Cedar Woman (54 page)

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Authors: Debra Shiveley Welch


Okay,
b
u
t let

s
o
ff
e
r
bo
t
h.”
Lena
s
m
iled
h
e
r
a
g
ree
m
ent.

Of co
u
r
se.
Let’s see,
b
a
k
e
d sa
l
m
o
n with
tomat
o
es and
shall
o
ts…” Le
n
a
co
n
tin
u
e
d
u
n
til
t
h
e
e
n
tire
m
e
n
u
was
g
on
e
thr
o
ug
h
.
Satisfie
d
,
V
i
cki s
t
o
o
d
u
p
,
a
n
d
wal
k
i
n
g
a
r
ou
n
d h
e
r
de
sk
,
enc
i
rcled
Le
n
a in her ar
m
s. “Good
job
a
s
usual,”
s
h
e
be
am
ed.
C
h
apter
Eig
h
t

 

Hu
m
anki
n
d h
a
s
n
o
t
wo
v
e
n
t
h
e
w
e
b of life.
We are
bu
t
o
n
e t
h
read wit
h
in it. What
e
v
er we
do to the
w
e
b,
w
e do to ourselves. All t
h
in
g
s are
b
ou
n
d to
g
et
h
er.
All t
h
in
g
s con
n
ect. C
h
ief Seattle,
1
854
Vicki
creat
e
d
a
special
place
for Peter in
h
e
r
now popular restaurant.
At the
entr
a
n
ce
of
the
doo
r
way
separati
n
g
t
h
e
t
w
o
r
oo
m
s,
and
wit
h
in
fo
ur ste
p
s
o
f
t
h
e
co
un
ter, was
t
h
e Spotted
Ea
g
le ta
b
le,
as Vic
k
i li
k
ed
to
call
it. Her
e
,
Pe
t
er
c
o
u
l
d
s
i
t
as
lo
ng as
he
li
k
e
d
,
c
h
ain-s
m
ok
in
g
,
a
n
d
d
r
in
k
in
g
th
e endless
cups
of rez
c
o
ffee
provid
e
d
.
H
e
wa
s
co
n
te
n
t
.
Mar
y
a
n
d
Re
v
a
b
o
t
h
w
o
r
k
e
d
p
art-tim
e
i
n
t
h
e restaura
n
t, Re
v
a less t
h
an
t
h
e
o
t
h
e
rs.
Now 7
8
, she was still spry, and capable of
a
full
days
work,
but
Vi
c
k
i
and
Lena were careful
not
to ov
e
r
t
ax
t
h
e
e
l
d
er
ly
,
y
et s
t
i
l
l vibr
a
n
t
,
s
e
n
i
or
c
i
ti
zen.
W
i
fe
a
n
d
m
o
t
h
er
kept a
care
f
ul
e
y
e
o
n
hu
s
b
a
nd
a
n
d
s
o
n,
an
d
were
t
h
a
nk
ful
f
o
r
t
h
e
o
pp
o
r
t
unity to earn
m
o
re
m
oney
for
t
h
e
f
a
mily while car
i
n
g for their loved
on
e
.
As with
all ser
i
ou
s
b
r
ain
in
j
u
r
i
es, Peter
h
a
d n
o
t f
u
lly reco
v
e
red fr
o
m his
accident.
His
personality
was
still
sweet
and
lov
i
ng,
but
he
see
m
e
d i
n
ca
p
a
b
le
of p
u
tti
n
g
a
string
o
f
n
e
w
tho
u
g
h
ts
to
g
et
h
er.
His
d
ays were filled
with
o
l
d In
d
ian jo
k
es,
pro
v
er
b
s
, stories, and
l
o
n
g
, rela
x
ed sile
n
ces.
He

d beco
m
e
a
m
ascot as
i
t
w
ere.
Re
gu
la
rs w
o
u
l
d wa
l
k b
y
,
raise
a hand
in
greeting,
and
proce
e
d
to
t
h
eir
tables.
Occasionally,
Peter
wou
l
d s
t
op t
h
e
m
,
l
o
o
k up and
s
m
i
l
ing a
s
k,
for
i
n
stance:

How
m
a
n
y
Oglalas
d
o
es
it
ta
k
e
to
c
h
an
g
e
a
li
gh
t
b
u
l
b
?
Se
v
e
n
!
One
t
o
ch
an
ge
t
h
e
bu
l
b
a
n
d
six
to
si
n
g
t
h
e
‘ch
a
ng
i
ng
o
f
t
h
e
light
b
u
lb song.’”
T
h
ey
would
la
u
g
h
p
o
litel
y
,
wave
and
m
ov
e
on
,
somet
i
mes co
nf
use
d
,
a
n
d
so
m
e
t
i
m
es
genu
i
nely
ente
rt
ained
by
Pe
t
er’s
j
okes
an
d

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