Cwmderi Diary 2018: 19 October 2018 (1st)

Sioned is not happy with the room the way it is

Sioned has decided that she wants the sofa repositioned, so has called Mathew to help;

Mathew does not take kindly to being dragged here

“You haven’t dragged me here to move furniture again!” he grumbles, but she maintains he has nothing else to do in his lunch hour.

Then Rhys arrives . . .

Rhys comes in and Sioned tells him that he can lend a hand, too.

He has only come to invite them for a pint tonight,

. . . to say he is celebrating his birthday

as it is his 24th birthday, and it is better celebrating than staying at home with his father.

"OK, then – six o'clock in the Deri!"

They agree to meet at six in the Deri, and Rhys is now going to the gym.

"How about having a party here?"

Mathew has the idea that they could hold a party in the flat, and Sioned remarks that she has not had a house-warming;

"Right, you can organise it"

he can be in charge of organising it. “All we need is some booze,” Mathew tells her.

Jim has made a discovery

Jim comes into the kitchen at Penrhewl, carrying a large rucksack, but Eileen is not there;

Ed comes for the café's vegetables

Ed arrives to collect the vegetable box for the café while Jim is trying to find some evidence of the item’s owner.

“I think we’ve got a tramp living in one of the outhouses,” Jim moans,

Jim finds the evidence he needs

and then finds a rather tattered picture of Cadno and the boys.

"Come on, calm down, Jim"

Ed encourages him to calm down, as there must be a explanation, but Jim picks up the rucksack and hurries from the farm,

"I'll kill him!"

angrily shouting, “I’ll kill him!” Ed picks up his box of veg.

Sioned is looking for party-goers

In the café, Sioned is phoning friends to invite them to the party,

You're looking better today"

then she sees Eifion and tells him that he is looking better. He replies that he is staying with a friend, and may have found some work; he thanks her for their chat the other day, and also for the fact that she did not tell Jim and Eileen.

"Here you are – you tramp!"

Just as Iolo is coming in through the door, Jim barges him aside and throws down the rucksack on the floor; he shouts, “Here you are – you tramp! When I said you weren’t welcome at Penrhewl, I meant it – right?”

He explains to Sioned that Eifion has been sleeping in one of their farm buildings, like an animal,

"I don't want your type near the place!"

and demands, “Where’s your boyfriend now? Stay off my land! “I don’t want you, or your type, anywhere near the place – understand?”

Eifion is devastated

Eifion looks devastated.

Gaynor is in the shop, buying a birthday card when Ed comes in

"Sorry, she's not here"

and asks Llinos if Eileen is there; “I was hoping that she could calm Jim down – he’s found out that Eifion has been sleeping in one of the sheds – and he was furious.

"I wouldn't like him after me!"

“I wouldn’t like him after me!”

"I can imagine his face turned red!"

Gaynor says she can imagine that his face turned red, and says that she is buying a card for Rhys, who is 24;

"What can I buy Rhys?"

she asks if Ed has any suggestions what she could buy him for his birthday.

"How about a bottle of Jager?"

He comes up with the idea, “A bottle of Jager? That’s what the rugby boys drink,” and she takes his word for it. “As long as he does not blame me for his hangover!” he adds.

Sioned is sympathetic toward Eifion

“There’s no need to say sorry – I understand why you lied,” says Sioned, “I know how difficult it is,” and Iolo tells him to forget about it; he had no idea that things were so bad.

Ffion overhears the conversation

Ffion comes in as Iolo says he wants to help Eifion,

Iolo hands over the house keys

and he can stay for a couple of nights at number 7.

Iolo asks Gwen for a coffee to take away,

Iolo tells Ffion what has happened . . .

and discloses to Ffion that Eifion has been sleeping rough;

. . . and she is very apologetic

she goes over to tell him that she would never have kicked him out if she have known.

"You've done more than enough"

He replies that, on the contrary, she put up with him for longer than was necessary, and he can stay at Iolo’s tonight.

