Cedar Woman (132 page)

year,
and
Michael
w
a
nted
t
o
co
m
b
i
n
e
the
trip
with
seei
n
g
h
is
o
ld,

bo
y
h
oo
d
f
r
i
e
n
d
a
nd
t
h
at
o
f
s
eeing h
i
s fa
m
ily.
U
p
o
n
l
e
a
rn
i
ng
o
f h
i
s
p
la
n
s
, Vicki
a
s
k
e
d
if she
co
uld
t
ravel
with Micha
e
l.
T
h
ere w
a
s
a distribu
t
o
r of elk
and
buffalo
m
eat
in
the
nearby
city of
Fort
M
adi
so
n.
She
w
a
nted
to meet with
t
h
e
g
e
n
e
ral
m
a
n
a
g
er in
t
h
e h
op
es
o
f
g
etting
a
b
e
tter
d
eal
o
n
t
h
e specialty
m
ea
t
s
so
i
m
por
ta
n
t
to
h
e
r
resta
u
ra
n
t.
Hap
p
y
for
t
h
e
c
o
m
p
a
n
y
d
u
ring
t
h
e long dri
v
e, Mic
h
ael
i
m
m
e
d
iate
l
y a
g
reed
t
o
b
ring
h
er alo
n
g.

Tu
r
n
i
n
g
o
f
f
t
h
e
tap
t
o
t
h
e
s
h
o
w
e
r
,
an
d
st
e
pp
i
ng
f
r
om
t
h
e
m
o
l
d
ed tub,
L
e
na
sel
e
cted
a
t
o
wel
and
b
e
g
a
n
d
ry
ing
her
l
o
n
g
,
l
u
st
r
o
u
s
hair. There w
e
re
m
any t
h
i
n
gs
o
n her
a
g
e
n
d
a
t
od
ay –
t
h
e
re was t
h
e
m
enu
f
o
r
n
e
x
t
week
to
c
o
m
p
lete,
a
n
d
t
h
ree
po
te
n
tial
i
n
ter
n
s
to
i
n
ter
v
iew.
In a
dd
itio
n
,
t
h
ere
was a cele
b
rat
o
ry
m
eal
to
p
l
an
to
h
onor Mic
h
ael
and Vicki’s
re
t
u
r
n
.

Lena
w
r
a
pp
e
d t
h
e
large
ba
t
h
s
h
eet
around
h
e
r
s
m
all,
cu
rvac
e
ous b
o
d
y
,
an
d ran
on
ti
p
t
o
e
t
o
t
h
e
b
e
d
ro
o
m
.

I
mu
st
t
a
lk
to
S
o
n
n
y
a
s soon
as
h
e
g
ets
i
n
.
L
ena
re
m
i
nded
herse
l
f.
I

think
I
miss V
i
cki almost
as
mu
c
h as
Michael!
She inward
l
y exclai
m
ed.

Op
e
n
i
n
g
h
e
r
c
loset
d
o
o
r
,
she se
l
ected
a
crisp, white
blouse
with
a cro
c
heted
lace collar,
a
si
m
p
le,
bla
c
k
p
en
cil
sk
i
rt,
and a
black
pair
o
f pu
m
ps.
Turquoise
e
a
rring
s
,
with
a
m
atching
necklace,
and
J
o
-Ann’s ri
n
g
,
c
o
m
p
let
e
d
h
e
r
e
n
se
m
b
le.
T
ur
n
i
n
g
a
r
o
un
d
,
a
n
d vi
e
w
i
n
g
h
e
rself
a
t d
i
ff
e
r
e
nt
a
n
g
le
s
i
n
t
h
e
f
lo
o
r
l
eng
t
h
m
i
rror of
h
e
r
a
n
tiq
ue
v
a
n
ity
,
L
e
na
n
od
d
ed
h
er
h
e
ad
in
satisfacti
o
n.
Grabbing
her
black,
c
l
utch
purs
e
,
she extricated
t
h
e
keys to
h
e
r 1
97
4
Ca
pri
2
00
0
.

She was
e
xhi
l
arated ev
e
ry time
she i
n
serted
t
h
e
k
ey and
it starte
d
. N
o
w 1
9
-
y
ear
s
-o
l
d,
t
h
e
C
o
m
p
etition
Or
a
nge
a
u
t
o
m
ob
i
le,
christen
e
d Punk
i
n’ bec
a
use
of
its
color,
was
as faithf
u
l
as
t
h
e
d
ay s
h
e
b
ou
gh
t
it s
h
ortly
after
her
m
arria
g
e.
S
h
e
lo
v
e
d
d
r
i
v
ing
it
a
n
d
en
jo
yed
its
sleek li
n
es
a
n
d
sta
b
i
lity.
Pat
t
i
n
g
t
h
e
d
ashb
o
a
rd,
she
m
u
r
m
u
re
d
,
“Good
b
a
b
y
,” and
p
u
lled
out of
t
h
e
o
n
e
c
a
r
gar
a
ge
o
f
f
t
h
e
co
m
m
unal
back
y
a
r
d
o
f
her c
o
nd
o
.