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where she’d spotted a town map in the bus stop. Without looking back at the store, she made her way to South Lake Powell Boulevard and climbed the broad stone steps leading up to the library. Once inside, she plunked down on the nearest couch she saw and opened her bag.
    To her own surprise, she pulled out her notebook and a pen instead of her water bottle. That feeling of déjà vu had given her a sudden flash of inspiration. Frantically scribbling, she jotted down a set of lyrics for her song. No way would she have the guts to sing it to Josh, like, ever , but at least she’d managed to get the confusing emotions out of her system for now.
    Hannah put away the notebook before getting up and wandering through the library, slowly making her way to the section on religion and spirituality. After a bit of browsing, she picked four books about Navajo religion and vision quests. Flopping down on a couch next to the Mythology shelves, she put the pile of books on her lap and got out her notebook once more.
    “A young man coming back from a vision quest sometimes carries material objects or otherwise symbolical marks handed down to him by his spiritual guide,” she mumbled to herself, scanning the page for more information. Josh had seen or experienced something during his vision quest that he didn’t want to discuss with anyone except Sani. Could that bear-shaped birthmark have something to do with it? She was almost certain he’d gotten it after his quest. He hadn’t had it last time she’d seen him, and he’d looked so absent-minded when she’d asked him. So faraway.
    Hannah jolted when her cell phone started to vibrate in her bag. It was a message from Ben. “sis! r u in page 2?? i just saw ur car :)”
    S he stared at the text. Ben’s message made it painfully clear that Josh hadn’t told Ben she’d been outside the music store. So he obviously didn’t want to talk to her. Heck, he hadn’t even tried to run after her or call her.
    She dropped the phone in her lap , feeling miserable. Okay, Josh had every right to think she wasn’t interested in him after the ‘kitchen incident’. But he didn’t have the right to ignore her like he was doing now. Why was he acting like that?
    “You know what? Screw this,” she mumbled, switching off her phone. No meeting up with Ben when Josh was tagging along. Things were complicated enough as they were. Besides, she had a perfectly good reason to switch off her phone – she was in the library.
    A voice interrupted her tra in of thought. “Excuse me. You still reading that?”
    Hannah looked up and saw a brown-haired guy standing next to the couch, pointing at the book about Navajo religion lying on top of her bag. He looked about her age.
    “I’m sort of done with it,” she replied. “Why? You want to borrow it?”
    The guy grimaced. “You could say that. I’ve been searching the library for that book for hours.”
    “Oh, I’m so sorry! I just took it from the shelf to flip through it.”
    “Yeah, thought so . According to the computer system, no one borrowed it, so I knew it still had to be on the premises. My most recent genius idea was to look for people reading books inside the library.”
    “What do you need it for?”
    “I’m writing part of my dissertation about the Navajo culture.” The guy extended his hand. “My name’s Nick, by the way.”
    “I’m Hannah.” She shook his hand. “Well, in that case you’ve come to the right place. Page isn’t far from the reservation.”
    Nick flopped down on the couch despondently. “You make it sound so easy. The truth is, I don’t know anybody in Navajo Nation, and most Navajos aren’t exactly eager to talk to a paleface asking them all kinds of questions about their culture and customs. So books are my best friends at the moment.”
    “M aybe I can help you out. My best friend actually lives on the rez. And my brother’s best friend is also Navajo. I could ask them to talk to you.”
    Nick’s