Cwmderi Diary 2016: 6 May 2016

"Chester's confession must be a relief"

Gethin is taking Arwen to the park when he meets Siôn, who comments, “Chester’s confession must be a relief.” Gethin replies that he hopes Chester gets what he deserves, and congratulates Siôn on his being accepted into the Gorsedd.

"Where's your gown thingy?"

Kelly joins them, asking Siôn, “Where’s your gown thingy? It’s just been on CwmFM – you’re as pleased as punch, admit it!”

"In a sheet and wellingtons!"

Gethin comments that not everyone gets to walk in the mud in a sheet and wellingtons.

"After the attack"

When Gethin has gone, Kelly says, “Iolo must be proud as well – at least he turned up at the party after everything! He needs cheering up, now the OCD has come back after the attack.”

"Attack? What attack?"

Siôn is amazed by what she said, but she continues, “I thought you knew – I’ve said too much already – he can tell you himself!”

"Is it OK if I use this one?"

Inside number 7, Tyler asks for permission to use another mug,

"Yes, I did make too much fuss!"

and Iolo admits he did make too much fuss last night. “I know things have not been easy, but you have to get this under control!” Tyler tells him.

Then there is banging at at the door;

"They're coming to get me!"

“It’s them! They’ve found out where I live!” wails Iolo, so Tyler arms himself with a frying pan and opens the door.

Siôn almost gets clobbered

It is Siôn, who is rather concerned,

"I know about the attack"

and reveals that he knows about the attack. Tyler goes upstairs, so they can talk;

"Oh, Dad!"

Iolo is hugged by his father.

"Are you coming to the park?"

Dani, who is taking Gwern to the park to play with Arwen, asks Garry if he is coming, but he declines.

"I admitted it to Gaynor"

“I admitted to Gaynor that I forced Chester to continue with the accusation against Ffion – I didn’t have much choice,” he tells her, “I did it for Britt.”

Dani is not complimentary about Britt

Dani is very dismissive of Britt, and Garry requests that she makes sure that Gethin does not go home too soon.

"I'm going to football"

Chester is getting ready to go to football, but is told that he is grounded. “Garry told Gaynor that he put pressure on you not to confess,” says Britt,

"Does that mean I'm off the hook?"

and he thinks that he is now off the hook. “There’s a long way to go yet,” she informs him, and then acquiesces to his demand to go.

Sara is looking for new suppliers

Sara advises Jason that she has researched some possible suppliers, as they have to preserve the company’s good name, and she will have to take on the staff again. “So I can refuse the job in Australia, then,” suggests Jason.

"We need your wages in Australia"

She points out that they will be making less money, but can bail out the company with his wages.

"So you're packing me off to Australia"

“So you’re packing me off to Australia – I need to stay here and keep an eye on you!” he insists.

"I had my reasons"

Garry has gone to Cysgod y Glyn, where he tells Ffion, “It was a cruel thing to do, I know, but I had my reasons.” She bluntly orders him out of the flat, threatening to ring Gethin, as she does not want to hear his excuses.

"Just drop the slander case"

“I’ll go when you let me finish what I have to say,” he continues, “I don’t want forgiveness – just drop the slander case.

"Britt has been vile to me!"

Ffion is in no mood to comply; “The fact that you forced Chester to keep lying changes nothing – you have no idea how vile Britt has been to me – she deserves everything she gets!”

"What – now?"

Siôn has persuaded Iolo to ring his therapist, who offers an immediate appointment.

Iolo has to wear the same shirt

“I’d like to wear the same shirt as the last time I saw him,” he insists.

"His OCD is back again"

Siôn tells Tyler about the OCD and reveals it took a while for Iolo to tell him what happened. He says, “Thanks for taking him to hospital – I hope he has the sense not to use that app again.”

"It's my fault – no-one else's"

Garry admits that if he had not urged Chester to keep quiet, none of this would have happened. “It’s my fault – no-one else’s! If you want revenge, you’re going after the wrong person.”

"What sane person would do that?"

Ffion recalls the wine incident; “What sane person would do that to an alcoholic? The only word to describe her is ‘vile’! Can you imagine the strain I was under? The worry was eating me alive!

"Young people are really being abused!"

“The worst thing is that there are young people out there really being abused – and false accusations make it more unlikely that they’ll be believed.”

"It happened to me!"

“I’m aware of that,” Garry replies, “It happened to me!”

"That Eisteddfod thingy"

In the Maenan shop, Kelly mentions Siôn being admitted into that “Eisteddfod thingy.”

