Cwmderi Diary 2016: 20 January 2016

Mark talks to Nicky

Mark rocks Nicky’s pram, telling him, “If it wasn’t for you, boy, I’d be in pieces.” He has been awake all night, thinking he could hear sirens.

"That's why you're going to the police"

Dani reminds him that is why he is going to tell the police everything, and even suggests they may have caught the perpetrator by now. Mark asks Vicky to go to the village to see if anyone has heard anything, and wants Dani to go too.

"So you can hide from your responsibilities?"

“So you can hide from your responsibilities?” enquires Dani,

"That's exactly what you're doing with Garry!"

but he replies that is exactly what she is doing with Garry. He promises to see the police today if she will go and sort things out with him.

The police are interviewing Sioned in the Deri Deithio office; Ed hovers around and listens in.

Ed is careful to give Sioned an alibi

DS Davies asks Sioned where she was at 4:00pm last Friday, and she is amazed that she is a suspect; Ed answers for her, “We were together in the flat!”

"Why did you lie to them?"

When the officers have left, Sioned demands, “Why did you lie to them?”

Ed maintains he is trying to help her, and adds that Vicky may have suggested he was jealous of Dewi and wanted to hurt him.

"Were you jealous?"

“Were you jealous?” demands Sioned, “It would make sense that you were angry after the way he treated Vicky and me.”

"You know me better than that!"

He admits he does get angry, but she should know him better than to suspect him of doing something like that.

"Welcome back, Britt"

Dani goes to Garry’s flat and welcomes back Britt, who wonders how Garry coped on his own.

"I still love him"

“I still love him, and I’m not going to turn my back on our marriage,” Dani assures her.

"Unlike me, you mean"

“Unlike me, you mean,” replies Britt, “I’m sure Garry will be glad to have you back – looking after the Deri is his way of keeping his mind off his problems.”

Dyfed-Powys police are still out in force

Ed passes a couple of police officers as he heads for the Deri,

Ed confronts Vicky . . .

then meets Vicky, with her pram, and tells her he has had a visit from the law.

. . . and demands why she gave his name

“Why did you give them my name?” he demands,

"You certainly didn't like Dewi!"

and she explains that she was asked if she knew of anyone who did not like Dewi.

"I was only trying to look after you"

“You didn’t have to say I was jealous of him!” he insists, but she points out that he has been stalking her. “I was only trying to look after you – and I would never hurt anyone!”

Vicky reveals, “Mark has been dragged into it as well, thanks to you. You told him what Dewi was like, so he went to sort him out, but found him unconscious and ran off.” Ed is worried that Mark may have seen something, or knows something.

"Only one cracked sink"

In the Deri, Garry is sweeping up, Iolo has checked on the plumbing while Siôn leans nonchalently on the bar.

“Thank goodness you didn’t do more damage, or Iolo would be be here all day, working for nothing!” says Garry, accusingly. “I’m reopening the place,” he continues,

"What's the rush to reopen?|

but Siôn can see no reason to rush.

"A closed pub is no good to the village!"

Garry is adamant, “A closed pub is no good to the village – it’s supposed to be the place to socialise – and you put it all at risk! Phone the insurance company – this is going to cost thousands!” Siôn strolls out, quite unconcerned.

Dani arrives and reports to Garry, “I’ve just had a lecture from Britt,”

"She's been quiet for two weeks"

but he explains that she is ready to explode after being quiet for two weeks. Looking around,

"Those blinds look awful!"

Dani adds, “Don’t fix those blinds – they look awful!”

"Starting to have ideas about this place?"

Garry senses that she is starting to have ideas about the place, and thinks she could manage behind the bar. “If I owned the Deri, I’d give you the lot if it meant you came back to me,” he vows,

"Shame you don't own the Deri"

and she replies that it is a shame that he does not own it.

Bad news on the radio . . .

At Maes-y-Deri, Mark hears on the radio that police want to talk to the driver of a red Fiat Punto;

. . . which leaves Mark stunned

he throws the radio down and looks very concerned.

"You're not supposed to ignore customers!"

Siôn is in the café, where he remarks to Debbie, “You’re supposed to serve customers, not ignore them!”

“What about the Deri’s customers?” she demands, “You’ve got a screw loose!”

"Do you believe Mark?"

She asks Vicky whether she believes Mark’s version of events, and Vicky insists she has never met anyone so kind as him. “He asked for help from Garry Monk, and he’s the biggest crook around!” Debbie tells her.

