Cedar Woman (115 page)

“
H
a
v
e
a
seat.
”
Jo-
A
n
n
o
ff
e
re
d
,
g
e
stu
r
i
n
g
to
wa
r
d
a
w
o
o
d
en
ar
m
chair
besi
d
e t
h
e kitch
e
n’s
d
oo
r.

Lena
sat
and
was
im
m
ediately
hand
e
d
a
red,
plastic
ju
i
ce
glas
s
, filled
with
a
clear
li
qu
i
d
,
w
h
ich
e
m
i
tted
a
s
h
arp
o
d
o
r
.
A
g
reen
o
li
v
e

st
u
f
fed
with
an
on
i
o
n
and
a
le
m
o
n
twist,
floated
in
t
h
e
water-li
k
e
liq
u
i
d
,

as
did
s
e
veral
ice
cubes.
D
i
s
m
iss
i
ng
t
h
e
my
stery
drink
f
o
r
a
m
o
m
ent, Lena
co
ntinu
e
d
to l
o
ok a
ro
u
n
d
t
h
e
ro
o
m
.

A
lt
h
ou
g
h
t
h
e
c
o
u
n
ter
p
a
r
t
of
h
er
o
w
n
k
itche
n
,
Jo
-
A
n
n’
s
w
as
m
u
ch diff
e
r
e
nt.
F
ak
e
w
oo
d
en
be
a
m
s
extend
e
d
e
ast
to
west
ac
r
oss
t
h
e
t
e
n
-
f
oo
t hi
g
h
ceiling,
givi
n
g
t
h
e
r
oom
a
rustic
l
o
o
k
,
a
s
if
one
had
j
us
t
stepped
i
n
t
o

eit
h
er
an
E
ngl
i
sh
hall
o
r
a
l
o
g
cabi
n
,
L
e
na
c
ou
l
d
n
’t
deci
d
e
whi
c
h
h
e
r
n
e
w

fr
i
e
n
d h
a
d be
e
n
t
r
yin
g
t
o
e
m
u
l
a
t
e.
Da
r
k
c
a
b
i
ne
t
s
li
n
e
d
t
h
e
east
a
n
d s
o
u
t
h wa
ll
s,
top
p
ed
w
it
h
var
i
ous
b
aske
t
s,
vases
a
n
d
m
e
m
o
rabi
l
i
a,
ac
c
o
m
panied
b
y a
pa
i
r
o
f
gr
e
e
n
,
b
l
u
e
,
o
r
y
ell
o
w
e
y
e
s
t
uck
e
d
in
h
e
r
e
a
n
d
t
her
e
.
J
o
-A
nn
was
o
b
v
i
ous
l
y
a
cat
l
o
v
er.

Black
textur
e
d
For
m
ica
counter
t
ops
wr
a
pped
around
the
east
wall
t
o
t
h
e
so
u
t
h
w
h
er
e
t
h
e
k
itc
h
e
n
s
i
n
k
sat beneath
a
ca
t
-b
ed
ecked
w
i
ndow, placed
in
m
irror
e
d
fa
s
h
ion
to
Lena’s o
w
n,
c
o
m
p
lete
with
the
view of
a
n apple
t
ree –
t
h
i
s
o
n
e
sp
or
ti
ng
r
e
d
a
p
p
l
es
i
n
s
t
ead
of
L
e
n
a’s
g
re
e
n.
Re
d
c
h
ec
k
e
d
g
ingh
a
m
ca
f
é
cu
r
tai
n
s
d
eco
r
a
te
d
th
e
w
ind
o
w
abo
v
e
t
h
e
sin
k
a
n
d ano
t
her
b
e
hind
a
gre
e
n,
cat clawed, v
i
nyl
loung
e
r, which
s
at
in
a place of h
on
o
r
b
e
neath
a
br
a
ss
f
l
o
o
r
l
a
m
p
.
Lena
notic
e
d
t
h
at Jo
-A
nn
h
a
d
a dishwa
s
h
er,
a
n
ap
pliance
L
ena wish
e
d
s
h
e h
a
d,
a
s well
as
a
larg
e
r re
f
r
i
g
era
t
or
a
n
d
a
pan
t
r
y
.
C
o
m
p
ared
to
t
h
e dirt
y
,
y
ell
o
w
l
i
nol
e
u
m of
h
e
r k
it
che
n
,
J
o
-An
n
’s
b
r
i
ck pa
tt
e
r
n
ed v
i
n
y
l f
lo
o
ri
ng
l
o
o
k
e
d br
a
n
d n
e
w.