Summary

Chapter 22 begins with an excerpt from Petra’s book that offers advice concerning difficult clients. The employees of Guh sat in the conference room discussing Petra and their plans for pitching Guh at her upcoming book signing in Willow Falls. They were surprised by her lack of social media presence.

There occurs a page break. At Paige’s house, Mykia noticed that Paige was still wearing the earrings from the buried box. Upon Mykia’s suggestion, Paige decided she would return the earrings to Mr. Eckhardt in exchange for information about why these articles were buried. Paige and Mykia walked next door. Paige requested an apology from her neighbor; he refused. He and Paige bickered. She finally showed him the earrings. He took the earrings from her incredulously. Paige demanded to know the story behind these things. He threw the earrings onto the...