Blood From a Stone (163 page)

H
er
b
r
o
w
s
k
n
i
t
t
o
g
e
t
her
and
he
cou
l
d
t
e
l
l
w
hat
she
w
as
t
h
i
n
k
i
n
g
.

“
A
nd
i
f
y
ou
’
r
e
w
onde
ri
ng
i
f
I can
i
n
fl
uence
your
t
hou
g
h
t
s,
or
an
y
one
e
l
se
’
s
f
or
t
hat
m
a
tt
e
r
?
N
o.
I
c
an
’
t
do
that either.”
H
e
r
a
i
sed
h
i
s
e
y
eb
r
o
w
s,
w
a
i
ti
ng
f
or her
r
e
sponse.

H
e
w
an
t
ed
t
o
t
e
l
l
her
t
hat
w
hen
H
a
r
o
l
d had
t
as
t
ed
h
i
s
b
l
ood
t
hat
he
cou
l
d
see
H
a
r
o
l
d
’
s
en
tir
e
lif
e
fl
ash be
f
o
r
e
h
i
s e
y
es,
and
poss
i
b
l
y
v
i
ce
v
e
r
sa
s
i
nce
H
a
r
o
l
d
see
m
ed
t
o
k
now
m
uch
m
o
r
e
about
h
i
m
t
han
he
w
as
co
m
f
o
rt
ab
l
e
w
it
h….but
he
fi
g
u
r
ed
t
hat
m
ust
ha
v
e
so
m
e
t
h
i
ng
t
o
do
w
it
h
t
he
b
l
ood.
S
he had
f
e
l
t
h
i
s
soul
a
lri
g
h
t
,
but
i
t
w
as
m
uch
m
o
r
e
v
a
g
ue.
A
s
f
or
w
hat
happened
w
it
h
H
a
r
o
l
d,
appa
r
en
tl
y she
hadn
’
t
d
e
t
ec
t
ed
it
…at
l
east
not
enou
g
h
t
o
k
now
exac
tl
y
w
hat
he
w
as
h
i
d
i
n
g
,
and
i
t
w
asn
’
t
so
m
e
t
h
i
ng
he
f
e
l
t
cou
l
d
d
i
sc
l
ose
ri
g
h
t
now
as
he s
tr
u
gg
l
ed
t
o
r
e
g
a
i
n her
tr
us
t
.

S
he
nodded
and
s
w
a
ll
o
w
ed
ha
r
d.
“I 
g
uess
y
ou
’r
e
ri
g
h
t
.
I
t’
s
j
us
t
…I ha
v
e
t
o
d
i
g
est
a
l
l
t
h
i
s.
B
ut
at
l
east
I
k
now
y
ou
’r
e
not
l
y
i
ng about
how
y
ou
f
eel
about
m
e.
A
nd I
g
uess
it’
s
a
l
l
out
on
t
he
t
ab
l
e
now
how
I
f
eel
abo
u
t
y
ou
t
oo,
ri
g
h
t
?
I
can
’
t
p
l
ay
cat
and
m
ouse
e
v
en
i
f
I
w
an
t
ed
t
o…or needed
t
o.
N
o
m
y
s
t
e
r
y
.
N
o
sa
f
e
t
y ne
t
.”
S
he
f
o
r
ced
a
s
m
il
e
and shook
her
head.

H
e
t
ook her
hand
i
n
h
i
s
o
w
n. “
I
t’
s
o
k
a
y
.
Y
ou don
’
t ha
v
e
t
o p
l
ay
g
a
m
es
w
it
h
m
e.
I
t’
s
a
lri
g
ht
t
o ca
r
e.”

S
he
s
m
il
ed
and
l
au
g
hed
sa
r
cas
ti
ca
ll
y
.
“I
so
r
t
of
l
ea
r
ned
w
he
r
e
t
hat
g
ot
m
e
w
it
h
m
y
l
ast
bo
y
fri
end.
I
j
ust
k
i
nd of
fi
g
u
r
ed
i
f
I
don
’
t
a
ll
ow
m
y
se
l
f
t
o
f
eel
t
oo
m
uch, or
t
o
l
ay
a
l
l
m
y
ca
r
ds
on
t
he
t
ab
l
e,
t
hen
i
t
w
on
’
t
hu
r
t
so
m
uch
w
hen
I
g
et du
m
ped,
y
ou
k
no
w
?”
H
er
e
y
es
w
e
ll
ed up and shean
g
r
i
l
y s
w
i
ped a
w
ay
t
he
m
o
i
s
t
u
r
e
fr
om
her
e
y
es.