Chapter 12
In a world of chaos, every being on a tightrope between prosperity and tragedy, the desperation for order and justice can lead to treasuring customs and traditions, building roots with people and places, clutching belief systems, and solving mysteries and riddles in consolation that there really is a purpose and a universal design that is not beyond human understanding.
“It was definitively murder,” Campbell Vaughn tells Abby Goodwin and Pari Malik. They are in Abby’s cottage, shortly before midnight. Abby’s eyes remain red from crying and both women, still in shock, are eager for details.
“It was an excruciatingly violent and hateful death,” Campbell says. “Agustin’s face was sliced, especially his nose and eyes. Some marks on his shoulder and neck area were consistent w
