19/12/2024

Helen reminds Clarrie and Susan about buying tickets for the Christmas Eve concert at St Stephen’s. Susan and Clarrie discuss Emma’s sadness at them not all being together on Christmas Day. Susan offers to come over to Grange Farm with Neil on the day – could Clarrie convince Eddie to agree?
Tom attempts to explain to Helen that his actions over the Beechwood house weren’t deliberate. Helen admits she overreacted; she was just a bit jealous. The house would be perfect for Tom and his family. Helen assumes neither of them are now buying the house, but when Tom mentions the counter offer he and Natasha are putting in, Helen’s furious once again. Later, Tom has a solution – he and Natasha buy the house and Helen and the boys move in temporarily. Helen comes round to the idea. Now Tom needs to talk to Kirsty and stop her selling elsewhere.
Eddie thanks Brad for visiting George. The best thing they can do for him is to make sure he has something to come home to. But Brad shares that George’s drone needs fixing and he doesn’t have the funds. Eddie concocts a plan to raise the money – he’ll buy up the remaining tickets for the St Stephen’s concert and resell them for more.
Clarrie makes Eddie hear Susan out. Susan wants to patch things up for the sake of both families. But despite apologising for the hurtful things he said to Susan, Eddie can’t bring himself to spend Christmas Day at Ambridge View. They can go ahead, but without him.