Cedar Woman (147 page)

Lena
d
r
o
v
e
p
a
st
t
h
e
W
h
etstone
P
a
rk
o
f
R
o
ses
o
n
her
way
to
pi
c
k up J
o-
A
n
n
.

I
need
to
r
e
m
e
mber
to bri
n
g
L
o
g
a
n
her
e
,
she
m
u
se
d
,
t
h
inki
n
g
of
h
o
w her
fo
u
r
-
y
ear
-
o
ld d
y
na
m
o
w
o
uld l
o
ve t
h
e
m
any varieties of roses displa
y
ed
i
n
o
v
er
1
1
,
0
0
0
ro
s
e
b
u
shes
a
n
d
he
r
b
,
d
a
f
f
odil and
p
e
re
n
n
ial
g
ar
d
e
n
s set
on
1
3 acres of Cli
n
to
nv
ile’s
W
h
etst
on
e
Par
k
.
⁸⁹

Lena
d
ro
v
e
an
oth
e
r
b
l
o
c
k
a
n
d pulled
i
n
to
t
h
e
pa
r
k
i
n
g
l
o
t of
t
h
e
t
h
ree- s
t
ory
o
ff
i
ce
b
u
il
d
in
g
w
h
e
re
Jo
-A
nn
w
ork
ed
f
o
r
a
n
o
p
h
th
a
l
m
ol
o
g
ist
,
t
h
e only
j
o
b
sh
e
’d
ever he
l
d
. J
o-
A
n
n was
c
o
m
i
ng to sp
en
d
t
h
e
we
e
k
e
n
d.

T
h
eir
frien
d
s
h
ip
re
m
ai
n
ed
i
n
tact,
a
n
d
J
o
-Ann
was
a
fre
qu
e
n
t
v
i
sit
o
r,

especially
on
week
en
ds.
Jo-Ann
cou
l
d
no
l
o
n
g
er
a
ff
o
r
d
t
o
get
away
o
n vacat
i
o
n
s,
a
n
d
cons
i
d
er
e
d
L
ena’s
la
kes
i
de ho
m
e
her
o
w
n
,
p
e
r
s
onal, wee
k
end
retreat.
S
h
e
wo
u
ld
sit
o
n
t
h
e
d
ec
k
,
drin
k
ing
h
e
r
“
m
art
o
o
n
is,” reveli
n
g
in
t
h
e quiet,
bu
c
olic
at
m
o
sph
e
re
o
f
t
h
e
seclud
e
d
nei
g
h
bo
r
ho
o
d
. J
o
-A
n
n was comi
n
g
o
u
t
o
f t
h
e b
u
il
d
ing
j
u
st as Le
n
a
p
u
lled i
n
.

“
W
hat,
n
o L
og
a
n
?
”
s
h
e
q
u
er
i
ed,
dis
a
p
p
oin
t
m
ent in
h
e
r
v
o
ice.

“
W
e’ll
be
p
ic
k
in
g
h
i
m
up
at
day
care,”
Lena
inf
o
r
m
ed,
“It’s
j
u
st a
b
o
u
t
ti
m
e
f
o
r
t
h
e
sc
h
o
o
l
to
let
ou
t
.
From t
h
ere, we’re
g
o
ing
to
t
h
i
s resta
u
rant I
wa
nt
y
ou
to
c
h
e
c
k
o
u
t.
It’s
called
Car
s
onie
’
s.
W
e l
o
ve
it and
t
h
e
y
’re
v
e
ry n
i
ce
t
o
Lo
ga
n
,”
Lena f
i
n
is
h
e
d
.

“
H
o
w
is
t
h
e
s
c
h
o
ol t
ur
n
i
n
g
o
u
t
?
”
J
o
-
A
n
n
as
ke
d
. “Bea
u
tif
u
lly!”
Le
n
a s
m
ile
d
.

Pulling
o
u
t of
t
h
e
p
a
rk
i
ng
l
o
t, she
d
i
rected h
e
r
fait
h
f
u
l
P
u
n
k
i
n
’
t
o
w
a
rd

C
o
o
k
e
R
o
a
d
.
Lena
fo
u
n
d
it
a
m
us
i
ng
t
h
at, li
k
e
her
m
o
t
h
e
r,
s
h
e
p
ref
e
rr
e
d
t
h
e
b
a
c
k
r
o
a
d
s
t
o
t
h
e
fre
e
w
ay
.
Perh
a
p
s
it
was
bec
a
use
of
Michael
and Vicki…
.
.
s
h
ak
i
ng
o
f
f
t
h
e
t
h
ou
ght,
s
h
e
i
mm
e
diately
began
t
o
br
i
n
g
he
r
self