Blood From a Stone (128 page)

“
Y
eah, ac
t
ua
ll
y
. I
d
i
d s
l
eep
i
n a
lit
t
l
e
t
hou
g
h, a
ft
er
y
ou
k
ept
us
up so
l
a
t
e.”
S
he
l
au
g
hed.

“Me
k
eep
i
ng
us
a
w
a
k
e?
A
nd
of
cou
r
se,
y
ou
had
no pa
r
t
i
n
t
hat
at
a
ll
?
O
k
a
y
.
I
f
i
t
sco
r
es
m
e
so
m
e
b
r
o
w
n
i
e po
i
n
t
s,
t
hen
t
ha
t’
s
a
l
l
I
ca
r
e abou
t
.
S
o
I
’l
l
p
l
ead
g
u
ilt
y
as
cha
r
g
ed.”

“
Y
ou
’r
e
t
oo eas
y
,” she
t
eased.

“
N
o,
y
ou
w
e
r
e
t
he
one
w
ho
w
as
t
oo
easy
l
ast n
i
g
ht
r
e
m
e
m
be
r
?
!
”

“
Ow
.
             
T
hat
             
s
t
un
g
,”
             
she
             
sa
i
d,
             
f
ee
li
ng
             
sl
i
g
h
t
l
y e
m
ba
rr
assed.

“
I
’
m
j
ust
k
i
dd
i
n
g
.
A
c
t
ua
ll
y
t
he
r
e
’
s
a
ce
rt
a
i
n
l
ook
y
ou
g
i
v
e
m
e
w
hen
y
ou
’r
e
g
e
tti
ng
f
ed
up.
Y
ou
l
ook
j
ust
l
i
k
e
an
o
l
d school
t
eache
r
,
and
I
assu
r
e
y
ou,
y
ou
a
r
e
t
he
f
a
rth
est
t
h
i
ng
fr
om
‘
eas
y
’
as
t
hey
co
m
e
w
hen
y
ou
t
a
k
e on
t
hat
pe
r
s
o
na.”

“
O
W!
T
hat
s
t
ung e
v
en
m
o
r
e.
Y
ou
’
d be
tt
e
r
shut
up.
Y
ou
’
v
e
a
lr
eady 
l
ost
a
l
l
t
he
b
r
o
w
n
i
e
po
i
n
t
s
y
ou  ea
r
ned,
a
m
i
nu
t
e a
g
o” she
t
aun
t
ed p
l
a
y
f
u
ll
y
.

“
O
k
a
y
,”
he
s
i
g
hed.
“We
ll
,
t
hen
I
g
uess
y
ou
ha
v
e
t
o
l
et
m
e
t
a
k
e
y
ou
t
o
d
i
nner
t
o
see
i
f
I
can
ea
r
n
a
f
ew
of
t
hem bac
k
?”

“
H
mmm
.
I don
’
t
k
no
w
.
Y
ou
su
r
e
y
ou
w
ant
t
o
be
seen
w
it
h
‘
an o
l
d school
t
eache
r’
?”

“
L
i
k
e
I
sa
i
d
l
ast
n
i
g
h
t
…
t
hen
e
v
e
r
y
one
w
il
l
t
h
i
nk
I
g
ot
m
e
a
hot
da
t
e.
S
chool
t
eacher
t
h
i
s
ti
m
e,
i
ns
t
ead of
t
he
nu
r
se.
A
lt
hou
g
h  e
it
her
i
s
fi
ne. 
T
a
k
e
do
w
n
t
he
bun,
w
h
i
p
o
f
f
t
he
g
l
asses
and spank
m
e
w
it
h
t
he e
r
ase
r
.”
H
e
l
au
g
hed.

“
Y
ou
             
a
r
e…
i
nco
rri
g
i
b
l
e
!
” s
he
             
sa
i
d.
“
A
nd
y
es,
’i
n
co
rri
g
i
b
l
e’
does
sound
li
k
e
so
m
e
t
h
i
ng an
o
l
d
sc
h
ool
t
eacher
w
ou
l
d sa
y
.”

“
T
hen
I
g
uess
y
ou
’l
l
ha
v
e
t
o
put
m
e
i
n
li
ne.
S
o, d
i
n
ner
t
on
i
g
h
t
? What
ti
m
e do
y
ou
g
et
o
ff
?”

“
N
ot
ti
l
9
a
g
a
i
n.
I
g
uess
t
h
i
s
ti
m
e
I
’
l
l
b
ri
ng so
m
e
t
h
i
ng decent
t
o
w
ea
r
.”