"I don't think I'd be much company"

Sioned invites him to the party in the shop flat tonight, but he does not think that he would be much company.

Rhys enlists Ricky's help

Mathew is trying to rustle up some more friends to come to the party when Ricky arrives; when told that Rhys is 24,

"24? Wow -ancient!"

he exclaims, “Wow – ancient!” Mathew wonders if he knows anyone else to invite, and he agrees to contact some of his friends; “And I could bring some girls too,” he adds,

"Some really fit girls!"

“Some really fit ones!” When Mathew is worried that not enough people will come, Ricky comments, “Why do old people get so stressed about everything?”

Aaron finds no-one at home . . .

Aaron returns home to find that neither his mother or Colin are there; he sits down on the sofa and gets out his phone;

. . . then looks up Owen Morgan

he enters the name Owen Morgan into the search engine.

Iolo brings a bill for plumbing work

Iolo goes to visit Jim at Penrhewl, giving him a bill for plumbing work at the shop flat, which Sioned asked him to do.

"She should have checked with me first!"

“She should have checked with us first,” Jim growls.

"Don't you like 'my sort' fixing your stuff?"

“Why?” demands Iolo, “Don’t you like ‘my sort’ fixing your stuff? That’s what you told Eifion.”

"I didn't mean it like that"

Jim insists that he did not mean it like that, and this is nothing to do with the fact that Eifion is gay. “That’s not how it sounded to me,” is Iolo’s reply.

"I'm not homophobic, right?"

“I’m not homophobic – all right?” exclaims Jim, “He broke Cadno’s heart and forced her and the boys to leave!

"How can a father turn his back on his children?"

“How can a father turn his back on his children? He had a choice – there is always a choice – I could never turn my back on my children!”

"Don't you think he's suffered enough?"

Iolo maintains that he cannot compare the situations, and neither can he talk to Eifion the way he did; “Don’t you think he’s suffered enough?”

"He's not the only one!"

Jim points out that he is not the only one; he thought that he and Eifion were mates, and wonders why he did not say anything. “It’s difficult,” Iolo replies, but Jim reminds him of all the lies Eifion told.

"I don't think I can forgive him"

“He might not have wanted to hurt anyone – but he has, and I don’t think I can forgive him easily,” Jim says.

"You can't punish him for ever!"

Iolo is adamant that he cannot punish Eifion for ever, and Jim replies, “Just watch me!”

Rhys is given a present

Rhys comes out of the front door of his father’s house, and Gaynor gives him his present; “Oh, wow – I’m impressed!

"I didn't realise you knew what a Jagerbomb was!"

“I didn’t realise that you knew what a Jagerbomb was!” he tells her, and she admits that she does not.

"Party in the shop flat tonight!"

Then Mathew arrives and tells him the plan has changed, and that they are now having a party for him in the shop flat. Rhys asks Gaynor if she would like to come, and she agrees to come – for a while.

Ffion has had a hard day at school

Ffion comes into Cysgod y Glyn, and has only just sat down on the sofa, after a hard day at school, when the buzzer sounds;

"Chester says I should tell Mam"

it is Aaron, who tells her Chester has advised him to tell his mother about last week.

"I thought we agreed to keep it between us"

“I thought we had agreed to keep it between the three of us,” she tells him, but when he begs to talk to her, she lets him come up.

Gaynor feels rather out of place

Up in the shop flat, Gaynor admires what Sioned has done with the place, and wonders if there are more people coming.

They decide to start with Jagerbombs

Mathew proposes starting with Jagerbombs, and persuades Gaynor to join them; she tells Sioned that she will have to call and see Eileen.

Gaynor swigs it down . . .

She downs the Jagerbomb she is given in one swig, much to the amusement of the others, and then decides that she had better go, just as Ricky arrives with a bottle,

. . . and Ricky is embarrassed to find her there

and feels rather embarrassed to find his former headmistress there. “I didn’t know that Mrs Llywelyn was going to be here!”

Gaynor beats a hasty retreat . . .

