22 April 2026

Jinx has received an envelope . . . 

Jinx is walking past MFC while looking at the contents of an envelope which came through the door;  

. . . containing some cash

it contains a couple of £20 notes and a brief message.   In the background, Britt can be seen in the doorway of MFC, speaking to Colin on the phone;  

Ows is on a run

“Remember she needs breakfast, Col – mango what?  We’ve got plenty of cereal,” but then she notices Ows and hurriedly terminates the call.

"Owain – I thought it was you"

She approaches Ows;  “Owain – I thought it was you.   I’ve been thinking a lot about you since I heard you were here.”   

"Who are you?"

He wonders who she is, 

"I've been praying for you as well"

but she simply goes on, “I’ve been praying for you as well.”

"Keep your prayers out of my business"

“You don’t know me,” says Ows, “If you don’t mind, keep your prayers out of my business.”   He continues his run, 

Britt is worried

leaving Britt worried.

Siwsi fears she will be late for work

Siwsi comes downstairs at Y Felin, complaining that she is going to be late for work, but Indeg volunteers to go with her.   “You spend more time there than me!” Siwsi comments, “Perhaps you should ask for a job in Brynawelon.”

"I didn't have any lessons earlier"

Then Lleucu comes downstairs;  they imagined that she would have already gone to school, but she says that she did not have any lessons earlier, then leaves without a further word.

"Are things still awkward?"

Siwsi can see that things are still awkward between her and Indeg, 

"There's something I need to sort out"

who now decides that there is something she needs to sort out there, rather than accompanying Siwsi.   

She opens the laptop

She opens her laptop.

Cassie admires his muscles

In the Deri flat, Cassie gives Ows a cup of tea and asks him, “How long did it take for you to build those muscles?”

He demonstrates

He demands, “Why do older people turn their noses up at muscles?” but she protests that she was just admiring them.   

"Can I buy one of your books?"

Kath comes in, as he asks if Cassie has any of the books she has written that he could buy.

“You can have one – you don’t have to buy one,” she answers 

"You've made her day now"

and Kath laughs that he has made Cassie’s day now.   He wonders if he can get an autograph on it, 

"There's some saucy stuff in there, mind!"

but is warned by Kath that there is some saucy stuff in there.

"Have you two been friends for ever?"

He wonders if the two of them have been friends for ever;  

"Off and on"

Kath replies, “Off and on – we’ve had to forgive each other a lot – but I’ll tell you what, 

"They'll have to come through me first!"

“whoever wants to hurt Cassie will have to come through me first!”

"You appreciate your friend more that any man"

“As you get older, you appreciate your friend more than any man,” adds Cassie, “But I don’t tell my readers that, of course.”

"Do you know anything about this?"

Jinx arrives at the shop flat, asking Siôn if he knows anything about the envelope he has received;  

"It gives no name"

“Details of a photo shoot for you, but it gives no name.”   

Eileen grabs the note

Eileen grabs the note and looks pleased.

“I don’t do much photography, but I’ve got my own camera,” says Jinx 

"Someone has faith in you, Siôn"

and Eileen can see that someone has faith in him.

“And they want me in the photograph too,” she says proudly, with feigned surprise, “Looking strong, traditional and authoritative.   I think I’ve got something that will suit.”

"That's not the image I want to convey"

She goes out of the room, muttering, “We need something that looks expensive,” but Siôn maintains that is not the image he wants to convey.   “Of course it is – to win the business peoples votes,” Eileen instructs him.

They will meet near Penrhewl

Jinx proposes that they could meet at Penrhewl’s turning in half an hour, 

"We'll look the part in these"

then Eileen comes back in, having selected what they will wear;  “We’ll look the part in these – oh, yes!”

"I hear you and Owain have reconciled"

Britt walks across the road to the Deri and remarks to Cassie, “I hear that you and Owain have reconciled.”

"Strange how people can create monsters in their minds"

Cassie regards it as strange how people can create monsters in their minds, but Britt cautions, “I’m saying this as an old friend now, all right, Kath!   

"He has a shadow on his soul"

“Be careful – he has a shadow on his soul.”

"Don['t talk nonsense!"

Cassie tells her not to talk nonsense, conceding that she was scared of him at the start, but now realises that he is a good man.   

"I'm surprised you can't forgive him"

Kath is surprised that Britt cannot forgive him.   “There’s nothing to forgive – he’s not to blame for his father,” Cassie insists, but Britt reminds her that he painted on the wall.

