13 February 2025

"I hope this isn't one of Griffiths' silly scenes"

“I hope this prize isn’t one of Griffiths’ silly schemes,” says Gaynor, as she applies her make-up, “This hotel could be some cheap B&B, knowing him.”   Tom asks if she is still thinking about going on her own;  “Yes, I’ve bought three tickets – it would be a waste if I don’t go,” she replies.

"You've gone to an effort for someone"

“I wish I could come with you,” he maintains, then, when he sees her, he continues, “Wow – you’ve gone to an effort for someone!”   

"Yes, for myself"

She says that she has done so for herself.

"Come here, Cher . . ."

“Come here, Cher,” he begins, then suddenly realises what he has said 

"I don't know why I said that!"

and quickly has to improvise;  “I don’t know why I said that!   No, I do know . . . I was thinking about her this afternoon – and how unhappy I was compared to now, with you.”

Gaynor is rather sceptical

Gaynor looks rather dubious about this, 

"You understand, don't you?"

but he continues, “You understand, don’t you?   

"It wasn't on purpose"

It wasn’t on purpose.”   

"Right, I'm going to Ceffyl Du"

She is quite aware of that and now will go to the Ceffyl Du.

“I’ll try to come in after my shift,” he tells her, 

Tom is worried

but is afraid that he may have ‘blown it’.

"These balloons are useless"

At Ceffyl Du, Rhys is preparing for their special night, while Ieuan is doing his best to blow up balloons;  “Where did you get these?   They’re useless!” he moans.   

Rhys is more of the opinion that it is Uncle Ieuan who is useless.   “I’m the one who’s helping you here, so don’t complain,” says Ieuan, “Thanks to me, the place will be ready for tonight.”

"I'm not sure anyone's going to turn up"

“Ready for who?   I’m not sure anyone’s going to turn up,” Rhys groans.   

"Show some confidence"

He is told that is not how a businessman should talk – he should show some confidence.   “Oh – that’s how you made your millions, is it?” Rhys sneers.

“There’s no need for that!” Ieuan snaps testily, 

"It's going to be a complete disaster!"

but Rhys is just concerned that tonight will be a complete disaster.

“You know this raffle you promised everyone – are you sure you’ve got everything under control?” Rhys enquires, which makes his uncle look somewhat sheepish.   

"You don't need to worry about that"

“Raffle?   You don’t need to worry about that – no problem at all!” is the answer;  

"I shall just have to trust you"

Rhys does not look very happy about having to trust Uncle Ieuan.

Anita does not know what she is doing

Anita comes out of the deli, carrying some food;  she appears to be in a daze and, after a car has passed, she walks, apparently aimlessly, out into the road.   

"Anita, you're in the middle of the road"

Diane is coming along and shouts to her, “Anita, you’re in the middle of the road – come here.”

She wonders if she has arrived early, but Anita assures her she is on time; 

"Were you going to the pharmacy?"

Diane was under the impression that Anita was heading across to the pharmacy.   

"Come in for a chat, will you?"

“No, come in for a chat, will you?” says Anita and Diane looks rather concerned about her.

Gaynor arrives at Ceffyl Du 

Gaynor arrives at Ceffyl Du, with Iolo and Howard already there;  

"I don't fancy your chances"

“You can’t even ask a woman the time without blushing,” Rhys tells Howard, “So I don’t fancy your chances, somehow.”

Howard already has someone in mind, so tells him to shut up;  

"She likes me the way I am"

“And she likes me the way I am.”   

"When is the raffle?"

Gaynor is impressed by the place and is eager to find out when the raffle is taking place.

"I've got three tickets, haven't I, Ieuan?"

“I’ve got three tickets, haven’t I?” she remarks to Ieuan, “Colin and Tom jilted me.   Is your father coming?” she asks Rhys.

"Is there anything I can do?"

Having been told the news, Diane says she is so sorry;  “Is there anything that they can do?”   Anita replies that there is medication to deal with it 

"I have another appointment soon"

and she has another appointment soon, just to get some more information.

“Diane, I’m not going to get better,” she points out 

"What can I do to help?"

and Diane wants to know if there is anything she can do to help.   

"There are a few favours . . ."

“There are a few favours. I’d like to ask you.”   Diane assures her that she will do anything.   

". . . on this list"

Anita has compiled a little list.