She quickly takes her leave, as two of Ricky’s friends come in,

. . . and the youngsters get stuck into the alcohol

and soon they are all imbibing their Jagerbombs.

Eifion has been in this position before (29 December 2016)

At number 7, Eifion is indulging in childrens games with Iolo, and recalls that Arthur always cheated when playing that game.

He now feels more like himself

He thanks Iolo, as this is the first time he has felt like himself for some time.

Gaynor is working alone at home . . .

Back home at Llwyncelyn, Gaynor is on her own, working on the laptop, and looking rather miserable;

. . . and there is nothing in the fridge

then she finds that her fridge is empty.

"What sort of man was my father?"

Aaron asks, “What sort of man was my father?” and Ffion, rather hesitantly, wonders why he is asking; she explains that he was a bad man, who did a lot of unforgivable things.

That agrees with what he has found out

“That’s what Mam said too – and everything that I’ve read on the Internet,” he tells her.

"We don't want to drag it all up again"

Ffion stresses that they need to forget about Owen, not drag it all up again, but he pleads, “I don’t want to think that my father was a murderer and nothing else – he was a vicar too, wasn’t he?

"He must have done something good"

“He must have done something good –

"Only you can tell me about him"

“please, Miss, only you can tell me about him.”

The party is in full swing . . .

Ricky is telling the girls that Kelly can be really strict in the café,

. . . with Sioned giving Rhys a birthday kiss

then Sioned gives Rhys a birthday kiss. Matthew suggests to her that she could give him tips on what women want to hear;

"I thought you were still heartbroken over Dani"

“I thought you were still heartbroken over Dani,” she replies.

Mathew fancies getting off with this one

He fancies getting off with the girl over there, but Sioned considers he has no chance.

“Let’s make a bet, then – a tenner that I pull before you tonight!” he says,

The bet is increased to £50

and after giving it some thought, she agrees, providing they make it £50.

Ricky seems decidedly 'under the weather'

Ricky appears to be in rather a bad state already.

Ed delivers another 'Caffi Meic' meal

Ed delivers another meal to Gaynor, and he says that he welcomes the chance of a bit of peace,

"There was terrible music coming from the shop flat!"

as there was terrible music coming from the party in the shop flat, opposite the café.

“Don’t mention that – the mere thought of it makes me feel ashamed,” she says, “I accepted the invitation without a second thought – and I did that Jagerbomb thing all wrong!

"Then Ricky Jones turned up with a bottle of vodka!"

“Then to make matters worse, Ricky Jones turned up with a bottle of vodka, and called me ‘Miss’!”

"I'd prefer a coffee"

She invites Ed to have a glass of wine, and enjoy the peace and quiet, but he would prefer coffee.

It has proved too much for Ricky

Ricky has passed out by this time, and the others are taking photos of him;

Mathew tries out his 'pulling' technique

Mathew wants a selfie of him and the girl,

"Can I get you another drink?"

but while he gets her another drink, Sioned warns her off Mathew,

Sioned scuppers Mathew's chances . . .

saying that he is her best friend’s boyfriend,

. . . so that he is completely ignored

so then she completely ignores him.

"We did agree £50, didn't we?"

Sioned denies saying anything to her, and reminds him the bet was £50,

Rhys offers no resistance whatsoever

before launching herself at Rhys, for a long, passionate kiss.

Owen Morgan, the 'sinister minister'

Ffion shows Aaron a picture of the said Owen,

"He looks so normal"

and Aaron says that he looks so normal. “He was for a long time, but then something changed – a combination of a lot of things,” Ffion informs him,

"That was not the Owen I married"

“I couldn’t make sense of everything that happened, unfortunately, but what I want you to know is that he was very ill – not that it justifies what he did – but that was not the Owen I married.”

"I'm afraid of turning out like him"

“I’m afraid of turning out like him,” Aaron admits,

"Who you are is what counts"

but she insists he is nothing like Owen. Aaron has a family who will look after him and love him; “It doesn’t matter who your father is – who you are is what counts, and you’re a Monk from head to toe!”