30 July 2024

Gaynor feels completely lost

Gaynor is sitting, looking stunned and cannot understand what is going on.

Mark comes downstairs

Meanwhile in Maes-y-Deri, Mark comes downstairs to find Cheryl looking at his Facebook;  

"There must be something somewhere about me"

“There’s nothing on the Deri’s page, nor Cwm Ni.   There must be something somewhere about me – how else could he have found me?   What’s his plan?   Why go to such an effort to find me again?”

"This is completely deliberate on his part"

Mark has no answer to that and she continues, “I’m telling you, this is completely deliberate on his part – and I’m going to prove it!”

"I'll go and get some more milk"

Mark looks in the fridge and finds that the four-pint bottle of semi-skimmed milk is empty.   “I’m going to get milk, OK?” he says, but she takes no notice.

"Turn it down a bit, Mathew"  

Mathew is eating his breakfast and listening to loud music at Cysgod y Glyn.   Ffion asks him to turn it down a bit;  “I can’t hear myself think.”   

"Only joking, Ffi!"

He jokes that he has turned it on for Arwen and she is afraid that her daughter saw him.   

"I'm not in the mood this morning"

“I’m not in the mood this morning,” she groans.

“Well, you were in the mood last night, weren’t you?” he grins.   She replies that she did not sleep very well, 

"A bacon roll will help"

so he imagines that a bacon roll will help.

"I'm going out for some fresh air"

However, Ffion cannot face that and hopes that some fresh air will do her good;  

"You know where the spare key is"

“Can you let yourself out – lock up and you know where the spare key is.”   As she is on her way out of the flat, he assures her, “I really, really enjoyed last night.”   

Mathew kisses her . . .

She agrees that so did she, then they kiss and she leaves;  

. . . and looks pleased with himself

Mathew appears very pleased with himself.

The latest lot of guests . . .

Griffiths arrives at his Mami’s house to find a place in a state of disarray, with empty cans, bottles and pizza boxes strewn around, although there is no-one there.   

. . . have left Ieuan's house in a mess

He takes off his jacket and prepares to do some cleaning up.

"How did it go in Flint?"

Suddenly Hywel walks in and gives him a shock;  “The door was open,” says Hywel, “How did it go in Flint?”   Noticing the state of the place, he asks, “Have you had a break-in?   It looks like it.”

"Mami will be turning in her grave!"

Griffiths replies that he had guests staying over the weekend;  “Mami will be turning in her grave, seeing her best dishes being treated with such little respect.”

"Do you have any more council stuff?"

The purpose of Hywel’s visit is to find out more about the company that owns Deri Fawr’s land;  “Do you have any more of your mother’s council stuff?”   

"You've already had a couple of boxes"

He is reminded that he was given a couple of boxes last time he was there, but Hywel has searched through them;  “You haven’t heard anything about this AC Valley Solutions, have you?”

"I've got to clean this place!"

Griffiths protests that he does not have time to do this now;  “You’ll have to come back again – I’ve got to clean before the next guests arrive!”   Hywel insists that he will only take five minutes, but is informed, “I need to have this place shining – it’s hard being a super host!”

“Right, where do you keep the Marigolds?” asks Hywel, as he goes into the kitchen, 

"Two pair of hands are better than one"

“They always say that two pairs of hands are better than one.”

Ffion walks along the street

Ffion walks past the pharmacy just as Kelly comes running up the alley;  “Did you go far?” Ffion asks.

"I've started a 5K training programme"

“No, just to the park – I’ve started a 5K training programme – and I’m already regretting it,” is the reply.   

Ffion regrets that she has not run for a while and is not feeling too good at the moment;  

"How are you – with Ifan and everything?"

“The question is, how are you – with Ifan and everything?”   

"He's moving back with Sara at the end of the week . . ."

Kelly has just dropped him off with his stuff at Diane’s;  “He’s moving back in with Sara at the end of the week, so I’ve said my goodbyes – 

". . . that's what's best for Ifan"

“that’s what’s best for Ifan – no fuss.”   She hopes that Ffion will soon feel better.

Mark visits Gaynor

There is a knock at the door of Llwyncelyn;  and Gaynor discovers that it is Mark, who says, “I think we’ve all been better, Gaynor. 

