Sunday 16th May --- HEARTBROKEN Sarah and Todd are having a quiet morning in the flat together. Todd is sitting in the armchair looking glum; he is busy battling with his emotions and struggling to come to terms with losing Karl. Karl is sitting in the hospital cafeteria, also looking glum. When Katy joins him, he says: “I suppose you wanna hear all the gory details? He's finished with me.” Katy is shocked: “What? Todd's finished with yer? You mean - he ended it?” Karl quips: “I couldn't compete with the gym slip mother.” Katy replies: “Yeah well, if she is having his baby.” When Karl implies that Sarah is to blame for trapping Todd, Katy says: “She didn't blackmail him into staying with her. This isn't her fault.” Karl snaps: “Oh, it's mine?” Katy thinks that Todd is more guilty than anyone because, after all, Karl wasn't in another relationship. Karl replies: “Spare me your kind thoughts. Katy, from now on, just keep your mouth shut about it ... He's made his choice. In case you still can't understand that -” Katy interrupts: “Oh yeah, I do understand. I won't tell Sarah. Why should I? I don't wanna hurt her.” They agree that neither of them would want to upset Sarah. Karl says he won't be getting involved in Sarah's 'little safe world' any more, and he walks off. Sarah is walking round with Bethany looking for Todd, as she has no idea where he's got to. She's already tried Eileen's but apparently she says she's not seen him all day. It turns out that Todd is in fact over at his mum's and he has asked her to lie to Sarah about him being there. He tells Eileen that he's been trapped in the flat with Sarah all weekend and he's scared of saying something. When Eileen reminds Todd that he's marrying Sarah, he asks: “Do you think I should tell her what's been going on?” Eileen replies: “Why, has something happened? Have you been seeing Karl?” Todd denies it straight away and Eileen asks him what's wrong: “What's up love? Are you still feeling confused?” Todd tells his mum that he's staying with Sarah and he loves her, but he just feels so guilty. Eileen tells him: “You're bound to, but I don't want you beating yourself up because I've seen what you've been going through.” Todd says he can't help it and he feels terrible, but Eileen tries to make him see sense: “What? Terrible for wanting to stick by your fiancee? You should be proud of yourself.” Todd asks her if she's proud of him and, despite her misgivings, she replies: “I just want you to be happy, whoever you're with, and if Sarah's the one that makes you happy, well, then that's fine by me.” Todd confirms that he loves Beth and he loves Sarah. Eileen adds: “So what are you worried about?” Katy catches up with Todd as he's walking back over to the flat from his mum's house. She says: “On your own? And you and Karl are finished.” Todd looks surprised and asks Katy how she knows so she tells him she's just seen Karl and he told her. |