Blood From a Stone (106 page)

H
e
w
an
t
ed
t
o
s
t
ep
f
o
r
w
a
r
d
but
r
e
fr
a
i
n
e
d.
“I
g
uess
a
g
oodn
i
g
ht
hug
i
s
out
of
t
he
ques
ti
on?
I
k
now
I don
’
t
dese
r
v
e one…
w
e d
i
dn
’
t
e
v
en ha
v
e d
i
nne
r
.”

“
I
’
m
not
ac
t
ua
ll
y
hun
g
r
y
a
ft
er
a
l
l
of
t
h
i
s.
B
i
g su
r
p
ri
se
t
he
r
e.”
S
he sh
r
u
gg
ed.

“
S
a
m
son….I
t
h
i
nk
I
j
ust
need
so
m
e
ti
m
e
t
o
d
i
g
est
a
l
l
t
h
i
s, o
k
a
y
?
T
h
i
s
i
s
j
ust
ha
r
d
t
o unde
r
s
t
and.”

H
e
nodded.
C
h
ri
s
t
.
H
e
w
an
t
ed
so
m
uch
t
o
j
ust
t
a
k
e her
i
n
h
i
s
a
r
m
s
ri
g
ht
now
and
k
i
ss
her
un
ti
l
she
for
g
ot e
v
e
r
y
t
h
i
ng
she
’
d
seen
and
hea
r
d,
or
at
l
east
un
ti
l
she
d
i
dn
’
t
g
i
v
e
a
da
m
n
an
y
m
o
r
e.
B
ut
t
hat
w
asn
’
t
g
o
i
ng
t
o
happ
e
n.
I
n
f
ac
t
,
t
h
i
s
m
ay
be
t
he
l
ast
he e
v
er
saw
of
her
f
or
a
l
l
he
k
ne
w
.

“I
g
uess
I
’
d
be
tt
er
be
g
o
i
n
g
.”
H
e
paused
f
or
a
m
o
m
en
t
,
r
ea
li
z
i
ng
t
hat
i
f
he
ne
v
er
saw
he
r
,
t
hen
he
m
ay ne
v
er see
t
he dog
a
g
a
i
n e
it
he
r
.

“
C
an
I s
til
l
ca
l
l
y
ou?
I
m
ean…a
r
e
w
e
s
til
l
g
o
i
ng
t
o sha
r
e
C
i
sco?
S
hou
l
d
I  ha
v
e
m
y
l
a
w
y
er
ca
l
l
y
ou
about
v
i
s
it
a
ti
on
ri
g
h
t
s
and
cus
t
ody
hea
ri
n
g
?“
H
e
sh
r
u
gg
e
d
.
“
A
f
t
er a
ll
, he
i
s
m
y
son
t
oo.
H
e
l
oo
k
s
j
ust
li
k
e
m
e.”