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the circle leads home by Mary Anderson Parks university press of colorado Copyright 1998 by Mary Anderson Parks International Standard Book Number 0-87081-488-5 Published by the University Press of Colorado P.O. Box 849 Niwot, Colorado 80544 All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. The University Press of Colorado is a cooperative publishing enterprise supported, in part, by Adams State College, Colorado State University, Fort Lewis College, Mesa State College, Metropolitan State College of Denver, University of Colorado, University of Northern Colorado, University of Southern Colorado, and Western State College of Colorado. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences - Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials. ANSI Z39.48-1984 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Parks, Mary Anderson, 1938 The circle leads home / Mary Anderson Parks. p. cm. ISBN 0-87081-488-5 (alk. paper) 1. Indians of North America-Washington State-Fiction. I. Title. PS3566.A734C57 1998 813'.54-dc21 97-48793 CIP 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 99 98 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 in gratitude to my husband my daughters Terry Sherf, publishing consultant and inspiration Berkeley writing group Tio's writing practice Steve Murray Tiina Nunnally all the people I have worked with and been guided by in the Indian community all my ancestors all my friends all my relations

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title	:	The Circle Leads Home
author	:	Parks, Mary Anderson.
publisher	:	University Press of Colorado
isbn10 | asin	:	0870814885
print isbn13	:	9780870814884
ebook isbn13	:	9780585004303
language	:	English
subject	Indians of North America--Washington (State)--Fiction, Racially mixed children--Fiction, Domestic fiction.
publication date	:	1998
lcc	:	PS3566.A734C57 1998eb
ddc	:	813/.54
subject	:	Indians of North America--Washington (State)--Fiction, Racially mixed children--Fiction, Domestic fiction.

Page 1 chapter 1 I run plum gloss over my lips and press them together, savoring the feel and taste. As I replace the gloss in my middle desk drawer, Pride and Prejudice stares up at me. Monday I'll finish it during lunch, then on Tuesday I can swing by the library and get books for Tony, too. I switch off the computer and cover it with its plastic protector, then slide the scotch tape into a neat row with the stapler and paper-clip holder. Leaning forward from the hips, I shake my head so my hair swishes against my cheekbones. "Katherine?" Allen stands in the doorway to his office. He looks harried, as usual, but there is something else in his eyes, something that makes my back muscles stiffen. "I wondered ..." He pauses and scrunches his mouth, a habit he has. "I've got tickets to a concert. I know this sounds corny, but somebody gave them to me at the last minute. A violin concerto? Would you be free tomorrow night?" Asking that, he looks like a little boy. He reminds me of dozens of men and boys asking such questions. He does have his own style, though. He is thirty-eight, only six years older than I am, but bending over law books has given him a permanent stoop. "It was just a thought," he says. He must see something in my face that stops him. Maybe he sees me thinking I know where this is heading and I don't want to go down that path. But that's not what I tell him. "Allen, you're forgetting," I say. "I've got a thirteen-year-old and girls have discovered him. I don't dare leave him alone."

Page 2 It's not quite the truth, but close. I smile, knowing he'll forgive me if I smile in just that way. He ducks his head and looks sheepish, maybe even relieved. "Ann's still at her sister's." He sighs. "I have no idea when she'll be back." "It'll work out, Allen," I tell him. I get up, go to the coat tree, and pull down my green suede jacket. "Whatever's supposed to happen." I want to change the subject, get away from all this that takes us right to the edge. ''I wonder if it's still raining." His expression takes on more confidence, more energy. "Who knows! This crazy spring weather, switches on us every ten minutes." He grins at me. "Someday we'll get us an office with windows, babe, and we'll know what's happenin'!" He sails smoothly into the Bogie style he often hides behind. He actually does resemble Bogart: intelligent face so ugly it fascinates, and a kind heart. I brush past him, careful not to pass too close, as he holds the door open. It makes me laugh inside, knowing he likes being several inches taller than I am. All my life I've wished I were tall and slim and model material, but I'm barely three inches over five feet, and I have to watch my weight. I push away the image of my mother, even shorter, and round and bristling as a hedgehog all those years ago when we last saw each other. At least I haven't slept with Allen. And we're alone together in this tiny office all day, except when clients come in. No married men, that's one standard I've kept to!

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