"Sorry I'm late"

Hywel arrives at the brewery, apologising, “I took Esther to see some friends and I had a flat tyre.”   

"I want to know where the hotel is"

Gaynor is still very keen for this raffle and Hywel is looking forward to finding out where this hotel is.

Ieuan is looking worried

Rhys suggests that Howard might as well make himself useful, adding that Ieuan (who at the moment is looking very worried) will be drawing the names.

"Who is the lucky person?"

“Right, let’s find out the person who will be lucky enough to win a night in a five star hotel,” says Ieuan, as all the tickets are folded and placed into the bucket.

"This century, please, Ieuan!"

“This century, please, Ieuan – get a move on!” Hywel urges and 

"Who would you take, then?"

Gaynor considers that he is very eager, wondering who he would take to the hotel with him, 

Hywel does not say anything

but he refuses to say anything.

“Oh, I knew you’d have someone – you’re not single for long, are you?” she smiles, “Who is she, then?”   

"I have to answer this"

Ieuan’s phone rings and he says that he needs to take this call.   Hywel has had enough of this waiting and demands that the draw to be done now.   

"Any fool can draw a raffle ticket!"

“Any fool can draw a raffle ticket!” he argues and takes one at random from Howard’s bucket.   

"The winner is – Gaynor!"

“The winner is – and deservedly so – Gaynor!”   

"Really?"

She gasps with amazement.   

"You two are in cahoots!"

Howard accuses the pair of them of being in cahoots, but Gaynor maintains that it is about time she had some luck.

“Right, where is this hotel, then?” she demands 

"Ieuan has all the details"

and Rhys informs her that her that Ieuan has all the details.   Rhys has no idea of the answer, 

Ieuan tries to keep out of it

and his uncle appears to be using the phone call as a means of not giving the information.

"Please don't say there isn't a prize?"

“Oh, no!   Please don’t say there isn’t a prize?” snarls Gaynor, 

"The whole thing was a con?"

“What?  The whole thing was a con?”   Howard is outraged that the raffle was a fake, so Rhys tells him that it was a good job he did not win.   Both Howard and Gaynor are extremely irked that they paid for a ticket, in fact, Gaynor paid for three tickets.

Rhys insists that it was all Ieuan’s idea;  

"If this is the way Ceffyl Du treats its customers . . ."

“If this is the way Ceffyl Du treats its customers, I’m going!” declares Gaynor, “The beer’s horrible, anyway.”

"I have some nice wine at home"

Hywel tells her that he has some nice wine at home, 

"Why not?"

which she finds much more interesting.   She will be having a word with Ieuan another time.

Tom is studying something . . .

Tom has just come into Llwyncelyn and is looking intently at his phone, 

. . . tracking Gaynor's movements . . .

which is displaying Gaynor’s whereabouts, at present clearly indicated as being at number 21, next door to the Deri.   

. . . and he does not like what he sees

He looks particularly aggrieved about this.

Anita has a bottle of gin stashed away

Anita looks very pleased with herself as she gets a bottle of gin, remarking to Diane, “I think I’d prefer to be cremated 

"My ashes scattered over the Menai, just like Meic"

“and I’d like my ashes to be scattered over the Menai, just like Meic.”   Diane is surprised to hear this, but is assured that Ieuan will understand.

"I'd like you to have power of attorney

“And I’d like you to have power of attorney as well, you know, when things get worse,” she goes on.   

"Not Ieuan, Kelly or Darren?"

Diane cannot understand why she does not want Ieuan to do this, or Kelly, or Darren.

"I need someone independent"

“No, not family – I need someone independent, but someone who knows us as a family.”

Just then the door opens and Ieuan returns;  “Anita, very good news!” he announces, 

"Please don't say a word"

as Anita asks Diane not to say a word.

"I can't believe Griffiths lied like that"

“I can’t believe Griffiths lied like that!” exclaims Gaynor, as she sits with her glass of wine on the sofa, “Mind you, he is your brother – and you can lie when you have to!”   

"Rhys will pay back every penny"

He says that he will make sure Rhys pays back every penny.

"What's it like, living with Cassie, then?"

“Well, what’s it like, living with Cassie, then?” she continues, “Is this new fancy woman OK with you living with an ex-girlfriend?”   

