16 December 2025

"Good morning"

Gaynor comes downstairs where Tom is already eating his breakfast;  he asks how she is feeling.   “A little bit disappointed in myself,” she replies, “I’m so sorry about yesterday.”   

"I let you down again"

He replies that it is all right, but she disagrees, “It’s not all right – I let you down again.”

"Yes yo did – but forget about it"

“Yes, you did – but forget about it,” he says.   She goes on that she was silly to take those antidepressants;  “Yes, you were, but today is a new day.”

"I think I'll stay at home with you"

She does not think that she will go to work today, but instead should stay at home with him.   He insists that she will be fine and in any case, he has to go to work as well and has a lot to do today.   

"Go to work – you'll be fine"

Tom instructs her to go to work and she will be fine, 

Off goes Gaynor to the pharmacy

so she takes a sip of her coffee and then leaves the house.

"Moving my body for a second time?"

As he sits in the chair, we see that the late Cheryl has appeared behind him;  “Do you really think you’re going to get away with moving my body for a second time?” she enquires.

Britt and Bili decorate the tree

Britt and Bili are decorating the Christmas tree and she tells Colin that he is doing a fantastic job;  “With Huwcyn’s help, is it?” Colin asks.   

"Have you heard from the hospital?"

Then he whispers to Britt, “Have you heard anything from the hospital about his mother?”

Britt confirms that if she is not out in the next few days, Bili will be with them over Christmas;  

"That's rather awkward"

Colin finds that rather awkward, wondering if he should ask Gaynor if the boy can come to the wedding.

However Britt assures him that there is no need;  

"Catrin and her boyfriend are coming"

“Catrin and her new boyfriend are coming home – they can look after him – but we need to organise where everyone will sleep.”   

Colin imagines that they will not have enough room for everyone, 

"There's nothing better than a full house . . ."

but she is confident, “There’s nothing better than a full house at Christmas – 

". . . and it's lovely to have a child with us"

“and it’s lovely to have a child with us, isn’t it, Col?”

She has a shift at MFC now, so wants Colin to look after him, 

"I'm due at the shop"

but he in turn has to be at the shop and is meeting Gaynor for lunch later.   

"Let's decorate MFC"

Britt will in that case have to take Bili with her to decorate MFC.

"Wait, Eleri!"

Out in the street, Jinx runs after Eleri, urging her to slow down;  she angrily replies as she cannot as she is in a hurry.   

"The party is today"

“But the party at Brynawelon is today – what are the plans?”

“Bring your guitar over after lunch – I don’t have time to discuss what you’re going to play.   

"Turkey, singing and sleep"

“They just need some turkey, some singing and some sleep.   I’ve got a lot to do – not just organise a sing-song for old people!”

Then she continues along the High Street, behind Gaynor who has just emerged from the shop;  

"Can you walk a bit quicker?"

“Can you walk a bit quicker?” Eleri demands, 

"You look as if you're in a dream"

“You look as if you’re in a dream.”

"This is just temporary, all right?"

Tom is in the site hut at the dam, where he is talking, whether to himself or to Cheryl;  “This is just temporary, all right?   Just because Cai is sniffing around the garden.”

"So you moved me to a cabinet?"

Cheryl’s voice complains, “So you moved me to a cabinet?”   

"Only I can get to you now"

He explains that only he can get to her now.   It appears that her remains have now been disinterred from Gaynor’s garden, and temporarily accommodated in the filing cabinet.

"That's what you like, isn't it?"

Cheryl’s ‘presence’ is standing behind him as he maintains that now he will get some peace.   “That’s what you like, isn’t it?” she remarks.“

"I just want you to rest"

“Yes, just you and me, Cher,” he says, as he backs away from the filing cabinet;  “I just want you to rest.”   

He subsides to the floor

He slides to a sitting position on the floor.

"You've moved me twice already"

Cheryl is now sitting beside him and reminds him, “You’ve moved me twice already.”

"I didn't want to disturb you again"

Tom sobs, “I’m so sorry – I didn’t want to disturb you again!” but she can understand how much strain he is under.

“This wasn’t supposed to happen, was it?”   

