John has embraced April's hybrid bus scheme and is moving forward with it, but Xavier is upset by it, aware April hasn't been completely truthful with John about it. He tries to convince April to come clean with John, but she doesn't want to. She thinks the scheme is a good idea, and that John will see that too.
Alf decides to tell Miles the full story about Tulip and what happened, explaining that he had an affair with her over twenty years ago and believes that she must be Penn's mother. As his relationship with Tulip ended badly, Alf believes this is the reason that Penn has come to Summer Bay.
Meanwhile, Penn has had a progressive check-up from Sid and is about to be released from hospital. Through flashback, we learn more about Penn's past. He blames Alf for everything that's gone wrong in his life - which all started with Alf's affair with Tulip...