book, and Joy asks that they just agree to keep some things private. Mick explains why he kept his new job at Grey Gables secret, and Joy admits that there are some personal things of her own that she can\u2019t talk about. Mick understands and Joy asks him for a hug.