With Jasmine’s unstable mind, will she tell a great white lie to get what she wants?
Jasmine Delaney’s life has continued to spiral, and her friends are still extremely worried about her. After being served with AVO by Tori, the grieving widow has done a runner from Summer Bay. While Justin is happy she’s gone, the nurse’s flatmate and mother figure, Irene, has given the mechanic a piece of her mind for his comments. However, relief was granted when Wendy Shaw, the mother Robbo, called to inform her that her daughter-in-law was on the family farm. However, that makes us wonder. Will a great white lie be told to get the unstable woman what she wants?
No Lie Too Great For Jasmine
As time has ticked on, Jasmine has tried and failed to call attention to Tori’s ‘bad parenting’ given her busy life as a doctor. She’s even attempted to get a whole parenting forum on her side by creating lies to fit her fantasy of being Grace’s mother. It was one big great white lie to crave out her own false reality. However, the only people she has not bought into this disaster are her in-laws, Ian and Wendy.
It’s no secret that Robbo’s parents adore their daughter-in-law and granddaughter. So, what are the chances Jasmine spins a tale where she gets them on her side? Since she has no legal right to her stepdaughter, perhaps she can create a great white lie big enough that they file for custody of Grace.
We know Jasmine currently isn’t talking, despite being at the farm. Irene didn’t even bring up the AVO to Wendy if it got back to the nurse and scared her off. Wendy doesn’t want to hear a bad word against her when and if she does, tell her what’s going on.
Great White Lie
So, let’s review every single great white lie Jasmine has told since she started to obsess over Grace.
Tori Wanted Grace ‘Away’ From Tane
When Tane Parata showed up in the Bay, he slept on Marilyn and John’s couch for one night before he left the following day. Upon hearing this, Jasmine goes to Maz, who is babysitting Grace for the day and lies, saying that Tori wants her to take her daughter.
Marilyn willingly hands the baby over to the nurse without a second thought. But, of course, is not her fault. Jasmine’s plan here was to spend time with the infant while protecting her from a ‘total’ stranger.
When the news returns to Tori, she is frantic and reveals to her friends that she did NOT tell Jasmine to take Grace. Her colleague tells her that as Robbo’s wife, it is her ‘job’ to honour his memory by doing what he would do.
We need to point out that he would protect his daughter, but he would also trust Marilyn. If Maz thought Tane was a danger, she wouldn’t have agreed to take Grace. On the other hand, Tori trusted her and knew the ‘stranger’ wasn’t a threat as he had already left by the time the baby arrived at the house.
The Parenting Forum
Jasmine signs up for a parenting forum, claiming she did it on Tori’s behalf. However, she did it for herself. She started out posting questions for things such as teething, but as her obsession grew, she began sprouting lies and making it look like she was Grace’s mum. Jas has posted photos of herself with the bub.
The lies get to the point where her followers are eating out of the palm of her hand. Everything thing she feeds them, they buy it. They even offer advice when she asks. So, for example, when she says a ‘friend’ left their child in the car, someone tells her to keep a log of everything that has happened.
It’s here that Jasmine twists the truth again and creates a whole new thread of lies. Willow is horrified when she finds the forum and confronts her best friend about it. But instead, she is given a plateful of fibs, which worsens the situation. Even Colby realises how bad it is when he is shown the posts.
Later, Tori and Justin are pulled up to the speed and are stunned by what Jasmine has been saying.
The ‘Keepsakes’
Okay, this next thing isn’t a great white lie, but it’s still deception. Under Tori’s nose, Jasmine steals small things like toys and pieces of clothing to keep Grace ‘close’ to her. It sends the mum-of-one into a head spin because she thinks she’s going mad.
This little secret is exposed after Jasmine runs into the diner and begins pulling things out of her bag in front of Irene and Marilyn. They question her as to why she has Grace’s things.
The Mums And Bubs Yoga Class Promotion Material
As the new gym owner, Jasmine can do what she wants, and she rallies Willow to create a mums and bubs yoga class. Then, she takes photos of herself and Grace and uses them as promotional material. First, she told Tori she would be in the pictures with her daughter.
When the photos are released to the social media, Tori is shocked to find Jasmine is the one in the pictures. When confronted, Jas says it’s not a big deal and refuses to take the images down.
The Bigger Picture
Wendy and Ian would be idiots to listen to Jasmine’s lies. They need both sides of the story before they make any rash decisions. If they cared about their granddaughter, they would think about what their son would say if they took Grace away from Tori.
Jasmine is just making the situation about the future she could’ve had with Robbo had he lived. Though the one thing we still don’t understand is that she never wanted kids, and now she suddenly does? Just because she adores Grace doesn’t mean she is suited to be a mother. Babies don’t stay little forever.
