Irene buys the earrings from Antonia and kills two birds with one stone: She can send Antonia and Olaf money that they urgently need - and the earrings are in safe custody with her until Antonia finds out who Elke Niendorf really is. Marc reveals to his parents that he would rather go to boarding school than continue living at home. He only confesses to his friends what is going on inside him: he wanted to shock his parents out of defiance and in truth does not want to move out of Schillerallee for anything in the world. With Irene's help, Regina makes an attempt to regain her son's trust. Aylin secretly observes as Alexander rehearses declarations of love with Armin. She believes that the two of them are a couple and spreads the 'news' in the house. When Corinna finds out about this, she breaks up with Alexander.