When Domestic Cat Regulations come to a head in Rainbow's End, Louisa finds her two closest friends, Deb and Marg, fall on opposite sides of the argument. At a town meeting it becomes evident that the issue clearly divides the community. Louisa and Nick take the first big step towards arranging their wedding and meet with Marg to discuss the ceremony. When Marg recommends pre-marriage counselling and Nick strongly resists the notion it sets Louisa questioning if she really knows Nick. Sean is under enormous pressure with the troubled business his father left him and not surprisingly his relationship with Holly is also showing danger signs. Holly comes to the realisation that she is not the right person to be working alongside Sean at Smithwick's Undertakers but nor does she want to leave Sean in the lurch.