Cedar Woman (6 page)

lights.
Pani
c
k
i
n
g
,
fleei
n
g
pa
t
r
o
n
s
r
a
n,
a
nd
t
h
e
exit
was
b
l
ock
e
d.
T
r
y
ing

to
find
a w
i
n
d
o
w
t
o
t
h
row t
h
e
g
as lig
h
t o
u
t o
n
to
t
h
e s
t
reet, t
h
e act
o
r accidentally
r
a
n
in
t
o
a s
m
all
hall
w
ay,
dis
c
ov
e
ring
a woman
and
t
wo chil
d
r
e
n
seek
i
ng
r
ef
ug
e
.
N
one
of
t
h
em died
i
mm
ediatel
y
,
but
ling
e
red
t
h
r
o
ug
h
a
n
a
g
o
n
izi
n
g
d
ea
t
h
.

R
e
m
e
m
b
ering the
he
a
rtbreak
i
ng
s
t
ory, Sonny
took
a de
e
p brea
t
h, glancing
t
o
w
a
rd
t
h
e
stair
s
, whi
c
h
l
e
d
to
t
h
e
spacio
u
s
t
h
i
r
d
f
lo
or
,
now allocated
to
teachers
an
d
students
for
the
study
of
pott
e
ry,
d
a
nce
and

m
u
sic.
T
h
ere
was
n
o
s
i
g
n
of
t
h
e
little
g
irl
a
n
d
b
o
y
r
u
m
o
red
to
h
au
n
t
t
h
e

t
h
ird
fl
o
o
r
,
t
h
e
ir
lau
g
hter
a
n
d
r
un
n
i
n
g
f
e
et
echo
i
ng
t
h
ro
u
g
h
o
ut
t
h
e t
h
re
e
- s
t
ory
b
u
il
d
i
n
g,
but
S
o
n
n
y
w
as
ne
rv
ous
n
o
net
h
eless.
L
e
na
ass
u
r
e
d
h
i
m that she
h
a
d s
e
nt the
c
h
ildren
“ho
m
e” the d
a
y she s
m
udged the
restaurant,
bu
t
Son
n
y re
m
ai
n
ed s
k
e
p
tical.

Sonny
glanc
e
d
away
from t
h
e
staircase.
Relieved
that
no
sounds echo
e
d
d
o
w
n
t
h
e
fl
i
ght
of
stairs
f
r
om
t
h
e
r
egi
o
n
a
b
o
v
e,
h
e
relax
e
d
an
d all
o
wed
h
i
s
m
in
d
’s
eye
to
take
a
m
e
n
t
al
t
o
ur
o
f
t
h
e
b
ea
u
tif
u
l restaura
n
t
. T
o
n
ig
h
t
w
ou
l
d
be
a
special
ni
gh
t
,
t
h
e
m
i
dd
l
e
f
lo
o
r
,
t
h
e
f
in
e
d
i
n
i
ng
area, filled
to
ca
p
acity
with
frie
n
ds a
n
d
relati
v
es,
ea
g
er
t
o
celebrate
t
h
is
s
p
ecial
d
ay, to celeb
r
ate t
h
e
h
ap
p
iness of
Le
n
a Ce
d
ar
W
o
m
an
Young
Bear.

Lena
ap
pear
e
d
i
n
S
on
n
y
’s
m
i
n
d
’s
e
ye
.
He
c
ons
ta
n
tl
y
e
x
p
e
r
i
enc
e
d
a que
e
r
s
ho
c
k
w
h
en
he
first
s
a
w
h
e
r,
e
v
e
n
a
f
ter
sev
e
nteen
y
ears.
I
n
his
m
ind,
w
h
e
n
p
i
cturi
n
g
h
e
r,
sh
e
alwa
y
s
see
m
ed
larg
e
r
t
h
a
n li
f
e,
t
o
w
e
ri
n
g a
b
o
v
e
all
with
w
ho
m s
h
e
came
i
n
to
c
on
tact.
In
reality,
s
h
e
was
qu
ite diminutive
in
stature,
b
a
rely
reaching
4
'
11"
and
m
ax
i
ng
out, he
would gu
e
ss,
at
90
p
o
un
d
s.
It
w
a
s
as
if
W
a
k
a
n
T
ank
a
,
in
His
i
n
finite
wi
s
do
m
, created h
e
r b
o
dy as
a
n after
t
h
ou
ght,
c
onc
en
t
r
ating
o
n
t
h
e
i
mm
enseness
o
f her s
o
ul i
n
stead.