14/06/2023

As Elizabeth cooks dinner, she tells Vince about Freddie’s decision to quit his job at Lower Loxley. She made it clear that he can’t come waltzing back if he changes his mind, but Freddie was adamant. Elizabeth vents her frustration, wishing that Freddie would grow up and not be quite so hot-headed. Over dinner, Vince asks Freddie about his plans. The more he questions them, the more he reveals how unrealistic they are. Triggered, Freddie storms out. Later, Vince finds Freddie looking for flights. Vince apologises. He doesn’t blame Freddie for resigning after the way the trustees stitched him up. But he needs to have something to fall back on. To Freddie’s surprise, Vince offers him the position of Management Trainee at his firm. Freddie thanks him, but thinks it’s ludicrous. There’s no way he’s working at Casey Meats.
Brian isn’t pleased when Justin joins him at the bar in The Bull and needles him about the upcoming emergency board meeting. He’s even less pleased to discover that Justin’s meeting Stella. Later, Justin outlines his plan to persuade the board to terminate Home Farm’s contract unless Brian reinstates her. Stella is uneasy with the idea, especially when Brian has a private word and appears to plead with her not to abet Justin. She’d be squandering all her hard work if Home Farm lost the contract. As Stella and Justin leave, she expresses her discomfort, but Justin says that if she really wants her job back, he can’t see any other way of persuading Brian to reinstate her. Can she?