Jenny sat in the kitchen at the old Apple Creek house. She pondered the case of the girl in the quilt. Mama used to tell me that the goings on in a small village and the people involved in those goings-on were a perfect microcosm of the world around that village. And that if you could just watch the everyday people around you, it would tell you a lot about human nature. Mama used to tell me that the goings on in a small village and the people involved in those goings-on were a perfect microcosm of the world around that village. And that if you could just watch the everyday people around you, it would tell you a lot about human nature.Jenny got up and went to her room. When she returned, she had two large folders. She put them down on the table and returned to her seat in the chair. The f