"Cheryl insists he did this deliberately"

“Cheryl’s still insisting that Dave did this deliberately – or Tom, or whatever you want to call him.”

"The whole thing must have been a set-up!"

“Well, if what Cheryl says is true, the whole thing must have been a set-up – from the first meeting to the end!” Gaynor snarls, “I must have been so stupid to swallow all of that.”

"I believed her, too"

Mark points out that he believed her, too, but Gaynor has been devastated by the whole thing;  “It’s been going round and round in my head – 

"Why didn't she tell me she'd attacked him?"

“why didn’t she tell me that she’d attacked him.”

"What'e he hiding?"

Mark adds, “And why did he change his name?   Why didn’t he say anything?   What’s he hiding?”

"I don't see any similarity between them"

“I don’t see any similarities between the kind Tom that I know and the awful Dave that Cheryl’s been describing,” stresses Gaynor.

"We might as well call her a liar"

“But the thing is, if you believe his side of the story, we might as well call her a liar,” Mark concludes, “Are you ready to do that?”

"I thought you were dusting the banisters"

Hywel is searching through a drawer when he is reprimanded by Griffiths, “I thought you were dusting the banisters.”   

Hywel replies that he has already done that and also cleaned the toilet for him;  

“You owe me more than a pint for doing that!   It’s odd that there isn’t any record of this company.”   Griffiths wonders why he is so interested anyway.

"I've got a lot more questions than answers"

“I’ve got a lot more questions than answers at the moment,” Hywel tells him, then comes across some more photos of Ieuan’s mother – and Brynmor.   He recommends that they should be put in an album.

Griffiths snatches the photos

Griffiths quickly takes them from him, reminding him that he said he was looking for documents relating to the land.   

"Do you think we look alike?"

There are several ancient photos of Brynmor and Griffiths debates, “Do you think we look alike?”

“What, you and your mother?”asks Hywel, who is told that he is referring to Brynmor.

"The same shaped face, perhaps?"

“The same shaped face perhaps, the same smile – we’re the same height,” Griffiths ponders, 

At last Hywel finds what he was looking for

as Hywel finally stumbles upon a document relating to the sale of land to AC Valley solutions, which includes Deri Fawr and two other local farms.

"They own almost the whole village!"

“What’s this here?   They own the rugby club land – they own almost the whole village – why didn’t we know about this?” demands Hywel, 

"But with Brynmor's health . . ."

“I would ask Brynmor about it, but with his health . . .”

"What's wrong with him?"

Griffiths knew nothing about it and is informed by Hywel is that he has had a heart attack;  “He’s better than expected now, I think – 

"Perhaps Dai can shed some light on this"

“it makes you realise how fragile life is.   Perhaps Dai can shed some light on this,” says Hywel as he leaves the house.   

Ieuan stares at the photos

Griffiths is left looking at the photographs.

“You said that Dave was your landlord,” Gaynor confronts Cheryl;  

"I just panicked!'

she replies that she just panicked.   “What did you do with the money?” is the next question.

“I gave it to Dave – he was blackmailing me for what happened before I left,” Cheryl maintains.

"What exactly happened?"

Gaynor demands to know what exactly happened before Cheryl landed on her doorstep.   “We argued, because I was trying to leave him.”   

"Did it get physical?"

Gaynor asks if it got physical 

"You've told her, Mark!"

and Cheryl realises that Mark must have told her, but he insists that she already knew.

"Why did you attack him?"

“Why did you attack him and leave him half dead?” Gaynor wants to know, 

"It was self-defence!"

and is told that he was strangling her – that it was self-defence.   “OK, so why didn’t you tell me?”

"I don't know – I was scared!"

Cheryl by now is in a very highly-strung state and shouts, “I don’t know – I was scared!   You believe him over your own sister?”   

Mark interrupts to point out that is not what Gaynor is saying.

"Already had a discussion, have you?"

“Oh – and what have you got to say about it?” she yells, “I’d say that you two have already had a discussion behind my back!”

