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Please, please, please keep it that way.

Then on February 11:

Sarah-Jane

You should tell her. Everything. You are living in her house, after all.

Nicky-Rose

Nothing to tell. It’s over.

When, on January 4, Sarah-Jane tells Carol:

Don’t worry, Mum. Nicky-Rose is fine. Whatever’s brought her back is to do with Trina and the company. She hasn’t said exactly what, but there’s been a falling-out.

Sarah-Jane knows that her falling-out with Trina is only part of the reason she returned to Lockwood. Something far darker happened in Bridgetown, six months before Nicky-Rose came back to Lockwood with documents that implicate herself and Trina in a missing person case.

Lockwood Murder Case WhatsApp group, September 10, 2025:

Femi Hassan

We hope you’re feeling better today, Mr. Tanner.

Charlotte Holroyd

We have a document outlining our thoughts about the case so far.

[Attachment]

Roderick Tanner, KC

Thank you. I have it but not my glasses. Nurse hidden them. Sharon will bring my spares later.

* * *

Roderick Tanner, KC

Any thoughts who the murderer might be, or who they kill?

Charlotte Holroyd

Have you read this batch yourself, Mr. Tanner?

Roderick Tanner, KC

Been a tad distracted.

Charlotte Holroyd

I’m in court again today.

Roderick Tanner, KC

Performing in the theater of the law. Meanwhile I’m in the operating theater having something-or-other performed on me.

Femi Hassan

We hope it goes well, sir.