5 February 2026

Iolo comes downstairs

Next morning, Iolo, in his dressing gown, comes downstairs with an anxious look on his face;  

There is no sign on Liv and the baby . . .

he calls, “Liv?   Cai?” but there is no sign of anyone else.   

. . . but there is a note

Then he sees the sheet of paper on the table, which Liv left, which simply reads, ‘Please forgive me.’   

Iolo is horrified

He is horrified as he realises the implication of this.

Diane visits number 7

At number 7, Ieuan is speaking on the phone as he opens the door to Diane.   

"Today's your first day at Brynawelon"

“I’ve just come to wish you well,” Diane tells Anita, who does not seem to register her presence;  “Today’s your first day at Brynawelon.”

"I don't want to go, Diane"

“I know – I don’t want to go, Diane,” is Anita’s reply.   

"You'll love it once you are there"

Diane appreciates that it is hard but assures Anita that she will love it once she is there.

Ieuan is speaking to Kelly

Ieuan is continuing his phone conversation;  “We’ll be fine – listen, I’ll phone you later.   All right, love – take care,” then he goes into the kitchen to join the others.

"Got up late, did you?"

Diane assumes that he got up late, judging by his dishevelled appearance, 

"Amanda's had some crisis . . ."

but he replies that he just lost track of time.   “We had quite a night, with everything last night – Amanda’s had some crisis – 

". . . and Kelly's gone back to Merthyr"

“Kelly got a phone call in the middle of the night and she’s had to go back to Merthyr for a while.

"Is Kelly coming today?"

pipes up, “Kelly?   Is Kelly coming with me today?”   

"No – she went to see her Mam"

She is told that she went to see her mother, Amanda last night.   

"Will she be back tonight?"

“Will she be back tonight?” is the next question, but he does not know the answer to that.

"Good luck for today"

Diane must go now, but wishes Anita good luck;  

"You'd better zip up that fly"

on her way out she advises Ieuan, “You’d better zip up that fly before you go out.”   

Ieuan follows her advice

He quickly does so.

"Do you think he'll mind that I stayed over?"

Cai and Dani are walking, arm in arm, along the back street;  “Thanks for helping with Mark last night,” she says.   Cai wonders, “Do you think he’ll mind that I stayed over?”

"I'm not going to tell him"

“The state Mark was in last night, I don’t think he would have minded if we had changed the living room into a roller disco!” laughs Dani, “But seriously, I’m not going to tell him.”

“Because you don’t want it to happen again, or . . .” Cai enquires;  

She hopes it will happen again

she answers that she wants to keep it quiet if it happens again – which he hopes it will.

"Where have you been?"

Iolo comes out of the alley, angrily demanding, “Where have you been?”   Cai lies that he went out early;  “So you didn’t see the note on the table, did you?   She’s taken him!   Liv – she’s taken the baby!”

"She's probably taken him for a walk"

Cai suggests that she has probably taken him out for a walk, advising Iolo to go home and he will go out looking for them.   

"I'm going straight to the police!"

However, Iolo is adamant that he is going straight to the police.

"And say what?"

“And say what?   That a mother has taken her child for a walk?” asks Cai.

"But Tyler is my baby!"

“But Tyler is my baby!” shouts Iolo.   

"Not until the adoption papers are signed"

It is explained to him that it is not the case until he has signed the adoption papers.   Once again, he is told to go home and let Cai go looking for them.

"Hi, Liv – where are you?"

Cai’s first action is to take out his phone and dial Liv’s number, leaving a message, “Hi, Liv – where are you?   Phone me, please.”

"You want it done by one o'clock?"

Dani is cleaning at the Ceffyl Du brewery and is surprised that Rhys wants it ready by one o’clock.   

"I've invited a lot of important people"

He insists that he wants it shining, as he has invited a lot of important people.   “Like who?   MPs – 

"The Llanarthur Carnival Queen?"

“The Llanarthur Carnival Queen?” she demands.

"Pub owners from far and hear"

He explains, “Pub owners from far and near – I want to expand the business.”   Dani anticipates that it will take more than a morning to give this place a deep clean, but he does not maintain that it is dirty.   

"You should call it The Pig Sty'!"

She offers the suggestion that he should change the name of the brewery to ‘The Pig Sty.’

"Perhaps you should stick to cleaning!"

“And perhaps you should stick to cleaning, instead of cracking jokes!” he observes.   

"Why are you wasting money on cleaners?"

At that moment, his father walks in, surprised to see that he is wasting money on cleaners when he has his own pair of hands.

"When Steffan and I had 'Cic Mul' . . ."

“Steffan and I had Cic Mul shining years ago.”   

"Yes – and what happened to that?"

