This Chapter goes BEFORE Chapter 5.
After y’all have read this, I’ll move it to the right spot in date sequence.
Veronika’s first stop was Local History, where she was looking for a book published by a nearby church twenty-five years ago. According to her floor plans, they ought to be behind the main entryway and off to the left, just past the display of maps and paintings of the area.
Finding the maps of the area meant going through a series of stacks which seemed to stretch upwards and outwards in an optical illusion until, like being lost in the middle of a cornfield, it seemed as if she would never get out of the stacks.
Eventually, growing frustrated with going forward for far too long, Veronika took a left turn that had not been in her plan. She turned right again and found herself staring at a map of the Bellamy and surrounding area. Continue reading
