8 January 2014

While Jim and Courtney are waiting for Angela, Jim has a phone call from Auntie Dorothy to see if Courtney received her cheque;  Courtney says there was no cheque, and Jim jumps to the conclusion that it was stolen by Mark.   

When Angela gets back she tells him she will check on the facts, but he goes out to confront Mark in the street, outside the Deri, asking him how much he has stolen from Christmas cards, and threatening to contact his boss.   Mark mentions slander, and then Jim refers to Gemma living with a thief, who is twice her age, and calls him “a pig!”   Jim almost thumps him, but is stopped by Ed.

Upstairs in the Deri, Sioned says it is as if Ed does not want to be close to her;  his excuse is that he cannot handle her being Angela’s sister.   Sioned wonders if he still has feelings for Angela, but he walks out, heading for Angela’s, where she has just found the cheque in question in Courtney’s bag;  she rings Courtney to tell her to come home from School.   Ed tells Angela he has no idea how to handle the situation, and needs help;  their history together makes it all feel wrong.   Angela replies, “Ed, you’re over-reacting.   Go and talk to Sioned;  she’ll appreciate you being honest with her.”

When Courtney gets home, she reluctantly admits that she did receive the cheque, but Angela says it could have cost Mark his job, and drags her and Jim off to see Mark.   At Maes y Deri, Angela shoulders the blame for the misunderstanding, saying she mislaid the cheque, but Courtney has to admit that it was her way of punishing Mark for taking Gemma, her friend, away from the village;  she thought that if Mark lost his job, she would come back.

Gemma says that she and Courtney need a talk, and Jim gives a grudging apology to Mark, who warns him not to do it again.   Gemma apologises to Courtney for escaping from the village, and says that she gets on well with Mark, though marriage is not likely.

Angela and Jim leave, and when they get back to the village, Angela says she did not realise how close Gemma and Courtney were.   She also points out that she and Sioned have the right to get to know each other.   Jim regrets that Eileen is heartbroken, but all he does is makes things worse.   As Angela says that Sioned is the most innocent one in all this, they see her sitting on the windowsill of Angela’s house, waiting.

Sioned tells her that Ed will not talk to her, and she is worried that he does not want her, as he acts as though he does not give a damn.   When Angela reveals that he has been to talk to her, Sioned is convinced they have a problem, and goes back to the Deri.   

She gives Ed an opportunity to say he has been to Angela’s, but despite his promise to be completely honest, he does not mention it.   Sioned says he should have talked to her, not Angela, and he protests that he was trying not to upset her.   “Don’t turn into Angela,” he pleads, “I’m trying to differentiate between you, and you’re making it difficult for me!”