“Perhaps if I had contacted him earlier, he wouldn’t have believed the worst about me.”   

Ows joins them . . .

Britt argues that she is just saying what she saw in his eyes and at that moment he comes out of the Deri.   

. . . which prompts Britt to go

Britt looks disparagingly at him, then walks away.

Jinx takes photos . . . 

 Jinx is taking photos of Siôn and Eileen with the backdrop of rolling fields, 

. . . but Siôn is far from happy

but Siôn is clearly not happy about this.   

"Just try to relax"

“Right, OK, Siôn – just try to relax – look as if you own these fields.   

"Responsible, professional and conservative"

“The brief is successful, responsible, professional and conservative – with a small ‘C’.

"Do what he says, Siôn"

Eileen instructs Siôn to do what Jinx says, but he protests that he does not feel like himself at all.   

"I don't care how you feel"

“I don’t care how you feel, Siôn, as long as you look good!”

Gaynor tries to go incognito 

Hywel is waiting in the deli, when a hooded figure comes in;  Gaynor is trying to disguise herself.   “We could have done this at home,” she moans, but he insists that it is time she came out.   She cannot hide for ever.

"I just don't want to see anybody!"

“I’m not hiding – I just don’t want to see anybody!”

"Apart from one person, perhaps"

He points out that no-one is looking at her, “Apart from one person, perhaps.”   

"Hiya, Mam"

She looks round and is amazed to see her daughter, Lois, 

Gaynor hugs her daughter

who she hugs warmly.

Jinx appears to have been taking a great many photographs, inviting them to choose the best and he will make some posters.   

Eileen takes over

Eileen immediately makes a unilateral decision, “That one!”

"They don't look anything like me"

Siôn apologises to Jinx, “Sorry you've gone to so much trouble, but they don’t look anything like me.”   

"That's an advantage"

Eileen regards that as an advantage arguing that he wants to attract all kinds of voters.   He complains that he looks like a Lord.

"A safe pair of hands . . ."

She would describe the photos as, “Confident, experienced – a safe pair of hands – 

". . . I'd vote for that"

“I’d vote for that.”   When she walks out of the room, 

"Can you spare another half an hour?"

Siôn asks Jinx if he can spare another half an hour.

Lois is surprised

When they arrive back at Llwyncelyn, Lois is rather surprised by the state of the house.   

"Why didn't you say anything?"

“Why didn’t you say anything?” demands Gaynor;  

"I wanted to surprise you"

she is told that Lois wanted to surprise her, which she obviously did,

“I would have come to the airport – have you just landed?”   

"I stayed with Dad and Britt"

She replies that she arrived last night and stayed with her father and Britt.   

“Is Niran with you?” is the next question, but she is told that he sends his regards.

"Mam, where's all your stuff?"

“Mam, where’s all your stuff?” Lois demands, so her mother immediately changes the subject, complaining that she has come all the way here on her own without saying a word.

"Why all the secrecy?"

“Of course I’m glad that you’re back – but why all the secrecy?   Why now?   And without any warning?   Hywel, did you know?   I don’t understand.”

"I should have come back sooner"

Lois has realised that she should have come back sooner, to be here with her mother, but is told that Gaynor did not expect her to fly halfway round the world when something small goes wrong.   She maintains that she is completely fine and proposes to make a cup of tea.

Lois looks at Hywel . . .

Lois looks at Hywel with disbelief 

. . . who thinks he had better go

and he thinks that it is time for him to go.   “You gave me the impression she was cracking up,” Lois growls, 

"Scratch under the surface"

so he advises her to scratch under the surface, then leaves the house.

Indeg is working on Lleucu's campaign

Indeg is reviewing the ‘vox pops’ supporting Lleucu when she returns from school to hear the words, “She’ll make a great councillor – Lleucu’s a good one.”   

"Are you still helping me?"

She is surprised that Indeg is still helping her

“I thought we weren't talking,” she says, 

"Arguing is a waste of time"

but Indeg insists that she is;  she does not want to argue as it is a waste of time – and Lleucu is going to need help to win the election.

"You'll ned a proper video"

“I’ve put these up, but you’ll need a proper video to say what your plans are – there isn’t much time.”   She closes the laptop, gets up 

"We're going to do some pieces to camera . . ."

and tells Lleucu to come with her.   “We’re going to do some pieces to camera, 

". . . and then a drink in the Deri"

then we’ll have a drink in the Deri to celebrate that we’ve made up.”

