Cedar Woman (150 page)

En
dr
it
Kastr
i
oti
was
a
t
h
irt
y
-year-
o
ld,
d
a
rk
h
aired
m
an
fr
o
m t
h
e ca
p
ital
city
o
f
Ballsh
in
t
h
e
pro
v
i
n
ce
o
f
Ma
l
la
k
aster
in
Sout
h
ern
Al
b
a
n
ia. He
oft
e
n
tr
a
v
e
led
to
Sou
t
hern
Oh
i
o
for
m
i
cro-vacat
i
ons with
his
fa
m
ily, e
n
j
o
ying
t
h
e
h
ills
o
f
Hoc
k
ing
C
o
u
n
ty,
which
re
m
i
nd
ed
h
im
o
f
t
h
e r
o
lli
n
g land of
his
m
o
t
h
e
r
c
o
un
t
r
y
.
H
o
wev
e
r,
t
h
e
clean,
g
r
een s
m
ells
of
Old
M
an’s
Cav
e
,
f
o
r
i
n
stance,
did
n
o
t
re
m
i
n
d
him
of
t
h
e s
m
ell
of
his ho
m
etow
n
.
Rich
in
pet
r
ole
u
m
and
ho
m
e
to
a
refin
e
r
y
,
t
h
e
s
m
ell
of
g
a
s per
m
eated
the air
of
Ballsh
a
n
d
see
m
ed,
according
to
Diti,
to
“
p
un
c
h
the air
r
i
g
h
t
ou
t
of y
o
ur
lun
g
s.”

S
h
ort of
t
e
m
p
er,
a
n
d
q
u
i
ck
t
o
apo
l
og
i
ze,
he
a
d
o
r
e
d
h
i
s
w
i
fe
B
esar
a
⁹³

and
da
ug
h
t
er
Era
.
⁹⁴
He
was
a
kind
m
an
w
h
o
loved
c
h
il
d
r
en
,
wo
m
en,
his fa
m
i
ly, a
n
d go
o
d fo
o
d
.

Diti t
u
r
n
ed
from t
h
e si
n
k
as
th
e d
o
or to
t
h
e
k
itc
h
en
op
e
n
e
d
and
h
i
s
b
r
o
t
h
e
r
,
D
e
j
an
⁹⁵
enter
e
d.
T
h
e
day
m
anager
o
f
Vicki’
s
,
Dej
a
n
a
rriv
e
d
in A
m
erica
a
few
y
ears
be
f
o
r
e
his
y
ou
n
ger
b
r
oth
e
r.
M
ar
r
ied
to
Luli
,
⁹⁶
a
p
etite
b
ea
u
ty with
a lar
g
e perso
n
ality,
h
e felt e
x
tre
m
e
ly
fortu
n
ate in
all areas
of
his
li
f
e:
his
fa
m
il
y
,
frie
n
d
s
,
a
n
d
w
o
r
k
i
n
g
w
i
th
his
kid
b
ro
t
he
r
.

Tall,
with
t
h
e
sa
m
e
d
ark
hair
as
Diti,
De
j
an wal
k
ed
with
an
a
i
r of c
o
nfi
d
e
n
ce,
p
r
ese
n
ting
to
t
h
e world
an
o
p
en,
c
h
ar
m
i
n
g
p
ers
on
ality,
w
h
ich dr
e
w
m
any to hi
m
.
His
larg
e
r ha
n
d held t
h
a
t of t
h
e
e
i
gh
t
-
y
ear
-
o
ld L
o
g
a
n.

Face
wrea
t
hed
in
s
m
iles,
Logan
li
m
ped
to
a
table
and
ch
air
wh
e
re
h
e
wo
u
ld
s
p
end
t
h
e
m
o
r
n
i
n
g
h
el
p
ing Diti
p
r
e
p
are
s
o
m
e
o
f t
h
e
i
n
gre
d
ie
n
ts f
o
r
t
h
e
l
u
nch c
r
o
w
d.

T
w
o
we
e
k
s
p
r
evi
o
usl
y
,
L
og
a
n
h
ad
en
d
u
r
e
d
y
et
anoth
e
r
s
u
r
g
ery
t
o repair
his
an
om
al
y
.
A
s
i
ze
a
ble
piece
o
f
b
o
ne
tak
e
n
f
rom his
ti
n
y hip
w
a
s t
r
an
s
p
lanted
t
o
his
alv
e
olar
r
i
dg
e
,
o
r
gum l
i
ne,
wh
e
r
e
b
on
e
was
m
iss
i
ng. Once his
s
u
rg
eon
w
as
c
o
m
fort
a
ble
t
h
at
t
h
e
g
u
m w
o
uld
not
re
s
o
r
b
,
a
n or
t
h
od
ontist
c
ou
l
d
beg
i
n
st
r
aighten
i
n
g
Lo
ga
n
’s
cr
o
o
k
e
d
teeth.
L
o
g
a
n was
m
iss
i
ng
an
i
n
cis
o
r
d
u
e
to
t
h
e
clefti
n
g
,
f
o
r
w
h
ich
a
n
e
w
too
t
h
w
ou
l
d be
p
ro
v
i
d
e
d
w
h
ere t
h
e
n
o
w
n
ew
gum existed,
ei
t
h
er
by
m
ov
i
ng
t
h
e t
o
oth beh
i
nd
t
h
e
empty
space
forward
i
n
to p
l
ace, and
s
h
a
p
ing
it
to
look
like
a
n i
n
ciso
r
, or by
im
plant.