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| Idyllic family life is disturbed . . . |
Life at Maes-y-Deri is its usual dyfunctional self, when there is a knock at the door; Dol’s first reaction is not to answer it. Liam opens the door, and two officials of the electricity company enter;
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| . . . when the men from the electricity company arrive |
one of them announces, “I’m here to cut off your supply. We’ve contacted you several times, warning this would happen. You have not paid your bills, and I have a warrant.”
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| "A baby lives here!" |
Vicky protests that a baby lives here and Dol is a pensioner, but the official is unmoved; “Records show that Mark Jones lives here and has not paid. Please show me where the supply comes into the house.”
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| "Got another busy day ahead?" |
As Ed sits miserably on the sofa, Eileen comments that he looks as if he has another busy day ahead of him; “You can’t just sit there, waiting for her to ring,” she says. He asks if she has no work to do, and she replies, “I have to go and sort something out with Angela.”
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| "Off you go, then, and leave me alone" |
“Off you go then, and leave me alone,” he moans,
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| "I decide who stays here!" |
but she reminds him of what she said last week – it is her home and she decides who stays there.
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| "It's all local eggs and bacon!" |
In the café, Angela complains that the breakfast Debbie has just brought her has been fried in fat.
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| Debbie has ensured everyone in the area knows . . . |
Debbie assures her that the Deri is booked for the auction, she has started collecting lots, the CnocCnoc page is ready, an advert will be on CwmFM
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| . . . and Angela is speechless |
and Kelly is putting something in the paper.
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| "How about a Deri Deithio voucher?" |
Ed comes in for a coffee and, when Debbie asks if they can donate a Deri Deithio voucher for the auction, tells her to talk to the boss, but he does not know where she is.
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| The electricity is disconnected |
One of the men is under the stairs at Maes-y-Deri as the lights are extinguished. The other informs them that they cannot accept cash, but contact must be made with the company. As there is a general squabble about who is responsible,
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| "You need to repay the debt" |
they are further told, “You will need to repay the debt before the power is reconnected,” and after getting a signature on his form, the pair leave.
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| "We're stuffed!" |
Dol sums up the situation, “We’re stuffed!” Liam asks where all the bills are, and she produces a wad of them from a drawer, remarking,
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| Here are all the hidden bills |
“It’s against the law to open other people’s post. I was keeping them safe until Mark gets out.”
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| Vicky wants Debbie's assistance |
Entering the café, Eileen joins Angela and Eifion. Debbie is on the phone, being harangued by Vicky about the lack of power, and agrees to go over there later.
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| "Everything is sorted!" |
Iolo rushes in and wants a word with Eifion; “Everything is sorted – you said you wanted it done as soon as possible!” Eifion is very pleased and hugs him. As Eifion leaves, he tells Angela he will have a surprise for her later.
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| "Are you going to accept my offer?" |
Angela anxiously asks Eileen what she has decided; “Are you going to accept my offer?”
Her mother replies in no uncertain terms that she will not.
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| "What you're doing disgusts me!" |
“What you’re doing disgusts me, and I don’t want anything to do with it!
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| "What am I going to do now?" |
“You’ve got until the end of the week to tell him – or I will!”
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| "How did you let it get to this?" |
Debbie demands, “How did you let it get to this? I’ve only just paid a fortune to get you out of trouble! Vicky and the baby can have the spare room, and Liam can sleep on the sofa in the café flat.”
Dol is informed that there is no room for her,
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| "I'd better go back" |
and Liam decides he had better go back to the barracks. Debbie tells Vicky to phone Ed for a taxi to take all the stuff.
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| "You've got cash to pay for a taxi!" |
“You’ve got cash to pay for a taxi,” moans Dol, “But not for the leccy!” Debbie reminds her that only last week she paid £600 to get her mother out of trouble. “There’s no room at the barracks for me, is there?” Dol asks Liam.
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"OK, I'll be over there now"
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Ed promises to be there straightaway with a taxi.
