21 September 2017

"How about pizza and a film tonight?"

Hannah and Chester sit down outside APD with their drinks, and Diane comments that she has not seen Hannah since Monday night;  she suggests that they have a pizza tonight, then watch a film.   

"Is Chester invited?"

Hannah asks if Chester is invited, and Diane describes them as Siamese twins.

He wants to know if they are watching a soppy romcom, and Hannah asks if he can stay over.   

"You can sleep on the sofa"

“Well, if you have a sleeping bag you can stay on the sofa,” replies Diane.

“Can’t he come in with me?   

"We sleep in the same bed in the flat!"

“We sleep in the same bed in the flat!” Hannah says, and Diane looks very disapproving;  

"I have to go home and pick up a book"

Chester manufactures an excuse to go and pick up some homework, saying that he will see Hannah at school later.   

Diane does not look entirely pleased

Diane glowers accusingly at Hannah.

DS Jones bring news about Linda

DS Jones, accompanied by PC Davies, visits Bryntirion, and informs DJ, “We have news about your mother’s death.   We’ve had the results of the post-mortem, and I’m afraid your mother took an overdose.”   

"I can't believe she killed herself!"

DJ cannot believe that his mother killed herself;  

"It looks that way"

“It looks that way,” the DS goes on, “We will have to launch an investigation into her death.”

Britt is in an angry mood . . .

Britt accosts Mathew outside the chip shop, complaining about a flyer for the Food Bank, 

. . . about the Food Bank flyer

asking for donations.   

"I've got my own family to feed!"

“I’ve got to feed my own family!” she growls, then apologises to him, as she is in a bad mood, 

He assumes she has been talking to Megan

but he walks away.

"How long had Linda known it was terminal?"

“How long had Linda known it was terminal?” the detective asks, 

"Oh, about a year"

and DJ tells him it had been about a year.   

"How did you feel when she bought the tablets?"

“How did you feel when you found out she’d bought the tablets,” is the next question.

DJ says he was really angry, although he could understand why she had bought them.   She had been through hell, but he did not want her to use them – he did not want her to leave him.   

"She begged me not to throw them away"

“I tried to throw them away but she begged me not to do that.   Having the tablets in the house was some sort of comfort for her, in case it all became too much for her.   That’s why I put them somewhere safe – upstairs in my drawer.”

"I'll get you one from the Cash and Carry"

Britt has been across to the café to borrow a 4.5kg bottle of ketchup, and asks if everything is all right between Vicky and Mathew, as his behaviour was weird earlier.   

"Mathew's behaviour is always weird"

Debbie remarks that his behaviour is always weird.

"I'm surprised at you, Britt!"

Then Diane sees Britt and scold her;  “I’m surprised at you, allowing Hannah and Chester to sleep together at your place!”   

"They're old enough"

Britt replies that they are old enough, and she would rather they slept together under her roof than in some dodgy dive.   

"I'd rather they didn't do it at all!"

“I’d rather they didn’t do it at all!” insists Diane.

Britt points out, “It’s what they’ll do, like it or not!   Don’t you remember being that age, with hormones going wild?”   

"I don't want to make it easy for them!"

Diane replies that she does, and that is why she does not want to make it easy for them.   “Do you want to ban Hannah from coming over?” demands Britt, “She as good as moved in with us, when Linda was ill!   

"You should be thanking us for looking after her!"

“You should be thanking us for looking after her – but no, that’s too much to ask!”

"Megan has been blabbing!"

Mathew thinks that Megan has not kept it quiet, but Vicky insists that she would not say anything;  

"How else would Britt know about it?"

“How else would Britt know about it?” he demands, “If you hadn’t dragged me there, we wouldn’t be a laughing stock!”

"Well, it you had got the job!"

“If you had got the job, we wouldn’t have to go there!” is Vicky’s bitter reply, “You were certain you will get that job!”   

Siôn arrives with bad news

Once more, Siôn walks in on their argument;  “I know it’s hard enough for you already, but I’ve got bad news.   Hywel has been in touch – his friends from North Wales are coming to stay tomorrow, 

They are told they must get out

“so you’ll have to find somewhere else to live.   You knew that you would have to move out.”

