Page 255 of The Silent Appeal

You ok, Fran? You’re really quiet.

7:59 p.m. Fran wrote:

Trying to forget everything else until after the play.

7:59 p.m. Georgia wrote:

BORED! So BORING being prompt

7:59 p.m. Amelia wrote:

Really nervous. Gone cold and shaky.

8:00 p.m. Fran wrote:

Wish my head wasn’t pounding. Already taken my tablets, so all I can do is keep hydrated.

8:00 p.m. Fran wrote:

Thank goodness for free Bliss Bubbles.

8:01 p.m. Georgia wrote:

Should’ve started by now

8:02 p.m. Fran wrote:

We always start just after eight. Whose phone is dinging? It’s one of ours, I’ve heard a ding with every message.

8:02 p.m. Georgia wrote:

Mine’s on silent.

8:02 p.m. Amelia wrote:

Mine too.

8:02 p.m. Fran wrote:

Lucas!

8:03 p.m. Amelia wrote:

He’s out the back vaping with Barry. Must’ve left his phone here when he carried me up the stairs. I’ll switch it off.

8:06 p.m. Fran wrote:

Are you ok, Amelia?

8:07 p.m. Georgia wrote:

WTF you doing? If we start late we finish late and I’m so TIRED.

8:10 p.m. Amelia wrote:

Sorry. Lucas’s phone is off now. Celia says she’ll take it to him. She helped me back on the stool.

8:10 p.m. Fran wrote: