Page 147 of The Silent Appeal

3:02 p.m. Emma wrote:

People usually smile at that, but when I reached Fran, I noticed she was crying.

3:06 p.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

We need something to lift the mood.

3:06 p.m. Emma wrote:

I’ll smudge the hall. Negative energy is powerless against white sage and cedar smoke.

3:08 p.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

I think that might set off the fire alarm.

Message exchange between Nicky-Rose Dearing and Sarah-Jane MacDonald on April 27, 2025:

3:22 p.m. Nicky-Rose wrote:

Mum is pissed off with you.

3:22 p.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

This is not my circus.

3:22 p.m. Nicky-Rose wrote:

?

3:23 p.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

Why is she pissed off now? Can’t be something I said, we haven’t spoken in weeks.

3:24 p.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

Apart from Friday when we argued about bagels.

3:25 p.m. Nicky-Rose wrote:

Sort of my fault. I told her you wanted to borrow her air fryer.

3:25 p.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

?

3:29 p.m. Nicky-Rose wrote:

Long story, but I had a funny turn at the sleep out. Mum came down and asked what I was doing home, so I said you needed her air fryer for the breakfast bacon.

3:31 p.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

What do you mean by a funny turn? Do you need a doctor?

3:31 p.m. Nicky-Rose wrote:

No! Fine now. These things happen.

3:33 p.m. Sarah-Jane wrote: