24/08/2022

Alistair assures Denise that he’s spoken to Jakob and there are no romantic feelings there from him. Denise feels embarrassed; it’s a good thing she’s going. To Alistair’s surprise and dismay, Lovell James have offered Denise a six month placement elsewhere. Alistair asks if she can say no, but Denise has accepted the offer. Her husband’s doing his own thing and a new challenge might improve things for her. They agree marriage isn’t easy. Commenting on her dull lunchtime sandwich, Denise observes you sometimes have to put up with what you’ve got. Alistair’s not sure he agrees. They admit they’re going to miss one another. Alistair declares he’ll buy Denise a tomato to liven up her sandwich.
Will tries to explain to George the seriousness of his vaping incident. George counters that he’s only following tradition; his grandpa Eddie and Joe got up to all sorts in their day. Will says times have changed. He was worried George had sepsis, like Nic. George is sorry. He promises never to do anything like it again; he gets it. He wishes he could move into Grange Farm house with Will. Will offers to talk to Emma. Brad expresses gratitude to George that no-one knows his involvement in the vaping idea. He reckons George must miss Nic. George retorts he didn’t like Nic, and wasn’t sad when she died. However he admits to crying buckets when his great granddad Joe died. Brad’s shocked George wants to continue the vaping business plan – all he really cares about right now is tomorrow’s GCSE results.