 Mercedes tells her family to choose between her and Theresa, and when they side with Theresa, Mercedes moves out.When Carmel's ring disappears from her body, the McQueen family accuse Mercedes of stealing it and ban her from Carmel's funeral.Mercedes turns up to the funeral drunk and hurls abuse at her family where Myra tells her that she wishes she had died instead of Carmel and Mercedes leaves the funeral, planning to leave the village.