Page 75 of The Silent Appeal

8:49 p.m. Joyce wrote:

Can you bring some to the hall?

8:51 p.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

I’m up to my elbows in suds. Sammy embarrassed herself just before bedtime. Utterly deliberate—so I have to bathe her and she gets to stay up late. She’s a conniving little madam.

8:52 p.m. Joyce wrote:

She says almond nit milk preferred. Quick, it’s nearly the end of tea break.

8:53 p.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

I can’t. She’ll have to take her tea black. And it’s NUT milk!

8:55 p.m. Joyce wrote:

I know! These phone letters are too small. What shall I give her?

8:55 p.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

BLACK TEA!

8:56 p.m. Joyce wrote:

She wants raw cane brown sugar in her black tea. Have you got any?

Message exchange between Lucas Stibson and Barry Walford on February 10, 2025:

9:21 p.m. Lucas wrote:

Who’s the baddie?

9:22 p.m. Barry wrote:

Probably the murderer, boss. Haven’t read the script so don’t know who does it.

9:25 p.m. Lucas wrote:

You kill me! I mean the new bird is HOT as FUCK!

9:26 p.m. Barry wrote:

Myra’s the only one for me, boss.

Message exchange between Sarah-Jane and Kevin MacDonald on February 10, 2025:

11:45 p.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

I dare not move or she’ll wake up and want to switch talking Bluey on.

11:46 p.m. Kevin wrote:

That thing is literally rewiring the part of my brain that stores vocabulary.

11:47 p.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

Every phrase an earworm.