"We're just trying to get to the root of it"

When they try to convince her that they are on her side, she does not believe them.   “We’re just trying to get to the root of it, that’s all,” says Gaynor’

“I was stupid enough to believe that the two people closest to me would support me – you’ve decided to trust him instead!”   The argument escalates as Cheryl exclaims, “I thought I meant more to you – leave me alone!”   

She flings something across the room . . .

She picks up some handy china object and flings it across the room, narrowly missing the pair of them and shattering on the wall.

. . . then realises what she has done

Then she realises what she has done and looks aghast 

Mark and Gaynor are very shocked

at Mark and Gaynor.

"I was only way over to see you"

Griffiths meets Brynmor just as he is coming out of the Deri;  “I was on my way over to see you –I wanted to wish you a speedy recovery – how are you feeling?”

"Like a young colt, really"

“Like a young colt, really, to be honest,” is the reply.   

"I wanted to talk about my mother – and father"

Griffiths is anxious to speak to him about something – about his mother – and more than that, about his father.   Brynmor suddenly decides that he is in a hurry to go for a walk, on doctor’s orders;  

"I have to go – it might rain"

he points out that it is likely to rain, so he has to go.   They can talk another time.   

Brynmor makes a quick getaway

Griffiths is left holding the punnet of grapes.

"The rugby club's ground lease"

Inside the Deri, Hywel is telling Dai, “I wanted to know more about the ground’s lease – the pitch itself – do you know anything about it?”

Putting down his pint, Dai remarks, “Funny you should mention that – something about it came through on an e-mail.”   

Dai delves into his phone

As Dai searches on his phone, he is asked whether the name AC Valley Solutions rings a bell

"Who are they, then they're at home?"

Dai replies that it does not and Hywel wonders who they are when they are at home;  he had been hoping that Dai could help, but he is working his way through the advertisements.   “10% off your stairlift if you order today.”

"Don't you dare – I've got private things in here!"

When Hywel offers to take a look for him, he protests, “Don’t you dare – I’ve got private things in here!”

Cheryl has cleared up after herself"

Cheryl has swept up the broken pieces and disposed of them in the bin;  

"I'm back to being 'Psycho Cheryl'!"

“He’s been here five minutes and I’m back being ‘Psycho Cheryl’.   That's what he used to call me – I haven’t told you everything, Gaynor – far from it, sometimes because it hurts too much, sometimes because I’m too ashamed.   “

"When I'm cornered, I lash out!"

I’m no Angel – I can be impulsive and when I’m cornered, I lash out!

“That’s how he liked me, to be honest – I know exactly how you feel – that’s how he made me feel, too – as if I was the most amazing woman in the whole world.”   

Mark is listening

Mark comes downstairs and is listening, as she continues, “Nobody goes into a relationship with a horrible person – that’s not how it happens.   

"He'll never change, Gaynor – trust me"

“Things change slowly – he’ll never change, Gaynor.   Please, trust me.”   

All this time, Gaynor has made no comment.

"Funeral plans to suit your pocket"

In the Deri, Dai is still amusing himself with all the advertisements on his phone;  “Funeral plans to suit your pocket – you get some rubbish on these e-mails.   Travel the Med for as little as £899 – that’s a bargain!”

"It comes too an end this year"

Finally he locates what he has been looking for;  “Rugby club – leasehold – here we go.   Regarding the lease – it comes to an end in 2024, the end of this year, yes.   This has come from Rhys, Davies and Jones solicitors, but it doesn’t say on whose behalf.   

"Lucky you reminded me"

“Lucky you reminded me, or I’d be up to my eyes in the brown stuff!   As soon as I get some sense, I’ll let you know.”

Hywel has a phone call

Hywel has a telephone call and thanks Glyn for getting back to him;  

"Say that again!"

“Did you get a chance to have a look at Coedlan Uchaf’s lease?   Say that again!”

"Ffion!"

Mathew arrives at Cysgod y Glyn with a pizza and calls for Ffion;  

"Half pepperoni, half ham and pineapple"

“Half pepperoni, half ham and pineapple – just as you like it.”   

Ffion turns down the pizza

She declines the offer, telling him that he she has had some toast and just needs a cup of tea, then she will go to bed.

"Do you want some company?"

