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12:40 p.m. Georgia wrote:

Can’t do that.

12:40 p.m. Amelia wrote:

Watch me! You’re history. Don’t care that you’re his cousin.

12:41 p.m. Georgia wrote:

Not his cousin.

12:41 p.m. Georgia wrote:

He just said that so you couldn’t say no to me moving in.

12:42 p.m. Amelia wrote:

Don’t fucking lie. Your mum June emailed me way back.

12:42 p.m. Georgia wrote:

Wrote it myself.

12:42 p.m. Georgia wrote:

It’s Lucas’s baby. He wants to be with me, but YOU’RE in the way.

12:43 p.m. Georgia wrote:

He was gonna tell you, then we all got parts in the play. He was gonna tell you again, but you hurt your leg. Now he’s gonna tell you after the play so you can find somewhere else to live.

12:44 p.m. Georgia wrote:

Don’t you SEE? This isn’t about YOU. You and him were already over. He’s fucking cheated on ME with Nicky-Rose!

Message exchange between Carol Dearing and Sarah-Jane MacDonald on June 6, 2025:

12:05 p.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

What have you found on Nicky-Rose’s phone? You’ve gone quiet. I don’t like it.

12:05 p.m. Carol wrote:

Can you come round?

12:05 p.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

About to take Sammy into storytime at the bookshop. Can you send screenshots of anything interesting?

12:06 p.m. Carol wrote:

I’d rather not.

12:06 p.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

I can go through them while they’re reading The Gruffalo.

12:07 p.m. Carol wrote: