Blood From a Stone (108 page)

H
i
s
b
r
o
w
s
k
n
i
t
t
o
g
e
t
he
r
.
T
h
i
s
w
as
t
he
fir
st
ti
m
e
he
’
d e
v
er
r
e
f
e
rr
ed
t
o
an
y
t
h
i
ng
about
h
i
s
cu
r
se
as
a
g
if
t
.
H
e
l
l
m
ust be
fr
ee
z
i
ng
o
v
e
r
,
i
ndeed.

C
o
m
e
t
o
t
h
i
nk of
i
t
he
w
as
f
ee
li
ng s
tr
an
g
e
and
i
t
w
as s
t
a
rti
ng
t
o
beco
m
e
unco
m
f
o
rt
ab
l
e.
H
e
sh
i
v
e
r
ed and
f
e
l
t
a
co
l
d s
w
eat
b
r
ea
k
i
ng
out
as
a
l
l
t
he
ha
i
r
on
t
he
back
of
hi
s
neck s
t
ood on end.

S
he
sensed
h
i
m
t
ens
i
ng
up
and
pu
ll
ed
b
ack
fr
om h
i
m
.
H
e
l
oo
k
ed a
littl
e b
i
t
pa
l
e e
v
en
i
n
t
he d
i
m
li
g
h
t
.

“
H
ey
a
r
e
y
ou
a
lri
g
h
t
?”
S
he
r
eached
up
and
f
e
l
t
h
i
s
f
o
r
ehead
w
it
h
t
he
back of
h
er
hand.
H
e
w
as
coo
l
;
i
n
f
act
w
ay
be
l
ow
no
r
m
a
l
.
A
nd
y
et
he
w
as
da
m
p
w
it
h s
w
ea
t
, e
v
en
i
n
t
he
fri
g
i
d a
ir
.

H
e
shook
i
t
o
f
f
desp
it
e
f
ee
li
ng s
li
g
h
tl
y pan
i
c
k
ed
at
t
he sh
i
v
e
r
. “
N
ah…
it’
s
no
t
h
i
n
g
.
I
’
m
fi
ne.”

“
A
r
e
y
ou su
r
e?”
S
he d
i
dn
’
t
l
ook
con
v
i
n
ced.

“
Y
eah.
T
h
i
s
so
r
t
of
t
h
i
ng
happened
a
f
ter
I
he
l
ped
C
i
sco,” he
li
ed.We
ll
,
i
t
had
happened,
but
not
ri
g
ht
a
ft
e
r
.
H
e
’
d
f
a
ll
en as
l
eep
and
w
o
k
e
up
co
l
d
and
s
w
ea
t
y
j
ust
t
h
i
s
m
o
r
n
i
n
g
,
and
he s
til
l
d
i
dn
’
t
k
now
t
hat
w
as
g
o
i
ng
on
w
it
h
t
ha
t
.
B
ut
t
h
i
s
w
as
m
o
r
e
li
k
e
t
hat
weird sensation
he
’
d
f
e
l
t
at
C
h
i
co
’
s.
H
e
l
oo
k
e
d
a
r
ound
f
ee
li
ng
as
i
f
so
m
e
t
h
i
ng
had b
r
ushed by
h
i
m
.

“
D
o
y
ou
w
ant
t
o
co
m
e
i
n?
H
a
v
e
so
m
e
t
h
i
n
g
t
o
ea
t
?
I can
check
y
our
v
it
a
l
s
i
f
y
ou
w
an
t
,”
she
sa
i
d
hoo
k
i
ng her
a
r
m
t
h
r
ou
g
h h
i
s.

“
A
r
e
y
ou su
r
e?”
he
sa
i
d,
hes
it
ant
t
o
p
ush
t
h
i
n
g
s
and a
fr
a
i
d
of
w
hat
s
tr
an
g
e
body s
y
m
p
t
o
m
s
m
i
g
ht
t
u
r
n on
t
hat
she
m
i
g
ht
w
it
ness,
e
v
en
t
hou
g
h
t
he
ch
il
l
qu
i
c
k
l
y
passed
and
he
w
as
f
ee
li
ng
f
a
irl
y
no
r
m
al
at
t
h
i
s
m
o
m
en
t
.

“
Y
eah,” she nodded. “
C
’
m
on.”

S
a
m
son
’
s
b
r
o
w
s
k
n
i
t
t
o
g
e
t
her
and
he
d
i
d
a
do
u
b
l
e
t
a
k
e
l
oo
k
i
ng
beh
i
nd
h
i
m
as
she
pu
ll
ed
h
i
m
t
h
r
ou
g
h
t
he
door and
i
n
t
o
t
he
w
a
r
m
t
h of
t
he
house.
H
e
b
li
n
k
ed ha
r
d,
and s
w
o
r
e he
saw
t
he sh
i
mm
e
ri
n
g
,
f
aded ou
tli
ne of
a
w
o
m
an
i
n
t
he exact p
l
ace
t
he
y
’
d
j
ust
been s
t
and
i
n
g
.