Hywel remains silent

He does not know what to say to this, 

"So it's you and Cassie, is it?"

so Gaynor gets the impression that it is he and Cassie who are ‘seeing’ each other.

"You're like a homing pigeon"

“What is it with you?   You’re like a homing pigeon that keeps going back to the same places!”   

"It feels right this time"

He replies that it just feels right this time and she assumes that he wants it kept a secret as it is early days;  she agrees not to say a word.

"You with your toy-boy"

He laughs, “Look at us – you with your toyboy . . .”

"And you are one!"

She continues his sentence, “And you are one!”   Hywel consider it a shame that Tom could not make it tonight and enquires whether things are serious between them.   

"It's 'pretty full-on'"

She replies that it is ‘pretty full-on’;  

"A lot of people would call that being 'happy'"

Hywel comments that a lot of people would call that being ‘happy’ and in his estimation, she deserves it.

"Right, I'd better go"

She thinks that she had better go, as Tom will be back from work soon.   

"I'll see you soon"

She thanks him for tonight and will see him soon.

"You've sold Eunice's house?"

Ieuan has revealed his news to Anita, who exclaims, “You’ve sold Eunice’s house?   So I won’t be able to spend my final days there?”   

He was not expecting this reaction

He looks very downcast 

"Well, thank goodness for that!"

until she ends with, “Well, thank goodness for that!”   

"You 'got me' there!"

He confesses that she ‘got’ him there and Anita giggles.

"We didn't have time to talk about it"

Ieuan wonders how Diane took the news, but is told that they did not get enough time really to talk about it, “Because you came back.”   

"I have to pop over to Mami's house"

He says that he has to pop over to Mami’s house to get some paperwork, so she can have the house to herself.   

"Why don't you go and find Diane"

He suggests that she should go and find Diane, promising that she will get some peace then, 

"We've got some money now!"

adding that they have some money now, something which they should have done years ago.   He will see her later.   

Anita looks again at her list

Anita picks up her list and looks at it

Tom waits for Gaynor to come home

Tom is waiting for Gaynor’s return, with her phone in his hand;  

"I came home to wait for you"

“Did you have a good night?” he asks and she is surprised to see him there.   “I came home to wait for you,” he says.

She did not realise that he was finishing his shift so early;  he is more interested in how it went at Ceffyl Du.   

"The raffle was a con!"

She relates that she had a pint of horrible IPA and the raffle was a con;  “So, no, it wasn’t great.”   

"Did you stay in Ceffyl Du all night?"

Then he enquires whether she stayed in Ceffyl Du all night;  “Or did you go somewhere else?”   

"I went to Hywel's house"

She informs him that she went to Hywel’s house.   

"Two ex-husbands in two days?"

“Two ex-husbands in two days?” he remarks;  

"Here we go again!"

when she looks fed up with this, he maintains that he was only joking, but still wants to know what they talked about.   She replies that it was nothing important 

"Just memories about the old days?"

and he assumes that it was just memories of the old days.

“No, not really – we talked about you and me, be honest.   He said he was glad I’m happy.”   Tom demands whether she is happy, 

"Of course I am"

so she replies, “Of course I am,” but he looks less than convinced.

She goes upstairs . . .

When she goes upstairs, 

. . . so he rifles through her bag . . .

he takes her phone from her handbag 

. . . has a look at it . . .

and has a look at it;  

. . . finding a message from Hywel

there is a message timed at 19:31, reading, ‘Our secret, remember,’ 

His fury grows again

which again kindles his jealous anger.

"Dating app, is it?"

As they sit glumly around a table in the brewery, Rhys demands why Iolo is looking at his phone every minute;  “Dating app, is it?” and when he grabs the phone, it is quickly snatched back.

"Oh, touchy!"

“Oh, touchy!   Can’t get a match, can you?” jokes Howard, and Iolo tells them to leave it.   Howard then breaks the bad news to him that it is his round next.

Iolo appears to be in a very nervous state

At that moment, one of the substandard balloons bursts, which causes Iolo a great deal of panic;  

"Until you get rid of these balloons!"

“I’m not paying another penny until you get rid of these balloons!” he yells.

"This is going the same way as every other stupid idea!"

Rhys laments, “I might as well face the fact that Ceffyl Du is going the same way as every other stupid idea I’ve had!”   Iolo maintains that it is still early days 

"Just minus the balloons"

and the place is great, just minus the balloons.

