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00:30Hiya.
00:34It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.
00:38I just had a call from the hospital.
00:42There's a good chance Dylan's going to be back for the big day.
00:45That's amazing.
00:46Yeah, we're just going to keep it low-key, try not to overwhelm him again.
00:48Yeah, good idea.
00:49Manly's got him a little stocking, not much, just a few bits and bobs, you know.
00:52We should have been back to the hospital to see him before now.
00:55Well, it's not too late. You should go today.
00:57You'd really appreciate it.
00:58Go with April.
00:59Oh, Bob's taking a Christmas shopping in Leeds.
01:01Okay, well, just the two of you then.
01:04Well, what time's good?
01:06I don't know, three o'clock?
01:08He'll be so happy to see you.
01:09We'll be there.
01:10Brilliant. See you later.
01:13Are you sure this is a good idea?
01:15Well, we've said it now.
01:16It'll give us a chance to talk to Dylan, persuade him to tell the police the truth.
01:20Yeah, I know.
01:21We can't be harassing him on his sickbed.
01:23Well, we've got to do something, Marlon,
01:24because there's no way we're going to make that payment this week.
01:26What the?
01:32Yeah, get some water.
01:34I'll use my coat.
01:35Well, we know who this is.
01:47Aaron.
01:48But it's Ross, isn't it?
01:50He did my windscreen yesterday.
01:51I told you about all these threats.
01:52Just calm down, will you?
01:53You don't know that it's him for sure.
01:55What are you doing here?
02:07I came to see if you needed anything.
02:09I can manage perfectly well on my own, as you can see.
02:13Oh, and your little tea and biscuits routine yesterday doesn't change anything.
02:18Kim.
02:18I mean it, Lydia.
02:24You were never anything more than the hired help.
02:26We both know that's not true.
02:29Trust me, it is.
02:32You know where the door is.
02:38What do you think you're doing?
02:39Where did you stay last night?
02:51Doesn't matter.
02:54Can we talk?
02:55About what?
02:57What is there to say?
02:57After a brutally rejected marriage proposal.
03:00No violins today.
03:02I enjoyed that.
03:03Quite partial to a bit of Vivaldi.
03:05It wasn't Vivaldi.
03:06But I wouldn't expect a Philistine like you to understand.
03:10Phil who?
03:12Whatever, mate.
03:13Jimmy, did you hear about this?
03:16I think everyone did.
03:18I'm sorry, mate.
03:19But at least he's still talking, that's something.
03:23It was only because I wasn't expecting it.
03:25That's all.
03:26It's fine.
03:27Just give me some time to lick my wounds.
03:31Thanks for that, Ross.
03:33Oh, come on.
03:34I'm not going to pass on an open goal, am I?
03:36Yeah, of course you're not.
03:37Listen, it's none of my business.
03:40But you're going to give me your opinion anyway.
03:42I'm only trying to help.
03:43Just surprised that you turned him down, that's all.
03:47Any particular reason why?
03:49Well, I'm still married to Billy, for starters,
03:51so I'd rather not add bigamy to my list of mistakes.
03:54The divorce must be nearly through, though, surely.
03:57Yeah, yeah, it is.
03:58And Billy's fine, he's given his blessing.
04:00It's just the kids, I don't want to confuse them.
04:02Joe can give you everything you have ever wanted.
04:04You might as well go all in.
04:09What do you think you're playing at?
04:11Do you want to give me a clue?
04:12You know what I'm talking about.
04:14My car yesterday, now you're setting fire to trees outside my house.
04:17You what?
04:19No, I haven't.
04:20Mate, I've been here all morning.
04:22How on earth would I have done that?
04:23I can vouch for that.
04:27Maybe there's, like, an arsonist elf going round.
04:31If I find out it was you, you're dead.
04:34There won't be a warning next time, either.
04:36Who's there?
04:51Kev, I know it's you.
04:53You calmed down since yesterday?
05:09Oh, I had.
05:10Until Aaron had another go at me earlier.
05:12Oh, about what?
05:14Someone set his Christmas trees on fire.
05:16Oh!
05:18And it definitely wasn't you?
05:19Well, I'm just glad I wasn't there to have to referee you both again.
05:23He thinks I've got it in for him, when I haven't.
05:26I'm just trying to do what's best for Seb.
05:29You know that, don't you?
05:31I do, actually, yeah.
05:33Good.
05:33Cos I might not be his actual dad,
05:35and I know you don't think much of my parenting skills most of the time,
05:38but Seb deserves better.
05:46Feels a bit weird.
