what does "the trail is cold "mean?
For a minute, we all just look at one another.
“Huh? You stole it?” Leo says, recovering first. “But why?”
“I collect such things,” Angelina replies, ducking around Leo to keep an eye on the Scouts.
“Do you still have it?” I ask.
She shakes her head. “Lost it years ago in a fire.”
Leo and I hang our heads in defeat.
“But it wouldn’t matter anyway,” she continues. “There was plenty in there about the feud, but nothing after. Unless Ellerby and Fitzpatrick kept journals themselves, the trail is cold. And the only things I’ve ever seen from those two are business ledgers. Why does this matter to you anyway? It’s ancient history.”