2 July 2026

Jinx appears to be moving out

Jinx is moving all his belongings, including his guitar, out of number 9 into the back of his car, which is parked outside.   

"What are you doing?"

Eleri comes across the road, asking what he is doing;  “Packing my stuff,” he replies, “I’m moving away.”

"I can't stay here after everything"

“Huw, please don’t,” she begs, but he maintains that he cannot stay there after everything – the lies, the secrets.

She wants to explain, but he insists, “There’s nothing to keep me here.”   

She tries to stop him . . .

When she tries to hold on to the box which he is carrying, he wrests it from her grasp 

. . . but his mind is made up

and closes the hatchback.

"Please don't do this!"

“Please don’t do this,” Eleri continues as he gets into the car, “Stop!”   He wonders why he should do so.   

"Because I love you"

“Because I love you,” she whines.

Interesting headline on the Western Post 

At Maes-y-Deri, Gwern is looking at the Western Post, so when he hears Mark come in, he holds it up in front of him, showing the headline ‘Local man honoured for outstanding contributions to his village community’.

"Put it away!"

“Put it away!” Mark tells him and Gwern wonders whether he will need a security guard now, 

"The women will be throwing themselves at you now"

as all the women will be throwing themselves at him, which is what happens when someone is famous.   

"That's not a bad photo of me"

Mark takes the paper from him and considers that it is not a bad photo of him.

Then there is a knock at the back door, which Gwern predicts is the paparazzi, 

It is Kath . . .

but in fact, it is Kath, who has also seen the headline;  “Mark Jones, where are you?” she shouts.   Apparently she has bought five copies of the paper 

. . . who congratulates Mark

and gives her son a hug.

He cannot quite understand all the fuss, as the event was supposed to be about Siôn.   

"Forget Siôn White"

“Forget Siôn White – it’s your photo in the paper – and it’s not bad news for once!” exclaims Kath, “Shall we have a takeaway tonight to celebrate?”

Gwern volunteers to make some pizzas before the shop opens this evening, as it will save Dani from cooking.   

"Don't put any nonsense on my pizza"

Kath will come back later, but warns Gwern, “Don’t put any nonsense on my pizza – just keep it plain.”

'Good morning, Janet'

At APD, Ieuan is again conversing with Janet on his laptop, when Diane comes in, 

He abruptly closes the laptop

which causes him quite a shock.   He asks how she is 

"I'm on my way to Brynawelon"

and she replies that she is on her way to Brynawelon, wondering if Ieuan wants to come with her to see how Anita is today.

"I was there last night"

He gives the excuse that he was there last night and does not want to confuse Anita and spoil their routine.   Diane asks how she was last night;  he replies, “She was fine.”

"I'll report back later"

Diane will go now and catch her before lunch;  she promises to report back later.   “Give her my love,” he adds, 

"If she remembers who I am"

then mutters under his breath, “If she remembers who I am.”

"You love messing with my head like this"

Inside number 9, Eleri wants Jinx to say something;  “You just love messing with my head like this,” he replies, 

"I love you – you know that"

but she insists that she loves him and that he knows that.   She is sorry if she has not said it properly before.

"Oh, very convenient"

“Very convenient you’re saying it now, after everything – perfect timing!”   She is adamant that she means it;  

"But you're so good at lying"

“But you’re just so good at lying – and I’m so good at believing you,” he sighs.

"I'm sorry"

All that she can say is, “I’m sorry.”

"I'll never get the same assurances"

“To be honest, I’m jealous, because you’ve known that I’ve loved you right from the start, but I’ll never get the same assurances.”

"If you stay, I'll prove it to you"

“If you stay in the village, I’ll prove it to you, all right?” she vows,

"I want to make things right"

“I promise – I want to make things right – please give me one more chance.”

Lleucu is taking selfies

Lleucu is taking more selfies with her phone when Siôn comes into the shop for a copy of the Western Post;  “Come on, you know Eileen doesn’t like you on your phone at work,” he tells her, 

"How are things at Y Felin?"

