19/10/2025
It's clash of the titans at The Bull, and Josh makes a friend.
Ruth brings Josh to Meadow Farm and introduces him to Esme. Josh then asks Ruth how long they鈥檙e going to be helping out, before Ruth gets a call and rushes back to Brookfield, leaving Josh to do the milking on his own. After he鈥檚 finished, Josh chats to Esme over tea and biscuits, listening sympathetically to her distracted ramblings about the mess her dad鈥檚 left behind and having to organise his funeral. However, Esme doesn鈥檛 know the password for his computer to find his will and is running out of ideas, before she breaks down in tears, realising she鈥檚 never going to see her dad again.
Jolene tells George he won鈥檛 be working at The Bull - and he鈥檚 barred from the pub as well. Angry George reckons he鈥檚 done his time, said sorry and risked his life saving Fallon - plus helped put Markie back in prison. What was the point of doing all that? Lilian intervenes, offering to take George on in a fight, if he wants. When George accidentally smashes a glass, Lilian threatens to call the police before he agrees to leave. Later, Lilian comes across George on the Green, explaining it wasn鈥檛 Jolene who wanted to bar him, it was her. George isn鈥檛 surprised but says he鈥檚 done his time. When George asks when he鈥檒l be forgiven, Lilian retorts when he understands what he鈥檚 done. George then takes a cheap shot at Alice for being an alcoholic. Lilian responds by spelling out just how close he came to destroying both Alice and Martha. She really can鈥檛 forgive him for that!
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