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Anita looks at photos of herself and Paul |
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"You've lowered yourself to ask for my help" |
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"So what's the plan, then?" |
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Tesni walks along the street |
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"How's the personal statement coming along?" |
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"I really don't know what I want to do" |
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"Well, just finish it first" |
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Eileen is unable to contact Jim |
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"Oh, starving me now, are you?" |
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"He hasn't been himself since he came back from New Zealand" |
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"I'm sure he's fine" |
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"If you know anything, Eifion . . ." |
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"That sleeping bag – it wasn't my friend" |
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"And you were happy to make me think it was Jessie!" |
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"Jim insisted I kept it a secret" |
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Eileen goes in search of Jim |
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"Look who's here – Grandma!" |
“Go on, then – why are you here?” Kelly demands, and she says that she has come to see her daughter and her grandson; “Except it’s more than that, isn’t it?” is Kelly’s response,
“Come off it, Mam – I know why you’re here – and who contacted you!”
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"I know why you're here - and who contacted you!" |
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"I've been on a cruise with Ronnie – you'd like him" |
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"I don't think so!" |
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"Don't touch him – he's asleep!" |
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Tesni tells her woes to Mathew at lunchtime |
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"I could take a year off" |
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"I enjoy living with you' — for the moment |
Mathew says that it is up to her, but perhaps it is not such a bad idea;
“Sioned wants you to start paying rent for the flat.” She complains bitterly that she does not have any money, but he continues, “If you take a year off, find a job and get a salary . . .”
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"Sioned wants you to start paying rent" |
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"Will she wait until I get a job?" |
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"You could get an after-school job" |
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Tesni is losing interest already |
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Eileen is keeping an eye on Jim . . . |
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. . . and finds some evidence . . . |
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. . . which causes her concern |
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"You're right – Anita phoned me" |
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"Right – you, out!" |
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"It's a disgrace you talked to Dani before your own family!" |
“I wanted her advice!” roars Kelly, and Anita points out that she ignored her advice. Amanda calls upon them both to stop and take some time out, concluding that this is not going well. “You don’t say!’ Kelly snarls,
and Amanda would like Anita to leave them, so they can talk, but Kelly protests, “There’s nothing to talk about!”
Anita accedes to her request.
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"Could you leave, please, Anita, so we can talk?" |
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Anita is not happy about this |
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"Any chance of something stronger than tea?" |
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"You don't intend going to school today, then?" |
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"I'm taking a year off" |
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"Your share of the rent is due on Tuesday" |
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"Mathew will have to cover me" |
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"Fancy yourself as a 'kept woman', do you?" |
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"Do they usually keep you waiting this long?" |
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"I'm too young to go through this!" |
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"How will Eileen cope?" |
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"She's managed to cope with you up to now" |
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"Thank you for coming, Brenda" |
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"Mr Probert?" |
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"I know I haven't been a good mother" |
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"You've been rehearsing this speech since you left Merthyr!" |
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"Go on, then!" |
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"I didn't want to keep you when you were a baby" |
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"Just when I thought you couldn't surprise me any more!" |
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"But I was persuaded not to" |
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"As if anyone can persuade you to do anything!" |
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"I used to listen to one person, back then" |
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"So it was because of Auntie Anita" |
She is told that her Amanda does not want her daughter to make the same mistake she made;
“If I’d been just strong enough to give you away, perhaps your life would have been a bit easier – it’s true.”
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"Perhaps your life would have been a bit easier" |
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Jim's tests are over |
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"I won't get the results until next week" |
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"Are you going to tell Eileen?" |
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"There's no need to tell her anything" |
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"Not knowing for another week won't do any harm" |
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"Fancy watching a film with us tonight?" |
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"I can't stand watching Mathew and Tesni being 'lovey-dovey'" |
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"She's going to be underfoot for another year!" |
Eifion reminds her that Tesni is still young; “You wouldn’t think that, the way she and Mathew act – you’d think they were already married!” Sioned complains,
giving as examples, “What do you want to do tonight, Math? What do you want for dinner, Math? “Do you want a cup of tea, Math? She just gets on my nerves!”
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"What do you want to do tonight, Math?" |
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"Perhaps she knows something you don't" |
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"And what's that, then?" |
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"How much?" |
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"Fast track to the dosh!" |
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"Even I would marry him for a quarter of a million!" |
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Kelly and her mother are actually laughing . . . |
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. . . but then Anita comes back |
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"You look as if you understand each other" |
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"You don't agree with her?" |
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"Just let me explain" |
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"You're really not used to not having your own way, are you?" |
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Eileen is carrying out surveillance |
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"I hear you were not in school this afternoon" |
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"I don't intend to do it" |
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"It would be wise to finish your statement first`" |
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"I don't want to hear the word 'university' ever again!" |
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"But you're such an intelligent girl, Tesni" |
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"I'm leaving – today!" |
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"I'm going to find a job" |
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"Your mother's not going to be happy about that" |
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"Did you find Jim?" |
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"He's having an affair!" |
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"You're serious, aren't you?" |
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"I saw them – him and Brenda!" |
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"Brenda? She's old enough to be his mother!" |
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"Well, Angela was young enough to be his daughter" |
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"I'm going to make sure that he – and her – regret it!" |
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"I persuaded you – and you don't regret it!" |
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"This situation is not the same" |
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"Stop sticking your nose in!" |
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"Kelly knows what she is doing – she's not a fool" |
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"So I'm the fool, am I?" |
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"Don't tell me I didn't try to make you see sense" |
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"No chance of that!" |
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"And you – thanks for nothing – again!" |
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Anita storms out – again |