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accept.”
    “You could teach Native American Language and
be true to the ways of your people. You could teach Native American
History and make a difference in the future of the Blackfeet.”
    Summer leaned against the headrest and closed
her eyes. “We have to make our own futures and it’s not going to
happen if our people stay on the res.”
    “Is that what Jordan taught you? You have a napi’kwan boyfriend and you suddenly are ashamed to be
Blackfeet?”
    “I didn’t say I was ashamed of being
Blackfeet, I just think our people need to realize they all need a
change. To cling to old ways will only keep them depressed and
poor. There’s no future in that. We’ve had this conversation way to
many times. We always end up angry. This is one subject we’ll never
agree on. I don’t know why we always end up—”
    “Look, over on that dead tree. It’s an
owl.”
    She glanced at her father and read the fear
in his face. “You still believe the spirits of the dead appear in
the form of an owl? Really, Inn ? You want me to believe it’s
Jordan’s spirit and he’s here to haunt me because he was
murdered?”
    “He might be asking you to find his killer.
Keep watching for him to reappear. You should not ignore
truths.”
    “You do realize how ridiculous that way of
thinking is—right? It’s a flipping owl, Inn . Nothing more
and nothing less.”
    “Watch your mouth young lady. You would be
smart to hold that tongue with your nah’ah .”
    Summer’s cell phone rang and she hesitated to
answer it. She dug in her purse and noticed the caller was
unidentified. She swallowed hard, then said, “Hello?”
    “You’d be wise not to go blabbing your story
to the Res police. Keep your mouth shut and nothing will happen to
your father or you.”
    “Since I’ve nothing to blab, it won’t be
hard. Tell me something, what was in that computer bag? What
exactly was Jordan and Joshua into? I’m not a part of whatever it
was, so why don’t you just leave me alone. The more you push me,
the more involved I’ll become.” She knew she shouldn’t challenge
the man on the phone, but she needed answers. Maybe he’d reveal
something without realizing it.
    “What do you mean? What computer case? I
thought you didn’t know anything. Tell me what you know or I’ll put
a bullet right into your father’s forehead.”
    “You expect me to believe you have a rifle
zeroed in on us right this very moment? How—” A bullet hit the
windshield between her and her father. It left a huge dent in the
glass.
    “Pull off at the next rest station and stay
in the car.”
    “Now why would we do that?” She swallowed
hard.
    “What’s going on, Summer? At first I thought
a rock hit the windshield, but now I believe it was a bullet. Who
you talking to? Is he the one who shot at us?”
    “ Inn , he wants us to turn into the
next rest station and—”
    “Like hell we will. I am not playing his
game.”
    “He said he’ll put a bullet in your forehead
if we don’t.” Summer’s headache peaked and she retched into a
plastic bag.
    “There’s only one place he could have gotten
that shot off and we just passed it. I’m not stopping.”
    “Your father will regret his decision. I’m
not through with either of you.”
    “I don’t know what you want. I have no idea
what Jordan was doing. I don’t have anything in safe-keeping and I
wasn’t connected to anything Joshua was involved in. If you want
answers, I suggest you have a long conversation with Joshua
Perkins. If he tries telling you anything connected to me, you’ll
know he’s lying.”
    “And I’m supposed to believe you? If you’re
so innocent, how’d you know about the bag?”
    “My father came to see me at my apartment and
Joshua was there. I wasn’t. My father spotted a computer bag on my
coffee table. It could have meant nothing.”
    “So you’re saying we should look for Jordan’s
computer?”
    “Well, that’s just it. He couldn’t see
inside, but it