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he’s never remarried.” She studied her mother’s face. “What? No,
don’t tell me you really thought in time he’d take you back…did
you?” Summer laughed, then pressed her forehead into her palm.
    “No, I don’t want to return to your father.
You really think I’d put myself out there to be ridiculed by—”
    “You’d never be accepted back, or you’d try
to get Father to take you back, wouldn’t you? He’s moved on,
Mother. He found a really nice woman to make him happy. She treats
him with respect—”
    “Shut up, Summer. I don’t want to hear it. If
he’s found someone, as you put it, he’d have told me.”
    “Why? You think he owes it to you? You think
he needs to explain himself to you? He didn’t tell you because it’s
none of your business. He doesn’t owe you any explanations. I wish
he’d found her years ago.”
    “She’s probably some Blackfeet whore!”
    “Careful Mother, I’m half Blackfeet and I
take offense to that kind of comment. One thing I do know, she
won’t desert him like you did. She’s very much in love with
him.”
    “What’s her name?” Her mother’s brow
furrowed.
    “What does it matter to you?” Summer paused,
realizing her mother looked devastated by the news.
    “What’s her name?”
    “If you must know, Wapun Peta. ”
    “Dawn Golden Eagle…my best friend?”
    “ Used to be your best friend. Her
husband passed away about five years ago. Father hired her to do
the cooking during branding and roundups…since you weren’t there.
Guess a way to a man’s heart is his stomach.” Summer laughed, then
grabbed her forehead again.
    “You want me to call a nurse for some pain
meds?”
    “If I need a nurse I can push the help button
all by myself. Would you please just leave?”
    The phone next to her bed rang. Summer turned
and grabbed it before her mother could cross the room.
    “Hello?”
    “Summer?”
    “Yes. Who’s this?” She didn’t recognize the
voice and it sounded like he had muffled the tone.
    “You shouldn’t have killed Derek
Wallace.”
    “He shouldn’t have killed Jordan
Perkins.”
    “Who’s that on the phone?” Winter stood at
the end of Summer’s bed.
    “Give us the documents and we won’t hurt
you.”
    “Who is this?” She tried recognizing the
voice but it was definitely muddled. “I don’t know what you mean?
What documents?” She swallowed hard and looked at her mother. The
last person Summer wanted to know about the phone call was Winter
Timber Wolf.
    “When we got to Jordan’s apartment we found
him and Ali taking a shower together. Kinda stinks to know that
about your boyfriend, doesn’t it?”
    “You’re lying. He had pants and a shirt
on.”
    “Yep, I told him to get dressed and sent him
to the living room with Derek. I had a chat with Ali.”
    “And you killed her.”
    “She had a choice to cooperate or die. The
last thing she said was Jordan admitted he had the documents.”
    “And you believed her? She told you what you
wanted to hear…and you killed her anyway.”
    “Actually I was going to let her go. She
hadn’t seen either of us since we were wearing masks.”
    “Then why did you kill her?” Summer fought
past the pain in her skull and the nausea that set in again.
    “She called me by name. Bitch knew me and was
too stupid to keep it to herself. Too dumb to live is what I say.
Derek didn’t plan on killing Jordan either. Derek was only after
information. The gun went off accidentally. You ‘ll pay for killing
him.”
    “I just wanted to knock him out. I’m not sure
it was me who killed him.”
    “You trying to fuck with me, Summer? I was
there, remember? You hit him and he dropped to the floor.”
    “I know that…but I didn’t mean to kill
him…just knock him out. He was going to kill Jordan and I had to do
something. Except…I did it too late.”
    “Find the documents and we’ll call it even.
Not…and you’ll be buried right alongside your cheating boyfriend. I
hope