Cwmderi Diary 2015: 21 August 2015

Garry returns to the scene of the accident

Garry approaches the garage and as he looks in through the door, Siôn approaches behind him;

"Facing your demons?"

“Facing your demons?” asks Siôn, “I heard that you told Dani about the debt. I thought that confidentiality was part of the agreement.”

“Did you?” replies Garry, as Dani finds him there and asks if he has to do this today.

"There's no shame in showing weakness"

Siôn suggests that he take it slowly, and go home if he starts feeling shaky, as there is no shame in showing weakness.

Dani is not sure that she can go in there;

"I don't want to see any CCTV footage"

“If there’s any CCTV footage of the accident, I don’t want to see it,” she tells Garry, “I’d be sick if I saw it!” At the mention of CCTV, Siôn’s expression changes, and he leaves rather hurriedly.

"Oh damn! I've lost it!"

At APD, Diane loses her work on the laptop, having forgotten to save it;

Diane is constantly worrying

she tells Dai that this secret is eating at her, preventing her from sleeping.

"We should be supporting each other"

Dai replies rather scathingly, “We should be supporting each other after Meic’s death – instead everyone is worried about who said what to everyone else and who’s keeping secrets!”

"Are you coming over, as I'm on my own?"

Then Diane has a phone call from Anita, asking if she is coming over today.

Diane manufactures an excuse

Diane makes an excuse that Dai is suffering from stomach trouble, and that she may be over later. “This secret is coming between us already,” she tells Dai, “I have to confess – come with me!”

"I can look after the place"

Dai insists that he is much too busy, but Jim insists he can manage on his own if it is something important, and adds that Dai could always work later tonight.

Gabriella is off to see Anita

Debbie is doing the washing-up when Gabriella tells her she is going to see Anita.

"Mark and I are growing closer"

Debbie boasts, “I think that Mark and I are growing closer – I hope so, anyway!” Mark has come back from his round as Gabriella says that she will have to scatter Meic’s ashes in Anglesey on her own, if Anita will not accompany her.

Mark assures her, “You won’t have to do that on your own!”

"Thank you, Mark!"

Gabriella thanks and kisses him, which displeases Debbie.

When she has gone, Debbie suggests they could go out for lunch, but is rather disappointed when Mark tells her,

"I'm not sure about this"

“I’m not sure about this – you and me - we can’t start a relationship now. I don’t want to take advantage of you, and there’s Ricky to consider. We have to be careful before we do something that changes everything – I want to do the right thing. Perhaps another time – sorry, Debs.”

Debbie feels she has been rejected

She storms off.

Garry is quizzing Geraint; “So they took the compressor and the laptop?”

"They put them in bags and left"

Geraint replies, “And the clamps as well. They put them in bags and left.”

"Health and Safety are looking for someone to blame"

Garry turns to Dani and tells her that Health and Safety are looking for someone to blame.

“I wasn’t supposed to be working on Iolo’s van – I was breaking the law! If the van had not been fixed properly it could have caused injury to someone else. I could get a huge fine!”

"Did they take the CCTV tapes?"

Dani asks if they took the CCTV tapes, but he tells her that the system was turned off,

Geraint confirms they were wearing gloves

then he learns from Geraint that the inspectors were wearing gloves when they put the items into evidence bags. “They’re treating the place like a crime scene,” ponders Garry, “They’ve found something, some evidence, possibly signs of tampering? I think someone tried to kill me!”

"Hang on – you're being paranoid!"

Despite Dani’s insistence that he is paranoid, he continues theorising;

Garry arrives at his chief suspect

“Someone who knew I was working on Iolo’s van, and who wanted me out of the way. Siôn – that’s why he looked so shocked when you mentioned CCTV. He thinks there’s footage of him in the garage, tampering with the equipment – and then he pretended to save me!” Garry tells Dani that now he feels a hundred times better

"It means losing Meic for ever"

Anita is still hesitant about scattering Meic’s ashes; “It means losing Meic for ever,” she says, but Gabriella assures her there is no hurry. Then Debbie arrives with something to tell Anita.

"I've seen you two flirting!"

