Iolo unzips the tent out in the garden in the morning, but Colin is not there; when he comes downstairs he says he was frozen out there, but their trip is not cancelled. Later he is fighting with the sleeping bag, trying to get it packed away, when Kevin asks if he needs a hand.
Ffion calls on Gaynor for some advice about the forthcoming inspection; she appears to be in control, saying that she does not want to let the school down, and Gaynor is relieved. Ffion calls in at home to see Arwen, who is improving quickly, and Jinx says that she is becoming Gaynor; then she has a phone call and has to dash back to school, waving goodbye to Arwen, who shouts, “Dadi, dadi!”
After Sioned ignoring her outside the shop, Eileen serves Jinx, who says Arwen wakes up in middle of the night, chatting rubbish; Jim comments, “Sounds like Dai!” Jinx says Arwen’s first word will probably be, “Inspection.” Jim urges Eileen to go and talk to Sioned, which she eventually does, but Sioned says she has had twenty years to talk to her. Eileen does not want to get back to the situation when they did not talk to each other, but Sioned demands, “When did you share the secret with Jim? You let Dad go to his grave without knowing you had another child?” Eileen replies that she thought it would come between her and Denzil, “Just like it has come between us.”
Sioned tells her mother, “You took me to Aber, away from my Dad! How could you be so cruel?” When Eileen replies that she did not want to lose Sioned, she declares, “You’ve lost me now! Do you know when I was happiest? When we weren’t talking – I didn’t have to put up with your lies!”
When they come downstairs, Angela watches Sioned tell her mother that she knows where the door is, “So leave, and don’t ever come back!” Sioned tells Angela it is all an act to save her own skin, and she deserves no sympathy.
Kevin is advising Colin about his orienteering trip, which is to be to the Brecon Beacons on Thursday, so Colin invites him to accompany them, much to Iolo’s displeasure. When Kevin has gone, Iolo reveals he does not like his attitude, to women, for a start, as he earlier referred to Sioned as a “handy piece of skirt”. Colin recalls that Kevin was put into hospital by Sioned, drink-driving without a licence. Iolo wonders if Kevin also thought of Sheryl as “a handy piece of skirt, too,” and says that Debbie has left him as well.
Angela goes to have a word with Eileen, and gives her flowers, but Eileen behaves very coldly towards her. “Why come back into my life and ruin everything?” she says. Angela says she will not take the blame for Eileen refusing to say anything, but warns her, “You’re turning everyone against you . . . but if that’s what you want . . .” Angela turns and leaves.
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