05:49Being back in here
05:50with you.
05:52I don't know if it's two of us.
05:56I'm...
05:56I am sorry about all that.
05:59It's quite a...
06:00very, very emotional...
06:03You know what I mean?
06:07How's your arm?
06:09Yes, getting back.
06:10I mean, I'm...
06:11Good.
06:12Cos I'm...
06:13I'm sorry about that.
06:14That was an accident.
06:16I didn't mean to do that.
06:17And I suppose, er...
06:20The fire.
06:21That was you, was it?
06:22And, er...
06:22Aaron's car yesterday.
06:24No comment, you know that.
06:27It's not funny, Kev.
06:28I...
06:29I'm sorry about that, too.
06:33But I am a persistent man, Robert.
06:36You know that.
06:40Think...
06:40You know all that stuff you said about how it was always going to be Aaron?
06:43I don't think that's true.
06:48Yeah.
06:48It...
06:49It is.
06:51No.
06:52No, it's not.
06:53Because I've been thinking about it a lot.
06:55And I just...
06:56I just don't believe you.
07:00It's the truth, Kev.
07:01Now, I don't think that I'm prepared to accept that.
07:05Yeah, well, you don't have a choice.
07:06We all have a choice, these suckers.
07:10Right, I think you should leave now.
07:12All right.
07:14I've only just got here.
07:22There you go.
07:23Have a nice day.
07:24Thanks, you too.
07:24Thank you for saying you'll come tomorrow.
07:31Oh, if you don't stop saying thank you, I might just change my mind.
07:35Okay.
07:36As long as you know I appreciate it.
07:38I do.
07:39And it's agreed.
07:41Now, stop talking about it.
07:43Remember.
07:4512 noon.
07:46You won't be late, will you?
07:48I'll do my best.
07:50What's that supposed to mean?
07:51It means I'll do my best.
07:54Fair enough.
07:55Heavens above, if I say I'll be there, I will.
07:58All right?
07:59Oh, nice to see someone's in the Christmas spirit.
08:07Look.
08:08I know you weren't keen before.
08:11I'm starting to think it'll be better if it was just us two tomorrow.
08:14What? Why?
08:14Why not?
08:15For the wedding part, anyway.
08:17No, we can't do that.
08:18Says who?
08:19It's what we planned in the first place.
08:21And as long as me and you were there, that's all that matters, isn't it?
08:25You said ten minutes, ten minutes ago.
08:29Well, how can I believe a single word that comes out of your mouth?
08:33You know what?
08:34Forget it.
08:35Oh, what are you doing here?
08:40Bringing this back.
08:41Well, you shouldn't have taken it in the first place.
08:43Well, it's cleaned and ironed now, so there you go.
08:46Who was that on the phone?
08:48None of your business.
08:50Sounded like someone was letting you down.
08:52You don't give up, do you?
08:54A taxi company, if you must know.
08:56I've got a doctor's appointment.
08:57I'll take you.
08:58No, you won't.
08:59Kim, this is ridiculous.
09:01The one person who was determined to help, and you're too stubborn to accept it.
09:05I don't need help from someone who's responsible for the death of my horse.
09:09Kim, I've apologised for that.
09:12I really am so sorry.
09:13You know that.
09:16Come on, let's go.
09:18What?
09:19To the surgery.
09:20Get your stuff.
09:21I beg your pardon?
09:22You're not missing a doctor's appointment.
09:24I'll bring the car to the door, and you're getting in it, whether you like it or not.
09:29So, I've been putting in the work, you know, like that prison counsellor said, and, uh, I've changed it.
09:41I'm a new man, and you don't need to be scared of me.
09:47You were waving a sword around last time I saw you.
09:49Yeah, that was just a little clip.
09:53Kev, you need to move on.
09:55Right, you can still have a great life without me.
09:57I've got no life without you.
09:58That's not true.
09:59Yes, it is.
10:00You haven't even tried properly.
10:01No, I'm not going to.
10:03Look, I came back here for you, and I'm not going to take no for an answer.
10:11Well, you're going to have to.
10:15I'm sorry, Kev, but it really is over.
10:19No.
10:21What?
10:21I said no.
10:23I said no.
10:24I just don't...
10:25Don't do...
10:26This.
10:28If you're really not going to take me back, then just...
10:32I'm into the police, put me on my misery.
10:34I'm not going to call the police, but I do want you gone immediately, and I don't want you
10:41ever coming back.
10:43I don't think I can do that.
10:45Look, me and Aaron are together, right, Kev?
10:47And the sooner that you accept that, the better it's going to be for everyone.