"I'll make a salad"

Lois reports to her mother that her stomach is a bit jet-lagged, so Gaynor replies that they will have something light for lunch, like salad.   Then she will want to hear everything about her daughter’s house.   

"You've seen the photos"

“You’ve seen the photos,” Lois tells her.

“It’s not every day my little girl comes home – have you got any more pictures?”   Lois protests that she does not come all the way from Thailand to show her photos she has already seen.   

"I don't really know why you're here at all"

Gaynor does not really know why she is there at all.

"Dad and Hywel are worried about you"

Lois explains, “Dad and Hywel are worried about you,” but she is told that there is no need.

"Hywel's got this bee in his bonnet, that's all"

Hywel’s got this bee in his bonnet, that’s all,” 

but Lois maintains that Hywel said more in one phone call than in dozens from her mother and father

"I believed Tom – and now I'm paying the price"

“Look, I was a fool to believe Tom – and now I’m paying the price,” her mother insists, “There’s nothing more to say.”

"Tom's playing with your head"

Lois points out that Tom is playing with her head;  “Look, I don’t want to spend the time you have here talking about Tom!” Gaynor snarls, but her daughter points out that he is still in her head, controlling her.

"It was my fault I listened to him"

It was my fault that I listened to him – I was the fool who helped him, so please will you stop hassling me?” demands Gaynor.

Lleucu does not like listening to her own voice

In the Deri, Lleucu does not like listening to her own voice as she can be heard explaining, “I’ll make sure there are more bins in order to keep our streets clean and tidy.”   

"You're going to win the 'web wars'!"

Indeg is quite convinced that she is going to win the ‘web wars’ and invites her to post the message so it goes live.

“There we are – that’s it – except for the hustings,” Indeg informs her, regretting that she cannot help Lleucu with that.   

"Why have you helped me?"

Lleucu cannot understand why Indeg has helped her, anyway, after what happened.

"As far as I'm concerned it's over"

“Look, as far as I’m concerned, it’s over,” she is assured, “Do you want it to be over?   There we are, then – it’s history.”   

"I've got revising to do"

Lleucu had better go, as she has revising to do, but Indeg knows something which she is sure helps with revising;  “Another pint!”

"I was going to vote for Lleucu anyway . . ."

Cassie, behind the bar, has been looking at what Lleucu just posted and assures Indeg that she was going to vote for Lleucu anyway;  

". . . but don't tell Kath!"

“Just don’t tell Kath!” she adds.

"What's wrong?"

Then Ows comes in, but does not receive a welcome from Indeg;  he asks what is wrong 

"I've made up with her"

and she growls, “I’ve just made up with her,” then asks Cassie, “Same again, please.”

"I didn't know she was still at school"

Siwsi arrives just as Ows notices Lleucu’s school uniform;  “I didn’t know she was still at school.”

"I didn't know you were going to sleep with her"

Siwsi replies, “I didn’t know you were going to sleep with her – don’t laugh – you shouldn’t have done that.”   He is afraid that she is under age, but Siwsi corrects him, pointing out, “It was her first time.”

"Shots for everyone!"

Now Indeg announces that it is shots for everyone;  

"I can't be bothered with revising!"

Lleucu cannot be bothered with revising anyway.   

"Right – I'll pay"

Ows volunteers to pay for them, together with one for Cassie, who initially refuses as she is working, but is soon persuaded to join them.

Jinx has taken a few more photos

Jinx is looking through a few more photos on his camera which he has taken of Siôn.   

"Have you something in there that will do?"

“Have you got something in there that will do?” Siôn anxiously asks.   

"I can imagine the poster now"

Jinx shows him one; he can imagine the poster now, entitled, ‘Siôn White – man of the people.’

“That was a lot more comfortable,” confirms Siôn.   Jinx can get a few pamphlets printed by the morning if he starts now;  Siôn will help him, 

"I'm not looking forward to telling Eileen"

although confessing, “I’m not looking forward to telling Eileen.”

Kelly is on the warpath . . .

At that moment he receives a message on his phone from Kelly;  “What was that work in Morawel?” 

. . . which causes Siôn some concern

which makes him feel very uncomfortable.

They are getting down to the drinking . . .

In the Deri, the alcohol is being consumed at quite a rate, with the participants becoming rather raucous.   Cassie protests, “You’ve bought me several gins already,” 

. . . and another toast is proposed

but Ows proposes another toast.   

