6 NoraAt four o’clock on Friday afternoon, Nora reached the summit of Fourth of July Pass. Her spirits lifted. She’d be out of the Coeur d’Alene Mountains before the predicted snow storm hit. Damn fog was bad enough. Chaining up to drive through a blizzard would’ve been a nightmare.
She should’ve left Kellogg before noon. But Holly was still fretting over the consequences of changing her earlier testimony against her ex-husband. Would she be prosecuted for perjury? Would Jared try to pay her back for putting him in prison?
Questions that would keep anyone awake at night. Especially terrifying for a woman who couldn’t get out of bed without help.
Nora couldn’t abruptly abandon a shaky—and shaking—key witness.
Instead, she’d lingered with Holly, sharing lunch and talking her once again t
