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Ruth takes Pip and Stella to the Breast Screening Clinic, where Stella frets at having to wait beyond their appointment time. Ruth remembers how stressed she used to get while waiting, before a woman explained the concept of hospital time to her. You just have to settle in and chill. Stella goes to fetch her phone from the car and will pick up coffee and hot chocolate on the way back. Pip confesses Stella鈥檚 fretting is driving her up the wall. Pip wants to be as brave as Ruth was, but Ruth reckons it wasn鈥檛 bravery 鈥� she had no choice in the matter. She wants Pip to stop worrying about 鈥渨hat ifs鈥� and wait until they know for sure. When Pip returns from her mammogram Ruth talks about Jill and Carol, but Pip knows she鈥檚 trying to distract her.
In the hospital car park Tracy tells Stella she鈥檚 just had her first mammogram since passing fifty, before they head to the coffee shop together. Stella then cracks, telling Tracy about Pip finding a lump and how scared she is. Tracy鈥檚 sympathetic, as Stella worries about irritating Pip.
By the time Stella gets back the drinks have gone cold. The consultant, Dr Shah, tells Pip her lump is a cyst - there鈥檚 nothing to worry about. Dr Shah checks whether Ruth had genetic testing for her cancer, suggesting she might want to consider it. Ruth agrees to think about it. Back home Ruth, Pip and Stella celebrate the good news with cake, raising a toast to being there for each other.