Effy and Cook go into hiding with his father,but Effy contacts Freddie,who turns up along with JJ,though it is Freddie with whom Effy ends up sleeping. Cook asks his father if he can leave the country with him on his boat but Cook,Sr., threatens him and has to be restrained. Eventually Effy and the boys take the boat back up the river,Cook having pushed his father overboard.but,despite Effy’s evident feelings for Freddie,it is inconclusive as to who ends up with whom.