 As an apology and to prove his love for Mercedes, Russ purchases The Dog in the Pond pub for her as a gift.They reconcile and move into the pub with Max and Mercedes' son, Bobby Costello (Jayden Fox).Russ soon suspects that something is happening between Mercedes and Sylver and expresses his fears to Goldie, Russ and Goldie have sex and are almost caught by Mercedes the next morning.