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| "No, the visiting is this afternoon" |
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| Kath walks in . . . |
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| . . . wanting to know who was on the phone |
“Who was that?” Kath enquires and is told that it was no-one. “Oh, nobody is phoning you now?” Kath goes on.
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| "Just a rep, giving me a hard time" |
Cassie makes the excuse that it was a rep, giving her a hard time.
Kath will not give up; “Are you sure it wasn’t lover boy? Cai – is that why you’ve been cagey with me?” Cassie points out that there is nothing going on between her and Cai Rossiter.
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| "That's why sparks fly every time he walks in" |
“Oh no – that’s why sparks fly every time he walks into the bar! It’s nice that you’ve got a toy boy – but don’t tell Brynmor I said that.”
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| Ffion comes downstairs . . . |
Ffion comes downstairs at Deri Fawr
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| . . .to find a card and a cake |
and finds an envelope propped up against the teapot, together with a fancy cake.
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| They are from Arwen |
Inside the card are the words, ‘Happy Birthday – thanks for everything you do, love you, Arwen.”
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| Ffion smiles |
Ffion smiles
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| Mark and Cheryl come into the Deri |
Mark and Cheryl come into the Deri; “I’m not sure about this,” says Cheryl,
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| "We've already talked about this, Cher" |
but Mark reminds her that they have already talked about this. They are slowly getting things back on track.
“They won’t want me back,” she protests, but Mark is sure that they will.
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| "What are you doing here?" |
Cassie returns to the bar and asks what they are doing there.
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| "Can I come back and work here?" |
“I wanted to ask if I could come back and work here?” says Cheryl, with Mark confirming that she is sorry about what happened.
“It wasn’t right to bring the protest here – I shouldn’t have dragged you into things,” Cheryl continues.
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| "I don't know how the punters will feel" |
Cassie does not know how the punters will feel about having her back, but Mark insists that everyone will have forgotten in no time. Cheryl promises that there will be no more trouble.
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| Sioned is having little success with the assembling |
At Penrhewl, Sioned is trying to assemble something, seemingly with little success,
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| "I'll do it, Sioned" |
as her mother exclaims, “I’ll do it!” She is completely ignored,
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| "I'm not going to change my mind about representing myself" |
so goes on, “I’m not going to change my mind about representing myself in court.”
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| "Mam, please, you can't do this!" |
“Mam, please, you can’t do this – it’s not going to work,” Sioned tells her.
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| "The cows won't feed themselves" |
Eileen marches out of the room, informing her daughter that the cows will not feed themselves.
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| "You're a fool if you think this will work!" |
“You’re a fool if you think this will work – you’re going to let end up in jail for ages!” shouts Sioned
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| Gaynor find that Cheryl is back behind the bar |
Gaynor comes into the Deri and is rather dismayed to see Cheryl behind the bar.
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| "How is Esther?" |
“How is Esther?” Cheryl asks
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| "Well, she's stopped wetting the bed" |
and is told that she has stopped wetting the bed, which is something. Gaynor has no interest in any further conversation, but orders a lasagne with salad.
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| "You're better off without me, Cassie" |
Cheryl turns to Cassie and says, “You’re better off without me – if Gaynor, my sister is like that, how is everyone else going to be?”
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| "You're giving up just like that?" |
Cassie cannot believe that she is giving up just like that – after she has been given another chance.
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| "I'm going to the hospital" |
“As you’re here, I’m taking the opportunity to go to the hospital.” Cheryl does not seem very happy about being left alone behind the bar;
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| I hope that Cheryl has ordered the meal from the kitchen |
she looks across at her sister, waiting for her meal.
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| Sioned sees Siôn in the deli |
Siôn is in the deli when Sioned comes in; he remarks that she is growing and enquires how her mother is. “Don’t ask,” she growls,
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| "She's only going to represent herself in court!" |
“It’s nothing major – just that she’s sacked her solicitor in order to represent herself in court!”
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| "She'll be eaten alive!" |
Siôn predicts that she will be eaten alive.
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| "Do you think you can talk to her?" |
“Listen, I’ve tried to talk to her, but she won’t listen – do you think you can talk to her? There must be something you can do – I’ve run out of ideas. Please, just help me, Siôn,” she begs, “I don’t know how, but I’m desperate! I don’t know who else to turn to.”
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| Ffion arrives, carrying flowers |
Ffion comes into the Deri carrying a bunch of flowers and asks if Kath is azround;
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| "Go up to the flat" |
Cheryl directs her up to the flat.
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| Cheryl tries to ignore Tom . . . |
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| . . . but Gaynor immediately gravitates toward him . . . |
Gaynor has of course immediately noticed his arrival and goes across to join him,
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| . . . under her sister's watchful eye |
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| "I wasn't organised enough" |
Tom says that all the boys brought their lunch with them but he was not organised enough.
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| "I want to say thank you for protecting Esther" |
“I’m glad to see you – I haven’t had chance to say thank you for protecting Esther during the protest,” says Gaynor, “I’ve seen the video of Cheryl shouting at you.”
