10 March 2026

Liv looks reasonably happy

In her new flat, Liv is looking reasonably happy with her baby, who seems to have grown quite considerably, and now is crying loudly.   

"His lungs are working"

Cai comments that is lungs are working.   “He slept better last night,” she says, 

"It must be that teddy you gave him"

“It must be that teddy you gave him – the white noise it makes settles him,” so Cai is glad that he bought it.

"I have to go to work"

She asks if he can look after Gwydion for a while, so she can get a shower, but he replies that he has to go to work, as he told her last night.   “I need the money to pay for Lleucu’s driving lessons and birthday party.”   

He assures Liv that she can do this, 

"I haven't been alone with him for so long"

but she protests that she has not been alone with the baby for that long before and she does not know anyone in the area.   She adds that she is really tired.

"Try to leave this place for a while today"

Cai points out that he cannot be there all the time;  “Gwydion is your baby – and you’re a good mother – try to leave this place for a while today, OK?”   

She is not happy about this

When he has gone she looks depressed.

"What time does Britt's thing start?"

In the deli, Eileen serves Garry with his coffee;  he asks, “What time does Britt’s thing start in Bethania?”   Eileen informs him that it is not just Britt’s event;  

"I've been very supportive as well"

“I’ve been very supportive as well.”

"Flat white with out milk, please"

Eleri comes in for her flat white with oat milk and Eileen hopes to see her at Bethania today.   “It’s important that local businesses are supportive.”   

"Britt's homelessness project"

When Eleri does not know what she is talking about, Garry explains that it is Britt’s homelessness project.

“I’ve got more important things to do,” Eleri answers,

"More important than helping people?"

with Eileen showing signs of offence.   

"Without raspberries – they were too sour"

“Can I have one of those granola pots as well – but without the raspberries – it was too sour yesterday."

"They're fresh – that's why!"

“They’re fresh – that’s why!” snarls Eileen, “I’ll see what I’ve got in the kitchen.”

"Perhaps helping would be good for Brynawelon"

Garry suggests, “Perhaps helping out today would be a good advert for Brynawelon,” 

"Feeding the homeless is not in my contract"

but Eleri is adamant that feeding the homeless is not in her contract.   

She tells him to go, but then remembers that nobody is supposed to know that he owns Brynawelon.

"Eleri, about what happened . . ."

On his way to the door, he raises the subject, “Eleri, about what happened . . .”   

"There's no need to talk about it"

She insists that there is no need to talk about it.

Diane is at the MFC flat

Diane has gone to the MFC flat, 

"Colin's ill"

where Britt complains that she does not have enough people to help;  “Colin was supposed to get the bread and help me set up, but he’s ill.”

Diane replies that she is there to help and Eileen is also coming;  

"Eileen's only there for the publicity"

“Yes, but we can’t rely on her, can we?   She’s only there for the publicity.”   Diane intends that Eileen will do her share.

"I want everything to be perfect"

“I just want everything to be perfect,” whines Britt, “Do you think we’ve publicised this enough?”   

"Everyone in the county must know"

Diane imagines that everyone in the county knows about it, but Britt wants to remind people again.

Diane insists that they do not have time and can see that something is going on;  

"What's going on, Britt?"

she demands to know what it is.   

She is shown the note from Ben

Britt shows her the £10 with attached note from Ben.   

"I want him to know I forgive him"

“He broke in and I’ve been looking for him all weekend.   I want him to know that I forgive him and that I understand.   Do you think he’ll be there today?   

"He might think he's not welcome"

“He might think he’s not welcome – I feel awful.”

"Yo haven't done anything wrong"

Diane insists that she has not done anything wrong and should not feel guilty.   Britt maintains that he has not done anything wrong either and proposes to go out looking for him.

"Ben isn['t the only one who needs help"

Diane makes it clear that there is too much to do for that;  “Ben isn’t the only one who needs our help.   I’ll get the bread while you start to set things up – 

"You never know, Ben might be there"

“and, you never know, Ben might be there.”    Britt hopes that he is.

Garry greets his dominoes partner

Garry walks through the lounge at Brynawelon, greeting his dominoes partner, Elfed, but on reaching his room, finds a cleaner inside;  

"I don't want anyone going through my stuff!"

“Oi!   I’ve said I don’t want anyone going through my stuff!” he rages, so the cleaner beats a hasty retreat.

"You can't talk to my staff like that that!"

Eleri protests, “Hey, you can’t talk to my staff like that!”   Garry makes it quite clear that he does not want anyone in his room.   “Today is her first day,” Eleri tells him, 

"You should have told her!"

so he points out that Eleri should have told her.

"I need you out!"

She wants to discuss something with him, coming straight to the point;  “I need you out – someone else wants a room.”

"Where am I supposed to go?"

Garry demands where he is supposed to go, but she does not care, reminding him, “Unlike you, she’ll be paying!”   Garry tells her that they can talk later, 

His phone sounds

then his phone sounds, 

"I'm on my way"

so he answers it and promises that he will go over there now.