In that case, Rhys wonders where it is now, informing his father that he is networking today and the secret is to work smarter, not harder.

"If you need any tips . . ."

Hywel boasts that he has over 40 years of experience in business, so if Rhys needs any tips . . .   

"All I need is some peace"

“I don’t need any tips – all I need is some peace!” Rhys snarls, so his father will give him some peace.

"That was a bit harsh"

Dani regards what he said as rather harsh.   “Perhaps – but I don’t like it when he hangs round, acting like Cwmderi’s Alan Sugar.   I’ve got stuff to do – I need sales.”

"I tried to phone Gaynor last night"

As they are preparing the nibbles for the brewery later, Siôn tells Diane, “I tried to phone Gaynor last night, but there was no answer.”   Diane has not spoken to her, a fear of being accused of interfering.

"Ad she being a former head teacher"

Eileen finds it hard to believe that she was part of it, being a former headteacher, but Diane is not sure that it is that simple.

"Have you seen Liv?"

Cai comes in, asking if they have seen Liv;  “She’s disappeared and taken little Tyler with her.”   

"I hope they're all right"

Eileen hopes that they are both all right, while Siôn demands why Iolo has not phoned, 

Iolo has been trying to contact his father

then discovers that his phone is registering 12 missed calls from Iolo.

"Hoe do you turn off this silent thing?"

“How do you turn off this silent thing?” he asks Eileen, so she does it for him.   Diane asks how long they have been missing 

"During the night some time"

and is told that it was during the night some time.   Cai is now going to the hospital where she worked, to see if they know anything.   

"I'll come with you, Cai"

Siôn will accompany him.

"I said this adoption was a stupid idea"

Diane remarks to Eileen, “I said this adoption was a stupid idea right from the start,” 

Eileen is afraid she may have prompted it"

but Eileen believes that what she said may have had some bearing on it.

"I'm not angry with you . . ."

Iolo is now leaving a phone message for Liv;  “Look, I’m not angry with you – I promise – 

". . . I just want tom make sure Ty is OK"

“I just want to make sure that Ty is OK.”   His OCD is obviously playing a part here, 

He looks across at a photo

as he looks at a photograph of himself and the original Tyler with baby Greta.

"I quite liked the dishevelled look"

In the Deri, Diane discovers Ieuan and comments, “Oh, it’s a shame that you’ve changed – I quite liked the dishevelled look.”   He imagines that she will be pleased to hear that he has washed, brushed his teeth 

"I combed whatever hair I have left"

and combed whatever hair he has left.

"I've been in meetings all morning"

“But you obviously haven’t had time to have breakfast,” she goes on, so he explains that he has been in meetings all morning and this snack is just to keep him going.

"You have to look after yourself!"

“You can’t look after Anita if you don’t look after yourself,” she reprimands him, 

"I'll have a three-course meal later"

so he promises that he will have a three course meal later.   “I’m serious, Ieuan, it’s a lot of responsibility – especially with Kelly away.   It’s important that you ask for help.”

Ieuan cannot escape now

As she sits down at the table, he realises that he is going to have to listen to what she says.   “Now, tell me – what happened last night after Kelly left?   Was Anita upset?”

"When Kelly left last night, it was too much for her"

He answers, “A change in routine makes her so ‘dysregulated’, you know.    I know it’s natural, but when Kelly left unexpectedly last night, it was a bit too much for her – and I’m sure the pressure of worrying about going to Brynawelon isn’t going to help either.”

Diane points out that he has done his best to keep to a routine, but sometimes things are just beyond his control.   

"She'[Lleucu probably sleep for hours"

“I’m sure that Anita will have enjoyed today – she will be tired – she’ll probably sleep for hours, hopefully.”

"Unless she has nightmares"

“Unless she has nightmares about something else that’s worrying her,” sighs Ieuan, assuring Diane that she has done enough as it is.   

"You could always get more care for her"

He is told that he could always get more care for Anita just while Kelly is away.

"Let's see how things go today"

“Well, let’s just see how things go today first, shall we?” he says.

Rhys returns

When Rhys returns to the brewery, he finds Dani, with a cup of coffee, looking at her phone.   “I’m not paying you to text and drink coffee!” he protests, 

'I deserve a break"

but she explains that she has been at it for two hours and deserves a break.

"Would you expect kiss at the end of the text?"

“Listen, if a girl texted you and you’d sort of started seeing her, would you expect a kiss at the end, or is it too much?” she asks.  

"I'm not paying you for this, Dani!"

Again, he insists that he is not paying her for this, so she warns him not to talk to her like that;  

"No wonder no-one's drinking here!"

“No wonder nobody’s drinking here!”

