Blood From a Stone (181 page)

When
t
he
e
l
e
v
a
t
or
ca
m
e
t
o a s
t
op, he s
t
epped ou
t
, and as
he
w
a
l
k
ed
by
t
he
abandoned
i
n
f
o
r
m
a
ti
on
des
k
,
he
qu
i
c
k
l
y depos
it
ed
t
hem
t
he
r
e
be
f
o
r
e
w
a
l
k
i
ng
out
t
he
m
a
i
n
en
tr
ance and head
i
ng
f
or
t
he pa
r
k
i
ng
g
a
r
a
g
e.

H
e
g
ot
i
n
t
he
ca
r
,
and
qu
i
c
k
l
y pu
ll
ed
out
of
t
he
g
a
r
a
g
e head
i
ng
out
on
t
o
L
a
k
e
v
i
e
w
.
Whe
r
e
w
as
he
g
o
i
ng
t
o
g
o
no
w
? Ma
y
be
C
h
i
co
’
s
w
as
s
til
l
open
and
he
cou
l
d
s
w
i
ng
by
and
g
r
ab a
bee
r
.
H
e
f
e
l
t
li
k
e
he
cou
l
d
use
a
co
l
d one,
ri
g
ht
about
no
w
.
I
t had
i
n
f
act
been
r
a
t
her
ne
r
v
e
w
r
ac
k
i
ng be
i
ng
i
n
t
h
a
t
hosp
it
a
l
, not
k
no
w
i
ng 
i
f
he
’
d
g
et
cau
g
h
t
.
A
nd
t
hen
he
r
e 
w
as
t
he b
r
une
tt
e
w
ho
’
d
not
on
l
y cau
g
ht
a
m
i
nor
g
li
m
pse of
hi
m
, but
l
oo
k
ed
h
i
m
dead
i
n
t
he
e
y
e.
S
he
’
d
eas
i
l
y
be
ab
l
e
t
o
i
den
tif
y h
i
m
i
f
she e
v
er
saw
h
i
m
a
g
a
i
n.

A
nd
t
hen,
of
cou
r
se,
t
he
r
e
w
as
W
ill
o
w
.
T
he
r
e
w
as
no
w
ay
she
w
asn
’
t
g
o
i
ng
t
o
k
now
exac
tl
y
w
hat
had
happ
e
ned
w
hen she
w
ent
i
n
t
o
w
o
r
k
t
o
m
o
rr
o
w
.

H
e
s
i
g
hed.
What
i
f
she
k
i
c
k
ed
h
i
m
t
o
the
cu
r
b
f
or
it
?
H
e
supposed
i
n
so
m
e
w
ay
he
dese
r
v
ed
it
…but
t
hen
a
g
a
i
n, cou
l
d
he
r
ea
ll
y s
t
and
b
y
,
k
no
w
i
ng
w
hat
k
i
nd
of
po
w
e
r
r
an
t
h
r
ou
g
h h
i
s
v
e
i
ns
and do no
t
h
i
n
g
?

T
hat
s
tr
an
g
e
an
g
e
l
…or
de
m
on
or
w
ha
t
e
v
er
t
he
he
l
l she
w
as,
A
d
ri
e
ll
e,
and
her
buddy
Max
had
t
o
l
d
h
i
m
t
hat
he
w
ou
l
d
ha
v
e
t
o
m
a
k
e
a
cho
i
ce
of
so
m
e
k
i
nd,
and
t
hey had
i
nd
i
ca
t
ed
t
he
r
e
w
as
i
ndeed
so
m
e
so
l
v
i
ng of
t
h
i
s
pu
zz
l
e
of
h
i
s cu
r
se.

A
nd
w
it
h
t
hat
t
hou
g
ht
ca
m
e a
l
l
t
he
‘
w
hat
if
s
’
. What
i
f
t
hat
cho
i
ce
t
hat
m
i
g
ht
l
ead
t
o
h
i
s
fr
eedom
m
eant
h
e’
d
ne
v
er see
W
ill
ow
a
g
a
i
n?
H
ow
w
ou
l
d
he
li
v
e
f
or
t
he
r
est of
w
ha
t
e
v
er
lif
e
he
had
a
ft
er
t
ha
t
,
ha
v
i
ng ne
v
er
k
no
w
n
w
hat
i
t
f
e
l
t
li
k
e
t
o spend
e
v
en
one
n
i
g
ht
l
y
i
ng
i
n
t
he
w
a
r
m
t
h
of
her
a
r
m
s
and
w
a
k
e
up
w
it
h
her
beau
tif
u
l
,
na
k
ed
body
w
r
apped
a
r
o
u
nd
h
i
s o
w
n?
T
he
s
m
e
l
l
of
her
ha
i
r
on
h
i
s
p
i
l
l
o
w
…t
he
scent
of
her
pe
rf
u
m
e s
til
l
fr
esh on h
i
s
s
k
i
n a
ft
er
a n
i
g
ht
of
pass
i
on.