16 February 2016

"Sorry, I'm too busy!"

Ffion goes to the garage to ask Gethin to look after Arwen while she has lunch with the girls in the Deri;  he regrets that he is much too busy, and has hardly seen Garry there lately.   

"I'll look after her for you"

At that moment Cadno arrives with the boys, having brought her pick-up for repairs, and offers to have Arwen.   “You can have the boys tomorrow, while I go to the market,” she suggests;  Ffion is only too pleased to agree, and Cadno heads to the café, promising the children beans and chips.

"Avoid being a skivvy for the rest of your life!"

Ffion sees Chester cleaning the chippy windows and tells him, “That’s why it’s a good idea to come back to school – to avoid being a skivvy for the rest of your life!”

"What's wrong with cleaning windows?"

Chester takes exception to this;  “What’s wrong with cleaning windows?” he demands, “Mam does it all the time,” and he goes back inside.

Loan application form

As Jim has his lunch, he notices the paperwork for a bank loan, which Eileen has completed.   

A box of home-made scones

She then comes in, with some scones that Marian has made;  Jim asks about the loan, and why she did not mention it to him.   “We could be repaying that loan for years!”

Eileen is not worried about the money

Eileen insists that the money means nothing to her;  “Angela could die, and I’d give my last penny to make sure she doesn’t!”   

"It's a joint account"

Jim points out that theirs is a joint account, but she replies, “Some support from you would help more than arguing!   You’re too tight with your money!”

Cadno has a call from DJ

Cadno is in the café with the three children, who are enjoying their food;  then she has a phone call from DJ, who has run out of disinfectant at Penrhewl.   Cadno asks Debbie to keep an eye on the children for a minute while she slips to APD.   Debbie objects to this, but her protests fall on deaf ears.

Arwen surreptitously slips out of the café 

As Sam pays for his meal and chats to Debbie, Arwen slips unnoticed from her seat and exits through the open door, 

Off she goes

turning right and heading along the street   

"Where's Arwen?"

By the time Debbie notices her absence, 

There is no sign of her

she is nowhere to be seen.

Capten Sam's t-shirt

At Llwyncelyn, Colin brings Sam a present from Lois, a t-shirt bearing the words ‘CAPTEN SAM’.   

"Iolo is a lovely lad"

Sam remarks that Iolo is a lovely lad, but Colin asks, “Why did you have to question him about our relationship?”

Sam enquires, “Why didn’t you tell me you were gay?   I’d understand if you wanted me to keep quiet for the girls, but they have no problem with Auntie Yvonne.   You don’t have to hide it – it’s OK!”   

"I am not gay!"

Colin, at first just puzzled, emphasises several times that he is not gay.

"Arwen's gone missing!"

Debbie shouts across to Cadno, who is carrying two cans of disinfectant, “Arwen has gone missing!   I only turned my back for a second!”   

Gethin hears the bad news

Gethin has just joined them, and Cadno predicts that she has probably gone home.

"Who planted these stupid ideas in your head?"

Colin continues explaining to his father, “That was not the reason I split up with Gaynor – she was having an affair!   Who planted these stupid ideas in your head?”   On hearing that Dol started the rumour, he stresses that he is not Dol’s cousin, and that he will be having a stern word with her about the rumour.

Sam points out that Gaynor is also of the same opinion, 

"I am not gay!"

and Colin replies, “I am not gay, and if you’d stuck around over the years, you’d have known about it!”

Ffion and her friends . . .

As Ffion sits in the Deri with her two friends, she talks about Chester, and the problems she has had with him.   One of her friends says they are not there to talk shop, and they are about to order their meal, 

. . . are rudely interrupted by Gethin

when Gethin rushes in to give her the bad news, so they all hurriedly vacate the pub.

"It's your fault!"

Outside, Ffion blames Cadno, who in turn blames Debbie.   

Cadno gets a lot of flak

Cadno tells Ffion not to panic, and she replies, “It’s not one of your boys!”   