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| "I was just trying to quieten the crowd" |
He says that he was just trying to quieten the crowd; she comments that at least he tried, which is what is important. Cheryl is keeping a close eye on the pair of them.
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| "I was in the right place at the right time" |
Upstairs, Kath fetches a vase for the flowers; “You didn’t have to,” she tells Ffion, who replies that she has been a big help. “I was in the right place at the right time,” Kath insists, but Ffion says it was more than that.
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| "I've never had someone like you I can turn to" |
“I’ve never had someone like you – somewhere I can turn to – someone who’s . . .”
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| "Someone old?" |
Kath fills in the missing word, “Old!”
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| "No – I was thinking of 'motherly'!" |
but Ffion was thinking more of ‘motherly’ – someone who has been through things already.
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| "My mother has never been there" |
Val, her mother, has never been there for her like that and she really needed it.
Kath assures her that she is always there, any time Ffion needs her and wants to know how things are going.
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| "The HRT has made difference already" |
“I’ve started on the HRT and it’s made a difference already,” Ffion reports, “If I’d known it would make such a difference, I would have started it sooner. It hasn’t sorted everything – I’m still a bit emotional – I still forget pupil’s names sometimes, but I do feel like myself again.” She becomes a little tearful as she says that.
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| "I should be the one buying you flowers" |
Kath is very happy for her and Ffion adds that it is her birthday today. “I should be the one buying you flowers!” says Kath.
Ffion maintains that she hates fuss, as well as hating her birthday, usually; “But today, I don’t know – I feel more positive about it – happy with where I am, somehow – and I wouldn’t have got there without you.”
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| "It's better to talk about these things and share" |
“You know what they say – it’s better to talk about these things and share, rather than let them stew,” says Kath. Ffion is determined that Arwen will not feel alone, like she did. “Well, make sure she knows that – that you’re there for her,” Kath advises.
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| "I'm sure you've got someone" |
Siôn is on the phone, “Oh, come on, I’m sure you’ve got someone,” he says, “I hope you understand that I am very disappointed.”
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| He drosses off that name on his list |
He crosses off another name on his list of solicitors.
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| "Have you had your lunch yet?" |
Mark comes to see Cheryl in the Deri and asks if she has had her lunch yet, but she is too busy watching Gaynor and Tom.
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| "I wasn't welcomed with open arms" |
“I wasn’t welcomed with open arms, surprise, surprise,” she says. Mark tells her to ignore her sister, but that is easier said than done.
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| "And Mark's there as well" |
Gaynor asks if Cheryl is still looking and Tom confirms that she is, with Mark now there as well.
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| "Are you free tonight?" |
“It might not be a good idea to talk here – are you free tonight?” she asks,
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| "Do you fancy coming over for dinner?" |
“Do you fancy coming over for dinner, so I can thank you properly?” He replies that he would be a fool to say no; she will text him.
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| Cheryl is still on the watch |
Both Cheryl and Mark watch her leave.
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| Siôn has drawn a blank again . . . |
Siôn is not having much success, having reached the last firm on his list; “Fine – if that’s how you feel, forget it!” he snaps.
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| . . . and the last name has been crossed off |
He does not know what to do next,
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| He has a brainwave . . . |
but after finishing his cup of tea, he has an idea,
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| . . . and finds a little book |
taking a book from a drawer.
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| "Arwen, are you here?" |
Ffion comes into the house and calls to Arwen, who comes downstairs carrying a small packet
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| "Happy birthday, Mam" |
and wishes her mother, “Happy birthday!” Ffion thanks her for the lovely cake,
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| A photo of the two of them |
then is presented with a framed photograph of the two of them;
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| "You said you wanted to put more photos up" |
“You said you wanted to put more photos up,” recalls Arwen.
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| Ffion give her a kiss |
Ffion is very grateful.
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| "Thanks for not telling anyone at school" |
“And thanks for not telling anyone at school that it’s my birthday. Sit down with me for a minute.”
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| "What have I done?" |
Arwen is looking worried; “What have I done?” she wonders,
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| "I just want to explain" |
but her mother just wants a chat to explain why she has not been herself lately.
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| "Don't you dare come near here!" |
In the Deri flat, Cassie is becoming angry with someone on the phone; “Don’t you dare come near here – do you hear me?”
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| "Who are you shouting at now?" |
Again Kath comes in and wonders who is being berated now.
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| "Do you have to creep up on me like that?" |
“Do you have to creep up on me like that?” demands Cassie.
Kath wants to know who it is that she keeps talking to;
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| "Do I have to tell you all my business?" |
“Do I have to tell you all of my business?” is the reply
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| "Now I know you're hiding something" |
and now Kath is sure that she is hiding something. “Why would I do that?” asks Cassie,
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| "Keep your nose out, all right?" |
“Just keep your nose out of my business – all right?”
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| "So, if I don't seem myself . . ." |
“So, if I don’t seem myself – perhaps a little bit emotional, or I don’t want to go out, it’s nothing to do with you, OK?” Ffion explains.
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| "You are all right, aren't you?" |
Arwen is concerned that her mother is all right.
