Authors: Debra Shiveley Welch
“
No,
I
li
v
e
in
my
o
wn
a
p
ar
t
m
e
n
t.
It
h
as
a
s
m
a
l
l
li
v
i
n
g
r
oo
m
,
two
be
dr
oo
m
s,
a
b
at
h
a
n
d
gal
l
ey
kit
chen,” she
o
f
f
ere
d
.
“
See
if
you
can
m
ov
e
in
with
your par
e
nts,”
Michael
instructed. “No,”
h
e
i
n
ter
j
ected
as
Le
n
a
b
e
g
an
t
o
p
r
o
test.
“
W
e
will
do
t
h
is
rig
h
t. We
will
no
t
live t
og
e
t
h
er u
n
til le
g
ally
m
an
a
n
d wife.”
Lena
s
h
o
w
e
d her
dis
ap
po
i
nt
m
ent,
but
k
n
ew
t
h
at he was
ri
g
h
t. Tr
u
t
h
f
u
lly, s
h
e
d
i
d
n
’t t
h
i
n
k
s
h
e co
u
l
d
li
v
e with
Mic
h
ael o
p
e
n
ly u
n
til t
h
ey were
legally
m
arrie
d
.
H
e
r
m
o
th
e
r
a
n
d
fa
t
h
er
w
o
uld
not
wish
f
o
r
h
er
t
o
, and
s
h
e
want
e
d
to start
her marriage
off r
i
ght.
“
I
will
m
ov
e
i
n
to
y
o
ur
a
p
ar
t
m
e
n
t,”
Mic
h
ael
c
on
tin
u
e
d
.
I
can
u
se t
h
e
seco
n
d
b
e
d
ro
o
m
to
store
an
y
thing
that
I
can’t
fi
n
d
r
oom
for
in
the living
a
reas.
T
h
en,
we can
s
e
arch
for
a new ho
m
e
while
we wait
for
your
18
th
b
i
rth
d
ay.
W
h
en
wo
u
l
d
y
o
u
li
k
e
to
b
e
le
g
ally
m
arrie
d
,
Little
Bird
?
”
he
qu
e
s
t
ion
e
d,
r
e
verti
n
g
t
o
t
h
e
pet
na
m
e
he
had
selected
f
o
r
her
t
h
at
m
orn
i
n
g
.
“
W
ell,”
she
mus
e
d,
“
m
y
birthday
is
December
2
nd
.
C
a
n
we
m
arry on
t
h
e
5
t
h
?
It’s
Vick
i
’s
birt
hd
a
y
.”
Michael
s
m
il
e
d
and
pulled
her
close
aga
i
n.
W
e
shall
be
married
on
t
h
e
fifth
t
h
e
n
,
”
he
aff
i
r
m
ed.
Dr
a
wi
n
g
h
e
r
close,
t
h
ey
m
ade
love
aga
i
n
as t
h
e o
p
e
n
ing
o
f
t
h
e ti
p
i filled with
d
a
w
n
i
n
g lig
h
t
.
Chapter
Thirteen
Dedicated to t
h
e
real
nei
g
h
bor
,
m
y beloved
fr
iend
Jo
-A
nn G
l
oc
kn
er
1
93
9 -
1
998
Half
Sides
Now
y
o
u will feel
n
o ra
i
n
, F
o
r each
o
f
y
o
u will
b
e S
h
elter
t
o
t
h
e ot
h
er.
Now
y
o
u will feel
n
o c
o
l
d
, For each
o
f
y
o
u will
b
e War
m
th
to
t
h
e
o
t
h
e
r.
Now
t
h
ere is no
m
o
re lo
n
eliness, For each
o
f
y
o
u will
b
e C
o
m
p
a
n
i
o
n to t
h
e
o
t
h
er.
N
o
w
y
o
u
a
r
e
t
w
o
bo
d
ies, B
u
t
t
h
er
e
i
s
on
l
y
on
e Life
b
ef
o
re
y
o
u.
Go now to your
dwelling
place, To
e
n
ter
i
n
to t
h
e
d
ays
Of
y
o
u
r
t
oge
t
h
erne
s
s.
A
n
d
m
ay
y
ou
r
da
y
s Be
g
o
o
d
an
d
l
o
ng
Upon
t
h
e ear
t
h
.
Apa
c
he W
e
dd
i
ng P
r
a
y
er