They all split up

Gethin recommends that they all spread out and check the salon, shop, gardens, sheds and skips.

"What have you been telling Dad?"

Gaynor arrives at number 7, demanding why she has been ordered to come;  “What exactly have you been telling Dad?” Colin asks, “He’s got the silly idea in his head that I’m gay – it’s not funny, Gaynor!”   

"I was just winding Sam up!"

She seems to find the situation highly amusing.   “I can’t believe that Sam doubts you just because Dol misunderstood,” she says, “ I was just winding Sam up.   Are you really worried what your father thinks?   You’re a grown man!   

Colin does not appreciate her humour

“Why are you getting so wound up? . . . unless there’s some truth in it?   You haven’t been out with a woman for ages – and you know how people talk!”

Madge is surprised to see her coming in the back way

Debbie, in her search for Arwen, goes in through the back door of the salon and out the front, 

Ffion is fearing the worst

where Ffion comments, “You hear about children who are abducted and never seen again.”   

"You should call the cops!"

Chester, who has joined the search, is of the opinion that the police should be called, but Gethin suggests a search of the whole village before they do that.

A cup of peppermint tea

Jim has made Eileen some peppermint tea in an effort to calm her, and asks, “I know how much this treatment means to you, but why didn’t you talk to me about it?   

"Don't you trust me?"

“Don’t you trust me?”   

"I can't think of anything else"

She admits that she cannot think of anything else, and is unable to sleep because of the worry.

Jim admits that he was just anxious that she did not trust him, and urges her, “You’ve found the treatment – now have a bit of faith!”

They reach the park . . .

In Cwmderi Park, Ffion espies a man carrying a child in a pink coat, like Arwen’s;  

. . . but it is not Arwen

she challenges him, but finds it is not Arwen, 

"We've lost our little girl"

and Gethin explains they have lost their little girl.

"This is your fault, Geth!"

“This is your fault, Geth – if you hadn’t insisted that Cadno looked after her!” rages Ffion, “If we’re too late, I’ll never forgive you!”   

Debbie and Gaynor are still searching . . . 

Debbie and Gaynor search other streets, 

. . . as are Cadno and Chester  (who is looking after the boys?)

while Cadno and Chester are elsewhere;  they meet up and then head in other directions.   

"Arwen?"

Suddenly Chester notices a figure

It certainly looks like her

in a pink coat near some bins.

Colin tells his troubles to Eileen

Colin tells his woes to Eileen, who is no mood to listen;  she explains that by telling people of this rumour, he is spreading it himself.   

"There's no smoke without fire!"

When told about it, Jim concludes, “There’s no smoke without fire!”   Eileen explains that Dol thought that Colin was ‘batting for the other side’.

"When your ex-wife suspects, it must be true!"

Jim deduces, “When your ex-wife suspects, it must be true!”   

"My love-life is now over!"

Colin is convinced that his love-life is now finished.

When he has gone, Eileen asks where the bank form has gone, and Jim replies that he posted it for her.

As Ffion paces to and fro, waiting for the police, the buzzer sounds;  Gethin tells them to come up;  

Arwen is reunited with her Mam

Ffion, expecting police officers, is overjoyed when Chester appears, carrying Arwen, whom he found heading towards the park.   

"I don't know how to thank you!"

“I don’t know how to thank you!” enthuses Ffion.

Ffion blames Cadno

As the other searchers arrive, Ffion continues to blame Cadno, and Cadno blames Debbie, who is at least apologetic about her part in the affair.   

"I don't want you near Arwen again!"

Ffion addresses Cadno;  “You haven’t apologised at all!   Things could have been so different – just go, I don’t want you near Arwen again!   

Cadno is about to go home

“I pity those little boys – you’re not fit to be a mother!”

This has done a lot for Chester's self-confidence

To Chester she says, “You, on the other hand, are a star!” while Gaynor and Gethin are full of praise for him.