Page 261 of The Silent Appeal

Femi

I’d rather a more solid basis for our hypotheses. Fran mentions suffering from headaches during play week and taking tablets left over from the last play. Could they cause chemically induced psychosis?

Charlotte

In her email to Josh on June 4 she mentions taking them for the previous play with presumably no ill effects.

Charlotte

Do they react badly with whatever botanical extracts are in Bliss Bubbles?

Femi

The whole group have been drinking it for months without incident.

Charlotte

Fran gets through the play, delivering a performance that’s praised by the newspaper reviewer and the NADA judge, reaching particular heights after the interval—after Father Josh was killed.

Femi

But those who’ve watched rehearsals, Kevin for example, can see she’s playing the character in a manic way.

Femi

I’m calling out ALL but one of those messages between Nicky-Rose and Kevin. From the Valentine’s flowers onward—all are between Nicky-Rose’s burner phone and Lucas, except on June 2 when she thinks Lucas is texting, but it’s Kevin, angry about Celia’s email.

Charlotte

Kevin is innocent! Only Sarah-Jane doesn’t know that.

Femi

Amelia’s just discovered that the woman she let into her home as her husband’s cousin is actually his pregnant girlfriend. And he’s also been having a fling with Nicky-Rose.

Charlotte

Like Sarah-Jane, Amelia is waiting for the play to be over before she confronts her husband.

Femi

And Georgia.

Charlotte

And Nicky-Rose. Who Amelia says “won’t be doing business with anyone for a while.”

Femi

That’s it. Somewhere there is the answer to Mr. Tanner’s dilemma. And whatever happens, happens during the interval that first night.

Charlotte

Amelia attacks someone she thinks is Nicky-Rose, only to discover too late that it’s Father Josh? Fran, consumed with guilt over her affair and grief at his death, either takes the blame, or genuinely believes it was her fault?

Femi

We need to map out what happens that first night. See who is where, when.