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    Motive and Denial
    Motive and Denial
    Motive and Denial
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    Motive and Denial

    By Jay Wilson

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    They are trapped in a van that crashed off a mountain road in a blizzard. Earlier Rachel's testimony had convicted Jack. Now, forced to confront each other for the first time since the trial, Rachel accuses him of being a liar and a worthless human being. Disoriented,she tries to walk through the blizzard to safety. Jack must decide to whether to risk his life to save her and then face her family.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJay Wilson
    Release dateSep 5, 2010
    ISBN9781452347684
    Motive and Denial
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    Jay Wilson

    Jay Wilson is the founding chair of the Friends of the John o' Groats Trail. He had the principal guiding role in the creation of the Trail. In 2014, Jay walked from Drumnadrochit to John o' Groats, looking for a walking route connecting the Great Glen Way to John o' Groats avoiding A-roads but providing access to accommodation. In 2015 Jay was back, walking from Inverness this time, and talking to local walking groups along the way about developing a marked trail. In June 2016 the Friends of the John o' Groats Trail was founded as a charity. Later that year, Andy Robinson called Jay and they decided to work together on a guidebook for the new trail, then in its infancy. Since then, they have been walking the Trail and documenting it, and generally annoying each other.

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      Motive and Denial - Jay Wilson

      MOTIVE AND DENIAL - A SHORT STORY

      by JAY CLAYTON WILSON

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      Copyright 2010 Jay Clayton Wilson

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      MOTIVE AND DENIAL

      Entire mountains are washed away by summer snowmelt. Slowly, one grain at a time, rugged peaks disappear into the valleys and then to the sea where they will rest until nature determines otherwise. Erosion in the Rockies takes its toll from grandeur without remorse. Dramatic landslides expose visible scars where trees once flourished. Less dramatic are the arroyos and canyons where vistas abound. Less dramatic still are the steep washes whose narrow sides slash into the mountain as if it will not notice nature's rhythmic intent to gouge a larger path for snowmelt as the ages flow by. Until then, man that is oblivious to their presence in winter when the snow is deep and the cold presses his attention to precious comforts.

      There are other gouges in the high country that also take their toll in less spectacular ways. Mountain villages in the Rockies are joined to high ski areas by the effort of man to touch the majestic. Such roads twist and turn in an ascending mosaic between communities like Dalton and the top of the world at wind swept Sun Crest Ski Village where plush condos arise at the foot of gondolas. Hotels and chairlifts suffice for those who ski harder, or who are somewhat less affluent.

      The hardtop mosaic is virtually invisible to all other than those who are shuttled through green forests that blanket the high landscape between unnamed valleys and across tiny streams where ice interlaces with winter snow. The route is littered with pinecones and the spoor of animals that prance and keep watch for storms.

      Rachel Gold told a young man to put her skies on the shuttle. She adjusted her stylish, horn-rimmed glasses to better address him. Here, she added as an instruction, put my boot case inside near the front. She pointed to a nylon bag that sat near the concierge desk. Her fur tipped Bogner parka and logoed Fila pants suggested a reason for the young man to hurry because he might get a very nice tip out of the deal. He grabbed her ski boots and jogged

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