Bethan Hopkins

Bethan Hopkins is a character in the Writers Express forum serial drama These Days, portrayed by Lucie Jones. She appears in flashback in Episode 1, in scenes set eight years prior. She is the younger sister of Lisa Wright, sister-in-law of Glen Wright, and the auntie of Luca Wright. In the flashback, Luca is seen enjoying swimming with Lisa at a local leisure centre, and Bethan is also with them. Luca needs changing but Lisa is reluctant to leave the pool as she fears losing her session. As Bethan is about to head off anyway, Lisa asks if she can take Luca to the female changing rooms to change his nappy before she leaves. Bethan agrees and takes Luca into the changing rooms, but she is desperate for the toilet. Since her and Luca are the only people in there, she decides to leave him unsupervised for a moment whilst she relieves herself in a nearby cubicle. However, a hooded figure - all dressed in black and only seen from the neck down - sneaks in and abducts him. Initially Bethan thinks a pool attendant has entered, and explains to them why Luca is unsupervised. However when the figure fails to reply, Bethan becomes suspicious and hurriedly finishes in the toilet to see what is going on. To her horror, Luca has vanished, and she immediately realises he has been kidnapped. In panic, she calls out for Luca as she dashes down a corridor towards the reception desk, where she demands the staff call the police immediately, before she rushes outside. She quietens her breathing for a moment, believing that the kidnapper is still in the car park, and waits for their vehicle's engine to start up. Sure enough, a car skids away at high speed, and Bethan chases after it but to no avail. Later scenes show a devastated Lisa chiding her sister, and Lisa tells Bethan she never wants to see her again