Chapter 13The following week Nisei made good on her word to take Leah to her husband's grave. A pinto horse was tethered outside the servants' entrance at Seagrove. Leah was accustomed to riding bareback and mounted the horse keeping the flowers she carried untouched. She waited quietly as Nisei took the reins and gave a click for the horse to move along. Leah made note of the direction they were traveling. She knew this would not be her last visit to his gravesite. They appeared to be riding towards the tee pee of her departed husband. Then they rode away from the creek bed where she saw fresh dirt spread across the ground. There, underneath the shade of an ancient oak tree, was Nokuse's grave.
Nisei said, “I'll leave you alone for a spell. My cabin is within a stone's throw of here. If