“How are things at Y Felin?   Everyone behaving?”

She comments that it is a good photo of Mark in the paper 

"A real feeling of community"

and Siôn describes it as a great night, with a real feeling of community.   Then he reminds her, “Don’t be a stranger – call in one day – it would be lovely to see you.”   Her phone sounds and she finds that there have been more comments.

Diane arrives at Brynawelon . . .

Diane arrives at Brynawelon, where Siwsi is about to go off duty, telling Diane that she is shattered after night shifts this week.   “How’s Anita today?”   

. . . and is told that Anita is not sleeping

Siwsi explains that she is a bit quiet as she has not been sleeping lately and is confused.

"Ieuan didn't say anything"

Diane is surprised that Ieuan did not say anything.   

"I haven't seen him for over a week"

“Ieuan?   I haven’t seen him for over a week,” reports Siwsi, which Diane finds very strange, 

Dine heads for Anita's room

so she heads for Anita’s room.

Nasty comments appear on Lleucu's Instagram . . .

Out the back of the shop, Lleucu is looking at the unsavoury comments on her phone 

. . . which she finds upsetting

and is in tears.

"You slept with him!"

Jinx is becoming angry;  “You slept with him!” but Eleri argues that it did not mean anything.   “If Kyle’s that dangerous that I had to hide above MFC – why did you go to him?”

"It was to protect you!"

“To protect you!” she shouts, “I thought if he got what he wanted, it would be easier to get him to leave!”   

"You can't be serious!"

Jinx cannot believe that she is serious, but she growls, “I’m not like you – 

"I've never been in love before"

“I’ve never been in love before – it’s not a feeling I’m used to!   You’re the first person to make me feel like this – I’m scared, I don’t want to hurt you again.”

"Or do you have another secret husband?"

Jinx appears unconvinced;  “And what if he comes back?   Kyle – or have you got another secret husband?”

"Garry's sorted it"

She sounds remarkably certain that he will not come back, “Because Garry’s sorted it.”   

"What exactly has Garry done?"

When he enquires exactly what Garry has done, she maintains that it does not matter, but that Kyle will not come back.

“He won’t come back?   Another lie!” is Jinx’s reaction, “Leave me alone!”

"Kyle's dead!"

“Huw – Kyle’s dead,” Eleri blurts out, “Garry killed him.”   

Jinx is rendered speechless

At this, Jinx is lost for words.

Iolo looks concerned

Iolo is very concerned about what he is looking at on his phone when Siwsi comes back to Y Felin, complaining that her feet are killing her and that she cannot wait to have a shower.

"Are you OK, Iol?"

Then she realises that his attention is elsewhere and asks if he is OK;  “Yeah,” he says, 

"Have you seen these before?"

then shows her what she has been looking at;  “Have you seen these before?   

"These comments are horrible!"

She can see that the comments are horrible, so he wonders if she recognises the profile.   “No, and they don’t have a single photo either.”   Lleucu has not mentioned anything like this, 

"Perhaps Indeg has seen them"

so Siwsi suggest that possibly Indeg has seen the comments.

“No, these have been up for ages, not just today – Indeg would have seen them by now – she lives on her socials.”

"You think it was Indeg?"

“What are you trying to say?   That Indeg has been putting up comments about Lleucu?”

"Can you blame me?"

Iolo asks, “Can you blame me?   That business with Ows – she tricked Anita 

"She was ready to throw you under the bus!"

“and she was ready to throw you under the bus!”

"What's important is that he's gone"

“What’s important is that he’s gone,” stresses Eleri, “It isn’t a problem any more.”

"We're talking murder here!"

Jinx disagrees, pointing out that it is a huge problem;  “We’re talking about murder here!”   Eleri insists that it was self defence.   

"Do you know that?"

“Do you know that?   Do you?”

"I asked Garry to do it"

She confesses that she was the one who asked Garry to do it and Jinx decides that he has to go, ignoring her pleading for him to stay.   “I can’t look at you!”

