Cedar Woman (95 page)

Her gr
an
d
m
other
c
o
ntinu
e
d
to su
r
p
rise her
a
g
ain
a
nd
a
g
ain, as
she
left
t
h
e
s
t
o
i
c
faç
ad
e
she
usua
ll
y
p
resent
e
d
t
o
t
h
e w
o
r
l
d
b
e
h
in
d
,
t
o
c
o
n
tin
ual
l
y
sh
o
ck
h
e
r
gr
an
dd
au
gh
t
e
r.

“
D
o
I
lo
o
k
t
o
y
o
u
li
k
e
I
h
av
e
ri
d
d
e
n
o
n
th
e
w
i
n
g
o
f
T
h
u
nd
er
b
i
r
d
?
” Re
v
a as
k
ed w
i
t
h
c
o
nster
n
at
i
o
n.

“
I
am
still
a
living
wo
m
an,
and I
can
appr
e
ciate
a
nice
piece
of
m
an flesh
w
h
en I see
it.”
Reva d
ro
pp
e
d
t
h
e flap
an
d
wa
l
k
ed ov
e
r
to h
e
r gr
an
dd
au
gh
t
e
r
.

“
Lena,”
s
h
e
whisp
e
red,
“you
can’t
run
aw
a
y
from
s
o
m
et
h
ing
su
c
h
as

t
h
is,” Re
v
a
c
o
u
n
seled,
po
i
n
ting with
h
er li
p
s
t
o
ward t
h
e ti
p
i
op
e
n
i
n
g
.

Reva
gaz
e
d
with
i
n
tense love
up
on
he
r
gr
an
dd
au
gh
t
er.
She
u
n
d
e
rsto
o
d what was
g
o
ing
throu
g
h Le
n
a
’s
heart.
S
h
e was
afraid to
l
o
ve.

R
eva
did
n
o
t see
t
h
e
ever
-g
r
o
w
in
g
love
b
etween
h
e
r
s
o
n
and
M
ary after
t
h
ey
left
t
h
e
reser
v
ation.
Her
reu
n
ion
with
h
er
son
was
after
h
i
s

accident.
B
u
t
Dean
an
d
Nell
i
e
bo
t
h
bore
wi
t
n
ess
to
t
h
e
love
of
M
a
ry
and

Peter
u
pon
their
freq
u
e
n
t
visits
to
C
o
lu
m
bu
s
to
see
h
o
w Peter
was
i
m
pr
o
v
i
n
g.

Wh
a
t
a
b
e
a
u
tif
u
l
t
h
ing
it must
b
e
to
see such
l
o
ve
b
e
t
ween
y
ou
r pa
r
ents,
Reva
m
u
sed.
Pe
r
h
aps,
howeve
r
,
this
is
w
hat
is
causing
my

gr
an
d
dau
ghte
r
’s
dile
m
m
a
.
She
is
a
n
ey
e
wit
n
ess
of
an
i
n
cred
i
b
le
l
o
ve

between a m
a
n a
n
d a
w
om
a
n
an
d
t
h
e
p
a
in
ca
used by her
f
a
t
h
e
r
’s accid
e
n
t
.
S
u
r
el
y,
she
sees
th
e
s
t
re
n
g
t
h
e
n
in
g
of
th
at
l
o
ve
–
t
h
e
b
ea
u
t
y
of her
p
a
ren
t
’s
d
e
voti
o
n to
e
a
c
h othe
r
.

R
eva pulled h
e
r
ta
ko
j
a
⁸⁰
i
n
t
o h
e
r
ar
m
s a
n
d
held her close
t
o
h
er
heart. “Little
Bir
d
, it will
b
e all r
i
gh
t
.” Re
v
a
m
u
r
m
u
red ten
d
erly.

“
W
ak
a
n
T
an
k
a
s
mil
es
up
o
n
t
h
e
lo
ve
of
a
m
an
a
n
d
w
o
m
an.
D
o
n
o
t