Cedar Woman (124 page)

A
stro
k
e
o
f
l
u
ck
lan
d
ed
Sonny
a
job
with
Vic
k
i as
well. R
e
m
e
m
b
ering
his
perfor
m
an
ces
at
t
h
e
p
o
ww
o
w
,
a
n
d ob
s
e
r
vi
n
g
his
o
r
g
a
n
izati
on
al
skills,
she
offered
h
im
a
jo
b
as
Ni
gh
t
Ma
n
a
ger.
Sonny
d
id

no
t
d
i
s
a
p
p
o
i
n
t.

C
o
w
boy
bo
o
t
s
echo
i
ng on
g
l
i
s
t
en
in
g
,
h
a
r
dw
o
o
d
f
lo
o
r
s,
S
o
nny
m
ade a
final
ru
n
t
h
r
o
u
g
h
t
h
e
rest
a
u
r
ant.
E
v
er
y
th
i
n
g
w
a
s
in
o
r
de
r
.
He
st
op
p
ed

to
s
t
raight
e
n
a
li
l
y
half
fall
e
n
f
r
om
its
vase
and
m
ade
his
way
to
t
h
e
k
itc
h
en.

M
ichael,
o
f
c
o
u
rse,
wo
uld
not be
w
o
r
k
i
n
g
t
o
ni
g
h
t,
an
d
So
nny vo
l
un
t
e
e
red
t
o s
t
ep
i
n a
n
d
m
ake
s
u
re
t
h
at all
was
i
n o
r
de
r
.

He wal
k
ed
thr
o
ugh
t
h
e
k
itchen
area,
careful
no
t
t
o
g
et
in
t
h
e way
of
t
h
e
s
o
us
c
h
e
f
,
w
h
o
was
i
n
c
h
a
r
ge
of
t
h
e
f
o
o
d
to
n
ig
h
t
,
a
nd
h
i
s
vari
o
u
s

assistants.
Gr
abb
i
ng
a
sp
o
o
n
a
n
d
di
p
p
i
n
g
it
i
n
to
a
p
o
blano
s
a
uc
e
,
he tasted
it
a
n
d
rolled
h
is
eyes.
Delici
ou
s!
S
m
i
l
i
ng
,
Son
n
y
e
x
ited
the

k
itc
h
en and re
t
u
r
n
ed
to t
h
e
m
ain
ro
o
m
f
o
r a
fi
n
al,
d
o
u
b
le,
d
o
u
b
le-c
h
ec
k
.

Sonny was not
sure how he wou
l
d
react to
the wedding
of his b
r
oth
e
r/c
o
usin
to
L
e
na.
S
o
f
ar,
he
’
d
m
ana
g
ed
to
a
vo
i
d
s
e
eing
t
o
o
m
u
ch of
L
e
na
–
his new j
o
b,
a
nd
m
oving,
be
i
ng t
h
e
pe
r
fect ex
c
u
se.
B
u
t in
t
h
e dee
p
,
d
a
rk
ho
u
rs of
t
h
e
n
i
g
h
t,
his
heart
wo
uld
ach
e
,
a
n
d
his
s
o
ul cry o
u
t for
t
h
e winsome,
b
ea
u
tif
u
l
girl
h
e’d fallen
i
n
lo
v
e with
in Keok
u
k.
Still,
M
ichael
was
h
is
chil
d
ho
od
f
r
iend,
play
m
at
e
,
b
r
o
t
her,
co
u
s
i
n
.
M
ichael’s ha
p
p
i
n
e
ss
w
a
s
i
m
por
t
ant
t
o
S
o
nn
y
,
an
d
he
had
t
o
a
d
m
i
t
t
o
h
i
m
se
l
f
t
h
at h
i
s
lo
ve
f
o
r
L
ena
m
ade
h
i
m
feel
re
s
p
o
n
s
ibl
e
f
o
r
h
e
r
ha
p
p
i
n
ess
as
we
ll
. Ther
ef
ore, he was
reso
l
v
ed
t
o
be
rec
o
n
cil
ed,
and
t
o
r
ejoice
i
n
t
h
e
m
arriage of t
h
e
two p
eo
p
le he
lov
e
d
m
o
re
t
h
a
n
a
n
yo
n
e
else.