Page 95 of The Silent Appeal

Have you spotted three love triangles?

Femi

Kevin sends his sister-in-law, Nicky-Rose, expensive roses, and cheaper yellow roses to his wife, Sarah-Jane.

Charlotte

Not Kevin and Nicky-Rose!

Femi

They’re working and directing a play together. Nicky-Rose describes the flower-sender as “hot but very married.”

Charlotte

Then tells Kevin they don’t want things to be awkward. Shit.

Femi

We need to talk before we answer Mr. Tanner’s email. What are you doing tonight?

Charlotte

Getting noodles delivered to the office. Typical Friday. Come round at eight?

To: Roderick Tanner, KC

From: Femi Hassan

Cc: Charlotte Holroyd

Date: September 6, 2025

Subject: Our thoughts

Dear Mr. Tanner,

We are surprised to learn you are still on your first read, when in the past you’ve always been a step ahead of us. Some of your bullet points correspond to facts we’ve noticed and others not so much.

Three bunches of red flowers

Received by Fran Elroy-Jones, Amelia Stibson, and Nicky-Rose Dearing.

Fran’s flowers seem to be from Father Josh, who admits he can’t take their relationship any further.

Nicky-Rose’s flowers cause much speculation from her mother, and it seems they’re from her brother-in-law, Kevin.

Amelia thinks hers are from Lucas, but Fran bought them on his behalf.

We note that Sarah-Jane receives roses from Kevin, but they are yellow.

Three love triangles

We can only confidently pinpoint one: Fran, Father Josh, and his wife, Elizabeth.

A proposal that may result in an “I do” or an “I did it”

Barry proposes to Myra.