Another altercation breaks out

Another shouting match ensues between Vicky and Mathew, and he marches upstairs;  

Siôn tries to comfort Vicky

Vicky sinks to the floor, in tears.

"How did she feel?"

DS Jones asks DJ to describe his mother’s last day;  “How did she feel?”   DJ replies that she was sad, like every other day, as she was weak and in pain.   

"A walk would have been too much for her"

He had considered taking her for a walk, but it would have been too much for her.   She just wanted to lie down on the bed.

“Did you suspect even for a minute that she would do what she did?” he is asked, 

"If I thought that, I wouldn't have gone out"

but DJ says that, if he had, he would not have gone out.   He went to see Dr Pritchard, as he offered to come to visit Mam.

"When he arrived, Mam was almost gone"

“I thought he could offer her some kind of comfort, but by the time he got here, it was too late – Mam was almost gone, so he sat with her through her final minutes.”

“You didn’t notice that the tablets had gone for some time, did you?” the DS enquires, and DJ confirms that it was the following day.   

"Could she have gone upstairs?"

“Do you believe your mother could have got out of her bed, and walked upstairs to fetch the tablets on her own?   She was weak and in pain – could she have climbed the stairs in her condition?”

“What you’re trying to say is that Mam received help to fetch the tablets,” DJ replies angrily, “Who would she ask, except me”  And I wasn’t even here when she took them – I was in the village.   

"I didn't give her the tablets – right?"

“Do you think I gave them to her?   I didn’t give her the tablets – right?”

Siôn appears to be getting in the way of Gwen

Siôn has gone to the café to see Debbie, who tells him, “I know you’re trying to be a good Samaritan, but you don’t know why they left our house.”   He does know that she suspected them of stealing, but she maintains that she is sure.

"They need you"

“I’m not here to make excuses for what they have or haven’t done, but they’re in a bad way and need you,” he stresses, 

"Maybe it's time you allowed them to come home"

“Maybe it’s time you allowed them to come home.”   She asks if he would let his boys come home if they had stolen from him;  

"The boys have done a lot worse than that"

Siôn answers, “The boys have done a lot worse, believe me – but I’m not here to talk about them.   After tomorrow, they will have nowhere to live – Hywel’s friends are coming to stay.   They don’t have a penny, and Mathew has lost his job –it’s really tough for them.”

"They can sort themselves out"

Debbie maintains that they can sort themselves out, but Siôn informs her that they cannot afford to feed Nicky, and were at the Food Bank yesterday.   

Vicky was in a terrible state"

“Vicky was in a terrible state when I left them earlier – 

Debbie's stance appears to be softening

“please go over there and talk to them!”

Diane is rabbiting on as she stacks the shelf . . .

When DJ comes into APD, Diane is complaining bitterly that Emma refuses to tell Hannah to play it cool with Chester, but he is in no state to take any notice.   “Can you believe it?   Britt lets then sleep together in the flat!” she rants, “If they think they can do that in our house, they can think again!”   

. . . then she sees DJ's face

Then she notices DJ’s expression, 

"Mam committed suicide!"

and he tells her, “Mam committed suicide!   The results have come back, and they think someone assisted her to take the tablets.   I’m worried that they’ll think it was me.   

"I can understand why they think she had assistance"

“I can understand why they think she had assistance – climbing the stairs was like climbing Everest for her.”

"You don't think it was me – or Dai?"

“You don’t think it was me, do you – or Dai?” demands Diane, but he is quick to reassure her that he does not.   “Linda wouldn’t just ask anyone to do that – 

"Your thoughts are getting the better of you"

“your thoughts are getting the better of you.”   

"I'll make you a nice cup of tea"

She decides that she will make him a cup of tea.

"Who is it this time?"

When Mathew comes back downstairs, there is a knock at the door, 

"I know the score – you're coming home!"

and this time it is Debbie, who tells them that she knows the score.   “It doesn’t matter what’s happened – you’re coming home!”

Mathew says thisn is not a good idea

Mathew says he does not think it a good idea, 

"People queueing up to offer you lodgings, are they?"

so Debbie demands, “People queueing up to offer you lodgings, are they?   Swallow your pride and go to pack, before I change my mind.”   He unenthusiastically goes upstairs.

