Page 146 of The Silent Appeal

2:35 p.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

Thank you, thank you, thank you, Emma, for the yoga class. I understand (from Kevin) it was very well attended and enjoyed.

2:36 p.m. Emma wrote:

My pleasure.

2:37 p.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

That light could’ve fallen down any other time, but it chose the night we were sleeping on the stage. You couldn’t make it up.

2:37 p.m. Emma wrote:

Some things are meant to be.

2:40 p.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

You held the yoga class after a horribly disturbed night. On behalf of Kevin and me, and all the homeless people who will benefit from the money raised, thank you most sincerely.

2:43 p.m. Emma wrote:

Oh, I didn’t stay overnight. The atmosphere felt heavy and I didn’t want anything darkening my aura. Perhaps I had a premonition there was danger in the air. I slept like a log at home.

2:45 p.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

Emma, you’re a smart, educated professional. Between you and me, do the Stibsons have a legal case against the group?

2:47 p.m. Emma wrote:

They may. They may not. The real question is: Do they have the negative drive to pursue a claim against a not-for-profit organization that is guilty only of not ensuring a heavy, elevated object is firmly secured?

2:48 p.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

I’ve been scouring the policies, but everything is as vague as these things always are.

2:51 p.m. Emma wrote:

I never wish to judge by appearance, but Amelia and Lucas would surely need legal aid to pursue any claim, unless they’re a lot wealthier than their clothes suggest.

2:52 p.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

You’re right. She’ll make a full recovery and that’s only going to work in our favor. Please tell me the heavy atmosphere was gone by morning?

2:53 p.m. Emma wrote:

I think so.

2:55 p.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

Kevin implied everyone who was still there enjoyed themselves and had a hearty breakfast. With that and the news Amelia is ok, I was hoping the sleep out concluded on a high note!

2:59 p.m. Emma wrote:

There was something. At the end of the yoga class, everyone lay in shavasana (corpse pose), their eyes closed. I paced around the class, delivering my guided meditation.

3:01 p.m. Emma wrote:

I suggested they look inside themselves at the love they give to and receive from the people who mean the most to them. To see this as an exchange of gifts.