Seeing Gabriella there, she remarks, “I thought you’d be at Maes-y-Deri, batting your eyelashes at Mark! I’ve seen you two flirting – he fancies you!”

Gabriella denies this, but then Debbie continues, “You and Mark are used to plotting, aren’t you? Does Anita know you phoned Mark when Meic got worse?”

Gabriella admits what happened

Gabriella then admits to Anita that Meic did not want her to come to Patagonia, then Debbie tells her that he had assistance in the form of Diane.

"I had just started to trust you!"

“You expect me to believe my best friend kept this important secret from me?” demands Anita. Turning to Gabriella, she says, “I had just started to trust you. Go away, the pair of you!”

Siôn is busy, translating

Siôn is working at home when Garry pays a visit;

"Let's talk about your attempt to kill me!"

“Lets talk about your attempt to kill me!” When Siôn protests that he saved Garry, he continues, “How convenient – conscience get the better of you? I almost admire you for daring to carry out such an act against me! We’re more alike than I thought.”

"I'm nothing like you!"

Siôn insists he is nothing like Garry, and Garry replies,

Garry adopts a threatening tone

“No, I don’t pretend to be perfect like you – but you’re not, or your mission would have been a success! It’s not wise to attempt to kill a man like me – and fail!”

Siôn tells him, “You don’t want to risk harming yourself, I’m warning you not to trigger another attack. If you think I tried to kill you, then tell the police!”

"I don't need the police to sort this out!"

Garry grabs him and promises, “I don’t need the police to sort this out!”

Britt can see that her brother is not happy

At this point, Britt arrives home and hopes that Siôn has not been wanting to write off the debt again; Garry replies as he leaves, “Siôn wouldn’t do something so immoral!”

"You have to sort this out!"

Britt is fed up with the debt causing a rift in her family and tells Siôn he has to sort it out somehow.

"I'll find a way"

“I’ll find a way,” answers Siôn.

"I didn't want to stay after what you said"

Mark goes to find Debbie in the café flat; “I didn’t want to stay after what you said – I’ve been rejected!” she tells him. He insists that he did not mean to upset her, but that the timing is wrong, so soon after Meic.

"We've got to do it right"

“I believe we could be happy together some day, but we’ve got to do it right,” Mark tells her,

Debbie realises she has behaved rashly

and she feels guilty about what she has just told Anita.

Diane comes to confess

Dai and Diane go to Anita’s, where Diane admits that Dai’s illness was a lie, and explains what has been going on;

"Why are you telling me now?"

“Why are you telling me now?” demands Anita, “It’s nothing to do with the fact that Debbie knew, is it? Your duty as my best friend was to tell me immediately, not scupper my last chance of seeing him!”

Dai tries to defuse things

Dai tries to calm matters by reminding them that they have just lost a dear friend, but Anita continues,

"Some people have been plotting and lying!"

“Some people have been plotting and lying and doing things they shouldn’t – and now I’ve missed the opportunity to say goodbye to ‘our dear friend’!” As they leave, Diane is in tears.

"I've left Maes-y-Deri"

Mark comes out of the café to see Gabriella, who has left Maes-y-Deri as Debbie accused her of flirting with him. She reveals that Debbie has told Anita everything.

"It's too late for saying sorry," Dai tells him

Then Dai and Diane pass, blaming him for the whole sorry affair.

"Sorry, Mark"

He sees Debbie at the door of the café, and shouts to her,

"It would have been a terrible mistake!"

“It’s your fault! When will you learn? I’m glad I realised in time what a terrible mistake it would be, getting back with you!” He takes Gabriella back to Maes-y-Deri.

Meanwhile, back at Bethania . . .

Siôn is sitting in a pew at Bethania, muttering,

. . . Siôn is in quite a state . . .

“I can’t – I don’t have the courage – I know I should be punished – I’m a sinner, but I was only thinking of my family – Garry’s a sinner too –

. . . and is terrified

“I’m scared!”

"That Siôn is definitely guilty!"

Garry tells Dani that he has been to see Siôn White, and that he saw a definitely guilty reaction. “You can’t go round accusing people of trying to kill you!” responds Dani, “You don’t want another panic attack!”