Vicky begs, “Don’t turn your back on him – all you’ve done is to blame him and make him feel guilty. At least, Dani has talked to him, listened and supported him. Guilty or not, he’s family!”

Dewi is front page news

Ed is reading the Western Post when Sioned comes in and asks him,

"Where were you last Friday?"

“Where were you last Friday – you came back in a foul mood?”

When he replies that he had trouble with the taxi, she wonders, “Why didn’t you tell the police that?”

"It makes sense that it was Mark"

Ed suggests, “I think I know who attacked Dewi – Mark went over to sort him out. It makes sense, and I wouldn’t like to be in his shoes when the police find him.

Sioned is sceptical

Sioned is of the opinion that he is digging himself into a deep hole.

"I don't think I can go to the police!"

As Mark is confessing that he does not think he can go to the police, there is a bang on the door, and Debbie announces, “The cops!” Mark makes a run for the back door, but the constabulary are prepared for that, and Mark is cornered by two burly officers at the foot of the stairs and taken away.

"I'm going to move into Y Felin"

At number 7, Iolo tells Siôn that he will be moving into Y Felin; “You’d be doing me a favour,” he says, “I’m fed up with Colin going on and on about his father! It should be you opening the Deri, not Garry – I don’t like him in control of things!”

"No-one wants to see me behind the bar"

Siôn expects that no-one will want to see him behind the bar, but Iolo points out that he only damaged property, and did not try to hurt anyone.

'Under New Management'

Garry deploys a sign outside the Deri, proclaiming, ‘Under new management.’

"It won't make money with Siôn in charge!"

He tells Dani that the tills will not ring if Siôn is still in charge. Britt struggles out of the flat and makes her slow progress across the road.

Britt hobbles along to the Deri . . .

Garry assures her, “We’ll run it until you’re ready to give orders again, and Britt asserts that they will prove that nothing will get the better of them.

. . . and Siôn notices

Siôn and Iolo emerge from number 7 and see Britt entering the Deri; Iolo urges Siôn to go a talk to her.

"Siôn did this!"

Inside the pub, Britt surveys the damage; “This wouldn’t have happened if I’d been around,” she says, “What did the police say?” Garry advises her that they have not been informed as Siôn was responsible.

Britt recall that she slaved her guts out there,

"I have to stay – I've got a pub to run!"

and Dani remarks to Garry, “I have to stay now, don’t I – I’ve got a pub to run!”

"Why, Siôn?"

When Siôn comes in, Britt demands, “Why, Siôn? Were you after revenge against me?

"How low can you go?"

“How low can you go?”

Ed's conscience is troubling him

Upstairs, Ed is nervously looking out of the window when Debbie comes in to tell him that Mark has been arrested;

"Vicky says you've got pictures of women at Dewi's"

“He says that someone else attacked Dewi before he got there. Vicky says you have pictures of women outside Dewi’s home – one of them might have some information.”

“Sorry, I deleted them,” he replies, “If I had pictures of women on my phone, Sioned would think I was a perv!” Debbie concludes that they will just have to wait until Dewi wakes up, and then they will know the truth.

"You smashed the place up!"

“I worked so hard – and then you smashed the place up!” says Britt, exasperated, and Siôn replies that he hated the place by the end.

"Don't walk all over Dad!"

Iolo accuses Britt of ‘walking all over’ his father, but she emphasises, “Was it me or your father who was nearly killed? I’m fighting to recover here, and what does your father do? Smash the place up!

"Now then, who's walking over who?"

“Now then, who’s walking over who?”

Siôn and Iolo leave, and Dani tells Britt,

"We have to make the best of it"

“Sometime we have to make the best of a bad situation. You have a chance to make the Deri exactly what you want it.

"It's a pub we want – not what Siôn wanted"

“I can help you – it’s a pub we want, not a place for snobs to discuss books and poetry, like Siôn wanted.”

"Rob? How are you, boy?"

Garry finds a quiet spot and makes a phone call; “Rob? How are you, boy?”

Vicky has bad news

Vicky arrives back at Maes-y-Deri, reporting that Ed has deleted his photos, and the police will not tell her anything about Mark. “Going over to Dewi’s was the worst mistake of his life! He was only sorting things out for me – it’s all my fault!”

Another photo is deleted

Ed is indeed deleting photos now;

"Why did Debbie come here?"

Sioned comes in and demands why Debbie came to see him. He answers that she thought Dewi might have said something in the taxi about thugs being after him;