When the kids remain missing, the town organises a search party. Rae arrests Slug, but without any evidence of an actual crime, must release him. Rae secretly shreds the evidence from the diary that connects Burtie to Lily and discourages Burtie from telling him anything incriminating. She's also jealous, fearing Rae is attracted to Catherine. Coreen, Rae's girlfriend and Burtie's sister, becomes annoyed when Rae won't share details of the case with her. Matthew drives to Coonaburra, where he questions and threatens McPherson. Catherine hands the diary to Rae with the proviso that he not reveal it to Matthew. It also describes her parents' marriage as a sham, which causes Catherine to cry. It's irate/angsty with hyper-sexualised imagery and includes pictures and poetry about several people: McPherson, the Parker's mentally handicapped handyman Burtie, and a local youth nicknamed Slug. When Catherine finds Lily's diary she reluctantly reads it. Rae's queries in town reveal that Lily had indeed multiple sexual relationships despite being underage (she's fifteen). Catherine becomes frustrated with Matthew's focus on his job as a pharmacist, though he insists that he has no choice, since the community needs his services. The Parkers admit to Rae that they were forced to leave Coonaburra to escape the attention. When Matthew found out, he beat up McPherson, earning a restraining order. After further investigation, Rae learns that one of Lily's Coonaburra teachers, Neil McPherson, had sex with her. Catherine and Matthew reluctantly reveal that she merely disappeared for a few days, they panicked and reported, but she soon turned up at a friend's house. While taking their report, Detective David Rae finds that Lily has once before been reported missing. Against his wishes, Catherine contacts several people and finally the police. Matthew discourages her from contacting anyone, as he does not wish the family's business to once again become public knowledge. When the school calls to report that Tom and Lily have not been attending, she once again becomes worried, as a dust storm is forecast to hit the town. He reassures her that they must have gone to school before she woke up. Next morning Catherine oversleeps, and when she cannot find the kids, calls Matthew at work. Half asleep, he says nothing and goes back to sleep. One night, Matthew sees Tom leave the house, followed by Lily. When he can't sleep, Tom sometimes walks around the neighbourhood at night, an activity his parents discourage.
Although the family is unhappy with the move, Matthew and Tom blame Lily for forcing them to leave the larger town of Coonaburra. Catherine and Matthew Parker move with their children Lily and Tom to the remote Australian desert town of Nathgari.
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