Chapter 23
Canada, Twenty-Eight Years Ago
Noshi brought small chunks of partially frozen meat into the snow cave and offered them to his wife and son.
“You caught, killed, skinned and butchered the rabbit that quickly?” Chepi examined her piece of meat, turning it over in her hand. “It doesn’t look like rabbit meat. Are you sure it wasn’t some dead squirrel you found and skinned in the dark?”…
Northern California, Present Time
“You’re upset about something. What is it?” Maggie said to Sally the next day when she answered the phone.
“It’s John. He’s gotten worse.”
“Meaning what? If that man hurt you, I’ll kill him.”
“He blames me for what happened at Mama’s.”
“What the hell? You weren’t even there.”
“He doesn’t care. He’s convinced the whole thing is my fault somehow. He thinks if
