Cwmderi Diary 2016: 7 January 2016

Siôn has effected a temporary repair

Siôn has boarded up the window when Iolo arrives, telling his father that Wiliam has not been in touch, and reassuring him that Wiliam will not do anything to put the children in danger.

"I never want to speak to him again!"

“I’m not going to phone him – I never want to speak to him again!” stresses Iolo.

"I drag you from one crisis to another"

“I’m sorry for dragging you from one crisis to another,” says Siôn, but Iolo admits that he is used to it.

"What's going on over there?"

Sioned is about to go into the Antur

Jim with flowers for Angela

when she sees Jim, with flowers, outside Angela’s door

Someone is watching

– he is invited in.

"I couldn't leave without coming to see you"

Gemma arrives at Penrhewl; “I couldn’t leave Penrhewl without coming to see you,” she tells Cadno, who replies that she does not have to pretend to be OK, as she must hate her. “I did for a while, but I’ll be better off in Edinburgh on my own,” Gemma asserts, and presents Cadno with a farewell gift – a cake.

Allegedly not a poisoned cake

“It’s not poisoned,” she explains, “If I wanted to punish you, I could go to the police and report DJ’s wrongful imprisonment –

"You and DJ are just not worth it!"

“but you and DJ are just not worth it!”

Back home at number 7, Iolo finds Wiliam’s jacket on the chair;

"You and me are finished!"

when he comes downstairs, Iolo tells him, “I hope you’ve come for your stuff – you and me are finished! What you did to Dad and me made me sick!”

Wiliam is all apologetic, but . . .

Wiliam pleads that now he has had time to think, he is sorry, but Iolo leaves him in no doubt;

"It's too late!"

“It’s too late! There is no ‘us’!”

“I’ve been a fool, keeping secrets from you,” begins Wiliam; Iolo simply points out that he has begun packing his stuff.

"I couldn't get out!"

“Try to understand – I was dragged into Craig’s world, and then it was too late – I couldn’t get out!” continues Wiliam,

Iolo tells him that, as a policeman, he should have known better. “It’s obvious to me that we don’t even know each other!” Wiliam appears upset.

"The card works, then?"

Vicky is at the cashpoint when Dewi meets her; “The card works, then?” he remarks, and they kiss;

Big brother is watching

of course, Ed happens to be driving past in the taxi.

"What's going on, then?"

Sioned marches into Angela’s, demanding, “What’s going on, then? Jim doesn’t give you flowers every day.” Then she turns to Jim; “Shouldn’t you be at work?”

Jim concocts an explanation

Displaying some quick thinking, Jim explains that his New Year’s resolution is to be more generous to his family.

“Oh, am I getting flowers as well?” Sioned enquires, “No, a cup of tea will do for now.

"Let's have lunch at the Deri"

“I thought we could have lunch in the Deri, as we didn’t celebrate New Year’s Eve together.”

Eifion maintains that Angela is too tired, but Angela herself says that it is a lovely idea. Then Sioned asks Jim how the New Year’s Eve party at the Golf Club went,

"Er . . . we didn't go!"

and is perplexed when he replies that they did not go, but came to Angela’s instead.

"Thank goodness she's gone!"

Angela breathes a sigh of relief when Sioned leaves.

Wiliam is becoming insistent; “We can’t throw it all away!” but Iolo reminds him that he has already done that.

"Go and get your stuff!"

“There’s no way back from this – even talking to you makes me sick!” says Iolo, “Go and get your stuff!” When Wiliam comes downstairs with his bag,

"Leave my father and my family alone!"

he is told, “Before you go – leave my father and my family alone!”

Wiliam issues a nasty, specific threat

Wiliam makes the ominous threat, “It’s not them that need to watch out – but you!” and he makes his exit.

He raises her spending limit

In the café, Dewi closes his tablet and announces to Vicky, “I’ve raised the limit on your card from £3,000 to £4,000. I enjoy spoiling you! Come to my flat for Sunday lunch. I’d love to stay longer, but I’ve got a business meeting in Swansea.” As he leaves, Vicky looks very pleased with herself.

"I'm not going to Timbuktu!"

Gemma tells Ed, “I’m only going to Edinburgh, not Timbuktu!” but he bewails the fact that this time she is not coming back. “I’m going to try and make a real go of it this time!” she assures him.

Obviously he is thinking of Vicky

He warns, “Be careful up there with men, especially older men – they can take advantage of a young woman. Flashing their cash around, posh cars – they use people.”

