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Authors: Debra Shiveley Welch

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in
h
e
r
life,
h
er
resta
u
rant
an
d
her
f
r
ie
n
d
s.
Sonny
t
u
rn
e
d
t
o
Michael.
Broth
e
r/cousin,
how
will
I
live
the
r
e
st
of my
life
without
y
o
u
in
it? H
o
w
c
a
n
I
g
o
o
n
for
a
lifet
i
me
wit
h
o
u
t
h
e
a
ring
yo
u
r
lau
g
h,
feeli
n
g
you s
l
ap my
s
ho
u
ld
er
at
t
h
e
e
n
d of
a
j
o
ke?
S
o
nn
y
,
his
m
ind
aga
i
n
a
w
ash
w
i
th
m
e
m
o
ries,
saw
the
li
v
i
n
g Michael
at
the
powwow
wh
er
e
he
m
e
t Le
n
a; re
m
e
m
b
ered
th
e y
o
ung
b
o
y w
h
o
pla
y
ed
w
ith
him duri
n
g
lon
g
,
hu
m
id
ni
g
h
ts;
recalled
t
h
e
teenag
e
r ro
a
ri
n
g
up
t
o
S
o
nn
y’
s
ho
u
se
in
his
first

Rez
R
o
cket.”
Clenchi
n
g
his teet
h
,
So
nn
y for
b
ad
t
h
e
m
e
m
o
ries to
c
on
tinue.
He
m
u
st
m
a
i
n
tain
c
on
t
r
o
l;
h
e c
ou
l
d
no
t let t
h
e
p
a
i
n
e
n
ter
h
is
h
eart
u
n
til
h
e
was a
l
on
e
!
S
o
nn
y t
u
r
n
e
d
h
is
hea
d
to
l
o
o
k
a
t
Lena
.
Du
m
b
f
r
o
m t
h
e
m
o
m
e
n
t
she
awoke
from
h
er
fai
n
t,
she
mai
n
tai
n
ed
h
e
r
u
n
spo
k
en
grief.
St
o
ic
and s
il
en
t
,
she
l
e
f
t
t
h
e
pr
e
p
arat
i
ons
of
t
h
e
do
ub
l
e
fu
neral
t
o
S
on
n
y
a
n
d
Nickie,
e
x
cept
for
the
rec
e
ption.
Lena
f
o
cu
sed
o
n
t
h
e
foo
d
t
h
at
w
ou
l
d
b
e
serv
e
d
i
n Vick
i
’s restaurant.
It’s
as
if
,
Son
n
y
m
u
se
d
,
s
h
e was
pre
p
ar
i
ng
t
h
e
m
f
o
r
Vi
cki
and Michael
a
ga
i
n…
as
if
t
h
ey wou
l
d
be
t
h
ere
to
eat
an
d
dri
n
k
with
t
h
eir frie
nd
s.
S
o
nny
b
o
w
e
d
h
i
s
head a
n
d
o
n
ce
a
g
ain
f
o
ug
h
t ba
c
k
t
e
a
rs.
Not
yet,
he
t
o
l
d
h
i
m
self,
no
t yet:
n
o
t
u
n
til
th
is
is
a
ll
o
ver
a
n
d
I am al
o
n
e.
N
i
ckie
p
l
ac
e
d
a
ha
n
d
o
n
L
ena’s
r
ig
h
t
s
h
ou
l
der
i
n
an
att
e
m
p
t
t
o bre
a
k
t
h
ro
u
g
h h
e
r s
t
o
i
c f
a
çade.
Nickie gaz
e
d upon Michael

so ha
n
d
s
o
m
e,
ev
e
n
in
death.
S
o
n
n
y
h
a
d
c
ho
s
en
t
o
b
u
ry
him
in
his
g
rass danc
e
r r
e
galia. The
effect was s
t
unn
i
ng.
E
v
en in death, Micha
e
l a
pp
eared
to sing with
life.
N
o
w,
with
M
i
chael
g
on
e
,
I
ab
s
o
l
utely
d
o
n
’t
st
a
nd
a
cha
n
ce
with

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