Cedar Woman (196 page)

T
i
m
e
fr
o
ze.
All
s
o
u
n
d,
all
m
ove
m
e
n
t
ce
a
se
d
.
W
it
h
i
n
Le
n
a’s
ears was
t
h
e
s
i
ng
l
e
so
un
d
o
f
h
er
he
a
r
t
’s be
at
,
and
as h
e
r ha
n
d
to
u
c
h
e
d S
o
nn
y’
s,
t
h
e
s
o
un
d
o
f
h
i
s
b
e
at
i
ng
he
a
rt as
we
ll
.
As
he
a
r
t
b
eat
f
u
sed w
it
h hear
t
b
eat,
as
s
oul
m
erged w
i
th
soul,
a
nd r
e
cognized
its
eternal par
t
ner, t
i
m
e
se
e
m
ed
t
o
stand
still.
T
i
m
e
n
o
l
o
n
g
er
h
eld
a
n
y rele
v
a
n
ce;
ti
m
e
w
as subjective;
time held no
m
eaning.

Julie
ga
s
p
e
d
.
Now she understood.
Th
o
s
e
m
any
years
ago,
s
h
e w
it
n
ess
e
d
t
h
e n
i
m
bus
s
u
r
rou
nd
i
ng Len
a
,
a
n
d
k
n
e
w
t
h
at
i
t was
a
s
i
gn
o
f so
m
e
i
m
port.
Con
f
us
e
d
at
t
h
e
t
i
m
e,
she
n
o
w
un
d
ers
t
o
o
d.
Lena
had inde
e
d
m
et
her
ha
l
f
sid
e
,
b
u
t
not
i
n
t
h
e
fo
rm
of
M
ichael.
S
o
n
n
y
was mea
n
t
to
f
u
lfill
h
i
s
d
esti
n
y
wi
t
h
Le
n
a, b
u
t
some
ho
w
,
a
sort
o
f
c
o
s
m
ic
m
i
x up h
a
d
oc
c
u
r
r
e
d
.
No
w,
i
t
was
c
o
rrecte
d
.

Be
f
o
re
h
er
sto
o
d
S
o
n
n
y
an
d
Le
n
a
,
b
o
t
h
s
u
r
r
ou
nd
e
d
i
n
a
g
l
o
w
i
n
g light.
She wa
t
ched
as
t
h
e
t
w
o
ni
m
b
i
joi
n
e
d
, and
s
h
e
c
o
uld disti
n
ctly hear t
w
o he
a
rts bea
t
ing
a
s
on
e
.

Lena
t
u
rn
e
d
a
nd
beheld
Ju
l
i
e,
her
eyes
w
i
de
w
i
th
w
on
d
e
r.
B
ehi
n
d Julie
sto
o
d
M
ichael
in
full
r
e
galia,
and h
ov
eri
n
g
a
b
ove his
left
shou
l
der was
L
e
n
a
’s old fri
e
n
d – t
h
e
humm
ing
bi
r
d
.

Le
n
a
t
u
r
n
ed
to Son
n
y.
Was
it
possibl
e
?
Y
e
s,
S
o
nny saw
t
h
em too, evid
e
n
t
in
the
look
of
a
w
e
upon
his
h
a
nd
s
o
m
e
face.
Lena
turn
e
d
to
her

s
o
n,
and
jo
y
filled
h
er
already
ov
erfl
o
wing
h
eart.
Her
son
c
ou
l
d
see
h
is fathe
r
!

L
o
gan
l
oo
k
ed u
po
n
t
h
e
spirit
and
s
m
iled.
Su
r
r
ou
nd
e
d
by
a glow
i
n
g beam
of
light,
M
ichael
ret
u
rn
ed
t
h
e
s
m
ile
and
g
a
ve
a
s
l
i
g
ht
n
o
d
.
Log
a
n s
i
gh
e
d,
and
i
n a
v
o
ice
o
f
a
we wh
is
per
e
d: