Blood From a Stone (110 page)

“
Y
ou
don
’
t
ha
v
e
t
o
l
ea
v
e,
y
ou
k
no
w
.
I
t’
s
not
w
hat
y
ou
t
h
i
n
k
,” W
ill
ow
sa
i
d.

S
a
m
son
w
r
apped h
i
s
a
r
m
s
a
r
ound her
w
a
i
st
and nu
z
z
l
ed
her
nec
k
.
“
R
ea
ll
y
?
S
a
y
s
w
ho?”
H
e s
m
il
ed
w
it
h
j
ust
a h
i
nt
of
w
i
c
k
edness.

W
ill
ow
shooed h
i
m
a
w
ay
and
l
au
g
hed. “
S
t
op
it
!
”
             
“Ma
k
e
m
e,” he shot
back
p
l
a
y
f
u
ll
y
.

S
he
bac
k
ed
up
and
t
apped her
f
oot
on the
til
es.
T
he
r
e
w
as
t
he
da
m
nab
l
e
schoo
l
m
a
r
m
l
ook
a
g
a
i
n.
T
he
one
t
hat
m
ade h
i
m
w
ant
t
o
l
ay her
do
w
n
on
t
he
fl
oo
r
,
t
as
t
e
e
v
e
r
y
squa
r
e
i
nch of
her   un
ti
l
she
w
as
sc
r
ea
m
i
ng
h
i
s
na
m
e
l
oud
enou
g
h
f
or e
v
e
r
y
one
w
it
h
i
n
t
h
r
ee c
it
y
b
l
oc
k
s
t
o hea
r
.
D
esse
r
t
i
ndeed!
B
ut
i
ns
t
ead
he
po
lit
e
l
y
sa
i
d,
“I
conc
e
de,”
and
bo
w
ed
s
li
g
h
tl
y be
f
o
r
e
t
a
k
i
ng her
hand
and
b
ri
n
g
i
ng
i
t
t
o
h
i
s
li
ps, hop
i
ng
t
hat
t
he
ch
i
v
a
lr
ous
g
es
t
u
r
e
t
hat
w
ou
l
d
ha
v
e
been
‘
             
coo
l
’
i
n 1511,
m
i
g
ht
s
til
l
ho
l
d a
littl
e b
i
t
of
s
w
a
y
.

S
he
l
au
g
hed 
g
ood
-
na
t
u
r
ed
l
y
be
f
o
r
e
t
u
r
n
i
ng
back
t
o
S
asha.
“
R
ea
ll
y
.
Y
ou
don
’
t
ha
v
e
t
o
r
un
o
f
f
so
f
as
t
.
I
m
ean
y
ou can
s
t
ay
and
hang
out
f
or
a
w
h
il
e.
L
e
t’
s
o
r
der
a
p
i
z
z
a
and
w
a
t
ch a
m
o
v
i
e.
A
l
l
of
us.”

S
asha
r
a
i
sed
a
s
k
ep
ti
cal
b
r
o
w
.
“
N
ot
t
h
at
m
e
or
m
y bu
t
t
needs
p
i
zz
a,
s
i
nce
I
de
v
ou
r
ed
a
w
ho
l
e
bag
of
p
opco
r
n.
B
ut
r
ea
ll
y
?
I
m
ean,
y
ou
k
no
w
….I
don
‘
t
w
ant
t
o
be
i
n
t
he
w
a
y
.”

“
Y
ou
’r
e
no
t
!
We
w
ant
y
ou
t
o s
t
a
y
.
R
eal
l
y
.”
W
ill
ow
l
oo
k
ed o
v
er
at
S
a
m
son
w
ho nodded
i
n a
g
r
ee
m
en
t
.

S
asha
s
m
il
ed
and
sh
r
u
gg
ed
as
she
p
i
c
k
e
d  up 
t
he phone.
“
O
ne
l
a
r
g
e
w
it
h
ex
tr
a
cheese
and
peppe
r
on
i
?
Y
ou
g
u
y
s p
i
ck
t
he
m
o
v
i
e.”

S
a
m
son had
t
o ad
m
it
, he
li
k
ed
t
he
‘
s
k
ip d
i
nner
g
o s
tr
a
i
g
ht
t
o
t
he
desse
rt
’
i
dea
m
uch
be
tt
e
r
,
but
t
h
i
s su
gg
es
ti
on
w
asn
‘
t
ha
l
f
bad.
A
nd
i
n
f
act
he
w
as
f
ee
li
ng p
r
e
tt
y
g
r
a
t
e
f
ul
j
ust
t
o be s
t
and
i
ng
he
r
e at
a
ll
.