"I'm running TO somewhere!"

Gemma replies, “I’m not that naïve – and I’m not running away, I’m running TO somewhere!” Ed offers her some money, but she has decided, “I think it’s about time I stood on my own two feet!”

John Post awaits his fare

A taxi is parked outside the Deri, with John Post its driver; Gemma and Ed emerge from the pub,

DJ, by the First Cymru bus stop

and Gemma sees DJ standing opposite, by the bus stop, and goes over to him. He wishes her good luck,

"Good luk to you – in this dump!"

and she replies, “Good luck to you – in this dump!” Then she returns to Ed, hugs him,

Gemma leaves the village

and gets into the taxi, which drives away.

Ed crosses the road and tells DJ,

"You'd better stay out of my way!"

“I can’t believe what you did to Gemma! You know how fragile she can be – it could have tipped her over the edge. You’d better stay out of my way – she may have forgiven you, but I haven’t!”

Ed takes it out on Sioned

When Ed re-enters the Deri, he moans at Sioned for not waving off Gemma; “She’s been away before, but she always comes back,” she observes.

"I know what your secret is!"

When Eileen joins her and Angela, Sioned says, “I’m not stupid – I know you’re hiding something, and I’m upset you didn’t tell me earlier. You’re pregnant, aren’t you?”

"Oh – you're not?"

She is rather embarrassed when Angela emphatically denies it,

"It's just this Jim resolution thing!"

repeating the story that Jim wants to be nice to everyone, and they are wondering how long it will last.

"It's all over now – he's gone!"

Iolo returns to Y Felin; he reports to Siôn, “It’s all over now – he’s gone!” and breaks down in tears.

"I feel such a fool!"

“I feel such a fool – I should have known, I was the one living with him. Look at me, talking about myself – Dad, are you OK? I can’t believe the kids are living with Garry!”

"Garry threatened to play dirty"

Siôn tells him that Garry threatened to play dirty and upset the children. Then there is a knock on the door, and Wiliam arrives, wanting to talk to Iolo.

"I want you to remember the good times"

“I couldn’t leave Cwmderi without apologising to you both,” says Wiliam, “I’d like it if you remember the good times we had,” he tells Iolo.

"Those memories have been spoilt!"

The reply is unforgiving; “Those memories have been spoiled by what you did!”

"We won't see you again – will we?"

Siôn demands, “We won’t see you again – will we? I want to make that clear!” Wiliam replies that he hopes Siôn appreciated the fact that he has been ‘discreet’ about him. “You threatened me and my family!” insists Siôn.

"I didn't mean what I said earlier"

“I’m sorry about that, and I didn’t mean what I said earlier,” apologises Wiliam, “You all welcomed me into Cwmderi – I’ll never forget that.” He turns and Siôn opens the door for him.

"I want to do something normal'!"

Iolo now feels a sense of relief, and says he wants to do something ‘normal’.

"Why don't you fix that window?"

Siôn suggests, “Right, why don’t you fix that window for me?” Iolo smiles.

The unceremonious dumping of the cake

When DJ arrives at Penrhewl, Cadno is in the process of consigning that cake to the pedal-bin; “I don’t trust her – farewell gift! Yeah, right!” she says.

"I've been thinking about you"

DJ admits that he has been thinking about her;

"I've been nuts about you!"

“I’ve been nuts about you from the start. Now that Gemma’s gone, I hope we can spend more time together, if you feel the same way.”

Cadno 'makes eyes' at him . . .

“Are you saying you want to move back in?” asks Cadno, and they embrace. As she returns to the sink,

. . . and is satisfied her plan has worked

Cadno sports a look of triumph.

In the alley, Vicky is laughing at a picture of Dewi on her phone;

"I hope he takes good care of you"

Ed approaches and tells her, “I hope Dewi knows how lucky he is, and that he takes good care of you.”

"OK, Dad!"

“OK, Dad!” she replies.

"I've never celebrated a new window before!"

When Siôn brings him a bottle, Iolo laughs, “I’ve never celebrated a new window before!”

“No, we’re celebrating a new life, there will be an exciting time ahead for you,” Siôn tells him, “I guess both of us will be seeing some changes.” He declines Iolo’s offer to stay there tonight;

"I shall have the place to myself"

“It will be nice to have the place to myself.”

"What was that about 'being discreet'?"

Iolo enquires, “What did Wiliam mean about being ‘discreet’ about you?” and Siôn replies that he is not sure, and that he was taken in, just the same as Iolo was.