Blood From a Stone (105 page)

A
f
ew
m
i
nu
t
es
l
a
t
er
t
hey pu
ll
ed
i
n
t
o
her
d
ri
v
e
w
a
y
.
H
e d
i
dn
’
t
t
u
r
n o
f
f
t
he en
g
i
ne.

“
S
o…
i
s
t
h
i
s
it
?
A
r
e
w
e done be
f
o
r
e
w
e e
v
en
g
ot s
t
a
rt
ed?”

S
he s
i
g
hed. “I
don
’
t
k
no
w
.
I
’
m
…sca
r
ed
.
”

“
C
an
I
at
l
east
w
a
l
k
y
ou
t
o
t
he
doo
r
?
I
p
r
o
m
i
se
I
w
on
’
t
tr
y
t
o
co
m
e
i
n.
B
ut
i
t
m
i
g
ht
be
n
i
ce
t
o
at
le
ast
say
he
ll
o
t
o
C
i
sco.”

S
he
nodded,
and
he
t
u
r
ned
o
f
f
t
he en
g
i
ne.
H
e
j
u
m
ped ou
t
,
opened
her
door
and
f
o
ll
o
w
ed
her
up
t
he
d
ri
v
e
w
ay
t
o
t
he doo
r
.
C
i
sco
ca
m
e
bound
i
ng out
t
he
second she opened
i
t
and be
g
an
li
c
k
i
ng
S
a
m
son
’
s
f
ace
li
k
e
he
w
as
a
l
on
g
-
l
ost
f
a
m
il
y
m
e
m
be
r
.

W
ill
ow
w
a
t
ched
i
n
s
il
ence at
t
he exchan
g
e be
t
w
een dog
and
m
an…or
w
ha
t
e
v
er
S
a
m
son
w
as,
her
m
i
nd
r
ac
i
ng a
m
illi
on
m
il
es per
hou
r
. What
t
he he
l
l
w
as
he?

Ma
y
be
i
t
w
as
j
ust
so
m
e
k
i
nd of
m
ed
i
cal
fl
u
k
e
t
hat dese
r
v
ed
i
n
v
es
ti
g
a
ti
on and
r
esea
r
ch.

A
ft
er
a
ll
,
t
he
r
e
w
e
r
e
cases
on
r
eco
r
d of
hu
m
an
b
e
i
n
g
s
w
it
h
super
s
tr
en
g
t
h.
O
nes
t
hat
cou
l
d pu
l
l
se
m
i
-
tr
uc
k
s,
m
o
v
e
t
housands
of
pounds
of
w
e
i
g
ht
v
i
a hoo
k
s punc
t
u
r
ed
t
h
r
ou
g
h no
t
h
i
ng
m
o
r
e
t
han
t
he s
k
i
n on
t
he
i
r
bac
k
s…su
r
v
i
v
e
t
e
m
pe
r
a
t
u
r
es
t
hat
w
ou
l
d
nea
rl
y
m
e
l
t
m
e
t
a
l
.
Ma
y
be
thi
s
w
as
so
m
e
t
h
i
ng a
k
i
n
t
o
t
hat
and
i
t
w
asn
’
t
so ou
tr
a
g
eous.
Ma
y
be
S
a
m
son 
j
ust
be
l
on
g
ed 
i
n  a
w
o
rl
d 
r
eco
r
d
book
or
R
i
p
l
e
y
’
s a
l
ongs
i
de so
m
e of
t
hose o
t
her
g
r
eat
’
w
onde
r
s’
of
t
he
w
o
rl
d.

S
he
w
as
bo
t
h
r
e
li
e
v
ed
and
p
r
oud
of
herse
l
f
f
or ha
v
i
ng co
m
e
up
w
it
h
a
r
a
ti
ona
l
,
r
ea
li
s
ti
c exp
l
ana
ti
on
f
or
h
i
s
‘
ab
ilit
y
’
, and
y
et
she
s
til
l
cou
l
dn
’
t
co
m
p
l
e
t
e
l
y
sha
k
e
t
he
sense
of
f
ear she
f
e
l
t
at
t
he sa
m
e
ti
m
e.

C
i
sco
fi
na
ll
y
t
ook
h
i
s
pa
w
s
fr
om
S
a
m
s
o
n
’
s
chest
and a
ft
er
one
l
ast
li
ck
t
o
h
i
s
pa
l
m
,
headed
back
i
n
t
o
t
he
house,
h
i
s
t
a
i
l
w
a
gg
i
ng
a
l
l
t
he
w
a
y
.