Cwmderi Diary 2015: 3 November 2015

"You did everything you could!"

In the hospital the doctor says she is sorry, and Hywel tells her, “You did everything you could!”

But no, Sheryl is still with us

Then she continues, “Yesterday’s complications mean that she will be in here longer, but I’m confident she is over the worst. She might wake up in a while, but don’t expect much response.

"Can you hear me?"

He goes to sit by Sheryl, and asks, “Can you hear me?” her eyes partly open, and he adds, “Meilyr is with Dani – he’s all right and has had his bottle. Don’t worry about him – just concentrate on getting better and coming home.”

"Courtney, time to get up!"

After Angela loads the washing machine and calls Courtney to get up,

"Peg the washing out for me"

she instructs Eifion to peg out the washing when it is finished.

“I’ve got the day off,” he replies, “I might not be home.” Angela assumes he would rather be living in the fifties, when husbands did not do housework.

"We're not even engaged any more!"

“Husbands? We’re not married – not even engaged any more!” he replies, as Angela leaves for work.

"Is the witch up yet?"

Mark delivers a package to the café for Debbie’s mother, asking, “Is the witch up yet?” Debbie tells him she left ten minutes ago, and he assumes,

"Probably off to Maes-y-Deri "

“She’s probably off to Maes-y-Deri to empty my fridge and use my electricity! It’s not right! I’m not working so Dol can have an easy life!”

Debbie informs him that he will have to work harder, when they build the hundred houses down by Penrhewl; “It will take those little legs longer to do the round!” He is not worried by that, but rather by Dol, and demands that Debbie should have a word with her. She replies, “Dol does what Dol wants!”

"I was always bunking off school"

Ricky is ready for school as Dol arrives there; “I was always bunking off school and smoking at your age,” she tells him.

"I'll cook you pizza and chips"

“Come home for dinner and I’ll cook you pizza and chips.” Then she sits down to watch a shopping channel; “I thought I’d treat your Dad to a new vacuum – they had one yesterday, cordless and really cheap!”

"Dad's already got a vacuum"

Ricky thinks that would be rather unnecessary, and leaves for school.

"Are you going to do anything today?"

When Angela returns, Eifion is still lounging in front of the television, with the washing still in the machine. “Are you going to do anything today? Anything constructive?” she demands.

"Which part of 'day off' don't you understand?"

She is rather angry when he comments, “Which part of ‘day off’ don’t you understand?”

"Which part of 'grow up' don't you understand?"

“Which part of ‘grow up’ don’t you understand?” she retorts, and as she unloads the washing, adds,

Angela mentions Sioned's use of his money . . .

“You’re so adult that you lend money to a girl who blows it on a luxury holiday.”

. . . then he takes notice

This comment does grab Eifion’s attention, and she tells him, “Ed and Sioned are going to Kefalonia with your money!

"Was that part of your business plan?"

“Was that part of your business plan!”

"I can't get any food from the shop!"

Dol runs down the street after Mark, complaining that there is no slate in the shop, as he has expressly forbidden it, and asks what she is supposed to live on. Mark has the answer;

"I don't care what you live on!"

“I live on a postman’s wages – I don’t care what you live on! I had a £50 bill in the shop because of you! And I’m not happy you dragged Colin into your problems. No more!” and he walks off.

"Go and scrounge off her!"

Dol still haragues him, so he turns; “You don’t live at Maes-y-Deri – you’ve got a daughter, go and scrounge off her!”

"She's gone shopping in Swansea"

Eifion goes to the Deri, looking for Sioned, and is far from happy when Ows tells him she has gone shopping in Swansea; “With my money, probably!” he mutters. Angela comes in;

"Hello, grumpy"

he comments, “Hello, grumpy, are you in a better mood now?” She imagines there is no point in asking whether he will cook tonight. He offers her a drink, but she refuses.

"Thanks for looking after Mam"

Then Angela is called by a stranger at the end of the bar, who thanks her for looking after his mother, and she does accept a drink from him. Eifion is rather put out by this.

Eifion appears jealous

“There’s no point us eating together if you won’t have a drink with me!”

"I can think of better things to do"

Angela replies that she can think of better things to do than washing-up after him, and he suggests, “Maybe we shouldn’t be together at all. I don’t want to be with someone who’s forgotten how to have fun.”

"Dol is putting it about that you don't feed Ricky"

As Mark gets money from the cashpoint, Eifion remarks that Dol is saying she is lucky to get a biscuit from him, and that he does not feed Ricky.

"She's got a nerve!"

Exasperated, Mark replies, “She’s got a nerve! Lives off other people and then blames me! Wait until I see her!”

Hywel is going home

Hywel tells Sheryl that he is leaving now; he will tell their son that Mam is getting better,

"See you in the morning"

and will see her in the morning; by the door the doctor meets him.

"Sheryl is doing fine"

“Despite the complications, she is fine, but must avoid any stress on her heart for a few weeks. She should have short, quiet visits for a day or two.

"Get some sleep"

“Go home to your little boy and get some sleep.”

What is Dol up to, with that big bag?

Angela comes into the café, followed by Dol; Debbie gives Angela a coffee

"I think we just split up!"

and hears how she thinks she and Eifion just split up, suspecting it is serious. Then Debbie goes into the kitchen to investigate,

Caught red-handed, emptying the fridge

and catches Dol filling a bag with items from the fridge.

"Mark don't feed Ricky any more"

“Mark don’t feed Ricky any more,” she protests, “And there’s no slate at the shop, so I can’t get food. You know I haven’t got any money!”

She has quite a stash in there

Debbie starts unpacking the large amount of items removed from her fridge.

“It says ‘café’ on the sign outside, not ‘foodbank’,” Debbie fumes, “You taught me to waste money. Mark and I look after Ricky!”

"Surely you can give your Mam something"

Dol pleads that surely Debbie can give her something, so she bangs down a box of cup soup on the table.

Hywel's rest is suddenly shattered

Hywel, back at Llwyncelyn, makes a cup of tea and sits down, exhausted, but simultanously the phone rings and the baby cries; he chooses the baby and rushes upstairs, ignoring the call from Gaynor.

"I want to share things with you"

Angela says she has enjoyed some different company at the Deri, but Eifion insists that he wants to be with her and share things with her.

He has a second try with the ring . . .

He gets the ring out once more and asks, “Will you – again?” then produces a bottle of wine and flowers from the cupboard.

. . . reinforced by wine and flowers

“They’re lovely, but this isn’t what I want,” says Angela, “Getting married won’t solve our problems – but I do want to solve them. I’m sorry, I can’t accept.”

Eifion says that at least they have had their first honest conversation for a while; “It’s about time I took this back to the shop,” he says, and opens the bottle.

Ricky wolfs down his dinner

In the café flat, Debbie has cooked pizza and chips for Ricky, which he devours with relish; she tells him, “You shouldn’t rely on your grandmother – she can’t take care of herself, never mind anyone else.”

"I caught her stealing food from the café"

Then she enlightens Mark, “I caught her stealing food from the café.”

Hywel and his baby son

Hywel brings Meilyr downstairs,

Contented Meilyr

and sits watching television with him.

Mark is now eating lasagne, and complaining that Dol has been dragging his name through the mud; “Her and her big mouth!” he exclaims.

Dol hears Mark's description of her

Then she arrives, protesting her innocence; “I don’t tell lies! What’s getting your knickers in a twist?” When she hears that Mark is eating the last of the lasagne, she is off again;