But then they reconcile and go to visit Marigold together.

Star stays in foster care with Dolphin and they argue at first, Star blaming everything on Dolphin for ruining her time with Micky and refuses to believe what Dolphin tells her. Star appears at the foster home after returning to the flat to find both Marigold and Dolphin gone. And the two slowly begin to develop a father-daughter relationship. Dolphin is initially terrified of going into a foster home having heard Marigold's horror stories from her own childhood in foster homes, but she stays with a kind older woman and three babies and her father takes her to visit Marigold, who is on medication for bipolar disorder. Dolphin hopes he will look after her, but learns he has a wife and daughters already and decides to do things properly, getting in touch with child services so Dolphin can be in foster care for a while. Together they manage to track him down and he's pleased to meet her. With her mum in hospital ill and with nowhere else to go, Oliver encourages Dolphin to contact her real father, who she knows nothing about, except that his name is also Micky and he works as a swimming instructor. Later Dolphin finds out that due to her mental illness Marigold may be in hospital for some time. Dolphin phones for an ambulance despite knowing Marigold's fear of hospitals. After Star leaves, Marigold has a mental breakdown and paints herself white all over using toxic paint to hide her tattoos. Dolphin who still hates Micky stays loyal to Marigold and refuses to abandom her but Star leaves to be with Micky. Micky who has no feelings for Marigold due to her mental behavior invites both Star and Dolphin to come live with him. Marigold who had hoped to reconcile romantically with Micky and is upset to hear that he has a girlfriend living with him.

In the days which follow Micky sends them presents, and Star goes to spend a weekend with him. Marigold is completely convinced they will all live together now as a family, but Micky drops them all home and returns to his place in Brighton. Despite it all, Dolphin feels ignored the entire day by all of them. Micky takes them all to London for the day and they do number of fun activities and shopping. Dolphin however dislikes him because she feels that he abandoned Marigold and neglected Star. He was unaware he had a daughter and is thrilled to meet Star, and she adores him in turn.

Both girls are surprised when she returns that night with Micky. Marigold buys tickets to see her favorite band Emerald City, with the intention of finding Micky, Star's father, who Marigold is still in love with.

The illustrated mum tattoos