07/01/2021

Roy says he’ll check in with Kirsty for Helen who hasn’t had any reply to her attempts to contact Kirsty. Roy finds Kirsty collecting litter, even though she no longer works for the Wildlife Trust. Kirsty admits she can’t face Helen yet. After Rob’s coercive control, Kirsty was confident she could spot liars a mile off but she ended up marrying one. Kirsty doesn’t want to burden Helen with her own experience. But Roy points out that by keeping away she’s upsetting Helen. Kirsty and Helen meet and apologise to one another. They agree to not discuss Philip. Helen offers to go with Kirsty when she’s ready to go to the Beechwood house to collect her belongings. Helen’s less than certain about buying the property now. As Alan prepares to deliver his sermon on slavery, Shula’s worried he will be blamed for her decision to get Philip to do repair work to the church. She admits the whole experience has made her seriously doubt her own judgement. Alan doesn’t think she should be so hard on herself. In his virtual sermon, Alan encourages people to not only pray for victims of modern slavery but also those who perpetrate it. Afterwards, Shula thanks Alan for helping her feel better. Her phone rings and she’s surprised to see it’s Philip. She doesn’t answer but expects he will call again. She asks Alan what she should do but he says only she can decide that.