Now she has vanished

In tears he confesses that it was not and looks to his right, where Cheryl has now disappeared and he is on his own.

Jinx arrives at Brynawelon 

Jinx arrives at Brynawelon, asking the residents, “Are you ready to sing?”   

Siwsi explains that they have not had their tea yet and Jinx volunteers to help decorate the place.

"No decorations – and no Eleri"

“There are no decorations – and Eleri is not here either,” she informs him.

"When's this shindig meant to start?"

Dai is becoming impatient;  “When is this shindig meant to start?   We’re starving!”   When she brings him a mince pie, 

"Today is costing me a fortune!"

he grumbles, “Today is costing me a fortune!”

"Is daycare that expensive?"

Jinx did not know that daycare was so expensive, but Dai confirm that it certainly is, adding, “And Diane is out shopping – I have to keep an eye on her 

"My credit cards are almost melting!"

“because my credit cards are almost melting!”   Jinx recommends that he could do with some singing to bring that blood pressure down.

What are we going to do?"

Siwsi asks Jinx what they are going to do 

"She doesn't appreciate how much Christmas means"

and he growls, “Eleri just doesn’t appreciate how much Christmas means to people – it’s a chance for them to enjoy themselves!” 

"We don't have the staff or the money"

Siwsi points out that they do not have the staff or the money for any extras.

He is determined that today should not be a flop;  

"I'll be back in half an hour" 

“You start on the tea and I’ll be back in half an hour,” he tells her.

"Crikey Moses!   Where's he going?"

As he leaves the room, Dai shouts, “Crikey Moses!   Where’s he going?   

"Then entertainment is leaving!"

“The entertainment is leaving before it started!”

Killer and victim sit side by side

As they sit side-by-side on the floor in the site hut, 

"I'm sorry for everything, Cher"

Tom groans, “I’m so sorry for everything, Cher.”

"Not just what you did to me last Christmas . . ."

She agrees that he has got so much to apologise for;  “Not just what you did to me last Christmas, but all those awful days before that – 

". . . the arguing, the bruises"

“do you remember all the arguing?   The bruises?”

As he rests his head on the shoulder of the figment of his imagination, he snarls, “Do you have to be so negative about everything?   Y0u’re spinning a story . . .”

"But you're a murderer!"

“Says you – who’s been saying that I hit you – I did once, to defend myself, but you – you’re a murderer!”   He angrily maintains that was an accident, 

She has gone again

but Cheryl disappears once again, only to reappear by the door.   

"You can't deceive me"

“You can’t deceive me – I remember how you put your hand over my mouth and stopped me from breathing.   Even now you’re not treating me with respect.”

"This is only temporary, Cher"

He gets up from the floor, insisting that this is only temporary, 

"I'll take you somewhere better"

“I’ll take you somewhere better – somewhere nice – somewhere you deserve.   And I’ll plant flowers – those yellow ones you like.”

"You think a few flowers will make up for it?"

She smiles cynically at him;  “And you think a few flowers will make up for everything?”   

"I love you, Cher"

He argues that it is a start and that he loves her.

"Wy are you going to North Wales with Ffion, then?"

“Why are you going to North Wales with Ffion, then?   You’ll be leaving me,” she reminds him.

"I want to be with her"

He is lost for words, simply muttering, “Because I want to . . . I want to be with her . . . I love her.”

"She's just a bit of fun!"

“Don’t make me laugh, Dave,” Cheryl smiles, “She’s just someone to excite you – a bit of fun, to make you feel you’re still young.”

"I don't like it when you're like this!"

This succeeds in winding him up and he demands that she stop questioning everything he says;  “I don’t like it when you’re like this!”

"I know there's no competition between us"

Cheryl continues, “I know there’s no competition between us – I know you won’t love anyone like you love me – and you know that, too.”

Britt and Bili hand out paper crowns

Britt and Bili are outside MFC, distributing paper crowns advertising the place to anyone who will take one;  her spiel includes, “If you want chicken and chips or a milkshake, we have plenty of everything at MFC!”

"I'd like some of those hats"

Jinx passes on his way back to Brynawelon, with the decorations that Eleri does not want;  he would like some of those hats she is giving away and she says that she has a whole box full, as well as a load of napkins.

