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Whichever way we look at it, Nicky-Rose is top of the list. She is playing with fire and burning her bridges. Her actions will most likely estrange her from her mother and sister, if and when her affair with Kevin is exposed.

The love triangle of Fran, Father Josh, and Elizabeth could end in the murder of any one of them, but as Issy knows about the affair, we wonder if one of the guilty parties, i.e., Father Josh or Fran, may wish to silence her for good.

There are a number of potential victims who seem to be caught up haplessly in other people’s plans, not least Issy, who has been at the center of trouble in Lockwood before. Barry and Mark are being pulled into Lucas’s toxic orbit and there’s always the danger a completely innocent victim is killed instead of an intended target.

Then there’s Amelia, who might have been killed by the falling light, which Joel and Kevin believe to be the result of sabotage. Was someone targeting her?

Did Nicky-Rose escape death when she left Barbados for Lockwood at the turn of the new year? We’re no nearer discovering the reason for the six-month gap in her whereabouts between June 2024 and January 2025, nor why she arrives without a penny or a suitcase to her name.

Is there a connection between Twin Star and what happened to Tiffany Ramirez? Bridgetown police must consider it serious enough to send Lascelles first to Vancouver to see Isla, then across the world to Lockwood.

We are going to think outside the box and put forward a theory with Nicky-Rose as the victim. We hypothesize that she spent the last six months in a Barbadian prison, taking the blame for something Trina or Twin Star did. This would explain her uncompromising position with Trina and the fact she sees it as an unforgivable betrayal.

We believe that whatever Nicky-Rose has planned, her former friend and business partner will stop at nothing to protect herself.

Despite being extremely busy with our own cases, we look forward to receiving the next batch of material, assuming you are ready to send it.

Femi Hassan & Charlotte Holroyd

Lockwood Murder Case WhatsApp group, September 12, 2025:

Roderick Tanner, KC

Thank you. Some interesting points, clearly set out and well supported. However, I have taken this opportunity of enforced rest to read to the end and they are mostly wrong. Sharon!

Roderick Tanner, KC

Sharon! Am I typing into the void?

Sharon Collins

I’m here, Mr. Tanner.

Roderick Tanner, KC

Please send Femi and Charlotte the correspondence up to and including the murder. Thank you.

To: The Fairway Players mailing list

From: Kevin MacDonald

Date: June 4, 2025

Subject: Nearly there…

Dear all,

The journey may be almost at an end, but the finishing line is on the other side of a steep mountain. Let me assure you that the view from the top is well worth the climb.

Tonight is our last chance to enjoy rehearsing this play, because tomorrow we do it for real. And isn’t its fleeting nature the wonderful thing about theater? We talk about being mindful and “in the moment”; well, a play is the very definition of that—for both players and audience.

No two rehearsals will ever be the same, let alone two performances. What we create together on the Fairways’ stage is magic, an alchemy that we share only with those watching us. Those brief hours in which we hold them in our grasp are tributes to the power of story to transport and transform. Cast, crew, step forth with joy in your hearts so our audience will take that joy with them. And may I quietly remind you all that one of those audience members, on one of those nights, will be the NADA judge.

I’ll see you at the church hall from 6 p.m. onward. The Fairways’ production of Agatha Christie’s The Hollow is a go.

Kevin MacDonald, Committee cochair and director

Message exchange between Joel Halliday and Kevin MacDonald on June 4, 2025: