1. Houseshare – Kasitova and
Merrihall
Bernice Kasitova
Bernice moved to Deasil Street following the death of her parents,
whom she has been tied to due to their ill-health.
She’d always planned to move from the village where she and
Teresa had grown up, but hadn’t been able to. Her parents had
her late in life, so she’d spent her youth and young adulthood
caring for them in their dotage.
She’s a musician, learning early on in life that music lulled her parents to sleep when
they were in great pain. Whenever she’d got an evening off, she’d gone into the city to
party. To hear the music there and get a bit crazy, away from her troubles.
She’s never had a job, living off her parents pensions. But that’s due to to change that
in Appaloosa. Although she doesn’t have a clear plan yet…
Her best friend is Teresa, and though she’d felt betrayed when the letters had stopped
and Teresa had disappeared, never stopped loving her. She hopes that one day Teresa
will be able to open up about her past, but until then, she sees it as her job to remind
her friend life can be fun whenever she gets a bit down.

2. Houseshare – Kasitova and
Merrihall
Ambrose Merrihall
A classical musician, Ambrose is an able Pianist and can
turn her hand to pretty much any other instrument if
needed. She lives for her music, the only reason she isn’t
married is that she honestly doesn’t notice men noticing
her. People think she’s dim, but it’s just that she hasn’t a
nasty bone in her body. It doesn’t occur to her that
everyone isn’t as friendly and straightforward as herself.
She has breezed through life so far, despite being orphaned early. Her parents and
latterly her agent to find her concerts and private performances to play. Her
money goes into an account, and as there’s always been enough in it for her to
buy whatever she’s wanted she’s never given her balance a second thought.
She met Bernice at a party thrown by Pablo, and then again at a gig in the city, and
while chatting found that both of them were musicians and fancied moving to
Appaloosa. A quick internet search and a few phone calls later and the two of
them were on their way to Deasil Street.

3. The fight with her sister was all Trinity could
think about. Since that day, Belladonna had tried
to justify herself. There would be would
dismissive comments about the so called charms
of Appaloosa. She would point out every news
item that showed the dangers of the outside
world… It was time to raise the subject with her
again. But how?
She wouldn’t get any answers
from Jerix. She had to tackle
Belladonna head on.

4. Trinity hesitantly brought up
the subject as soon as her twin
came downstairs. Did she
maybe want to go out for lunch,
get something they couldn’t do
at home. Sushi maybe?
Belladonna couldn’t believe
they were going through this
again, hadn’t she made herself
clear? She just didn’t want to
go outside.

5. She tried to stay calm this
time, she really did. She
tried saying she didn’t like
sushi, or that she already
had plans for lunch today.
There was some chicken
defrosting, it needed
cooking up.

6. Trinity zeroed in on
Belladonna’s angry reaction.
She was normally so mild
mannered, it had to be a
cover for a different
emotion. She tried again.
She explained she was
worried about her, she
wasn’t sleeping for worry
over what was really going
on. Was she being
threatened, bullied?

7. It worked. Belladonna
was a good soul, who
hated making a fuss. The
thought that she was
causing Trinity so much
trouble made her open
up where nothing else
would.
The truth was, she was
scared, terrified even. If a
lovely person like Trinity
could be a career
criminal, imagine what
nasty people were
capable of. Moving to a
new town where she
didn’t know where was
safe, or who anyone was,
had just made it worse.

8. Trinity flew to give her
sister a hug. She was
so relieved to have
broken though the
barriers to find out
what was really going
on. She could
understand where
Belladonna was
coming from, but was
determined to have
her out and about as
soon as possible.

9. The Hennrick Household
Alfred Hennrick
A lifelong bachelor, Alfred had experimented with
relationships and found them not for him. They were
too… messy.
He had been living in the city, but had found as he got
older it became too noisy. Once the nocturnal lifestyle
had been a draw for him, as he slept by day and worked at
night – it was handy having everything open 24 hours.
Now, he had got to the point where he didn’t need to be in the city to do his job. As
such, he took the plunge and relocated to a rural town. He had thought about going
for the suburbs, but he wasn’t one to do things by half.
He felt calm and in control of his life, lacking nothing. Needing nothing. But perhaps
his burgeoning friendship with Warren Bailey will open his eyes to new ideas.

10. Jen burst into the Bailey household in quite a state. She’d been away in the city
seeing a lawyer, and had come home to find a new floor had been built above
her flat. Teresa was shocked, they’d heard a bit of noise last night, but nothing
to suggest a speed construction job.

11. Just like her flat on the ground, this
new floor was basic, and had gone
up overnight. Jen suspected they
were pre-fabricated, only that
could explain the speed.

12. That morning, a man turned up and put in a concrete car parking space. Jen
stayed inside and watched out the window. She knew that renting rather
than buying meant she would have less control over the property, but she
hadn’t been expecting this.

13. By late afternoon, a small
car drove down the
street and parked up. A
scruffy looking man got
out and headed straight
up the stairs to the new
flat. Jen wasn’t
impressed. Her flat had
been advertised as being
for professionals only,
and this man didn’t look
like he even had a job.
This was the last thing
she needed.

14. She got on the phone
right away to the
landlord, but he
brushed off her
complaints with a
laugh. She had a cheap
property in a nice area,
who was she to
complain about her
fellow renters? She
would just have to put
up with it.

15. Was this new resident bad news
as Jen seemed to think, or was
he being judged unfairly on
appearances?

16. Deasil Street
No. 1 No. 3
Trinity and Belladonna Darkstone The Williams Family
No. 2 Marley, Aimee and Malika
The Bailey Family. No. 4
Warren , Teresa and Megan Room-mates Bernice Kasitova
and Ambrose Merrihall
No. 5 No. 6
Alfred Henrrick Jen Potter and ?
No. 7
Ariette Vickers, her father Harry and
daughter Annette
Next More Character Profiles.
Time…
Plus,
How will Jen and her new neighbour get on?
What bad news is set to befall Ambrose?
Find out next time on Deasil Street!