Chapter Two It was a Wednesday evening during June 2019, at the end of the first year of university. Maja had turned nineteen in January. She and her friends were in a bar having a drink together. They were in a light-hearted mood as exams were over and they just had to wait two weeks for the results with no more lectures to attend. “So, Maja, tomorrow is the big day,” said Lusti. “Yes, it is, and I’m really looking forwards to Auntie Natalia coming,” answered Maja. “I hope you warned her about us,” said Astrella. That comment made the others laugh, but for two different reasons. Astrella was right. The four of them could be very lively. But petite Astrella, who was from Estonia, and had an innocent look about her was the last of the group who’d have been expected to say this. She was

