Cedar Woman (170 page)

to
fend
for t
h
e
m
s
e
l
v
es.
Desolati
o
n
followed.

Le
n
a
is
afra
i
d
to
l
o
ve
a
g
ai
n
,
afra
i
d
t
h
at
s
h
e
w
ill
l
o
se
yet
a
n
other one d
e
ar
t
o
h
e
r.
How
ca
n
I make her
t
h
ro
w
as
i
d
e
her
f
e
a
r
as
T
i
sa
y
a
c
d
i
d w
h
en
T
u
t
o
k
a
nu
la
ret
u
r
n
e
d a
n
d
s
h
e
s
a
w
his
l
o
ve
f
o
r
her?

Wal
k
ing
t
o
t
h
e
cl
o
set,
S
o
n
n
y rou
gh
ly
t
h
rew
t
h
e
sli
d
ing
do
o
r o
p
en, gr
ab
bi
n
g
t
h
e
first
t
h
ing
he
s
aw.
He
dr
e
s
s
ed
q
u
ickly
in
a
pair
of
f
a
d
e
d
j
eans
a
n
d
a w
h
ite
tee
s
h
i
rt.
W
al
k
i
n
g
i
n
t
o
t
h
e
li
v
i
n
g
r
o
o
m
,
h
e
p
aused, ref
lectin
g
up
o
n
t
h
e
h
ist
o
ry
b
e
h
in
d
t
h
e
ro
o
m
i
n
w
h
ic
h
h
e
sto
o
d
,
a
n
d
ho
w
it
re
v
o
l
v
e
d
a
r
oun
d
h
i
s
lo
v
e
f
o
r
Le
n
a.

So
nn
y
still
li
v
ed
in
t
h
e
three-r
oo
m a
p
artme
n
t
o
n
ce
i
nh
a
b
ited
b
y Lena,
h
e
r
p
a
rents
a
n
d
gr
and
m
o
t
he
r
,
a
nd
l
a
t
er
by
h
i
m and
hi
s b
r
o
t
h
e
r
/
c
o
us
in
,
Mi
chael.
S
o
n
n
y h
a
d nev
e
r
s
een
t
h
e ne
e
d
t
o
m
ove: h
i
s
li
fe was
si
m
p
le
and un
c
o
m
plicated.
He
h
a
d no
ne
e
d of a
larger
s
p
ac
e
. Besi
d
es, re
m
a
in
ing
at
t
h
e
Fro
n
t
Street
a
p
a
r
tment
m
ade
h
i
m feel
closer
to Michael
–
t
o
L
ena.

Sh
e
h
a
d
li
v
e
d in
t
h
ese r
o
o
m
s,
la
u
gh
e
d, cri
e
d, pe
r
h
a
p
s day
d
rea
m
ed ab
o
u
t
her
f
u
t
u
re
l
o
ve.
H
e
r
e
,
S
o
n
n
y
a
nd
M
ichael
h
a
d
b
eg
u
n
t
h
eir
n
e
w li
v
es
in
C
o
lu
m
bu
s,
O
h
io.
He
co
u
l
d
see
Mic
h
ael,
s
m
il
in
g
,
f
u
ll
of
h
o
pe
a
n
d
j
o
y…lon
g
i
n
g
f
o
r
t
h
e
d
ay
w
h
e
n
h
e
an
d
Le
n
a
w
o
u
l
d w
ed.

Aa
a
ah
h
hh
h
,
Son
n
y
cried
inwar
d
ly!
I
can’t
keep
it
out
of
my
mind
f
o
r
ev
e
n
a
se
co
nd!

¹⁰²
_{The
strong
lea
d
er
of
the
peo
p
le
who
lived
in
the
valley}