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8:58 p.m. Amelia wrote:

Just what we need after a day set-building. Is everything ok?

9:42 p.m. Lucas wrote:

9:43 p.m. Amelia wrote:

Had anyone broken in?

10:46 p.m. Lucas wrote:

Probably after the booze but legged it when the alarm went off. Thank God for this system. Police ok for once. Have to wait for the guy to reset it though. Sorting a few things out while I’m here. Go to sleep.

10:47 p.m. Amelia wrote:

Night night

Message exchange between Lucas Stibson and Barry Walford on February 16, 2025:

11:04 p.m. Lucas wrote:

If you speak to Ams, Georgia, or Fran, drop a mention of the alarm going off at the club tonight. Cheers

11:07 p.m. Barry wrote:

Shit! Do you want me there, boss?

11:08 p.m. Lucas wrote:

No!

To: Isabel Beck

From: Nicky-Rose Dearing

Date: February 17, 2025

Subject: Re: Hello!

Hi Issy,

Went straight to bed when I got in. Didn’t read emails till this morning. Sure, we can meet for coffee sometime. I’ve got errands and appointments all week so no idea when. I’ll text you when a window comes up.

Cruise ships are floating worlds with everything—good and evil—that you find on land. Only on a cruise ship anything can happen and when it does, there’s nowhere to run. Catch up at rehearsal tonight. NR x

Undated page from a decorative journal belonging to Isabel Beck:

TODAY

What a start to the day! I woke up to an email from Nicky-Rose!! Yaay! I can’t believe the person who was up there on the stage yesterday, the new assistant director who was telling Joel and Mark where to put the flats, is my new friend! More than that, she emailed me at ten to five in the morning! Surely that was her first email of the day!

Here are some bullet points about how this makes me feel:

Excited (she replied!)

Happy (she agreed to meet for coffee!)

Relieved (she takes me seriously as a new friend!)