Karen and David remain on amicable terms following his affair, though both have separate bedrooms. Karen strikes up a friendship with Rachel's Australian workmate, Jo Ellison, and Jenny and Pete are expecting a second child. She is asked to go on a fact-finding trip in Rome by Owen Claiborne, the owner of the hotel chain she works for. In Rome, Jenny spends all her time working, leaving Pete to see the sights alone. Back in Manchester, she tells Pete that Claiborne offered her a job in New York. She turns it down, but has second thoughts when an antenatal scan reveals that she has miscarried the baby. Rachel and Adam agree to try child adoption.