Cedar Woman (174 page)

She
co
uld
feel
his
m
ou
r
ni
n
g
.
I
nde
e
d
,
his
s
u
f
fer
i
ng
p
e
r
m
eated
h
e
r sou
l
,
cri
e
d
o
u
t to
h
e
r
wo
m
an’s
he
a
rt.
S
h
e
k
n
ew
w
h
y
he
s
u
ff
e
re
d
,
h
a
d
k
nown f
o
r a lo
n
g t
i
m
e.

It
is
time
to
put
a
stop
t
o
t
h
is,
Mary
th
o
ug
h
t
to
h
e
rself.
M
i
c
ha
el
is
g
o
n
e,
a
n
d
tho
u
gh
we
h
o
n
o
r
h
im
in
o
u
r
he
a
rts,
h
e
w
a
lks
in
t
h
e
s
p
irit world
these
17
years
past.
I
must
s
p
e
a
k
to
my
da
u
g
h
ter,
a
n
d
m
a
ke
her see th
a
t she is
t
h
row
i
n
g
a
w
a
y
Cre
a
t
o
r’s
g
reatest
g
ift –
tr
u
e
l
o
ve.

Stepp
i
ng
to
Sonn
y
’s
sid
e
,
an
d
l
ean
i
n
g
tow
a
rd
hi
m
,
Mary
placed
h
e
r
h
an
d
s
on
h
is
s
h
o
u
l
d
ers,
p
u
lli
n
g
h
im
upr
i
g
ht.
Tur
n
i
n
g
h
is
swi
v
el
c
h
air

un
til
h
e
faced
h
er,
s
h
e
wrapped
h
er
still
l
o
vely
ar
m
s
ar
o
und
h
i
m
,
p
ressing

his
tear-sta
i
n
e
d
che
e
k
t
o
h
e
r
b
o
s
o
m and
beg
i
nn
i
ng
t
o
ro
c
k
.
In
t
h
e ro
c
k
i
n
g,
she
of
fer
e
d
c
o
m
fort as
w
o
m
en
h
av
e
d
one
since
T
h
e
P
eo
p
le
fi
r
st wal
k
ed
t
h
e eart
h
.
R
o
cking, rocking,
r
o
c
k
ing
,
Ma
ry b
e
gan
t
o
spe
a
k. Sl
o
wly,
g
e
n
tly,
s
h
e
t
o
l
d
Son
n
y
of
h
e
r
k
nowled
g
e,
of
h
er
rec
o
g
n
iti
o
n
o
f his
de
e
p
l
ove
f
o
r
L
e
na.
H
o
l
d
i
n
g
him
to
her
he
a
r
t,
s
h
e
v
o
w
e
d
t
h
at
she w
o
uld help
S
o
n
n
y aw
a
k
e
n Lena
’
s
l
o
v
e.
M
aking s
m
all,
co
m
forting so
un
d
s, she
ge
ntly cal
m
ed
S
o
nn
y
, t
h
e s
o
n of h
e
r
s
oul.

C
h
apter
T
w
enty
F
o
ur

They are
not
dead
who live
in the
hearts
t
h
ey
leave
beh
i
nd.

Tusc
a
rora

Le
n
a
pu
lled
into
t
h
e
dr
i
v
eway
o
f
h
e
r
W
e
ster
v
ille
h
o
m
e.
J
u
m
p
i
n
g
fr
o
m her
c
a
r,
she
f
le
d
i
n
t
o
t
h
e
h
o
u
se,
s
l
a
mmi
ng
t
h
e
d
o
or
b
e
h
in
d
her.
F
l
eei
n
g to
h
e
r b
e
d
r
oo
m
,
s
h
e
t
h
rew h
er
self
up
o
n t
h
e
b
ed.

Following
Le
n
a’s flig
h
t to t
h
e
up
stairs, Kelly sl
o
wly
asce
nd
e
d
. Wal
k
i
n
g
t
o
w
h
ere
Lena
la
y
,
Kelly
g
e
ntly
n
ud
g
ed
h
e
r
ar
m
.
Her
I
n
a
did not
seem to
r
e
alize
that
she
was
there.
N
u
d
g
ing
a
g
a
i
n
,
Kelly
sat,
ta
i
l slowly
thu
m
ping
i
n
t
h
e
h
o
pe
t
h
at
Lena
wo
uld
r
es
po
n
d
.
Kelly
ti
l
ted
h
e
r head
to one
side.
She
co
uld hear
t
h
e
so
unds
her
fa
m
ily
made
when
t
h
eir souls
w
e
re
i
n
distress,
a
n
d
c
ou
l
d
feel
h
e
r
I
n
a’s
pa
i
n
.
Kell
y
’s
o
wn
he
a
rt beg
a
n
to
a
c
he. The
t
h
u
m
ping
o
f
h
e
r
tail
cha
n
g
e
d
to
one
of
c
o
nf
usi
on
. She
want
e
d
to
co
m
fort
h
e
r Ina,
and in
the o
n
ly way she
knew
how,
g
e
n
t
l
y n
ud
g
ed h
e
r
a
g
a
in.