Just a few weeks ago, Brax (Stephen Peacocke) and Ricky’s (Bonnie Sveen) lives were turned upside down when Brax received a call out of the blue from Dean Thompson (Patrick O’Connor), asking him if he could help make someone disappear.

That someone was Tane (Ethan Browne), who was facing drug charges in Summer Bay after having been set up by Harper’s (Jessica Redmayne) mum Kerrie (Sara Wiseman).

With Brax knowing what it was like to be facing time behind bars for something he didn’t do, the former River Boy leader agreed to help, and met up with Tane in the Perth CBD.

After some initial reluctance, Brax gave in when Tane reminded him that he’d made the heartbreaking decision to leave his kid behind in Summer Bay; that’s how desperate he was to escape.

The last fortnight has seen Tane slowly bond with Brax and Ricky as he moved onto Brax’s sprawling cattle station deep in the red dirt of Western Australia, where the pair had been hiding away for a decade with son Casey (Austin Cutcliffe).

Brax eventually opened up to Tane and explained why he and Ricky were in hiding, explaining that he’d gone on the run after escaping prison, having been falsely accused of killing someone.

While the real perpetrator eventually came forward and Brax’s name was cleared, Brax had never faced court for fleeing prison, so had continued to hide away for the past decade.