Cedar Woman (114 page)

The
walls
we
r
e
u
n
pai
n
ted
an
d
in
need of
r
e
pairs,
t
h
e
f
l
o
or
s
scu
f
fed and
sca
r
red.
It
was r
ou
g
h
, it
need
e
d
a
l
o
t
of w
o
r
k
, but it
was
so – c
o
m
f
o
rti
n
g,
soli
d
,
h
o
m
ey,
safe.
T
h
e
brick
walls
were
a
g
o
od
foot
t
h
ic
k
; t
h
e
ceilings
w
ere
hi
g
h
,
an
d
t
h
e
r
oo
m
s
spa
c
iou
s
.
Lena
wa
s
sure
t
h
at
s
h
e cou
l
d
m
ake
it
i
n
to
a
co
m
for
t
able
ho
m
e
for
herse
l
f
and
M
ichael.
In
a
n
y

event,
s
h
e was
go
i
ng to gi
v
e
it o
n
e
h
eck of
a try!

Michael
pur
ch
ased
the
condo
m
ini
u
m
,
and
as
soon
as
he
closed
on it,
Lena
m
ov
e
d i
n
.

So,
h
e
re
s
h
e
s
t
o
o
d,
pa
i
n
ting
her
ab
us
e
d
h
u
t
ch
a
nd
da
yd
r
e
a
m
ing
o
f the day
she
and Michael
would li
v
e toge
t
h
er as
m
an and
wife.

Lena
t
u
rn
e
d
a
nd
l
o
o
k
e
d
o
u
t
t
h
e
ba
c
k
do
o
r
,
whi
c
h
st
o
od
op
e
n
to
a

g
lorio
u
s
fall m
o
r
n
in
g
.

Our
tree
is
f
u
l
l
o
f
a
pp
le
s
!
she
co
n
g
rat
u
lated
h
e
rself!
I’ll
make
a
n a
p
p
l
e p
i
e
!

Just
t
h
e
n
,
she
noticed
o
n
e
of
h
er
n
e
w
n
e
i
g
h
b
o
rs
co
m
ing
u
p
t
h
e wal
k
.
S
h
e
h
a
d
m
et
t
h
e
o
wn
ers
o
f
t
h
e
o
t
h
e
r
t
h
ree
units
o
n
m
oving
da
y
,

a
n
d
insta
n
tly
h
it
it
o
ff
with
J
o
-Ann
G
l
o
v
er
w
h
o
o
w
n
e
d
t
h
e
un
it
at
t
h
e

o
pp
o
site e
n
d.
Jo
-A
nn h
a
d
i
n
vited
L
e
na
o
v
e
r
f
o
r
a
“
m
art
o
o
n
i” a
n
d
d
i
nn
e
r f
o
r
t
h
e
fol
l
ow
i
ng
Sat
u
rday night
t
o
celebrate
the
m
ove-in,
and
Lena
and
M
ichael’s
u
p
c
o
m
ing
m
arriage.
A
n
xi
o
u
s
to
get
to
k
n
ow
t
h
e
nei
g
h
bo
rs who
s
h
ar
e
d
the
large, undiv
i
ded b
a
c
k
yard,
she
accept
e
d the
invitation, and
p
r
o
m
ptly
arriv
e
d
at
J
o
-
A
nn
’
s
ba
c
k
d
o
or
at 5:
0
0
P.
M
.
o
n
t
h
e ap
p
o
i
n
t
e
d
da
y
.
L
e
na
w
as
pleased
t
o
have
m
ade
a
n
e
w
fri
e
nd;
it’ll
b
e
n
ice to
h
a
ve
a
s
o
me
one
so
close
b
y
,
she
rea
s
on
e
d
,
an
d
acc
e
pted
the
i
n
vitation in
t
h
e
h
op
e
s
t
h
at she
an
d
J
o
-
A
n
n
m
ight be
c
o
m
e go
o
d fri
en
ds.

As
with
h
er own
un
it,
t
h
e
b
ack
d
o
or
led
d
irectly
i
n
to
J
o
-A
n
n
’s
k
itc
h
en.
W
h
ereas
Le
n
a’s
co
n
d
o
m
i
n
i
u
m
was
a
s
h
ell,
n
o
t
a
wall
in
t
h
e place
was without need of pl
a
ster
and pa
i
n
t, Jo-Ann’s unit
was
carpeted, pai
n
te
d
,
a
nd
f
i
nish
e
d
.
Lena
sto
o
d
in
t
h
e
m
iddle
of
t
h
e
k
i
tchen,
l
o
ok
i
ng ar
ou
n
d
.
Like
her
c
o
nd
o
m
iniu
m
,
it
was
laid
o
u
t
in
a
s
h
otg
u
n
f
l
o
o
r
pl
a
n
,
t
h
at
i
s,
she
c
o
u
l
d
s
t
a
n
d
i
n
th
e
k
it
chen
a
nd
l
o
o
k
t
h
ro
u
g
h
t
h
e
c
o
n
n
ect
i
n
g dini
n
g
ro
om
and
i
n
to
t
h
e
li
v
i
ng
r
o
o
m
.
Jo
-
A
n
n
’
s
h
o
m
e
was
dec
o
rated
in t
h
e
Vict
o
r
ian
s
t
y
le,
and
was
v
ery
ch
a
r
m
ing,
t
h
e
p
e
ri
o
d
f
u
r
n
it
u
re
bl
en
di
n
g well
with
ex
posed
bri
c
k
walls,
carv
e
d
m
antelpieces,
an
d
m
a
rble
hear
t
h
s.