Natalie is now in new lodgings, a luxury apartment after submitting to Angus' proposition. As well as being a kept woman, he gets her a job on the local carnival float which is due to take place in the village at the end of the year. But the continued presence of Sonia at the apartment threatens to unsettle her and her children, who want to move to Spain after their father's offer. Meanwhile Flora makes a valuable discovery in the local rubbish dump as her and Bernard plan marriage, but little does the village realize what fate has in store for them as the carnival ends in unexpected tragedy.