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This week's update written by Barry Smith as Glenda was away.
Steve can see no other way out of his predicament, so for once
in his life he does the right thing and shops Jez to the police.
He gets taken in for questioning, which pleases Natalie, Steve
and Vik but before long he's back out on the streets trying to
find out who is to blame for his temporary incarceration. His
first port of call is Steve who convinces Jez that it can't have
been him as he's a mate and anyway he knows full well what would
happen to him if he did and so Jez turns his attentions towards
Natalie and threatens her menacingly with a pork pie. With all
this hassle, Jez decides he needs his money back from Steve and
Steve is more than happy to give it to him to get him off his
back but he arrives at Jez's just in time to see him being taken
away in handcuffs by the police. With Jez out of the way Steve
wastes no time in sacking Jez's man Rich from the taxi firm, who
smashes the coffee machine on the way out. So traumatised is Natalie
by her encounter with Jez's growler (that's yorkshire for pork
pie) that Debs arranges for her to go and stay with a relative
for a few days to get away from it all.
Everyone is worried about Alison stuck in hospital - who wouldn't,
she looks awful - and Gwen and Janice manage to touch Mark up
for a few quid for some flowers and chocolates. Things are under
control and it looks as if Alison is going to be ok but it's plenty
of rest for her from now on and no more working at the factory.
It's probably just as well as the new productivity scheme is doing
nothing for incomes in the Street and Janice, Gwen and Bobbi are
looking particularly strapped for cash as they receive little
more than their basic pay and are continually having to copper
up to buy a half of shandy to share in The Rovers. Janice has
Dev look over the contracts they've all signed but he reckons
they look kosher and there's no get out clause for them. Meanwhile
Kevin realises that they're going to need more space at home once
the baby is born and tells Jim that the only way he can afford
to move is to sell his share in the garage. Tyrone takes the prospect
of being out of work so badly that he's put off his food until
Jim talks him round and tells him that he's a good mechanic and
if the worst comes to the worst he'll be able to get another job,
no bother.
Curly and Nita are both interviewed for the Area Manager's
job but neither of them get it. This doesn't seem to bother Curly
too much as he has far more important things on his mind as he
and Emma head off into the country for a weekend's walking and
camping. Curly is finding it hard work but because of how he feels
about Emma he puts on a brave face (though from what I saw all
the walking seemed to be downhill) and pretends to be enjoying
every last minute of it. As they stop for a rest they see a hotel
in the distance and decide to have a cup of tea before heading
off for a night under canvas. Quick to jump on any chance possible
of avoiding a night under canvas, Curly says it looks as though
the weather could turn bad and so Emma asks reception if there
are any rooms spare. The bad news is that they are fully booked
but the good news is that Emma had already booked a room anyway
and was only teasing Curly. Now Curly has got a good one here.
Any woman that arranges a weekend away for her man in a posh hotel
with a four-poster bed is an absolute gem and should be cherished
(though as Emma points out, it's not the bed that's important,
it's who's between the sheets that counts). Curly is clearly smitten
and the following morning practices telling Emma how he feels
about her .... to a donkey. He keeps on trying to tell Emma how
he feels and finally the message seems to get through and the
feeling is clearly mutual. At one point he even tries poetry -
'I wandered lonely as a cloud and then I came to a stop, And then
I saw before me a gorgeous looking cop'. Back home in Weatherfield
and Nita tells Curly that as a result of the Area Manager's job
going to the store manager from Inverness there's a vacancy in
Scotland and he's a dead cert for it. Curly isn't interested in
it though, not now that he's found Emma, which leads to much amusement
to and teasing from Alma and Audrey. However with the completion
of the sale of Nita and Vik's house, there may be somebody else
who's interested.
Gail has Gary and Rebecca round to dinner. Things are all a
bit strained and she soon gets the message that nothing's going
to happen between the pair of them. Rebecca leaves her purse behind
and the following day Gail goes round to her flat to give it back.
She calls as Rebecca and Martin are busy hanging wallpaper so
Martin hides in the bedroom while Rebecca quickly gets rid of
Gail. With the baby due in a few weeks Sarah-Louise is getting
increasingly worried about what's about to happen to her and when
her parents tell her that she can't go to the end of play party
she tells them that she's going to have the baby adopted. Gail
is furious and tries her to shout her round but she digs her heels
in and it's clear that she is plain scared at the prospect of
her impending motherhood, so much so that she breaks down in the
Post Office when Gary is telling Rita how hard it is bringing
up the twins. Rebecca points out to Martin that legally it's down
to Sarah-Louise what happens to the baby and that it sounds like
the baby has come to mean more to Gail than to Sarah-Louise. Martin
points out to Gail what the legal situation is and is more supportive
of their daughter, but Sarah-Louise is upset and confused, saying
'I don't know what I want, I just want it all to stop.'
Things don't seem any better between Danny and Sally as he
resorts to getting drunk with his brother Kieran to forget his
cashflow problems at the shop. Unfortunately the drink doesn't
blot out the constant nagging that he receives from Sally, made
worse by the memory of the effect that drink had on Greg Kelly
when he was living with her. Danny eventually does as he's told
but I don't know if this relationship is going to last.
That's it for this week, see you all again sometime
Barry Smith
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