Episode 402 (27/12/22)

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Celine: Previously On Redbye:
Rob: Do not test me Madison.
Madison gets up & slaps him.
Madison: You stay away from me & MY-
Rob: OUR.
Madison: MY daughter! Now leave us alone!
Naomi: Luca has escaped from prison.
Maddie: What?!
Naomi: Maddie, I know this news is hard to process-
Maddie: Hard to process?! When that man was free & walking the streets, I was constantly looking over my shoulder in fear that I-
She tears up.
-That he was gonna Rape me.
She takes a hand full of pills & puts them in her mouth & picks up the glass of water.
Sarah comes in.
Sarah: Mum?! Mum! What the hell are you doing?!
Nana looks at her, Sarah sees the pills & the glass of water & the rosary beads wrapped around her hand.
-No! Don't you dare!
She runs over & forces Nana's mouth open, forcing her to spit out the pills.
REDBYE
In the village:
Sarah: Brenda! Janet! Loretta!
Brenda: Hey!
Janet: You ok?
Loretta: You look like you've seen a ghost love.
Sarah: Look, Mum is in a bit of a dark place right now & I'd like it if you could all go to afternoon tea tomorrow? It's all booked.
Janet: Yeah sure, thanks Sarah.
Loretta: I did have an appointment with this lovely young ma-
Brenda looks at her.
-I'm sure I could cancel.
Brenda: Count me in.
Sarah: Cheers, I'll text you all the details & stuff?
Brenda: Yeah, course.
Sarah: Again, thanks.
She walks away.
In the Crimson's:
Jenny: Are you two coming with us?
Celine: Hm?
Freddie: Oh yeah, the annual Crimson cottage holiday.
Ace: We do this thing every year where we go to Dorset & celebrate the new year there.
Celine: Yeah, sure we'd be up for it, is it alright if I ask my mate Letitia to come? You'd like her Jenny, she's a right laugh.
Jenny: Yeah! Why not?! The more the merrier eh?
Celine: Cool.
She laughs.
In Maddie's flat:
Becca enters the flat.
Becca: You ok.
Maddie: No.
She cries.
Becca: What's up?
Maddie: Luca, he's escaped from prison.
Becca hugs her.
-I am so scared of what he might do, I barely slept last night because I was so scared that he'd break in & do something to me.
Becca: It's gonna be ok, there's police everywhere, he won't hurt you. Ok?
Becca pulls her away.
-Maddie, look at me ok?
Maddie looks at her, she sniffs.
-He. Won't. Hurt. You. Again.
Maddie nods.
In the Foster's:
Madison is staring in the mirror.
Madison: & Christmas was ruined once more!
She cries & falls to the floor.
-I can't do this anymore. I can't. Why me? Why do I have to put up with this.
She sighs.
-It's not fair.
She cries.
-It's not fair.
In the Taylor's:
Sarah comes in.
Lee: Hey.
Sarah: Where's mum?
Lee: Just having a lie down.
Sarah: Oh.
Lee: Sarah... sit down a sec will you?
Sarah: Ok?
Lee & Sarah sit down.
Lee: Mum had a bit of a funny turn earlier.
Sarah: What do you mean?
Lee: Remember what The Doctors told us?
Sarah: No.
Lee: When she begins to loose balance or stumble or has dizzy spells... it means that she's getting worse.
Sarah: Oh god.
Lee: She hasn't got long left Sarah, in fact I-I- I think it could be any day now.
Sarah gasps.
Sarah: No. No. NO!
She screams & cries, Lee hugs her, Nana appears at the top of the stairs, she covers her mouth as a tear drops from her eye, she goes back upstairs & goes into her room, she sits on the end of the bed & stares into the mirror.
Nana: It's your time now Joanie. It's your time now.

End of episode.

CHARACTERS (in order of appearance)
Sarah Taylor
Brenda Allan
Janet Shelby
Loretta Fairchild
Jenny Crimson
Celine Crimson
Freddie Crimson
Ace Crimson
Becca Smith
Maddie Morahan
Lee Taylor
Nana Taylor

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