"Brynawelon's party is so disorganised"

He explains to her that Brynawelon’s Christmas party is today and it is so disorganised.   

"We'll come and help"

Britt and Bili will come with him to help.   

"Perhaps the Christmas spirit is still alive"

Jinx reaches the conclusion, “Perhaps the Christmas spirit is still alive.

"Not long to go now"

In the Deli, Colin remarks to Gaynor, “There’s not long to go until the big day now – are you excited?”

"It's last-minute stress"

She unconvincingly replies that she is but adds that there is a little last-minute stress.   He wonders if he can do anything to help.

"We really did love each other, didn't we?"

“You know when we got married?   We really did love each other, didn't we?”   

"Head over heels"

He describes it as being head-over-heels in love.

She is in tears as she continues, “And I know things didn’t work out in the end, but the words we said to each other that day, 

"We really meant those vows"

“we really meant them, didn’t we?”

Colin can see that something is wrong and wants to know what it is;  

"Getting cold feet is quite natural"

“Look, getting cold feet at a time like this is quite natural.”   Gaynor begs him to help her, but he does not know how he can do this, as he is doing as much as he can already.

"I don't feel like the same person"

“I just don’t feel that like the same person as I was when I married you,” she replies, which makes him even more sure that something must have happened.

"Are you not sure about getting married?"

He enquires whether she is not sure about getting married and she answers that perhaps she is.

Colin maintains that Tom loves her, 

She looks none too sure

but she appears somewhat dubious about that.   

"Of course he does"

“Of course he does – and that is why you’re getting married, isn’t it?”   

"I suppose you're right"

Gaynor supposes that he must be right, but has just been under a lot of strain lately.   

"Just give me a couple of minutes, Col"

She disappears to the toilet for a couple of minutes to compose herself 

Colin fears something is wrong

and Colin is very worried.

The party hats are handed out

At Brynawelon, Britt and Bili are handing out the party hats;  Dai asks Bili his name and comments, “We’ve got a king Billy, have we?” 

"I'd call it product placement"

but after looking at the hat, he goes on, “I’d call it product placement.”

Jinx tells them that Britt has been very generous, contributing them for free;   Siwsi is handing out the napkins, ready for the cake later.   

They prepare for a sing

Dai likes the sound of that and Jinx is ready to play some Christmas songs.

"Nina and Frederik – Litte Donkey"

“Are you familiar with Nina and Frederik?   Little donkey?” suggests Dai.   

Jinx plays something else

Obviously, Jinx has never heard of it and begins to play something else, so Dai moans that is not Little Donkey, which causes some laughs.

"Did you see Gaynor leave?"

Colin is becoming worried that Gaynor has been in the toilet so long so he asks the assistant behind the counter if he saw Gaynor leave, as she has been in there for a while now.   

"I'll go and check"

There is a back way and the assistant goes to check, 

Colin is getting really worried

while Colin is now even more worried.

"What we had was different"

As the two of them stand on opposite sides of the site hut, Cheryl continues, “What we had was different, wasn’t it?   And, if you’re honest with yourself, you know you won’t find that again.   Look at me!” 

He closes his eyes

but he tightly closes his eyes.

“Look at me, Dave!” she repeats.   

"Yes, you're right"

He accepts that she is right, just like she is always right;  he loves her and that will never change.

"Gaynor is the closest thing tom me that you'll find"

“Well, I’m not here now – Gaynor is the closest thing to me that you’ll find.”

"Would you be happy if we got married?"

He begs the figment of his imagination standing opposite, “Would you be happy if we got married?”   

"I just want you to be happy"

Cheryl maintains that she just wants him to be happy, but then this moment is shattered by the sound of his phone.

Tom looks down at his phone . . .

He looks at it, but then discovers that Cheryl has disappeared once more, 

. . . and Cheryl has gone again

as he looks all around.   

"What do you want, Colin?"

Picking up the phone, he demands, “What do you want, Colin?   Upset?   

"Disappeared?"

“Disappeared?”

At last Eleri turns up

Finally, Eleri has put in an appearance at Brynawelon;  she is carrying three boxes of crackers and comments to Jinx, “Look at the state of you!”   