He apologises, as he is feeling a bit stressed;  

"Garry wants to increase the rent"

“If I don’t expand the business, I’ll have to move out.   Garry wants to increase the rent.”

"Yeah, typical Garry!"

She regards that as typical Garry;  “He sees you succeeding and wants to make easy money.”   Rhys groans that it is money he does not have at the moment, so she can understand why today is so important to him.

"If you really want to help . . ."

Eileen has gone to Y Felin and has made a cup of tea for Iolo;  “If you really want to help, can you go out and look for them?” he urges her, “Or stay here, so I can go out and look?”

"When Greta gets home, she'll want to see her Dad"

“Look, when Greta gets home from school, she’ll want to see her father,” Eileen reminds him;  he is sure that she will want to see her little brother as well.

"At least Jac was too young to realise"

“At least Jac was too young to realise what was going on when DJ took Lili,” Eileen recalls, “Mind you, he would have taken them both if he could have!”

"You don't think she wants to take Greta as well?"

Now Iolo is terrified that Liv wants to take Greta as well, but she assures him that is not the case.   

"She was fragile when we had our little chat"

“She was fragile when we had a little chat yesterday, but no.”

He demands what Liv said in that little chat;  

"It's difficult for any mother to give her baby away"

“Iolo, it’s difficult for any mother to give her baby away.”   He hopes that she did not say anything to scare Liv. 

Siôn returns with no news

The door opens and Siôn returns, but does not have any good news for them.   

"I hope this isn't your fault . . ."

“I hope this isn’t your fault!” yells Iolo at Eileen, “Dad, you haven’t heard about the heart to heart she had with Liv yesterday, have you?   

". . . she probably put silly ideas into Liv's head!"

“She probably put some silly ideas in Liv’s head.”

Eileen decides that she is going;  “Rhys Llywelyn’s buffet won’t sort itself.”   

"I want you to pick up Greta . . ."

Iolo wants his father to go and pick up Greta from school, but it is pointed out that school has not finished yet.

". . . I want her safe here with me!"

“Dad, please – I want her here safe with me, so just do what I ask!”   

"All right, I'll do that"

Siôn agrees to do that.

Rhys comes back again 

The next time Rhys walks into the brewery, 

"One o'clock and the place is shining!"

Dani announces, “One o’clock and the place is shining, even if I do say so myself.”   

"Don't put a kiss on the end of the next . . ."

He agrees that she has done a good job and hands over the payment, giving her the advice not to put a kiss at the end of that text.

". . . you don't want to appear too keen"

“You don’t want to appear too keen, do you?   

"Who is he, then?   Anyone I know?"

“Who is he then?   Anyone I know?”   She does not reply and then Eileen arrives with the food, apologising that there was a family crisis.   

Hywel is lending Eileen a hand

Hywel has been roped into assist her, making sure that Rhys is aware that he was asked by Eileen to do that.

"I'm surprised you're not out, looking for your sister"

“I’m surprised that you’re not out, looking for your sister,” Eileen reprovingly tells Dani, 

"Liv's done a runner"

but the reply is that Liv has done a runner.

“And she has taken little Tyler with her,” Eileen continues.   Neither Hywel or Rhys knew about that.   

"That's what Liv is like"

Dani tells them that is what Liv is like, adding that Rhys is stressed because Garry has increased the rent.

Diane brings a large amount of Cawl

Diane has brought a pot full of Cawl to number 7 in case Ieuan does not have time for that three course meal;  “There should be enough for a couple of days.   

"Have you heard how it's going st Brynawelon?"

“Have you heard how it’s going at Brynawelon?”

"She seems to be enjoying herself"

He replies that he has been phoning every hour and thinks that they have had enough of him already;  “She seems to be enjoying herself, making friends, arranging flowers with Siwsi – she has even slept a little.”

"I knew she would enjoy it"

Diane knew that she would enjoy it and Ieuan says that Anita had a message for her, 

"We're having a drink in the Deri later"

that they are having a drink in the Deri tonight, so she can tell them about it.   

"Do you think she'll have enough energy?"

“Do you think she’ll have enough energy?” asks Diane.

"If that's what Anita wants . . ."

“As you know, if that’s what Anita wants, we don’t have much choice, do we?” Ieuan concludes.

Rhys' guests are leaving

At the end of Rhys’ publicity event, 

"Don't forget – 10% off"

he reminds the participants as they leave that there is a 10% discount on their first order.   

"Is it safe for me to come in?"

Hywel is lurking outside, enquiring if it is safe for him to come in.   

"Sorry for being so prickly"

Rhys apologises for being so prickly earlier, but his father maintains that he is the same when he is stressed.

