Authors: Debra Shiveley Welch
L
o
gan
lo
ok
e
d up
a
n
d
m
et
h
i
s
u
n
ci’s
e
y
e
s
.
He
f
e
l
t
a
w
a
ve of rel
i
e
f
. Her
e
y
es
were
stern,
b
u
t
k
i
n
d
,
a
nd
a
w
a
ve
of
l
ove
fl
o
w
e
d
f
r
om
his
heart to
h
e
rs.
“
Takoj
a
,
wh
a
t
were
yo
u
t
h
i
nk
i
n
g
?
W
h
y
d
i
d
y
o
u
d
o
t
h
i
s
t
o
p
oor
H
a
p
p
y
?
I
t
h
ou
gh
t
s
h
e
w
as
yo
u
r
f
r
ien
d
!”
L
o
gan
loo
k
ed
d
ow
n
at
t
h
e
u
n
f
o
r
t
unate
c
ani
ne,
lyi
ng
by h
i
s
chair,
m
u
zzle
nested
within
h
e
r
paw
s
.
H
e
r
beautiful
c
o
at
was
now
a
kaleidoscope of
co
l
o
rs see
m
ingly
set
a
g
ainst
a
black
ba
c
k
ground.
She shi
f
ted
h
e
r
e
y
es
up
t
o
his,
an
d
he
co
uld
see
e
m
barrass
m
ent.
Ha
p
p
y
was e
m
barrass
ed
!
L
o
gan
w
a
s
h
u
m
i
liated.
Happy was his frie
n
d,
a
n
d he
had e
m
barrass
e
d
h
er.
He
had
m
ade
her
feel
t
h
at
she
wa
s
n
’t beaut
if
ul
b
y changing
h
e
r
c
o
lors.
I
SHOULD
sl
e
ep
under
the deck
w
ith
the
opos
s
um,
except
t
ha
t
’s
too g
oo
d
f
o
r me
t
o
o!
I
do
n
’t de
s
erve
a
n
y
be
r
ry p
ud
d
i
n
g
eit
h
e
r
– not
ev
e
n
f
r
y br
e
a
d
. How
c
ou
l
d I do
th
at
t
o my
f
r
i
e
nd
?
Lo
g
an
l
o
o
k
ed
ov
e
r
at
Kelly
who
was
sitti
n
g
on
t
h
e o
p
p
o
site
si
d
e
o
f his
chair.
H
e
r
large,
brown
ey
es
gazed ba
c
k
at
him and
se
em
ed
to
i
m
part
d
i
sapp
o
i
n
t
m
e
n
t.
I
promise,
Sunka
Ska,
I
will
never
do
som
e
thing
like
this
again.
I
like you
both the
w
a
y
y
o
u ar
e
.
L
o
gan
kn
e
w,
deep
i
n
h
i
s
h
e
art,
t
h
at
he
wa
s
res
po
n
s
i
b
l
e
f
o
r
Ke
ll
y and
H
a
pp
y
.
T
h
ey
t
rus
te
d
h
im
,
and
he
h
ad
betra
y
ed
t
h
at
t
rus
t
.
B
ec
a
use Ha
p
p
y
lo
v
e
d
h
i
m
,
she
l
et
h
i
m
ru
i
n
h
e
r
be
a
u
ti
ful
c
o
at.
L
og
a
n
l
o
o
k
e
d
at her
aga
i
n.
Rising
to
a
sitting
posit
i
on,
she
gazed
de
e
p
ly
into
Log
a
n’s eyes.
T
h
ey se
em
ed to say,
“
It’s
all r
i
gh
t
, B
o
y
. I
l
o
ve
y
o
u,
an
d I k
no
w
y
ou
l
ove
m
e.”
Lo
g
an was
f
o
r
g
i
v
e
n
b
y H
appy
,
b
u
t
n
o
t
ye
t
b
y
h
i
m
s
el
f
.
Wh
a
t I
d
i
d
w
a
s
u
n
f
o
r
g
iva
b
l
e
! he
m
ou
r
n
e
d.