Now Steph is found guilty, everyone turns on Sam, taking their cue from Donna, who also bitterly blames cowardly liar Libby, while Kate blames herself. Pending the sentencing to effective or conditional punishment, which Toadie desperately tries to prepare by invoking character witnesses and Charlie's needs, Lucas offers Steph an alternative: run away with him and the boy, but she decides against a refugee life.
—KGF Vissers