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A little surprise for Angela
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Eifion unveils his surprise for Angela – she is presented with a small box, and when she opens it, finds a key, which she finds rather anticlimactic. He explains, “It’s the key to the front door of this place – I’ve bought it for us! Macs just sent the paperwork.”
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"You didn't think to ask first?"
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“You didn’t think to ask me first?” she complains, and puts the key back in the box. “We’ve been looking at bigger houses – this was only meant to be temporary.” He protests that he was only trying to do something nice, but she replies, “By making one of the most important decisions in my life for me?
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| "What's wrong with you?" |
“What’s wrong with you?”
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Dol is driving Liam away
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Liam tells Debbie, “You knew I was going back next week, and a few days won’t make any difference. I came to help, but everything got worse. It’s best that I go – I don’t know how much more of Gran’s antics I can take!”
Debbie reveals that she could have found the money for the electricity;
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| "Why should I pay for her?" |
“But why should I pay for her? What if she asks for a few hundred more next week?”
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| "Not with my gammy knee!" |
Ed arrives with the taxi, and Dol explains that her ‘gammy knee’ means she cannot help with loading it.
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"Last week I thought I'd lost you!"
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Eifion is relieved; “Last week I thought I’d lost you – it gave me such a fright! Without the treatment it could happen at any time – today – tomorrow. I don’t know what I’d do if I lost you!”
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Is she about to admit everything?
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Angela begins, “You’re not going to lose me – there’s something I have to tell you.”
However, Eifion is not listening, but continues, “Moving is a very stressful experience, and I don’t want you under pressure. If we have a base here, it will be one less thing to worry about – we can move to a palace on a hill some other time – let’s get you better first!”
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| No – chickened out again |
She smiles, hugs him and apologises for spoiling his surprise.
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"How is Mark?"
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At Maes-y-Deri, Ed asks how Mark is,
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| "A damn sight warmer that us, I imagine!" |
and Dol answers, “I expect he’s a damn sight warmer than us!”
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"Why have you called me round for?"
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Eileen has been summoned to see Eifion and Angela;
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| "Eifion's bought this house!" |
when Angela announces that he has bought the house, her mother looks unimpressed. Eifion says, “We have to celebrate every little thing now, and must stay positive!” Angela adds that the doctors say that is important.
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"You want to make a bigger fool of him?"
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“And you want to make a bigger fool of him by telling him now he’s just spent thousands on this house?” is the answer.
“Have you thought for a second how much you’ll hurt him?” Eileen asks, but is told that Angela has to think of the best time to tell him, to cause as little pain as possible. Eileen refuses the drink, as Jim will be waiting for his tea;
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| "I'm sure you have a lot to discuss!" |
as she leaves, she pointedly tells Angela, “I’m sure you have a lot to discuss!”
Dol tries to smuggle Ed into the Deri;
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| "Oi! Iolo! Is the coast clear?" |
she asks Iolo at the bar if Garry and Dani are about,
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| "Ed, you're banned – remember?" |
but then is foiled when Ows says, “Ed, you’re banned – remember? Sorry, boy” Iolo comments that it is a shame, as the beer tastes lovely
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"You don't want to see me go back there"
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“You don’t want to see me go back to that cold house, all on my own!” Dol protests, but Debbie points out there are plenty of blankets there.
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| Dol calls her 'heartless' |
“I never thought a daughter of mine could be so heartless!” Dol adds, confessing that she should have done something about the bills, and promising that she has learned her lesson.
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"That's what you said last time!"
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“Yes, that what you said last time, but you haven’t!” exclaims Debbie, “I’m running a business, I’m a Mam, a Gran, fundraising to save a life and trying to get Mark out. My son left today because of you! In normal families, parents support their children – my life has fallen apart since you’ve been here!
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| "Am I just a cashpoint to you?" |
“How exactly do you support me? Or am I just a cashpoint to you?”
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| Debbie shows her the door |
She opens the café door, ushers her mother out and locks it behind her.
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