Cedar Woman (180 page)

C
h
apter
T
w
enty Six

W
h
at is t
h
is
t
h
at I am
feeli
n
g?

I am
as Tisayac

W
h
e
n
s
h
e f
i
rst
l
o
o
k
e
d
up
o
n
L
ov
e
.

Gazing
s
h
yly,
s
h
e
b
e
h
eld
h
im, Awe filled
h
er
tre
m
b
li
n
g
h
eart, And
s
h
e
fled
from
him
in fear.

Tut
o
k
a
nula –
h
is
heart
b
e
reft, Cried out
t
o h
i
s
half sid
e
,

As
s
h
e
ran from
his
e
m
brace.

I
m
u
st find the
cour
a
g
e, My
Heart, Op
e
n
m
y ar
m
s
to
you,

And j
o
i
n
e
d
,
we will ri
d
e
t
h
e c
l
o
u
d
s.

Stands
W
i
t
h
E
agle
W
i
ngs

In
s
p
ir
e
d by a
M
iow
a
k
L
e
ge
n
d
¹⁰⁴

Le
n
a
r
o
se
early
after
a
fitf
u
l
n
i
g
h
t
o
f
i
n
terru
p
ted
slee
p
,
h
er
mi
n
d
w
h
irli
n
g with
all
t
h
at had
o
cc
u
rred
the
d
ay
b
e
fore. Arriving
early at
Vicki’s, she wal
k
e
d
direct
l
y to
her
o
f
fice,
thankful
for
a
s
m
a
ll
s
p
a
n
o
f
t
i
m
e
t
o
p
r
e
p
are
f
o
r
her
m
eet
i
ng
w
it
h
So
nn
y
.
There is a
l
o
t on
my p
l
ate
t
o
da
y
,
but I
m
u
st t
a
lk
with
S
o
nny,
s
h
e
th
o
ug
h
t to
h
e
rself,
gr
i
m
aci
n
g
at
h
e
r a
pp
allin
g
,
a
l
b
e
i
t accidental,
pun.

Her
tho
u
g
h
ts
ret
u
rned
to
t
h
e
m
o
rni
n
g
b
efore.
She
h
a
d
b
een
ea
g
er
to talk
to
Son
n
y a
b
o
u
t
h
er
i
d
ea
f
o
r
a
n
e
w resta
u
ra
n
t
.
Excited
and
f
u
ll
o
f plan
s
,
s
h
e
w
a
s
f
i
nally
rea
d
y
to
a
n
no
unce
h
e
r
i
n
tenti
on
s.
R
u
s
h
i
n
g
t
o

S
o
nn
y’
s
o
f
fice,
a
n
d
g
e
ntly
tapp
i
ng
o
n
his
d
oo
r,
her
anti
c
i
p
ation
o
f
his

reacti
o
n
go
t
the
b
etter
o
f
h
e
r.
Ope
n
ing
t
h
e
d
oor
wit
h
o
u
t
t
h
e
pr
ere
qu
isite, “Co
m
e
in,” she behe
l
d
the face of a tortured
m
an, who
s
e counten
a
nce t
u
r
n
ed to o
n
e
of
p
r
o
f
o
u
nd
l
o
ve o
n
ce
h
e
b
eheld
h
e
r.

Lena
l
a
i
d
h
e
r
h
ead
on
t
h
e ba
c
k
rest of
h
e
r
ch
air.
Min
d
wh
i
r
li
n
g
,
s
h
e went
over
the
entire
scene
again
for
what
s
e
e
m
ed
t
h
e
h
u
n
d
red
t
h
t
i
m
e.
I m
u
st
t
a
lk
to
S
o
n
n
y
a
s
s
o
on
a
s
p
o
ssi
b
l
e.
T
h
is
c
a
n’t
b
e
left
to
w
o
rk
i
t
se
l
f out.

D
u
ri
n
g
t
h
e
s
ee
m
ingly
e
n
dless
n
i
ght,
L
e
na
wrestled
with
her feeli
ng
s
,
and
t
h
e
i
m
p
licati
on
s
of
t
h
at
w
h
ic
h
s
h
e
wa
s
abo
u
t
t
o
d
o
.
S
h
e
still
lov
e
d
M
ichael,
and
alwa
y
s
w
ou
l
d,
b
u
t
she
n
o
w
a
d
m
i
tted
to
herself
t
h
at
it