Page 257 of The Silent Appeal

8:40 p.m. Lucas wrote:

Aren’t you due onstage again? Phone?

8:40 p.m. Amelia wrote:

After Doris goes off love you

Message exchange between Sarah-Jane and Kevin MacDonald on June 5, 2025:

9:23 p.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

Sammy finally settled. How’s the second half going?

9:26 p.m. Kevin wrote:

Storming! Nicky-Rose and I have been trying to wring this degree of eccentricity out of Fran for the last three months. On opening night, she delivers!

9:26 p.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

Hope the rest of the cast aren’t thrown by it.

9:27 p.m. Kevin wrote:

She’s having man trouble apparently. Is that what women say these days?

9:28 p.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

Which man is she having trouble with?

9:30 p.m. Kevin wrote:

She asked to meet me in private before Big Sunday kicked off. Wanted to apologize for not giving the play her all, and assure me she’d be on form this week. I stopped off at Lockley Bois Park after the cash and carry.

9:38 p.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

I see. A preparative preamble. A gentle revelation.

9:39 p.m. Kevin wrote:

What’s that? A mantra?

9:43 p.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

We’re adults, Kevin. If you’ve got something to tell me, you can just come out and say it.

9:45 p.m. Kevin wrote:

I have. If you see Nicky-Rose before I do, tell her a dapper gent in the audience was asking after her. Said he’s come from Barbados.

9:45 p.m. Kevin wrote:

And he has the accent so must be true

9:46 p.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

What’s his name? Should I come back to the hall?

9:46 p.m. Sarah-Jane wrote: