Mackenzie turns to Tane after Levi's shock arrest

  The rift between Mac and Levi widens…

Mackenzie Booth returns to Summer Bay for an emotional showdown next week, after learning that her partner Levi Fowler has been arrested. With Levi's behaviour clearly spiralling out of control, will this make things between him and Mackenzie even worse?

Upcoming scenes see Levi lose his composure at work by attacking a troublesome patient. He's forced to face the consequences of his actions when policeman Cash Newman turns up to arrest him, which risks leaving his medical career in tatters.

Mackenzie arrives back from her short trip to Queensland after hearing that Levi is in disgrace over his actions.

She's far from impressed over the fiasco and makes it known, with a series of short responses to everything he says.

Levi and Mackenzie are both still lamenting after the awful misfortune of their infant," our Domestic and Absent source clarifies. "Levi tries to clarify that his strange conduct was somewhat caused by Mac's nonappearance from the Cove, as he didn't have anybody around to incline on.

"This doesn't go down well with Mac at all, as she feels that Levi is unreasonably putting all of the fault on her. As distant as she's concerned, Levi is completely mindful for his claim actions."

The environment between the couple as it were gets more awful when Mac figures it out that her near companion Tane Parata wasn't told approximately her premature delivery. Mac blames Levi of falling flat to do the one thing he'd guaranteed to – telling everybody to save her the pain.

Levi contends that he didn't indeed know whether he was still in a relationship with Mac at that point, as she'd ended up so closed-off and he couldn't get through to her in Queensland. With the circumstance so tense, they're not able to resolve anything.

Mac ends up turning to Tane for a heart-to-heart instead, feeling like he's the main person she can speak to without facing any judgement. However, she soon goes a step further by asking Tane whether she can stay at his place for the night, as she can't face Levi.

"Levi's heartbroken when Mac doesn't come home," our insider adds. "Mac is completely honest with him about how she stayed with Tane, but it's painful for Levi to realise that she'd prefer to talk through her grief with other people rather than him.

"In the end, Levi lays it all on the line – insisting that being a dad matters far less to him than being with Mac. In fact, none of it means anything to him if he's not in a relationship with Mac…"

Will Levi reach an emotional breakthrough with Mac after being so honest?