28 April 2014

Debbie comes downstairs in the café wearing high heels;  Meic warns she will break her neck, but she says she is practising for “going somewhere” on Friday.

Colin recognises someone on the front of the magazine

Colin puts copies of “True People” magazine on the shop shelf, then takes a closer look at the cover.   

Debbie's detailed story, which made her a lot of money

Intrigued, he looks inside, to find Debbie’s story.   He displays a sign in the shop window, between two magazine covers — “GET YOUR COPY HERE” .  

Eileen rages at Colin for his stupidity

When Anita sees it, she is incensed, but Colin says it will increase sales.   After Anita has complained, Eileen commands him to send all of them back, but he admits he has ordered more copies.

Mark meets Jim and Eileen in the street, and tells them that Gemma is coming back today;  Jim glowers at him, and slips some money into his pocket.   Just then, Gemma creeps up behind Mark and says, “Bonjour, monsieur!”   

Mark cannot resist telling Gemma what he discovered

After a hug, Gemma asks what she has missed;  “Mark replies, “The biggest scandal of the year — Eileen and Jim are not married, and Eileen doesn’t know about it!”

In the café, Debbie is looking at the magazine, but hides it when Meic approaches;  Sheryl comes in and joins Cadno, who says she has escaped from the Lifestyle Wales photo shoot.   She feels that she is in the way and irrelevant, and Sheryl says she knows what it is like to feel guilty;  “You can’t cuddle them over Skype,” she laments.

Colin shows Mark one of the magazines, hidden inside Cwm Ni;  Mark cannot believe that even Debbie would stoop to this.   

Cadno catches Colin with the magazines

When Cadno walks in, she catches him hiding more magazines.   “Some of us are trying to put it behind us, and some are profiteering – including you!” is her angry comment.

As Eileen watches the video of their wedding, Jim summons up the courage to tell her, and finally he manages to blurt out, “We’re not husband and wife!   The law states a mother cannot marry her daughter’s ex-husband!   We’re not married and never can be!”   She assumes that Mark has been pulling his leg, but when he shows her several websites saying the same thing, she is convinced.

Jim is extremely depressed by this latest development

Jim bewails the fact that she is the only woman he wants to marry, but he cannot, not legally, not officially.   “I was determined that the one thing I would get right was marrying you,” he tells her.   Eileen takes off her ring and says they will have to consult a solicitor to clarify the position.

Sheryl is angry:  "Was the money too good to refuse?" she asks

As the café is closing, Sheryl bursts in, waving a copy of True People;  Debbie says she can talk to whoever she likes.   Meic is shown the magazine – “Nefi wen!” he exclaims, “How could you?   After all you and Sheryl have been through?”   Debbie says it was a relief to be able to talk to someone about it after all these months.   “Just as the scar was healing, you’ve ripped it open again!” retorts Meic.

As Meic is in the Deri, telling Anita he cannot understand why people read such rubbish, Sheryl strides in, telling Colin she has a bone to pick with him.   “Selling magazines ‘under the counter’!   I want every copy you’ve got – tonight – or I tell Eileen!”   

Sheryl and Cadno have a drink together

Then she tells Cadno that Debbie was right that we all need someone to talk to.

After Eileen and Jim have enjoyed a steak meal which they prepared together, Eileen says, “It’s things like this that keep couples together, not signatures on pieces of paper.”   

"Will you be my unmarried and illegal wife?"

They sit on the sofa, Jim gets the ring and slips it back on her finger, saying, “Eileen, will you be my unmarried and illegal wife for the rest of your life?”

“Of course I will, you fool!” she replies.

Sheryl takes extreme measures; several sacks of shredded "True People"

Sheryl is feeding True People magazines into her shredder, when Debbie arrives in apologetic mood, but maintaining that she deserved to be heard.   Sheryl reminds her it was not her story to sell, but then Debbie offers Sheryl a cheque for £500, half of what she received from the magazine.

Debbie's attempt to "buy off" Sheryl

Rejecting the money, Sheryl remarks, “Not everyone can be bought!”