Christmas was getting closer. Jay was already looking forward to visiting Purple Creek. She wanted to get away from the hustle and bustle of the big city for a few days and breathe clean Montana air. But above all, she wanted to see her brothers again. To hug them tightly and enjoy their closeness, derive peace from their warm, so well-known energy. To leave behind the case of the murders and the failure that her close relationship with Coe undoubtedly was.
Several days had passed since they talked in the parking lot in front of the college, and he was silent. It only made her sure that he really thought she had put a spell in him. She did not have the strength to fight stereotypes and unfounded accusation. ‘It’s better this way!’ She was trying to convince hersel
