During a gathering celebrating Tom's thirty years of service in the police force, he was assaulted by an Indigenous woman who accused him of kidnapping her nearly thirty years previously from Lake End Mission, forcing him to relive one moment of his career that he'd rather forget. Desperate to atone for the sins of the past, he subsequently bends the rules to ensure that the woman gets the help she needs, and ensure that her son wouldn't get lost in the system. Later that same year, his impending marriage to Grace was put at risk when her ex-husband arrived in town and Tom is suspected of playing a part in his subsequent death.