Sisters in the Wind

In May 2009, while Jamie handles legal strategy, Daunis takes Lucy to Harbor Springs to visit her father’s grave. At the cemetery, Lucy offers semaa and recalls that her father took the middle name Matthias after claiming his mother was killed by a drunk driver.

At the library, Lucy finds an article revealing her grandmother was the drunk driver, causing her own fatal crash. She realizes her father lied, likely changing his name to punish his mother. This prompts her to consider what else Luke lied about. Before leaving town, she drives past her childhood home and offers semaa there.

At Hoppy Farm, with Devery’s support, Lucy tells Missus she is pregnant. She later learns of Tonya’s death from a drug overdose and catches Missus in a lie about when she hears the news. One of Lucy’s foster sisters confirms that a past resident had been pregnant by Boyd before Tonya.

While cleaning Missus’s private apartment, Lucy connects her iris artwork to a pendant from Boyd’s memento box, suggesting that the two had a relationship. Later, Missus reveals she knew about Lucy’s involvement in Boyd’s death and threatens her with a fabricated letter from Tonya, placing Lucy at the scene of the crime.

In June 2009, Jamie adds an arson-defense specialist to Lucy’s legal team. Daunis finds character witnesses, reassuring Lucy. Feeling overwhelmed by the loss of control, Lucy asks about a plea deal. Daunis urges her to hold firm, insisting they will prove her innocence.

The Hoppys announce that the farm will now only accept pregnant teens. Lucy realizes the memorial trees around the property are likely connected to pregnant girls who have died or disappeared.

After rejecting adoptive parents presented by the Hoppys’ lawyer for her baby, Lucy searches the Hoppys’ rooms for evidence. While she is photographing a file, Mister nearly catches her and Lucy fakes early labor to escape. This false alarm becomes real and Lucy gives birth to a son, Luke, in the hospital.

In June 2009, Lucy tells Jamie and Daunis about her son, Luke, whom she placed for adoption. She explains that Hoppy Farm is an illegal operation that preys on pregnant foster girls and gives their babies to the highest bidder. She knows that Boyd murdered Diego, Luke’s father, to benefit from her pregnancy.

Lucy admits she started the fire that killed Boyd. The night she visited his room, he admitted to killing Diego, and offered to have sex with her so they could both earn money. She agreed to lull him into a sense of security. Afterwards, when he was asleep, Lucy left the room, leaving a candle lit next to the drapes.

Missus witnessed this and blackmailed her, forcing Lucy to find evidence of the farm’s other crimes to protect herself and her baby. Fearing for her loved ones, Lucy asks for Daunis and Jamie’s help to clear her name so she can disappear safely.

From March to May 2008, Lucy breastfeeds Luke before choosing a teacher, Isabella Rivera, as his adoptive mother. While sorting books in the library, she finds a 1982 note from Mona Hix, a former foster child, detailing the Hoppys’ plan to murder her after taking her baby, whom Lucy deduces is Allen Hoppy, Mister and Missus’s son.

Bruce reveals to Lucy that he kept a journal of where all the trees on the farm were planted. Lucy uses it to confirm that they were memorials for missing girls. Gaining access to the Hoppy apartment again, Lucy finds Missus’s journal logging the illegal adoptions and a key to a safety deposit box. Lucy takes the key and takes pictures of files with her phone. Lucy visits the memorial trees before using a movie outing with Devery as a chance to escape Hoppy Farm.

In June 2009, Daunis takes Lucy to visit Abe Charlevoix, who is recovering from cancer surgery. Abe greets her as his grandchild and gives her a copy of Charlotte’s Web that belonged to her father. She learns that Luke gave Abe books for him to continue giving to Lucy on her birthday after he died, each with its own inscription. She offers semaa and asks for a teaching about fire. Abe accepts the tobacco and explains that fire’s nature demands respect. Lucy feels more grounded after visiting with Abe.

In 2008, on the night of Lucy’s planned escape, Devery instead drives Lucy into a trap where Mister’s truck blocks their path. Devery admits to setting Lucy up, explaining that she cooperated with Mister and Missus for a chance to be accepted into the Hoppy family. Lucy grabs her backpack of evidence and runs into the woods. She hides the backpack and submerges herself in a pond, breathing through a bulrush stem. Using survival skills, she remains hidden, evading the Hoppys.

In June 2009, Jamie advises Lucy against accepting a plea deal offered by the prosecutor. One day, Stacy Sterling calls Lucy with a cryptic message, directing Lucy to the library at the Hoppy farm, warning her to come without her ankle monitor. Stacy whispers something, and Lucy believes it is a warning, but she does not understand it. Lucy decides to comply, hoping Stacy is not in danger.