Cedar Woman (93 page)

bir
d
,
he
r
e
flected,
un
k
no
wi
ng
ly
using
h
e
r
c
h
ildh
oo
d
na
m
e
as
a
m
etaphor.

S
o sm
a
ll…so delic
a
t
e…so
bea
u
tif
u
l.

M
ichael
sat
a
n
d
watch
e
d
t
h
e
d
oo
r
way
of
Ju
lie’s
l
o
dg
e
,
w
a
iting
fo
r

her
t
o
a
pp
ear a
g
ai
n
.
Waiti
n
g…waiti
n
g.

S
o
nny s
t
o
o
d wit
h
in
t
h
e
op
eni
n
g
o
f his
l
o
d
g
e
a
n
d c
o
n
t
e
m
plated
M
ichael.
He
kn
e
w
w
h
at
w
a
s
go
i
ng
o
n
in
his
y
o
un
g
c
ou
si
n
’s
m
ind.
H
e had
se
e
n
Mi
c
h
ael’s
react
i
on wh
e
n
L
e
na
t
u
r
n
ed
a
nd
f
i
nal
l
y
l
ook
e
d
i
n
t
o h
i
s eyes.
Michael
gave
a
start,
a
nd
a
l
t
h
ou
g
h
S
o
n
n
y
co
u
l
d
no
t
h
ea
r
i
t
a
s
f
a
r away
as
t
h
e
p
o
d
i
u
m
,
he
c
o
u
l
d
sense
t
h
e
ga
s
p
e
m
anat
i
ng
fr
o
m h
i
s
y
ou
n
g c
o
usi
n
’s thr
o
a
t
.

S
o
nny
f
u
lly u
n
ders
t
o
o
d
. His
reaction
m
irro
r
ed
his
c
ous
i
n
’s t
h
e
fir
s
t t
i
m
e
he
behe
l
d
t
h
e
e
xq
u
isite
e
y
es
a
n
d
t
e
nd
e
r,
di
m
inuti
v
e
fo
rm of
t
h
e
b
ea
u
tif
u
l young w
o
m
an
Michael
n
o
w sat
p
a
t
i
e
n
tly waiti
n
g f
o
r.

Sonny
Steals
t
h
e
S
o
ng Glass,
son
o
f
E
m
m
a
and E
mmi
t
Glass,
a
n
d
a desc
e
nd
a
nt
of
t
h
e
Red
Leaf
Pe
o
p
le,
was
n
eph
e
w
t
o
J
u
lie
a
n
d
c
ous
i
n
to
Mi
chael.
Sons of
t
wo of
Ju
l
i
e’s
s
i
s
t
e
r
s,
th
e
y shared
m
any
characteristics, as
well
as
c
h
ildhood
m
e
m
o
ries.
In
fact,
they
were
as
brothers
an
d
w
e
re de
v
o
t
ed
t
o
e
a
c
h o
t
h
e
r.

S
o
nny
w
as
de
e
p
ly dis
t
u
r
b
e
d.
The
m
o
m
ent
he
laid
eyes
up
on
L
e
na, he
kn
e
w
i
n
h
i
s
he
a
rt
t
h
at s
h
e
was
t
h
e
o
n
l
y
l
ove
o
f
h
i
s
li
fe.
T
h
e
n
he witness
e
d
the meeting
of
Michael
and
t
h
e
i
n
c
o
m
p
a
r
a
b
le
y
o
ung
g
i
r
l
–
and his
heart
b
ro
k
e
.

C
h
a
p
t
er
El
e
v
en

Me
n
s
h
o
u
l
d
lo
o
k
up
o
n
t
h
e
W
o
m
an with a
Sacred Eye.

She
sh
ou
l
d
be
respect
e
d
.

T
h
e
W
o
m
an
is
a r
o
le
m
od
el for lo
v
e. W
h
en
t
h
e
Woman
tal
k
s,
we
s
h
o
u
l
d
liste
n
; W
h
e
n s
h
e
s
h
ar
es,
w
e
s
h
o
u
l
d
b
e
g
ra
t
e
f
u
l
. We
sh
ou
l
d
all learn a
bo
u
t ea
c
h oth
e
r.