Eleri is certain that Kyle would have killed him and this was the only thing she could do to keep him safe.   He suggests that she could have gone to the police, but her answer is, “Kyle had too much on me.”

"All right – call the police, then"

She picks up his phone and gives it to him;  “OK, there’s your phone – call the police.   I didn’t want to incriminate you, but you wanted to know the truth.   If you leave, I won’t have anything left, anyway.”   

"I do love you – I have from the start"

As she opens the front door, she adds, “I’m so sorry, Huw.   I do love you – I have since the start.”   

Now he is in a quandary

Now he does not know what to do.

Kath is back at Maes-y-Deri 

Mark is putting out the plates for their pizzas when his mother walks into the house, proudly displaying a framed copy of the front page of the paper.   

"I'll hang it behind the bar"

“Now then, what do you think of this?” but he considers that it was unnecessary.  “Of course it’s necessary – I’ll hang it behind the bar.”   

Mark draws the line at that, so she suggests, “Fair enough – in the gent’s loos, then.”

Kath hides her bottle

There is a knock at the door and as soon as she hears Siôn’s voice, she hides the bottle she is holding behind her.   

"Have you seen this?"

He comes in displaying the front page of the Western Post, in case they have not seen it, 

"Oh – obviously you have"

but realises that they have when he sees the framed copy.

“It’s a good photo and a good write up too,” he tells Mark, who is very appreciative of what she did in Tamed.

"Do you want to stay for dinner?"

“Do you want to stay for dinner?” Mark asks, “Gwern’s bringing pizzas over.”

“Why not?   Supporting a young businessman and his enterprise,” Siôn replies.   

"I'm not sharing this bottle!"

Kath makes it clear that she is not sharing the bottle which she has, arguing that the Joneses have done enough for the community as it is.

"Did you have to ask him to stay?"

As she goes into the kitchen, she complains to Mark, “Did you have to ask him to stay?”

Surely it makes sense to buy flour in bulk?

Gwern comes into the shop for some bags of flour for pizza making;  there is no-one behind the counter, 

He can see that something is wrong

then Lleucu appears and he can see that something is wrong, although she insists that she is ‘champion’.

"I'm fine – just leave it"

He can see that she has been crying, but she continues to maintain that she is fine and that he should leave it.   However, she cannot hold back the tears, 

He gives her a comforting hug

so he goes around the counter to her and gives her a hug.

“Sorry – I’m being stupid,” she says, 

"I'm stupid all the time"

but he protests that he is stupid all the time.   

"I've been having these comments"

“I’ve been having these comments on my photos by an anonymous account.”

Gwern wonders why she has not blocked them;  

"Because they're telling the truth"

“Well, because they’re telling the truth – I’m ugly, I’m gross.”   

"Of course you're not, Lleucu"

He assures her that she is not and hugs her once more.

Jinx has already pressed the '9' three times . . .

Jinx is looking at his phone, dials 9 9 9, 

. . . but a glance at the picture changes his mind

but when he looks across at the painting of Eleri, he changes his mind and deletes the numbers again.

Siwsi and Iolo are having dinner

Iolo and Siwsi are having dinner when the door opens and Lleucu comes in, accompanied by Gwern.   

"Phone me whenever – OK?"

She insists that there was no need to walk her home, but Gwern just wanted to make sure that she was all right.   “Phone me whenever,” he instructs, “I’m here for you, Lleucs.”

She is invited to come and help herself to dinner;  Siwsi is surprised to find that she and Gwern are friends again.

"We know you're being trolled"

Iolo and Siwsi look at each other, wondering who is going to broach the subject;  “We have to say something,” Siwsi begins, “We know you’re being trolled – why didn’t you say anything?”

"It's not really bothering me"

Lleucu tries to make them believe that it is not really bothering her;  “Lleucs, are you protecting someone?” asks Iolo.

