What a moral minefield Sarah finds herself in. She must decide whether or not to terminate her 21 week (approximately) pregnancy. A few more weeks further on, at 24 weeks, and the abortion would not be legal unless there were really dramatic circumstances. In addition to the trauma of an abortion, Sarah has the anxiety of the baby’s father being the man who attacked her savagely and who was killed by her sister-in-law, Kylie. And, there is the anguished knowledge that Callum’s body is decaying under her mother’s bed.
Now 2 people know about Sarah’s pregnancy, both of whom are urging her not to terminate her pregnancy. Todd reminds Sarah just how upset Sarah was when she lost baby Billy, and Kylie points out that Max is Callum’s son, and she loves him, despite his paternity.
So far, Sarah’s baby seems to be a tough little soul. He/she has survived Sarah’s heavy drinking and her being knocked down by a car. Now, that baby might just find that it gets the chance to live its life, after all. Explaining to the baby who its father is and what happened to him could be left until later.
At the nativity play, more of which later, Kylie heads out ‘for some air’, but in fact she is going to the clinic to try to prevent Sarah going through with the abortion. She tells Sarah how in the Nativity play she felt ‘so full of love and pride for Max that she could burst.’ She adds, ‘That baby could be the one good thing that comes out of all this.’ Kylie has a point, in that an addition to the family may be wonderful for everyone.
David, however thinks very differently. Sarah tells him, ‘I’m pregnant and it’s Callum’s.’ David is visibly shocked and in discussion with Kylie tells her that Sarah should have an abortion and that, ‘One day, she will thank us for it.’ Kylie tells him that he is being naïve. Kylie thinks it will, ‘all work out.’ David asks her, ‘Now who’s being naïve?’
The nativity is a fertile breeding ground for some of the most irritating people on the planet –the pushy, competitive parent. Dev’s children play Mary and Joseph but it is Max who steals the show with an adlib. He says to Mary and Joseph who ask for a room, that there is ‘a stable around the back if you don’t mind donkey-poo – it gets everywhere.’ Mary is clapping every syllable Asha or Aadi utter and perhaps sees future Oscars awaiting them.
Johnny is preoccupied and as the woman who may be his daughter says, he is ‘twitchy’ which amounts to the same thing. He chooses Liz for his confidante – a future romance here? - and tells her that Carla may be his daughter. He is in turmoil and admits, ‘I feel like I’m cracking up.’
As Liz says, a DNA test will be required and that he can’t just ‘swab her mouth or yank some hair out of her head’ so she will have to be informed. But luck strikes. Carla’s chewing gum is in the bin, but the letter she has just licked to seal it he grabs hold of and tears off the strip she has licked.
Aidan arrives to see his dad and Liz in cahoots and they cover up what they were really talking about, making out that they were talking about having a Christmas ‘do’ at the Rovers for the factory’s clients.
Erica and Anna are off to the Singles Night and both scrub up very well indeed, especially Anna. Erica always looks glamorous, but Anna looked lovely and so different from her daily café incarnation. Before the evening Kevin is told by Erica to get a babysitter and ‘go live a little.’
Kevin is here too and after claiming he’s there for Quiz Night, has to admit his real purpose. There is chemistry between Anna and Kevin, unless I imagined it, and it seems Kevin agrees with Faye, who tells her mum that she is not a ‘munter’ as young people say today. Anna was pretty successful - Barry the plumber, with 1 child and an interest in Martial Arts, seems keen.
Kevin is here too and after claiming he’s there for Quiz Night, has to admit his real purpose. There is chemistry between Anna and Kevin, unless I imagined it, and it seems Kevin agrees with Faye, who tells her mum that she is not a ‘munter’ as young people say today. Anna was pretty successful - Barry the plumber, with 1 child and an interest in Martial Arts, seems keen.
Finally, Michael is persuaded to go to the awards evening, after vehemently resisting. Dee even gives him her dad's cufflinks. Is he going in order to please Eileen, or to please Dee or has he just decided he'll go?
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