Cedar Woman (156 page)

inches
and
t
h
e
frog plac
e
d
w
it
h
in
h
is te
m
po
r
ary “cli
n
ic.”

Logan relax
e
d
peacefully
on
the
s
o
fa
in
t
h
e
fa
m
i
ly
room,
content with
h
is
d
ay.
He’d
s
p
e
n
t
time
with
Dit
i
an
d
h
e
l
p
e
d
i
n
t
h
e
k
itc
h
e
n
,
go
n
e ov
e
r
t
h
e
e
v
e
n
ing
m
enu
with
his
i
n
a
a
nd
he
l
p
ed
Nickie
get
ready f
o
r
t
h
e even
i
ng
s
e
rvi
c
e.
Log
a
n
g
a
ve
a
s
m
all
sig
h
.
He
ki
n
d
a li
k
ed
Nickie. Act
u
ally,
h
e
li
k
ed
h
e
r
a
l
o
t,
a
n
d
wis
h
ed
t
h
at s
h
e’d
wait u
n
til
h
e
gr
ew
u
p
. B
u
t,
s
h
e w
o
ul
d
n
’t,
wo
uld
s
h
e –
s
h
e was
i
n
l
o
ve with
So
nn
y
.

L
o
ga
n
’
s s
m
o
o
th b
ro
w
w
r
i
n
kled in
co
nst
e
rnati
o
n.
Nic
k
ie loved S
o
nn
y
, but
S
o
nny l
o
ved
I
n
a.
He
knew
he did.
W
h
e
n
ev
er
S
o
nny was ar
ou
nd
his
i
n
a
,
a
soft
light
emanated
from
hi
m
,
ju
st
li
k
e
with
U
n
ci
a
n
d

T
u
nkasila,
a
n
d
a
s
o
ft
li
g
ht
sh
one
f
r
om
In
a
,
but
she
d
i
d
n
’t
seem
to
notice

S
o
nn
y
,
e
x
cept for
rest
a
u
r
a
nt
m
atters.
It
was
v
e
ry
co
nf
usi
n
g.
L
o
g
a
n
m
ov
ed
sli
gh
tly
a
n
d
w
i
n
ced.
T
h
ere
was
still
an
un
c
o
m
for
t
a
b
le
p
i
n
c
h
in
h
i
s
rig
h
t
h
i
p
.
He
settled
a lit
t
le
m
o
re
i
n
to
t
h
e
c
u
s
h
io
n
s
un
til
h
e was co
m
fortable.

I
su
r
e
do
n
’t
u
nd
e
rst
a
nd
i
t
,
he
t
h
o
u
g
h
t.
N
i
ckie
loves
Sonny,
Sonny loves Ina,
and
Ina
l
o
ves…me!

L
o
gan
s
m
il
ed
t
o
h
i
m
self
and
relaxed
a
g
ai
n
st
t
h
e
cush
i
o
n
s
agai
n
. Fro
g
zilla
g
a
v
e
a
cr
o
a
k
,
and
Lo
g
a
n
turned
h
i
s
h
ead
to
o
b
ser
v
e
h
i
s

a
m
phibian
pa
t
ient. Ens
con
ced
o
n
t
h
e
hearth
of
t
h
e
w
ood
b
u
r
n
ing fireplac
e
,
the
larg
e
,
inj
u
red
f
r
o
g
rel
a
xed
a
f
ter
a
satisf
y
ing
m
eal
of
s
i
x,

large
cric
k
ets.
The
stu
m
p
had
clos
e
d
a
n
d
sto
p
ped
bleed
i
n
g,
a
n
d
L
og
a
n

was
s
u
re
h
e
co
u
l
d
release h
i
m
i
n
a
f
e
w
da
y
s.

⁹⁹
Christopher
Bullfrog
Catcher
,
C
hristopher
Shi
v
eley
Wel
c
h,
Saga
Books,
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