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Authors: Debra Shiveley Welch

Cedar Woman (113 page)

W
h
at a
f
an
tasti
c
ser
i
es
of
h
a
p
p
e
n
s
ta
n
ce
s
h
e
t
h
ou
ght
t
o herse
l
f, ov
er
j
o
ye
d
t
h
at Lena
w
o
uld
so
on
be
ha
p
p
ily
m
arried,
an
d
s
h
e
wo
uld
have an
ac
c
o
m
plished
c
h
ef to
ad
d to
h
e
r
st
a
ff.
Wait
a
m
i
nute!
Vicki realized
to herse
l
f.
Acc
o
r
d
in
g
t
o
traditi
on
,
h
e is
my
son
-
i
n
-
l
aw!
Vicki
c
o
u
l
d
n
’t
believe
h
e
r
l
u
c
k
.
C
h
il
d
l
ess,
a
n
d
ber
e
ft of
h
e
r
h
u
s
b
an
d
just
a
f
e
w,
s
h
ort
years ago,
s
h
e
believed
that
any happin
e
ss
was in
the
past.
Now,
h
e
re she was,
surrounded by
people
she lov
e
d, a
n
d
wh
o
l
ov
e
d h
e
r,
a
n
d
actually
i
n
vited her to
be a part of t
h
e
i
r warm
a
n
d lo
v
i
n
g fa
m
ily.
At
the
en
d
of
the
we
e
k
,
Michael
re
t
u
rned
to
Iowa
to
clo
s
e
up
his apart
m
ent
and
w
o
rk
o
u
t
his
n
o
tice
with
his
e
m
plo
y
er,
but not be
f
o
re
he and
L
e
na
went h
o
use
hu
n
ti
n
g
.
As
l
u
c
k
w
o
u
ld
h
a
ve
it,
t
h
ey
f
o
u
n
d
ex
a
ctly what
they
wanted
within
a
couple
of
days.
The
townhou
s
e,
conv
e
rted
t
o a
condo
m
i
niu
m
,
was
situat
e
d
in
the
Short
North,
s
o
dubb
e
d
because
it was
a
s
h
o
rt
d
ist
ance
f
r
om d
o
wn
t
o
w
n
C
o
l
u
m
bus.
Once
a
d
i
s
t
ress
e
d
ar
e
a, t
h
e
vi
b
rant
n
e
i
g
h
b
or
h
oo
d
w
as
on
an up
s
wi
n
g
,
as
h
o
m
e
and
b
u
sin
es
s o
w
n
e
rs
s
p
ruc
e
d
u
p
t
h
eir p
rop
erties
and b
rou
ght t
h
e
a
rea
b
a
ck
to
life.
The S
h
ort
N
o
r
t
h
w
as
close
t
o
t
h
e
a
t
ers,
art gal
l
e
ri
es
and h
ig
h
-
e
nd res
t
a
u
rant
s
. In
d
ee
d
,
t
h
e
area
itself
was s
o
on
o
p
e
n
ing
its
o
w
n
g
aller
i
es
and
eating esta
b
lis
h
m
e
n
ts,
and
res
i
d
e
n
ts
g
ai
n
ed
satisfacti
o
n
in
seeing
t
h
e
v
a
l
u
e
o
f t
h
eir p
r
op
e
rties
rise.
T
h
e
t
wo-story
con
do
m
i
n
i
u
m
was
listed
at
a
v
e
ry
aff
o
r
d
a
b
le
p
rice
fo
r
t
h
e
you
n
g
c
o
u
p
le
,
d
u
e
t
o
it
s
rou
gh
conditi
on
.
B
u
il
t
i
n
1
8
9
0
,
t
h
e
e
n
d unit
of
a
f
o
u
r
-
unit
t
o
wn
h
o
u
s
e,
had
o
n
ce
b
e
en
h
o
m
e
to
a
patriar
c
h
w
ho
s
e
c
h
il
d
ren
and
t
h
eir
fa
m
ilies
resi
d
ed
in
t
h
e
o
ther
three
resi
d
e
n
ces.
Aro
u
nd
t
h
e
1
9
5
0
s,
t
h
e
t
o
w
n
ho
u
ses
were
co
nv
e
rted
t
o
re
n
tals,
u
n
til
p
u
rc
h
a
sed
b
y an
i
n
vest
o
r
wh
o
p
u
t
t
h
e
units
up
f
o
r
sale
j
u
st
a
few
m
ont
h
s
be
f
o
r
e
.
T
h
e oth
e
r
three
co
ndos w
e
re
s
o
ld,
t
h
e
l
a
st
r
e
maining
e
m
pty
because of
i
ts c
o
n
d
iti
o
n.

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