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there?” Her father was
right, she struggled to listen.
    “It had to be around eight thirty. I’d
planned on staying the night. Instead I turned around and
left.”
    “I wonder how many times he used my apartment
without my knowledge. I wish I knew what was in that bag. If only I
could ask Jordan.”
    “You think Jordan caught onto what his
brother was up to? You think Joshua could have killed Jordan?”
    “He didn’t kill Jordan. A guy by the name of
Derek Wallace did. But someone also killed Ali Murdown in Jordan’s
shower. I’ve had a feeling Joshua didn’t just show up at Jordan’s
apartment as he claimed. I have a feeling he was already there
before I got there.”
    “What makes you think that?”
    “I don’t know. He didn’t seem surprised or
even upset his brother was dead. I knew Jordan and Joshua didn’t
get along very well, but I never thought it was as deep seated as
it appears.”
    “Did you tell the detective on Jordan’s case
all this?”
    Summer drew in her lips and released them,
making a popping sound. “I…I really don’t trust the napi’kwan police. One look at me and I can tell they could
care less about a Blackfeet girl’s boyfriend.”
    “I understand your hesitation. I too have
trust issues with the white man’s police. You should talk to
Running Crane. He is one of us and connected with the Bureau of
Indian Affairs.”
    “If I find a need, I’ll seek him out.
Otherwise, there’s no reason.” The last person she wanted to
contact was her high school boyfriend’s brother. It seemed she had
a track record for disliking her boyfriend’s brother. The thought
almost made her laugh.
    “I think you’re not telling me everything.
Maybe you didn’t know Jordan as well as you thought. He was in
politics, wasn’t he?”
    “He worked for Lawrence Borden who is running
for a Democrat senate seat. I don’t see how that can be
misconstrued as illegal.” Summer cringed as her father rolled of
his eyes upward. “I get you don’t like napi’kwan government,
but that doesn’t or didn’t make Jordan a bad person.”
    “I never said it did, Niipo . I just
think there was something going on that you weren’t aware of. He
was murdered. There has to be a reason.”
    “He never said anything to me…I…had no
idea…he was into something dangerous. I couldn’t tell.”
    “He might have thought no one would suspect
him and he was in the clear. The brothers were involved in
something illegal together. Whatever was in that bag is what this
is all about.”
    Summer closed her eyes a moment, then opened
them. “I won’t believe Jordan would do anything illegal unless
someone proves it. He was a good man, Inn . All this
speculation is giving me a headache, let’s talk about something
else.”
    “ Nah-ah is excited you’re coming to
spend the summer with her.” John Timber Wolf backed out of the
parking spot and merged into highway traffic. “She’s been preparing
for her time with you for weeks.”
    “How can that be? I just decided to take care
of her yesterday.”
    “You know I’ve stopped trying to figure out
how she knows things. She’ll tell you kay’issta’pssiwa .”
    “She may believe it’s a spirit, but I don’t.
I haven’t believed in the old ways for a long time. We have to
forget all that nonsense and move with the times. The people’s
biggest problems are self-inflicted. If you ask me, they should
shut down all the reservations and the crutch of clinging to the
old ways would be gone. Our people would be forced to blend into
society.”
    “You really believe that? You think our
people would be better off forgetting where we come from? To lose
our ancestry would be to lose our direction. If you don’t know
where you’ve come from how do you know where you’re going? Niipo, you’ve lost your way. It’s good you are back.”
    “I’m not back. I’ve returned only to take
care of Nah’ah. It’ll give me time to decide which job I
want to