Page 76 of The Silent Appeal

11:49 p.m. Kevin wrote:

Take its batteries out. Tell her all batteries in the world have mysteriously stopped working. No more Bluey.

11:49 p.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

Nicky-Rose ok?

11:50 p.m. Kevin wrote:

Watched the rehearsal, made a few suggestions.

11:50 p.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

I mean, was she ok in herself?

11:52 p.m. Kevin wrote:

Quiet and preoccupied until we started rehearsing, then POW! At first she whispered suggestions to me, but by the end she was talking directly to the actors. Then she got up onstage and showed them what she wanted.

11:52 p.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

Good.

11:54 p.m. Kevin wrote:

I’d have thought someone taking over like that would be irritating. But she did it so smoothly, I’m somehow charged with hope and positivity, not disgruntled and resentful.

11:54 p.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

Marvelous.

11:55 p.m. Kevin wrote:

Now for some sleep. Thank you for babysitting this evening and tonight. Love you, babe.

11:56 p.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

Oh, biscuits! Go to sleep!

11:56 p.m. Kevin wrote:

Dance mode!

Message exchange between Denise Malcolm and Carol Dearing on February 11, 2025:

8:43 a.m. Denise wrote:

She was AMAZING.

8:44 a.m. Carol wrote:

Who?

8:44 a.m. Denise wrote:

Your Nicky-Rose.

8:45 a.m. Carol wrote: