Page 177 of The Silent Appeal

11:30 p.m. Trina wrote:

I thought we’d always be friends.

11:31 p.m. Trina wrote:

Or at least that we’d never fall out over something as petty as money.

11:34 p.m. Trina wrote:

We were a tight team and worked our butts off, got ourselves out of situations that would have sunk other companies.

11:39 p.m. Trina wrote:

When Ocean Ventures defaulted. When the old office flooded and the insurance wasn’t valid. We got through it all together.

11:40 p.m. Trina wrote:

Looking forward to catching up, for old times’ sake.

11:44 p.m. Nicky-Rose wrote:

I don’t want to set eyes on you ever again. I’m only in touch with you now to get what’s owed me so I can start over.

11:46 p.m. Trina wrote:

Then how the fuck will we do the exchange? I’m not leaving the cash somewhere without checking the documents first.

11:47 p.m. Nicky-Rose wrote:

I’ve got a friend who knows nothing about us. She’ll do anything I ask her to do.

Charlotte

Nicky-Rose is roping Issy into her plan to blackmail Trina.

Femi

Which explains their “friendship,” but it’s curious, because surely Nicky-Rose wants to count the cash before handing over the documents.

Charlotte

If Trina sold Nicky-Rose’s house using forged documents, or even just failed to pay her what was owed, then why would she trust her now to deliver all the money in cash?

Femi

Yet she seems confident in whatever plan she has.

Charlotte

The mystery of the missing friendship bracelet is solved, and of who Issy will tell Fran’s secret to.

Femi

I’m wondering what Nicky-Rose will do with the information about Fran and Josh’s affair?

Charlotte

Hearing Issy gossip about Fran and Josh must have alerted her to the danger of Issy noticing her affair with Kevin. Still, knowledge is power. Nicky-Rose likes to know the “tea.”