- David has a spring in his step
- Clarrie chips it out of Nic
- Ambridge won at cricket
- Eddie’s for the father’s rights
David has a spring in his step
Looks like David is back to form. He’s cheery, getting lots of work done and even lets Pip off with not checking the tyre pressure on her car.
[Ruth] “Pip even said she heard you humming in the shower at 5 this morning. You better watch it or I’ll think you’ve been abducted by aliens and replaced with a new model”
[David] “I do feel a bit more positive”
The milk yield is settling down, the grass is coming up fine for silage (Ruth reckons “it’s like money in the bank”) and there’s definite signs of summer.
Ruth did admit that she nearly suggested David go to talk to someone:
[David] “Ha! It’s alright, I’ll stick with the Ruth therapy. It seems to do the trick”
Ruth is also fine with David helping Elizabeth for a few days. She’s not so worried now Elizabeth has proper support with Roy as her manager, and she also agrees that David helping her out was the right thing to do.
[David] “It’s so good to be able to just draw breath and take in that view … we never have time to appreciate it really, do we …I do feel different. Like we’ve really turned a corner.”
[Ruth] “I’d almost given up on hearing you ever say that”
Clarrie chips it out of Nic
Carrie’s trying to ask Nic what’s wrong, but Nic is doing her best to avoid having to talk.
She even pulls up a plant instead of a weed to create a distraction. Steady on there!
After pulling apart Mia and Jake from fighting over a wind up dog that doesn’t wind up anymore, Clarrie manages to get Nic to put the kids to best and sit down over a nice cuppa.
[Clarrie] “If there’s something that’s worrying you, you know you can tell me, if it helps”
Nic feels like she’s talking behind Will’s back (well, she’s right he won’t be pleased when he finds out she’s spoken to Clarrie before him), but Clarrie persists.
[Nic] “It’s just Will … he keeps talking about having another baby … I don’t know Clarrie … I feel really bad about it … I know it means a lot to him, I wish I could say yes, but I really can’t”
Clarrie guesses right that Nic feels she’s already done the having kids duty. Nic feels that she’s starting to be able to have time for herself, that she already has a “lovely little family” and that she also loves working at The Bull. She likes the banter, and being part of the community.
Not sure about her claim that they can’t afford to have another baby, though. I thought Will was fairly well off (comparatively).
Anyhoo – she’s “terrified” of telling Will that she doesn’t want a baby, as it’ll cause a huge row.
Delaying it isn’t going to help, and now that Clarrie knows …
Ambridge won at cricket
Blimey!
Eddie’s for the father’s rights
[Eddie] “Does William have a say in it, or what … how hard it is for William not to have his son with him … I just think it’s very hard on the lad that’s all, well if he wants another kid … I just hope he gets to see plenty of George, that’s all”
Fair enough. It is tough on Will that Nic doesn’t want a baby, but what can he do about it.
Nothing (surely?).
I wonder if Eddie will take Will’s side if a custody battle starts up …
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