“Are you try to say that we’re similar?” asks Rhys, 

"I just have a better business brain"

but his father argues that he has a better business brain.   If Rhys needs any money, he only has to ask.   “Why do you think I need any money?”

Hywel points out that he was keen to get more orders, 

"Don't worry – everything's fine"

so Rhys apologises for showing a bit of ambition, but says that everything is fine and he does not need to worry, 

Hywel walks away

so Hywel walks away.

Now Iolo is paranoid about security 

The OCD is definitely taking over, as Iolo makes sure that the door is double locked, trying to give Greta the impression that it is a game.   

"Now I'll do the same with the back door"

“I just have to go to the kitchen to do the same with the back door.

"How will we get out?"

Greta asks the obvious question, “How will we get out?” so is told that they will not be going out for a while.   

"We're going to cuddle up"

They are going to play school and cuddle up in front of the telly, just the two of them.

"What about little Tyler and Mami Liv?"

“What about little Tyler and Mami Liv?” Greta asks 

"They've all gone to stay with Grandad"

and he says that they plus Cai and Lleucu have gone to stay with Grandad for a while.

“Which means you and I can spend time together – a very special time;  

How about your OCD medication?

he gives her a hug, but is still looking very anxious.

In the Deri, Rhys thanks Dani for her help today, imagining that perhaps they could work out a permanent cleaning contract.   

"I thought you were trying to make money"

“I thought you were trying to make money, not spend it,” she comments.

"If they all start stocking Ceffyl Du beer . . ."

“If everyone who turned up today starts stocking Ceffyl Du beer, I won’t have to worry – it went well – or I think it did.   There was a lot of interest in the beer and a lot of praise . . . 

". . . but no-one actually bought anything"

“but no-one actually bought anything.”

Now it is beginning to hit him, “So perhaps I’ve spent a fortune for nothing.”   

"You have to go after them"

Dani points out that if these people are interested, he has to go after them and put pressure on them.

“I’m not sure that I'm good at the hard sell!” he tells her, 

"You used to be an estate agent!"

but she reminds him that he used to be an estate agent, so he should not have too many problems.

"I failed with the gym"

He recalls that he failed with the gym;  

"The name didn't help much"

she remembers the name, ‘Chwys Rhys’ [Rhys’ Sweat] and imagines that the name did not help much.

Dani encourages him, “Listen, with a bit of hard work, you’ll be able to pay that rent.  

"You don't want Garry to get the better of you"

“You don’t want Garry to get the better of you, do you?”   

"Yes, you're right!"

Rhys agrees that she is right.

"Siwsi helped me to arrange the flowers"  

Anita, Ieuan and Diane come in, as Anita is telling them, “Then Siwsi helped me to arrange the flowers – can I go back there?”   When Ieuan tell her that she can, she is very pleased.

"But Meic's here!"

:But then she suddenly stops, looking across 

But no-one else can see Meic

at an empty table and exclaiming, “But Meic’s here!”   

"Meic's not with us any more"

Ieuan tries to explain that Meic is not with them any more.   “No, of course he isn’t, sorry,” she says;  they are sure that she must be exhausted after all that fun with Siwsi, 

"How about we go home?"

so Ieuan suggests that they should go home.

“And I’d better spend some time with that husband of mine,” adds Diane, 

"We can go for a drink another time"

“We can go for a drink another time.”   

Anita cannot help looking at that empty table

As they are leaving, Anita looks again at the empty table.

"I find it odd you didn't mention it"

In the deli, Siôn is telling Eileen, “I still find it odd that you didn’t mention it.”   She answers that during the day dozens of customers come in there 

"But this was about my new grandson"

and she cannot repeat every story to him.   “I know that, but this was a chat with Liv about my new grandson,” he complains.

"All I did was give her some advice"

“All I did was give her some advice,” she answers, so he demands what sort of advice that was, but, fortunately for Eileen, Cai walks in at that moment.   

"OK, remember to phone me back"

He is speaking on the phone;  “OK, just remember to phone me back if you hear anything.”

here is no sign of Liv

He reports that nobody has seen her or heard from her;  

"She's still vulnerable after the birth"

Siôn just hopes that the little one is all right, while Eileen is concerned about Liv;  “She’s still vulnerable after the birth.”

"It's Dani!"

Suddenly, Cai’s phone sounds;  he says that it is Dani calling, so he goes outside to answer it.   Eileen moans that Dani has not helped matters.

"Where are you?"

Outside the door, Cai answers the call, “Where are you?”

"I'll meet you – and only you!"

Liv will not tell him that;  “I’ll meet you – and only you – I’ll text you the details.”   In the background we hear the rather unhappy cries of the baby, so Cai asks if Tyler is all right, 

Then she ends the call

but she has already terminated the call.