"She was asking awkward questions"

“It was so embarrassing!” protests Hannah, “She was asking awkward questions – and you disappeared!”   Chester replies that he did not want to discuss sex with her grandmother, 

Then Diane arrives

but their laughter is cut short by Diane’s arrival.   

"Linda committed suicide!"

She announces that the pizza tonight is cancelled, as DJ has had some bad news;  “The post-mortem showed that Linda committed suicide.”   

"No way!"

Hannah is incredulous, and Diane informs Chester he had better stay home tonight, as DJ will want his family around him.   

"I don't want you staying in the flat!"

“And I don’t want you staying in the flat, either!” she rather bluntly tells Hannah, “Until DJ feels better.”

Hannah protests that it could be months, 

"You're using this to stop us sleeping together!"

and accuses Diane, “You’re using this to stop sleeping together!   It’s stupid!   We are over 16 – right – so you can’t stop us!   

"Grow up!"

“Grow up!”   They hurry back to school.

DJ goes to see the doctor

DJ goes to see Dr Pritchard and asks if he has seen the post-mortem results;  the doctor confirms he spoke to the police earlier.   

"Do you really believe shje could climb the stairs?"

“Do you really believe that someone as ill as that could climb up the stairs to fetch the tablets?” demands DJ.   

"She might have found unbelievable strength"

The doctor points out that someone who wants to die can find unbelievable strength.   “The more I think about it, the more I struggle with it,” admits DJ, 

"Do you think someone helped her?"

“Do you think someone helped her?”

Elgan does not think so, and DJ does not know what to think.   

"She clearly said 'Do not resuscitate'!'

The doctor assures him that no one else was at the house, and when questioned, reveals that the only thing Linda said was to forbid him to call an ambulance, and to say, “Do not resuscitate,” quite clearly.   “The end was near, and she did not want to be moved – I respected that.”   

"Why didn't you tell me this before?"

DJ demands why he did not tell him this before.

"This is only temporary, mind"

Mathew and Vicky have gathered together their belongings, although he is still insisting that this is only temporary.   Debbie asks, “Why did you lose your job in the Deri?   Are you going to tell me?”   

"I took some food from the kitchen"

He confesses that he took some food from the kitchen, 

"Yes, a thief – and you took my £50!"

and once more she jumps to the conclusion that he also took the £50 from her purse.

No amount of arguing will change her mind;  “You’re better off without him!” she tells Vicky, 

"Come home and leave him here!"

“Come home and leave him here!”   

"You used Ricky to carry drugs!"

Vicky is adamant she will not leave Mathew, and reminds her mother that she has stolen in the past, and she used Ricky to carry drugs;  

Mathew is astounded by this

this comes as a revelation to Mathew.

“It was a complicated situation – I had no choice!” blusters Debbie, 

"You had the cheek to look down your nose at me?"

and Mathew is amazed that she has the cheek to look down her nose at him after doing that.  

"I don't want you in our house!"

She states, “I don’t want to you in our house – Vicky and Nicky are welcome, but he can find his own place!”

"I'm not coming without him!"

When Vicky protests that she is not coming without him, Debbie warns her, “That’s it – you’ve made your choice,” and storms out of the house.   

"What are we going to do now?"

They have no idea what they are going to do now, and the baby cries upstairs.

"Why did you lie to me?"

I still don’t understand why you lied about Mam’s final minutes!” DJ exclaims, but the doctor points out he did not mention the DNR as DJ had enough on his plate.   

These accustaions are getting on Elgan's nerves

“Did she say anything else you’re keeping from me?   Did you give her the tablets?   Did she ask you to fetch them?”

Elgan assures him that she did not, and that she was almost dead when he arrived.   “Your mother passed on the way she wanted.”   

"She wanted me to be there"

DJ says that he was under the impression she wanted him there when the time came, but she knew he would never give her the tablets.   

"I'm going to say this one more time!"

Again the doctor confirms that he would never do anything like that;  “DJ, I’m going to say this one more time – I did not give your mother those tablets, all right?   I know you’re grieving, which is why you are making such remarks.   

"You need to go home"

“You need to go home and take some time to let this sink in.   My door is always open if you want to talk.”   

DJ leaves the surgery 

With a determined look on his face, DJ leaves the surgery.