Page 215 of The Silent Appeal

Femi

Yes, knowing she may tell her mother and sister. But Emma, Sarah-Jane, and Carol all jump to the conclusion that their meeting in a park is evidence of an affair.

Charlotte

He HAS been having an affair (with NR), so if any of them had any inkling that something was wrong, him being seen with Fran would appear to be the last piece of the puzzle—albeit wrong.

Charlotte

I’m thinking back to the first batch of correspondence we read. That afternoon tea at Mirage, where Nicky-Rose tells Sarah-Jane something and swears her to secrecy. We discounted it as a pregnancy.

Femi

Not everyone here can be pregnant. It isn’t EastEnders. If Nicky-Rose was, Kevin would have congratulated her in his pre–Big Sunday email as he does Georgia.

Charlotte

Exactly, so, what was the secret? Neither Sarah-Jane nor Nicky-Rose has mentioned it since.

Femi

Tiffany Ramirez? The real reason Nicky-Rose is back in Lockwood?

Charlotte

And according to Isla Coole, the police inspector in charge of the case is coming to London to interview her.

Femi

Isla’s last words have an ominous ring. “What’s right isn’t always what’s fair.”

Charlotte

I think Nicky-Rose has every intention of being on the other side of the world, with or without Trina’s money, when Inspector Lascelles arrives.

Femi

We should look at the whole case from the top, but meeting about to start. Tonight on Zoom? I’ll send a link later.

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Charlotte

Just a thought. Some random discrepancies in how people describe Tiffany.

Charlotte

On June 2 Isla Coole says she bonded with Tiffany because both have lost their parents. Only Tiffany’s parents are alive, they’re quoted in the newspaper article Trina sends Nicky-Rose.

Femi

Adopted parents? Or a lie to bond with her roommate?

Charlotte

Maybe. Then Lily Bielik says Tiffany was shaky and nervous about her first job, just like Lily was. While to Isla she was “confident” and just annoyed it wouldn’t get her Equity membership.

Femi