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| "It happens to every woman . . ." |
She agrees that she is so much better; “And remember this is not like when I was ill – this is something totally natural – it happens to every woman –
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| ". . . and it will happen to you one day" |
“and it will happen to get one day.” Arwen is not looking forward to that, but is told that it will be a very long time.
“I hope that you go for help a lot sooner than I did – because it’s made such a difference,” says Ffion.
Arwen enquires if this means that she and Mathew will be getting back together.
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| "Our problems go a lot deeper" |
The answer is, “No – mine and Mathew’s problems go a lot deeper – but he was there for me and he helped me a lot, fair play. To be honest, talking to people was the biggest help.
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| "Promise me that you'll talk to me" |
“I want you to promise me that you’ll talk to me about anything that’s worrying you. Right, go and cut some of that cake for me, please.”
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| "He's trying to be a martyr" |
As they come out of the Deri, Cheryl tells Mark, “He knows exactly what he’s doing – trying to be a martyr – making a big show of protecting Esther.”
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| "Can we talk about something else?" |
Mark would like to talk about something else; “It would be nice to have one day when when we’re not discussing Tom.
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| "We're not going to let him spoil what we're got" |
“We’re not going to let him spoil what we’ve got.”
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| "A lot better than what you cooked the first time" |
Meanwhile at Llwyncelyn, Tom and Gaynor have just finished their meal; Tom describes it as lovely. “A lot better than what you cooked for me the first time.”
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| "What's that supposed to mean?" |
Gaynor wonders what that is supposed to me,
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| "It was a bit salty – but I didn't want to offend you" |
and he goes on, “Nothing – it was just a bit salty, but I didn’t want to say anything. I didn’t want to offend the chef, not with me fancying her. How is Esther?”
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| "You're a bit of a hero to Esther" |
“Well, she talks about you a lot,” Gaynor replies, “You’re a bit of a hero with her.”
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| "I only did what anyone would do" |
He protests that he only did what anyone else would do. “I don’t think I’d be brave enough to face a drunken mob like that,” she admits.
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| A drunken mob — or a hall full of screaming kids?" |
He reminds her that she used to be a head teacher; “What’s the difference between a drunken mob and a hall full of screaming kids?”
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| "And I've missed you" |
He has missed being with Gaynor and she feels likewise.
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| Siôn has gone to Penrhewl |
Siôn has gone to Penrhewl, when he does not receive a warm welcome from Eileen;
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| "You had no business telling him!" |
“You had no business telling him!” she snarls at Sioned.
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| "I'm trying to be a good friend" |
Siôn points out that she is only trying to be a good daughter and he is trying to be a good friend.
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| "What have you done, Siôn?" |
Eileen is feeling uncomfortable now and demands what he has done.
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| "I met a Uni friend, who's a solicitor" |
“I hope you don’t think I’m cheeky, but I just came back from Carmarthen, where I met a uni friend who’s a solicitor – and I told him your story.”
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| "You had no right!" |
Again she protests that he had no right. “I know, but you might thank me in a minute,
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| "He doesn't want you to plead guilty" |
“because he doesn’t think you’ll be going to jail for the shooting – and he doesn’t want to you to plead guilty either. He is confident that you’ve got a good case – and he said a lot of other things. He wants to meet you as soon as possible – he’s Malcolm Edwards.”
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| Quick as a flash, Sioned is looking online" |
Eileen is not sure about this, but Sioned immediately looks him up on her phone; “Hang on, Mam,”
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| "Yes, that's him . . ." |
and she shows the phone to Siôn, who agrees that is him.
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| ". . . the man who's going to make sure you don't go near any prison" |
“This man is going to make sure you don’t go near any prison,” Siôn tells Eileen;
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| Eileen hugs him |
she is so pleased that she gives him a hug –
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| "Thanks, Siôn" |
and Sioned is very grateful to him.
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| "Shall I do the dishes?" |
Tom volunteers to do the dishes, but Gaynor simply wants to leave them;
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| "Promise I won't stick it in your pudding" |
“I promise not to break anything and stick it in your pudding,” he adds.
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| "I still can't believe that!' |
Gaynor still cannot believe that, but Tom continues, “I can, unfortunately.”
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| "I've tried to support her . . ." |
Gaynor does not want to be constantly pulled in every direction; “I’ve tried to support her – the only reason I finished things with you was because I was trying to do the right thing,
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| ". . . I doubt she'd do the same for me" |
“not for me, but for Cheryl. I doubt that she’d do the same for me!”
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| "Do you regret finishing things?" |
“Do you regret finishing things?” he asks.
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| "It's all right for Cheryl . . ." |
She fetches another bottle of wine and says that it is all right for Cheryl – she is happy with Mark.
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| ". . . she doesn't give a damn about my happiness" |
She does not give a damn about her sister’s happiness.
“No – it’s time for me to put myself first,” she decides
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| "Where does this leave Cheryl?" |
and he wonders where this leaves Cheryl.
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| "We can keep things quiet start with" |
“Well, we can keep things quiet to start with – if you want to.”
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| They kiss |
He agrees that of course he wants to – and they kiss.
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