If bought from BigFish just uninstall, go to you account Purchase History and click Install, already bought this game on activate. Not sure if it saves progress on VV. If it is a glitch you could find out at the developer's forum, LDW, Last Day of Work. You just have to sign in to post, lots of help on all their village games and walkthoughs.
Sometimes I am just staring at something and don't see it, don't know why the eyes or brain does that. Usually need to eat or just tired, eye strain. I never had anything like that happen on the 3 villages, except I swear that last piece of last puzzle never appeared in 2 weeks. I never knew if it only appears once and I missed it being in another area, or it reappears at some future time but I gave up.
Good luck! those are wonderful games to replay and get "lost" in, can spend hours there myself.