10:50Well, what if I don't want to accept that?
11:09Don.
11:10Hey.
11:12Can we, um...
11:14Can we maybe forget about that stupid question I asked you yesterday?
11:17What was it stupid?
11:18Either way, I'm over it.
11:20Doesn't matter.
11:21I'll move on, you know?
11:23I was just worried.
11:26About what?
11:28That you weren't being serious, that you'd change your mind down the line.
11:34What made you think that?
11:36I don't know.
11:37I just wasn't thinking clearly.
11:44I asked you to marry me because I love you.
11:48I know that.
11:49Do you?
11:50Of course I do.
11:54You're the only person who's ever really been in my corner.
11:58And you've...
11:59You've proved that to me, and I just wanted the chance to prove that to you.
12:03You don't need to prove anything to me.
12:05It wasn't about Kim.
12:07It's got nothing to do with anything or anyone else.
12:09It was just me wanting to spend the rest of my life with the only person that I've ever really cared about.
12:23Ask me again.
12:26Seriously?
12:26Yeah, just do it, will you?
12:30Okay.
12:31Okay.
12:33Um...
12:35Nice.
12:42Will you marry me?
12:43Yeah.
12:45You sure?
12:47Yeah, I can't think of anything.
12:48I want more.
12:50Oh, isn't that lovely?
12:54Take me home, please.
12:57Of course.
12:57Drink that and calm down, will you?
13:07You've got it really lovely in here, haven't you?
13:11All, er...
13:13Cosy and Christmassy.
13:16Thanks.
13:17No, it's nice.
13:21Come on.
13:24What?
13:30I reckon I'd be better off back in a prison cell.
13:36You don't need to go back to prison, Kev.
13:40You can make a go of it somewhere.
13:44Like where?
13:45Anywhere.
13:46With someone who really appreciates you.
13:49Yeah, okay.
13:50No, Kev, I mean it.
13:51You're a good guy.
13:54And someone out there will see that.
13:57You know what?
13:58You...
13:59are an absolute belter.
14:02Suckers, you're really very, very special.
14:04I'm really not.
14:05No, you really are.
14:06I mean, after everything that I've done to you,
14:08you can still make me a cup of tea,
14:11do all this.
14:12I want us to part on Amica will terms.
14:14So there's really no chance for us, no?
14:22No, Kev.
14:22You hurt me because you were angry.
14:30That's not love, it's control.
14:34We bring the worst out in each other.
14:36So that's that then?
14:46Yeah.
14:48I think so.
14:49I just, er...
14:51move on.
14:56Go our separate ways.
14:58It's for the best.
15:09Still.
15:10Good luck.
15:11That's the door, eh?
15:15We'll just have to...
15:17hold on to the memories.
15:19I didn't tell him you were coming.
15:20I just thought it'd be a nice surprise.
15:21How are you?
15:22Er...
15:23Paddy said you'll be getting home for Christmas.
15:25Hopefully, yeah.
15:26Well, they said they'd let us know for sure later.
15:27Well, here's hoping.
15:28You don't want to be stuck in here for Christmas.
15:29It's not that bad, to be fair.
15:30And we were just saying, we're not going to go overboard.
15:31Just a few board games.
15:32Maybe a bit of telly.
15:33A few zombie films, just for tradition's sake.
15:48Mandy signed off on this chilled-out Christmas, is she?
15:52Yeah, definitely.
15:55zombie films, just for tradition's sake.
15:57Mandy signed off on this chilled-out Christmas,
15:59is she? Yeah, definitely. She's under
16:01strict orders, just quiet family day.
16:03Sounds lovely.
16:06Right, it was sick inside
16:07of me wittering on. Why don't I leave you to
16:09catch up and I'll go and fill this up.
16:11Try and find a doctor, pin down
16:13a release time.
16:21Don't worry, we're not here to hassle you.
16:22No.
16:23We do need
16:25to talk, though.
16:32Ooh.
16:34That what you got?
16:36We're a pub in Royal Yorkshire,
16:37we're not the walled-off Astoria.
16:39Take it or leave it? I'll have to do.
16:42So, you change your mind, then?
16:45Looks like I did.
16:47Very nice.
16:48Must have set you back a pub or two.
16:50Ooh, yeah.
16:50Right, well, don't say I didn't warn you.
16:54I won't, Charity.
16:58Warn you about what?
16:59Me?
17:00Doesn't matter.
17:01You're all right.
17:03Today is not about Charity Dingle,
17:04or anyone else.