Eleri notices the photo

Eleri notices the photo of Gwern and Seren on his bedside table, 

"I don't want to talk – I want you to pack!"

then gives him the ultimatum, “I don’t want to talk – I want you to pack!”   

Garry leaves his room

He walks out of his room.

Britt arranges the camp beds

Britt is deploying the folding beds in the vestry at Bethania when someone from the charity arrives and is welcomed;  

"I'm so excited about today!"

“I’m so excited about today!” says Britt, “I’m  looking forward to it – 

"A lot of people are on the way"

“I know there’s a lot of work to do, but a lot of people are on the way to help – it will be great!”

"What do you want me to do?"

Garry arrives, asking what they want him to do;  Britt is surprised to see him, 

"Diane asked me to help"

so he tells her, “Diane said that Colin was ill, so I’m here to help – because I know how important this is to you – 

"If it's important to you . . ."

“if it’s important to you, it’s important to me.   Anyway, I know how stressed and nervous you get – I don’t think that woman is ready to see that!”   

"I'm desperate, Gar"

She confesses that she is desperate.

Liv is in the deli . . . 

Liv has taken the baby out and is at present in the deli, 

. . . and drops Gwydion's dummy

where she manages to drop Gwydion’s dummy on the floor.   Eileen offers to sterilise it, 

Iolo is not impressed

but at that moment Iolo comes in, looking thoroughly disappointed and comments to Eileen, “I wouldn’t give him that dummy.”

"It doesn't do any harm"

Eileen maintains that it does not do any harm if the baby is crying;  

"He didn't cry with me!"

he answers, “Well, he didn’t cry with me!”

"He's not even wearing socks!"

Liv picks up Gwydion and puts him back in his pram as Iolo asks for a cappuccino, then she quickly leaves the deli, but not before Iolo has commented, “He’s not even wearing socks!”

A customer opens the door for her

One of the other customers opens the door for her, 

Iolo spots something . . .

then Iolo notices

. . . the soft toy left behind . . .

that a soft toy has been left behind on the table;  

. . . and stuffs it into his pocket

he stuffs it into his pocket.

Garry is assisting

Garry has been making himself useful and his sister remarks that it looks good now;  

"Why is this so important to you?"

“Yes, thanks to me,” he says, “Why is this so important to you?”

"I've never found anything I'm good at"

Britt replies that she has never found anything she is good at, but he considers that she is good at everything;  

"All right – not everything!"

“All right – not everything!”   

"Everybody, apart from me, has a 'thing'"

She goes on that she has always thought that everyone, apart from her, has a ‘thing’.

"And what's my 'thing'?"

In that case, he asks what is his ‘thing’;  

"Finding trouble  – going to jail"

“Finding trouble – going to jail,” she laughs.   “But lately I’ve realised that my ‘thing’ might be helping people – I want to do more of it.”

"You do more than most"

Garry stresses that she does more than most with the fostering, 

"What happened to the when they turn 18?"

but she argues, “What happens to those people once they turn 18, Gar?   We know better than anyone how hard it is, with no help out there.   Things could have been so different for you, me and Brandon.”

"I'm very proud of you"

Garry says that he is proud of her, but she does not trust him when he is like this.   He maintains, “Us two, we’ve been through a lot recently and perhaps I’ve changed as well.”

Eleri has brought a contribution

Eleri comes in with a box of cakes, explaining that chef forgot they had a cooking class today, so they had too many cakes.   Then she tells Garry, “I just didn’t want to throw them in the bin,” as she walks out again.

The first homeless person arrives

The first of the homeless people arrives, and Britt gives him a warm welcome.

Liv is now in the shop . . .

Now Liv is in the shop and, as she heads towards the door, 

 . . .where she is confronted again by Iolo

she meets Iolo coming in;  

"I take it you contacted the Social"

“I take it that you contacted the Social,” she says and he says that he was worried about the baby – and indeed is still worried.

"You have no idea what you're doing!"

“I saw you earlier – you have no idea what you’re doing.   Do you really think you can do this on your own, Liv?”   She protests that she is not alone, but has Cai.

"The father who turned his back on his own children?"

“Cai?   The father who turned his back on his own children?   Do you think he’ll be interested in Gwydion in a few months?   

"Cai's promised a lot of things"

“Cai’s promised a lot of things to a lot of people over the years, but something or someone always attracts his attention – and what next for Gwydion?   

"We all know how you deal with your problems!"

“We all know how you deal with your problems!”

"But I'm clean now!"

She protests once again that she is clean, but he sneers, “For now – but it’s only a matter of time.”   

She hurries to escape

As Liv hurries to get out of the shop, 

"We'll be ready in Y Felin!"

he continues, “But there we are – we’ll be ready in Y Felin when that happens.”

She walks away in tears

She is sobbing as she walks along the road away from the shop

Now Eileen has arrived

Things are in full swing in the vestry as Eileen brings in her contribution of cakes and sandwiches.   

"Just in time for the Western Post photo"

“Just in time for the photo for the Western Post,” observes Britt, “Very lucky!”

