Cedar Woman (185 page)

Read Cedar Woman Online

Authors: Debra Shiveley Welch

BOOK: Cedar Woman
4.98Mb size Format: txt, pdf, ePub
Lena
l
o
ok
e
d
u
p
a
n
d
i
n
to
B
o
y Lad
d
’s
e
y
es.
Her
ow
n
gl
o
w
i
ng
o
r
bs, n
o
w
o
p
e
n
ed
to
t
h
e
t
r
u
t
h,
saw B
o
y
L
a
d
d
’s
co
m
p
l
e
te
de
v
o
ti
o
n
an
d
l
o
ve
f
o
r N
i
ckie.
L
e
na
sign
e
d
i
n
wa
r
d
l
y
:
What
a
p
u
z
z
le.
W
h
at
c
o
nfusi
o
n
we
b
ri
n
g
i
n
to
o
u
r lives.
Le
n
a
lifted
N
i
c
k
ie’s
c
h
in
and
said,
“B
o
y La
d
d
is
h
e
re, N
i
c
k
ie.
We
m
u
st
see
what
he
wants.
He
wants
Nickie,
Lena’s
inner
voice
an
s
w
e
r
ed back.
Tu
r
n
i
n
g
t
o
Bo
y
Ladd,
L
e
na l
o
o
k
ed
h
e
r q
u
estion,
ey
e
b
ro
ws
r
aised,
h
er
h
ead
slig
h
t
ly ti
l
te
d
.

I finally got away,” Boy
L
add s
t
u
tt
ere
d
.
“S
o
nn
y
.
He

s at
m
y apart
m
ent.”
J
u
m
p
i
n
g
fr
o
m
h
er
c
h
air,
Le
n
a t
o
ok
Nic
k
ie by
t
h
e
h
a
n
d
.
Wal
k
i
n
g
to wh
e
re
Boy
L
add
stood,
confus
e
d
and
uncertain,
s
h
e
placed
Nickie’s
slend
e
r ha
n
d
i
n
to
his
larg
e
r
,
c
apable
o
n
e.

 

 


Take
care
of
her,
Friend,”
s
h
e
m
u
ttered.
Gr
ab
bing
her
purse
and car
keys, L
e
na
left the restaurant.

 

 

P
u
lli
n
g
u
p
in
fro
n
t
o
f
Boy
Lad
d
’s
apart
m
e
n
t,
Le
n
a sat
for
a
m
o
m
ent.
Gaz
i
ng
at
t
h
e
wi
nd
o
ws
o
f
t
h
e
f
r
o
n
t
r
oo
m
,
she
e
nvis
i
on
e
d
t
h
e layout
of
t
h
e
s
p
ace,
i
m
agining wh
e
re
Sonny
would
be when
she
wa
l
k
e
d t
h
r
o
ugh
t
h
e
f
r
o
n
t
d
o
o
r
.
Her
heart
clench
e
d
.
W
ha
t
if
I’m
too
l
a
te?
Wh
a
t if
he
h
a
s
dec
i
d
ed
t
h
at
he
do
es
n
’t
w
ant
m
e
?
S
t
epp
i
ng
o
u
t
o
f
t
h
e
car,
L
e
na
t
o
o
k
a
de
e
p
br
eath.
C
h
i
n
h
i
g
h
,
s
h
e
wa
l
k
e
d
up
t
h
e
pat
h
way
t
o
t
h
e
f
r
o
n
t
p
o
r
c
h
a
n
d
o
p
e
n
e
d
t
h
e
d
o
o
r
.
C
h
apter
T
w
enty S
e
ven

 

According to the
Native
P
e
ople, the Sa
c
r
e
d Space is the
s
p
ace
be
t
ween exhalation
a
n
d inhalation. To Walk in
Bala
n
ce is to
h
a
ve Hea
v
en and Earth
i
n
H
a
r
m
on
y
.

 

Cherokee
Prayer Blessing

 

Lena
stood
in
the
m
i
ddle
of the
first
floor
s
p
ace
of
the
19
th
cen
t
u
ry
bu
il
d
i
n
g.
Her
h
eart was
l
i
gh
t and
filled
wi
t
h
t
h
e
pro
m
ise
h
er
future
h
eld. Slowly, she b
e
gan
to
turn,
ar
m
s
wid
e
,
as
i
f to
e
m
brace
the building
a
nd
m
ake
it her
ow
n.

Other books

The Element of Fire by Martha Wells
Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
Savage Spring by Constance O'Banyon
One Funeral (No Weddings Book 2) by Bastion, Kat, Bastion, Stone
Time Lord by Clark Blaise
Skate Freak by Lesley Choyce