One: Violet seemed upset the week before she disappeared, though she usually celebrated the yearly anniversary of her remission from lymphoma. Two: Violet’s car wasn’t found in the parking lot of the trailhead she’d claimed to be heading to. Nor were her backpack and camera. And three: There’d been no mention of the occult items Aleja knew should have been strewn throughout Violet’s home when it was searched by the police. Either the cops were keeping it quiet, or they’d been removed beforehand. Perhaps by Violet herself.