17:06Today is about us celebrating
17:08our first Christmas together
17:09as an engaged couple.
17:14Um,
17:15about yesterday, Sarah.
17:17Look, it's fine, honestly.
17:19It's not fine, actually.
17:20I shouldn't have gone off at you like that.
17:21I'm really, really sorry.
17:23Let's just forget it, yeah.
17:25Anyway,
17:26me and Jacob have come to a decision.
17:28Ooh.
17:29Sounds ominous.
17:30We're changing the time of the party tomorrow.
17:33It's at 2pm now.
17:34Oh, right, any particular reason?
17:36It's just easier that way.
17:37And you can all make it, right?
17:39We don't want to do this without you.
17:41Or you two.
17:42It doesn't sound as though we have much of a choice.
17:45Eric.
17:46Just joking.
17:47So,
17:48you can definitely make it?
17:50We'll be there.
17:50Promise.
17:52Just wish I could say the same about my mum.
17:53First Christmas.
17:57Not going to be an easy one, eh?
18:00Be so proud of you, you know.
18:02Thanks, Gary.
18:03Let's just make it an extra special one, yeah?
18:06In memory of your mum and Amy.
18:08Good idea.
18:10And I'm so glad you can be there.
18:13Yeah, me too.
18:18It's good to see you're on the mend.
18:20Er, yeah, thanks.
18:22Bet you can't wait to get out of this place.
18:23Er, the nurses have been great, but, yeah.
18:30Look, we don't want to put loads of pressure on you.
18:33But we're, er, we're struggling a bit ourselves.
18:36Has April told you about the money?
18:39Listen, we're not blaming you for any of this.
18:41No, we're all on the same page here.
18:43We just want you to be okay.
18:45For us all to be okay.
18:47This whole mess is my fault anyway, but...
18:49If I'd not done what I did,
18:52then you wouldn't have needed to go to rehab
18:54and you would never have met Ray in the first place.
18:55It's not your fault.
18:58Are you...
18:59Are you going to tell the police the truth?
19:04I promised April I wouldn't.
19:06We know how scared you both are.
19:09But we really do need your help here.
19:11Yeah, well, I'm doing this to protect you, all right?
19:13Ray, he'd kill me, he'd kill all of us.
19:16But we're not trying to force you to do anything.
19:19If you were to change your mind about talking to the police,
19:21we'd have you back.
19:22That's all we're saying.
19:24Look, I'm sorry for dragging April into this mess, all right?
19:27Dylan.
19:28And I'm sorry for putting your whole family in danger.
19:30I really mean that.
19:33I know if April never met me, I do.
19:35I've let everyone down, especially...
19:39You've not let anyone down?
19:41I have.
19:41They took advantage of you.
19:42Yeah, and I let them because I'm stupid and pathetic or whatever.
19:45Hey, you're neither of those things.
19:47Everything's going to be OK, right?
19:49You're going to go back to Paddy and Mandy's
19:50and you'll be safe there.
19:52And we'll find a way to figure all of this out.
19:59So you had it out with Ross, then?
20:01Yeah.
20:02He swears blind it, wasn't he?
20:03Christmas trees, all the windscreens, he's got alibis and everything.
20:08He's telling the truth.
20:09And how do you know that?
20:12I'm going to tell you something.
20:15I need you to promise
20:16that you're not going to get angry.
20:18Right?
20:19Oh, well, that depends.
20:23It's Kev.
20:24He turned up again.
20:26What, when?
20:27Earlier today, he just appeared out of nowhere.
20:30So it was him that did the Christmas tree on my windscreen?
20:32Oh, yeah, he pretty much admitted it.
20:34And what did the police say?
20:36Nothing.
20:37No, because you've not told him, have you?
20:38He was in a bad place, right?
20:40So I just brought him in here.
20:42He did what?
20:43We talked it through.
20:44In here?
20:46The same place where I nearly sliced your arm off?
20:48We had to go away for ages because of him,
20:49and you just invite him back in here?
20:51I didn't know what else to do.
20:52He's just as crazy as he is.
20:53Will you just hear me out?
20:56He got the message, right?
20:58I don't think we'll ever see him again.
20:59And what made you say that?
21:01Because he's finally realised that it's over,
21:03that he can have a better future with someone else.
21:05He comes back here again,
21:08you tell me straight away next time.
21:11All right, fair enough.
21:11I mean it.
21:12The minute he shows his face.
21:14All right.
21:15Message received loud and clear.
21:16But I really do think I got through to him.
21:26Honestly, that he's gone for good.
21:28I don't know.
21:58I don't know.
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