"Looking for something made by an ethical company?"

Megan asks Jason, who is browsing, if he is looking for something made by an ethical company, and he informs her that they are considering cancelling the contract with Telcaro.

"There – that's you told!"

“About time too!” is Megan’s response.

An extremely poor example of window-cleaning

Back from the park, Dani takes a photo of Tyler cleaning the windows of number 7.

"Shall we go and see if Dad's back?"

He tells her that Iolo’s OCD has come back, and she assures him she will do anything she can to help.

"I wanted to escape, but couldn't"

Garry continues his story; “Britt had left the home by then, or she might have stopped it. I didn’t stand a chance, and wanted to escape, but couldn’t because of Brandon.”

"You never told me this"

He had never mentioned this to Ffion when they were together, as it is not something he likes to share. He agrees that it is very wrong to make a false allegation, and that is what he told Chester.

"I hoped nothing would come of it"

“Britt had been through enough already. I knew you hadn’t done anything wrong, and I hoped nothing would come of it.”

Arwen is home

Gethin and Arwen come home, and Garry makes a hasty exit.

"I'll tell you about it later"

Ffion says she will tell Gethin later what happened.

Sara tries to convince herself

Sara is looking at a webpage entitled ‘Appalling Child Labour Conditions’ and tells Jason it is to convince herself she has done the right thing.

"We have to get rid of Telcaro"

He is adamant, “We have to get rid of Telcaro, or everyone in the village will turn their backs on us. Is it the only option – sending your husband to the ends of the earth? Right, I’d better go and pack!”

Garry is unusually quiet

Dani is surprised when Garry returns in a very subdued mood; she says, “You’ve been to see Ffion, haven’t you? And she refused to drop the case.”

Garry answers that on the contrary Ffion is going to consider it,

"I'm tired of the whole thing"

and that he is tired of the whole thing. She sees that he is in tears, and asks what is wrong.

"I told Ffion – it just slipped out"

“I told Ffion about the trouble I had in the children’s home – it just slipped out – I regret it now,” he replies.

"She won't say anything"

She assures him that Ffion will not say a word, and hugs him.

Ffion comes face to face with her nemesis

Ffion is on the way to the shop when she meets Britt, who apologises on Chester’s behalf for what happened. Ffion tells her, “I know Garry encouraged him.

Good news for Britt

“I’m not going to continue with the slander case – but I am expecting an apology from you!”

Ffion enters the shop

She goes into the shop.

"Congratulations"

As Siôn gets out of the car, he encounters Megan, who congratulates him on being accepted into the Gorsedd,

"If only they knew how unprincipled you really are!"

and then reveals, “Before your ego grows any more, I put your name forward. I knew that would take the wind out of your sails! If only they knew how unprincipled you really are! I regret doing it!” and she stalks off.

"You've moved that plant!"

Iolo enters the house and realises things have been moved; Tyler admits to having been doing some cleaning.

"Now I shall have to do it all again!"

“You do realise I shall have to do it all again?” complains Iolo.

Then he turns to Kelly; “What are you doing here?”

"I came to apologise for spilling the beans"

She explains she has come to apologise for spilling the beans, and to see how he is. “Well, now you’ve done that, you can go!” Iolo informs her, so she does.

"If you had kept quiet!"

“If you had kept quiet, she wouldn’t have known,” he shouts at Tyler, who replies that then he would not have gone to see the therapist.

Tyler loses his temper; “The fact that you’re suffering doesn’t give you the right to treat us like dirt!”

"Ffion's not taking it any further"

Britt goes to tell Garry that Ffion is not going to take it any further, and is grateful to him for persuading her;

"Chester might not be expelled"

“If Gaynor keeps her word and points the finger at you, Chester might not be expelled.” He warns her not to get her hopes up, as Gaynor has not changed her mind about telling the police.

Dani can keep quiet no longer; “Garry has put himself on the line here! And he didn’t touch Chester!”

"You're wrong – I've seen the bruises!"

Britt snarls that she is wrong – and that she has seen the bruises. Then she storms out.

"That boy doesn't have an honest bone in his body"

Dani’s evaluation is, “That boy doesn’t have an honest bone in his body – and it’s not your fault!”

Siôn brings supplies

Siôn brings two bags of groceries for Iolo, and volunteers to cook him dinner. He tells Tyler, “He fought hard to get the OCD under control. This couldn’t have come at a worse time, with me leaving.”