Cedar Woman (165 page)

t
o
w
a
r
d
h
is
g
r
a
n
d
f
at
h
e
r
.

Logan
was
too
upset
to
notice
that each
of
the
a
dults
were
still fi
g
h
ti
n
g ba
c
k
l
au
g
hte
r
.

Faces redd
e
n
e
d
with the
e
ffort, teeth clenched, they sat on the two cou
c
hes
i
n
t
h
e
fa
m
i
ly
roo
m
.
A
din
i
ng
ro
om
chair
sat
f
acing
t
h
e
fo
ur

adults.
L
og
a
n
took a
seat and awaited
his s
e
ntencing.

L
o
gan
was
s
o
en
gr
oss
e
d
in
his
w
o
r
k
t
h
a
t
he
d
i
d
n
o
t hear
his t
u
n
k
asila
e
n
ter
t
h
e
fa
m
i
ly
ro
o
m
.
W
h
e
n
h
e
h
e
a
rd
h
i
m
c
r
y
,
“M
A
R
Y!” Logan ju
m
p
ed
in alar
m
,
jer
k
e
d out
o
f h
i
s
cr
e
a
ti
v
e
m
u
se.

He hea
r
d h
i
s unc
i
’s
r
a
p
i
d
d
escent,
th
e
c
o
nv
e
rsa
tio
n
i
n
t
h
e
f
o
y
e
r
. Tu
r
n
i
n
g
t
o H
a
pp
y
,
L
og
a
n fi
n
ally realized
e
x
actly what
h
e
’
d d
o
ne.

M
ary
wa
l
k
e
d
i
n
t
o
t
h
e
r
oom to
see
t
h
e
d
og
s
t
and
i
ng
bes
id
e
L
o
ga
n
. Ha
p
p
y
g
a
ve
a
yi
p.
L
yi
ng
d
ow
n
,
s
h
e
p
la
ced
h
e
r
m
u
zzle
betwe
e
n
her

paw
s
.
L
og
a
n
sto
o
d
f
r
oz
e
n
,
his
e
y
es
wid
e
.
I
n
his
ri
g
h
t
ha
n
d
,
h
e
held
a

per
m
anent
m
a
r
k
er;
i
n h
i
s
l
ef
t
,
he
he
l
d
tw
o. Ha
p
p
y
,
once
a
beaut
if
ul b
l
a
c
k a
n
d w
h
ite,
now
l
o
o
k
ed
li
k
e
a
crazy
qu
ilt.
Lo
g
an
h
ad
c
o
l
o
red
in
all
o
f
her white
f
u
r with t
h
e
m
arkers, u
s
ing r
e
d,
y
ell
o
w a
n
d or
an
ge.

Unci cle
a
red her throat
an
d
began to
spe
a
k.

“
Takoj
a
,”
M
a
r
y
bit
her
li
p
.
C
lutchi
n
g
Pet
e
r’s
h
a
n
d
,
s
h
e
f
o
ug
h
t
o
ff ano
t
her
sp
a
sm
of
la
ug
h
ter.
She
glanc
e
d
at
Peter
an
d
c
o
u
ld
see
t
h
at
he was
cl
e
n
ch
i
n
g
his
teeth. She
could
f
eel
a
slight
tre
m
or
go
through
his b
o
dy
a
n
d he
ar
d
a
n
al
m
o
st i
m
perc
e
p
ti
b
le
m
o
an.

Her s
i
des
h
u
r
t
,
her s
t
o
m
ach
hu
rt a
n
d
her j
a
ws
ach
e
d
.
C
ha!
Wh
at a
g
ra
n
d
so
n
I
h
a
v
e
!
S
h
e
l
a
u
g
h
e
d
t
o herse
l
f. “Takoj
a
,”
s
h
e
weakly
beg
a
n
again.