"I hope it isn't her"

“I think the world of her and I hope it isn’t her,” says Siwsi 

"Do you think it could be Indeg?"

so Iolo enquires whether Lleucu thinks that it could be Indeg.

“She’s got loads of social media accounts – she created one for me – she’s good with this stuff,” he goes on, 

Lleucu doubts that

but Lleucu cannot believe that it could be her.

"It's not the first time, is it?"

“It isn’t the first time she’s gone behind our backs, is it?”

"Where is that boy with our pizzas?"

“Where is this boy with our pizzas?” Kath demands, “He’ll be opening up in 20 minutes.”   

"There's another reason why I came . . ."

Siôn thinks that he will have to go, then adds that there was another reason why he came.

“Mark, you’ve done so much work and made such a difference to this place, 

". . . I've put your name forward as a co-opted member"

“I’ve put your name forward as a co-opted member of the local council.   If you would like a rôle, the council has voted in your favour.”

"What does that mean?"

Kath wants to know exactly what this means, while Mark says, in jest, “So, I’m taking your rôle?” 

"Only pulling your leg!"

then Siôn realises that his leg is being pulled.

Whatever the job is, Mark says that he is happy to accept it.   

"Why don't we go to the Deri to celebrate?"

Kath proposes that they go to the Deri to celebrate.

Ieuan evidently has a message from Janet

At APD, Ieuan is smiling as he has just heard a message alert on his laptop when Diane comes in.   

"What's so amusing?"

“What’s so amusing?   It must be something to make you smile like that,” she asks.

He makes up some story about organising a fishing expedition with Hywel, then asks how Anita was.

"You haven't been to see her"

“She isn’t sleeping well – she hasn’t for a few days – and you haven’t been to see her.   You lied to me earlier – Why?   Anita needs to see you”

"She has no idea who I am"

“No, she doesn’t, Diane – she wants to see Meic and Darren and Eira, you and Kelly.   She has no idea who I am.”

"She wants you there"

She reminds him that she is talking about Anita here, his wife, not the dementia.   “I’m talking about the woman you married and promised you’ll be there for her through all this – she wants you there.”

"She isn't there any more, Diane . . ."

“She isn’t there any more, Diane – that’s the thing.   Every time I go there, I make things worse.   It’s not easy – to tell you the truth, it’s impossible.   

". . . I have to accept that I've lost her!"

“I have to accept that I’ve lost her.”

"Don't you want to see her?"

“Don’t you want to see her – is that what you’re saying?”

"She's gone"

Ieuan has simply come to the conclusion, “She’s gone.”

No-one is there to eat his pizzas

At last, Gwern arrives with the pizzas, only to find that no one is there to hear his apologies.   

He puts them down . . .

He puts them down on the worktop then sees a note on the table, 

. . . finds a note on the table . . .

indicating, ‘Gone to the Deri’.

. . . and sits on the sofa

He sits down on the sofa, gets out his phone and begins to type 

In a surprising revelation . . .

a message from the account ‘My_Truth_Cwmderi’ to Lleucu;  the single word,

. . . we see that he is in fact Lleucu's 'troll'

‘Minger’.

Eleri sits alone

Eleri is sitting alone at Cysgod y Glyn when the door buzzer sounds;  

Jinx is on his way upstairs

she finds that it is Jinx and is very relieved.   

"I won't say anything"

“I won’t say anything,” he assures her.

This is a tremendous weight off her mind and she thanks him;  

"I'll make things better from now on"

“I’ll make things better from now on – I want this to work – no more secrets.”

"I'm going back to North Wales"

However, he tells her, “I’m going, OK?   I’m going back to North Wales.”

"Why?   Things are all right now"

She cannot understand why, as things are all right now.   

"Today didn't happen – right?"

He informs her, “If the police come, if they find Kyle’s body, today didn’t happen – all right?   You owe me that at least – OK?”

He turns and walks out . . . 

He walks out of the flat, 

. . . leaving Eleri distraught

leaving Eleri to face the future alone.