Diane wonders if she has seen Ben, but she has not;  

He does not know Ben

she asks one of the men sitting there whether he knows anyone called Ben, but he cannot help.

Liv is depressed

Liv is back at the flat, kicks off her shoes and sits on the sofa;  the baby does not sound very happy.   Cai comes in and she is surprised to see him.

"Lleucu didn't want to see me"

“I finished early to see Lleucu, but she didn’t want to see me,” he groans and asks what Liv did this afternoon.

"Not a lot"

“Not a lot,” she replies and stresses that Gwydion is all right.   

"Are you going to move out?"

“Are you going to move out?”   

'Why are you asking that?"

He cannot understand why she is asking that.   

"I'm doing everything wrong today'

She wails, “I’m doing everything wrong today!”   

Gwydion looks perfectly happy

Cai points out that Gwydion looks perfectly happy to him.

"I've lost the only teddy that settles him"

“I put a dirty dummy in his mouth, I haven’t dressed him properly – and I’ve lost the only teddy that settles him.”   She is assured that none of those things are important.   

"Can I really rely on you?"

“Perhaps not – but I need help – I can’t do it on my own.   I just want to know, can I really rely on you?”

"I'm not washing up"

Later Garry is back at the vestry where he informs his sister that he is not washing up but is happy to dry.   He assumes that everything went well, 

"Almost perfect"

with Britt describing it as, “Almost perfect.”   

She walks through to the chapel . . .

She walks out towards the chapel, 

. . . and Garry will talk to her

so Garry tells Diane he will have a word with her.   Eleri comes in again, 

He disappears through the door

and sees him disappearing through the door.   

"Has Garry gone to the chapel?"

“Has Garry gone to the chapel?”   Diane advises her not to follow, as he wants to talk to Britt.

"I've come to get this"

“I wasn’t going to – I only came to get the cake box back.”

"Do you really believe in all this?"

In the chapel, Garry sits by his sister;  “Do you really believe in all this?   

"You've been different since I got out"

“You’ve been different since I got out and I just want to understand.   Is it God?”

"I don't know what I believe"

She answers, “I don’t know what I believe at the moment.   I just know that this place gives me comfort.   It started when I felt low over Christmas – lonely without any of the Monks.   

"No you, no Brandon – or the children"

“No you, no Brandon – or the children.   Everything felt so trivial, but when I walked in here, 

"A peace I've never felt before"

“I felt a peace I’ve never felt before – and it was nice.  

"I'd like it if you felt it, too"

“I’d like it if you felt it, too.”

Garry tried to hide his feelings

Garry is becoming rather emotional, although trying not to show it

"I can see how much you love Gwydion"

Cai has made a cup of tea for Liv;  “Listen, Liv, I’ve tried to help you because I can see how much you love Gwydion.”   

"I love him more than anything!"

She protests that she loves him more than anything, but is afraid that it is not enough.

"A lot of this is down to tiredness"

He reminds her that every new parent doubts themselves – but he wants to be with his mother.   “A lot of this is down to tiredness.   

"Shall I give him a bottle tonight?"

“Shall I give him a bottle tonight so you can have a break?   You’ll feel a lot better after a good night’s sleep.

"I can't be here all the time"

“But you have to remember that I’m here to help – I can’t be here all the time – I have my own children and I have to start putting Lleucu first.   I’ve let her down too many times over the last few years.   You do realise that we can’t live like this for ever, don’t you?”

He will go and make her some dinner.   

Liv has some tea . . .

Liv drinks some of her tea, then picks up her phone

. . . looks though her contacts . . .

 and looks through the list of contacts, of which there seem to be quite a number.   

. . . and selects 'Clive' . . .

She selects the one marked ‘Clive’, 

. . . then has second thoughts

but then immediately changes her mind and slams down the phone.

"What do you think happens after we die?"

As they sit together in the chapel, Garry asks, “What do you think happens to us after we die?”   

"There's another life out there somewhere"

After some thought, Britt replies that she chooses to believe that there is another life out there for them somewhere.

"That's the only way I can cope"

“That’s the only way I can cope with all the loss.   I need to know that there’s a better place for them,” then she notices that Garry is on the brink of tears, so tells him not to get upset.

"It's all lies, Britt!"

“None of this is true, Britt, it’s all lies,” he snarls, so she asks him what is going on, urging him to talk to her, as it might help.

"I can't stop thinking about Seren"

“I can’t stop thinking about Seren!” he begins and Britt can understand how he feels.   She realises that it must be so hard for him to be back in the village without her.   They all miss her so much.

"She's not there!"

Britt suggests that they go down to the cemetery and say hello to Seren, but he points out, “She’s not there!”   

He walks out of the chapel

He gets up from his seat and walks out of the chapel.

Eleri is in Garry's room

Eleri open the door of Garry’s room at Brynawelon;  she opens the drawer 

She takes out the envelope . . .

and takes out the envelope she finds there.   

. . . investigating its contents . . .

She looks at the contents – 

. . . which explain . . .

a leaflet about prostate cancer, 

. . . his recent behaviour

realising that this explains Garry’s behaviour.