"Where have you been?"

He demands where she has been and she replies that she has been busy.

“Not as busy as Siwsi and me here, organising everything!” he complains, “Where were you?”   

"I was at a meeting"

She explains that she had a meeting which overran and then was stuck in traffic, but does not want to mention who she was meeting, describing it not important.

"If you're having an affair"

“Yes it is, if you’re having an affair!” says Jinx, which makes her laugh;  

"If I was, I'd finish with you"

she points out to him that if she wanted to be with another man, she would finish with him, not go through an affair.

"You've ben acting strangely"

He insists that she has been acting strangely recently – and lying, not just today;  “That cleaning the flat business was strange – you’ve never worried about it before – you’ve been acting strangely.”   

"I've been thinking about asking you to move in"

She says that there is a reason;  quickly inventing another lie, she tells him, “I’ve been thinking about asking you to move in with me.”

That comes as rather a shock

This comes as rather a shock to Jinx and he cannot believe it;  she says that he has spoiled the surprise now.   

"Is it too late for the crackers?"

Quickly changing the subject, she asks if it is too late for the crackers and wonders what they have been drinking, as it is noisy in there.

"Wine donated by the Deri"

Apparently, wine has been donated by the Deri, 

"I hope it puts them straight to sleep"

which she hopes will put them straight to sleep;  “Then there’s cake from Tamed, and Carol sheets from the chapel,” says Jinx, “Christmas is important and they deserve to enjoy it.”

Eleri simply complains that they will expect this every Christmas now, 

Eleri kisses him

but she does kiss him, which he presumes is a thank you.   

She distributes the crackers

She starts off distributing the crackers and Dai comments that things are improving there.

"That's what's best for him"

In the MFC flat, Colin is looking anxiously at his phone while Britt is speaking on hers;  “No, I understand – that’s what’s best for him.   Thank you very much.”

"He'll be going home tomorrow"

She informs Colin that Bili will be going home tomorrow;  he says it is a good thing that his mother is recovering.   

"You should have heard him sing"  

Britt had such a good time in Brynawelon with him today;  “You should have heard him sing – with Huwcyn under his arm all the time.”   He is said to be cuddling the teddy bear in bed now.

"You've done a fantastic job with him"

Britt had been looking forward to having him there over Christmas and Colin commends her for doing such a fantastic job with him.   “I’m sorry if my mind has been on the wedding arrangements – I’ve been sucked in a lot more than I should have been, to be honest.   

"Something is not quite right there"

“I don’t know what’s going on, but something is not quite right there.”

Then he can see that Britt is almost dropping off to sleep, so he thinks that they could use a cup of tea.   

But is close to tears . . .

Britt is upset at the thought of losing Bili, 

. . . so Colin gives her a hog

so Colin gives her a hug.

Gaynor is back home

Tom has found Gaynor and brought her back to Llwyncelyn;  she urges him not to ignore her.   “Things just became too much and I needed some peace – 

"I hadn't intended to frighten anyone"

“I went for a walk to Coed y Mynach – I hadn’t intended to frighten anyone.”

Tom is about to hug her . . . 

Tom gives her a hug, 

. . . and she does not seem too happy about it

which she finds rather disturbing.   “Colin said you were very upset,” he says and she agrees that she was.   

"We've both been under a lot of strain"

“We’ve both been under a lot of strain recently, haven’t we?   And we’ve both said some hurtful things to each other.   But if we’re going to get married, we need to start acting as a team.   

"Now this is your last chance to be honest with me . . ."

“Now, this is your last chance to be honest with me – 

". . . are you sure you want to marry me?"

“are you sure you want to marry me, Gaynor?”

"Yes,  I do"

She takes a few seconds to reply, but then tells him, “Yes, I do,” 

He is relieved to hear that

which he finds reassuring, 

"I want to marry you, too"

stressing that he wants to marry her, too.   

"Sit down and I'll make dinner"

He tells her to take a seat on the sofa and he will make dinner.

Tom turns round

As he turns, Cheryl appears by the fridge behind him 

"I hope she won't disappoint you like I did"

and comments, “I hope she won’t disappoint you like I did.”   They both look across towards Gaynor.