Chapter 26
I hang up from Sophie's call and look Mâtowak up on the Internet. I finally locate it through the Cree Dictionary at the University of Saskatchewan, where it gives the meaning as a weeper. One who cries. I can't help but laugh.
It's time to stop crying.
I grab my coat, keys, purse, and head for my car.
I know Sophie's been terrible in the past, but she needs me. If there is a God, wouldn't He want me to help? Regardless of whether she's a b***h or not?
“Bitch.”
Ohmigosh, that felt good.
I'm laughing as I pull out of my garage. I stop laughing the moment my tires hit the first of many jagged ruts. I'm no sooner out of one when in the next instance, my back tires spin sideways on black ice.
I reach the detachment, park, and uncoil my fingers from the steering wheel. If Cor