Ows takes selfies

Then he takes a few selfies with Cassie.

“I just like seeing you having fun,” he says and they drink another toast, “To Gran!”   Indeg asks Ows why he is not drinking 

"I've got a 20k tomorrow"

and he replies that he has 20K tomorrow and needs strong legs.   

"You are handsome"

Cassie is obviously feeling the effects of the alcohol, as she maintains that he is handsome, 

Then another selfie

so he takes another selfie of them.

"I don't know what I saw in him – prat!"

Meanwhile Lleucu groans, “I don’t know what I saw in him – prat!”   When Cassie stands up, she is rather unsteady 

"You're lucky I'm here to save you"

and he says that she is lucky that he is there to save her

"I don't have much appetite"

Lois does not have much appetite and cannot eat any more;  Gaynor says that she is the same after flying.   

"A refuge for women who have been abused"

“In this place where I volunteer – a cooperative company, or something like that – it’s a refuge for women who have been abused.”

"You must have seen some terrible things"

Gaynor has an idea of what is coming next, commenting that Lois must have seen some terrible things.   

"The secret scars are the worst thing"

“The secret scars are the worst thing – the psychological ones.   They take a lifetime to heal.   I’ve seen it happen to so many women – and none of them are fools.”

"D0 you want more wine?   Or coffee?"

Gaynor is desperate to change the subject;  “Do you want more wine?   Or some coffee?”

"Have you heard of coercive control?"

“Have you heard of coercive control?”   Her mother does not want to listen to this, but Lois continues nevertheless, “When someone controls you so much, it eats your mind.”

"I don't want to talk about this"

“I don’t want to talk about this,” says Gaynor, but her daughter makes it perfectly clear she does want to talk about it.

"I want to know what that man's done to you"

“I want to know what that man’s done to you.”

Gaynor finally gives in;  “OK – perhaps it was more fear than control.”   

"Did he hurt you?"

When asked if Tom hurt her, she replies that there was nothing major, 

"There was one incident"

then confesses that there was one incident, 

She shows the photo

the results of which she has  on her phone.

"Has the solicitor seen this?"

Lois is horrified by it, demanding, “Has the solicitor seen this?” 

"I didn't want show it to anyone"

but her mother did not want to show it to anyone.   

"Why won't you fight, Mam?"

“It’s evidence.   Why won’t you fight, Mam?”

"One photo's not going to make me mot guilty"

Gaynor sighs, “One photo isn’t going to make me not guilty,” but Lois says that it might persuade the CPS.

“Hywel’s behind this, isn’t he?   I don’t want the cost or the pain!” Gaynor protests, but her daughter is adamant that coercive control changes everything.

"Perhaps I want to go to court"

“Perhaps I want to go to court!   Perhaps I want to see if a jury will find me not guilty – because I’m not sure that I am!”   Lois argues that of course she is not guilty.

"Everyone else thinks I'm guilty"

“According to you and two ex-husbands – while everyone else thinks I’m guilty I can’t ask the CPS to drop this case!”

"You're not too old to dance"

In the Deri, Ows tell his grandmother, “You’re not too old to dance,” while the others are cavorting.   Siwsi suddenly realises that her shift starts in six hours;  she is told by Cassie that she has no stamina.

"Right, that's enough!"

Then Kath comes in, so Cassie tells them to be quiet;   

"You've had enough . . . good night"

Kath points out that it is closing time now so they have had enough and wishes them all good night.

Ows casts Indeg aside

Indeg suggests to Ows that she can come over later, but he insists that he wants to be here for Cassie;  

"All right, Cassandra?"

“All right, Cassandra?” he laughs.

"Make sure you clear up"

Kath tells them to do what they like, but she is going to bed and expects them to clear up.   

Cassie is looking the worse for wear

Ows wants one more picture of Cassie, who by now is looking rather dishevelled.

"You're welcome to stay any time"

Lois is just leaving the MFC flat;  she is assured by Britt that she is welcome to stay with them any time.   “I’d better get back to Mam – she needs me,” says Lois 

Lois sets off . . .

and sets off for Llwyncelyn with her two bags, 

. . . first calling at number 21 . . .

but first of all, she calls at number 21.

. . . where Hywel is surprised to see her

Hywel is surprised to see her, but she says that she cannot stay;  “I have to get back to Mam.   

"That swine has got a tight hold on her"

“That swine has got a tight hold on her – we have to do something.   

"I need your help"

“I’ve got an idea, but I need your help.”