He optimistically asks if she would like some company, but she informs him, “I’m shattered – Arwen’s going to stay with Bethan, 

"I just want an early night – by myself"

“so I just want an early night by myself.   I’m fine, Mathew – I just want to be left alone, please.   Go home – just for tonight, OK?   

"The smell is turning my stomach"

And please take that pizza with you – the smell is turning my stomach.”   

Now he is not so happy

Now Mathew is looking depressed.

"The lease is not being renewed"

Hywel informs Griffiths about his phone call, “The lease on Coedlan Uchaf’s land is ending at the end of the year, too;  Glyn’s solicitors say they’re not renewing the lease.   No wonder Ffion couldn’t buy Deri Fawr’s land.”

Kelly is looking at her phone

Meanwhile, at the bar, Kelly is studying her phone 

When Brynmor walks in . . .

and when Brynmor walks in, 

. . . Griffiths looks worried

Griffiths looks worried.   Hywel goes on, “Where does that leave the rugby club?”

Griffiths seems to be fixated on those photographs 

"Have you been listening to a word I've said?"

and Hywel wonders, “Have you been listening to anything I’ve said?   Something’s going on and we, as councillors, should know about it.   

"Who is this company and what are their intentions?"

“Who is this company and what are their intentions?”

“Stop asking questions I can’t answer!” moans Griffiths.

Hywel again recalls, “Oswyn said something to me about big plans for Cwmderi – do you think this is what he was talking about?”

"Nefi wen, boys – these e-mails take up time!"

Dai comes past where they are sitting, muttering, “Nefi wen, boys – these e-mails take up time!   But as an old man told me once, better late than never!” and he leaves the pub.

Hywel leaves another message for Glyn . . .

Hywel goes off to leave another message for Oswyn, 

. . . while Ieuan slips upstairs

and Griffiths sees his opportunity to go upstairs and see Brynmor, 

Brynmor is sitting down to a bit of lunch

who has just made himself some lunch.

"I'm a bit tired, after that walk"

“Sorry about earlier, but I’m a bit tired, to tell you the truth, after that walk,” is Brynmor’s excuse.

"This can't wait!"

However, Griffiths maintains that this cannot wait 

"It's older than me . . ."

and produces an old photograph;  “Older than me, even – 

". . . about nine months older, actually"

“about nine months older, actually.   I know everything, Brynmor.”   

Brynmor looks at him

Brynmor looks at him, concerned.

"All I did was defend myself"

“All I did was defend myself – he attacked me – he would have killed me,” says Cheryl.    

"No-one was attacking you today"

Mark points out that no-one was attacking her today.

"I just felt cornered again"

“I don’t know what came over me, just that I felt cornered again – alone, with no one believing me.   I don’t have any proof – 

"It's my word against his – like every time"

“no, it’s my word against his – like every time.”

"I do believe you"

Gaynor assures her sister, “I do believe you,” and puts an arm around her, 

Mark does not look so sure

while Mark appears unsure of what to think.

"Do you deny you're kissing Mami in that photo?"

“So you’re denying that it is you kissing Mami in that photo?” demands Griffiths, but Brynmor explains it away as a bit of fun under the mistletoe.   

"I kissed half the women at that party"

He maintains that he kissed half the women at the party that night.

Brynmor suspects that one thing led to another and discloses that he has more of those photos, proving that his mother and Brynmor were very close.   

"You're right about one thing . . ."

“We weren’t that close!” Brynmor insists, “But you’re right about one thing – 

". . . your mother wasn't completely faithful"

“your mother wasn’t completely faithful to your father.   It isn’t my place to tell you.”

"I can't ask Mami!"

“Well whose place is it, then?   I can’t ask Mami!” shouts Griffiths.   

"I think you should leave now"

Brynmor thinks it would be best if he left now, but he is adamant that he wants answers.   

"Who was Mami unfaithful with?"

“Who was Mami unfaithful with?   I want the truth!   

"It was you, wasn't it?"

It was you, wasn’t it?”

Brynmor pauses for a few seconds

Brynmor pauses for a few seconds, before looking Griffiths in the face 

"I'm not your father – and that's the truth!"

and stating, “I’m not your father – and that’s the truth!”