"You need something to bing people in"

Howard argues that Rhys needs something to bring people and is told that is what tonight was all about;  “But most people will be taking their girlfriends out tomorrow.”   

Iolo reminds him that it includes boyfriends as well;  

"It's only 'saddos' like us out tonight"

“It’s only ‘saddos’ like us that are out tonight.”   

"The biggest 'saddos' in the valley!"

Howard proposes a toast, “To the biggest ‘saddos’ in the valley,” and another balloon explodes like a rifle shot, startling them.

"Rhys should offer more than craft beer"

Tom stands with Gaynor’s phone in his hand as she thinks that Rhys should do more than offer just craft beer.   

"What secret are you and Hywel keeping?"

He asks, “What secret are you and Hywel keeping?”

"Have you been looking through my phone?"

“Have you been looking through my phone?” she demands, 

"Our secret"

and he repeats the words of the message, emphasising that it says ‘our secret’.   He wants to know what is going on.

"Hywel is 'seeing' someone"

She explains to him that Hywel is ‘seeing’ someone, so Tom demands who that is;  “You don’t need to explain – it’s perfectly obvious – you and Hywel are ‘seeing’ each other, aren’t you?”

"Me with you and him with Cassie"

Gaynor cannot believe that he is serious;  “There’s nothing between Hywel and me – all we did all night was discuss how happy we were – me with you and him with Cassie.”

"Oops!"

Now he realises he has jumped the gun and Gaynor goes on, “Look, I wouldn’t do anything to risk what we have.   

"Where has this come from?"

“Where has this come from?   Why don’t you trust me?”

If in doubt – start crying

He has no other choice, than to turn on the tears again;  “I’m sorry,” he sniffs, “Cheryl has done this to me!”   

is it finally getting through to Gaynor ?

Gaynor looks at him with disbelief 

"She made me paranoid and jealous!"

as he continues blubbering, “She’s made me paranoid and jealous – but that’s not who I am.”

"Can you forgive me?"

He grasps Gaynor’s hands as he continues, “I’ve been stupid – can you forgive me?   

"I promise I'll get over this jealousy!"

“Please, I promise that I’ll get over this jealousy.”

"I'm going to bed now"

Gaynor informs him that she is going to bed now and wishes him good night.

Diane sits in the Deri

Diane sits gloomily in the Deri and Ieuan finds her there;  

"Sorry I disturbed you earlier"

“I’m sorry I disturbed you earlier,” he says 

"I can't believe it"

and Diane cannot believe it.   “It couldn’t have happened to a nicer person,” he comments, with Diane adding that Anita is her best friend.

"She'll need her best friend now"

“Well, she’ll need her best friend through this next period,” he goes on 

"I'll do anything for her"

and she confirms that she will do anything for Anita.   “Well, she’s home on her own – if you fancy more of that gin,” Ieuan suggests, 

"I'll say out of the way"

“I’ll stay out of the way.   She would appreciate having her best friend with her tonight – thanks, Diane.”

Hywel goes into the kitchen . . .

Hywel takes the two glasses into the kitchen 

. . . and notices something on the table . . .

and is surprised to see a hastily scrawled note on the kitchen table, informing him, 

. . . namely, a threatening message

‘If you carry on like this, I’ll kill you’.   

This has got him rattled . . .

He seems to be at a loss as to who is responsible 

. . . so he secures the door

but immediately bolts the back door and puts on the chain.

Tom is out of breath . . .

Tom arrives back at Llwyncelyn, after his quick trip into the village, still in a furious state 

. . . gets a bottle . . .

and pours himself a stiff drink, 

. . . and quickly down a glass

which he swallows in one gulp.

"The whole things is a bit . . . "

Diane is back at number 7, apologising for leaving in a hurry earlier;  “The whole thing is a bit . . .”   

"I can quite understand that"

Anita can quite understand that, but is assured that Diane is there for her 

"I'll do anything to help you"

and will do anything to help her through this next period.

"I don't want to reach the point where I'm a burden"

Anita is very glad to hear this, but has one more thing to ask her;  “I don’t want to reach the point where I’ll be a burden to everyone – when I will be a shadow of myself – I don’t want to lose control – 

"I want to decide when the end should be"

I want to decide when the end should be and I’d like you to support me with that.”