Secret village dreams

Jacqueline decided to play safe.

“I have a colleague at the university who asked me to find out something for him. He also wants to know about the concept of reincarnation,” she threw in for good measure.

This way she could find an answer to Adam’s questions about the topic as well. It would all sound as if she was merely curious about certain spiritual matters. So she gave Indira a wide smile at the end of her statement.

The young girl was not easily fooled though. She seemed to know that Jacqueline was actually talking about herself.

“Well, I can ask my aunt Ruby. She knows all about those kind of things,” she offered. “But she lives in another village. Do you see that mountain over there?” she gestured with her head.

“Well, around the edge of it there is a small village, where my aunt Ruby lives. But I’m not allowed to go there by myself. I have to go with an older family member. We’re not very close to her.