Blood From a Stone (189 page)

H
e
r
o
ll
ed
o
v
er
on
h
i
s
s
i
de
and
tr
aced
a
fi
n
g
er
do
w
n her
shou
l
de
r
,
as
she
l
ay
t
he
r
e, 
w
it
h  her
e
y
es
c
l
os
e
d…s
til
l s
m
ili
n
g
.
A
sense
of
w
a
r
m
t
h and con
t
en
t
m
ent
li
k
e none he
’
d e
v
er
k
no
w
n
fill
ed
h
i
m
.
S
o
m
e
t
h
i
ng
t
hat
a
l
l
t
he
l
ust
he
’
d
k
no
w
n
t
h
r
ou
g
h
out
t
he
y
ea
r
s,
and
t
hat
w
h
i
ch he
’
d
m
i
s
t
a
k
en
f
or
l
o
v
e, cou
l
d ne
v
er
b
ri
n
g
.

B
ut
h
i
s
r
e
v
e
ri
e
w
as
b
r
o
k
en
a
second
l
a
t
er
as
a ch
il
l en
v
e
l
oped
h
i
m
a
l
l
o
v
er
and
a
w
a
v
e
of
e
l
ec
tri
c
it
y
-
l
i
k
e
ti
n
g
l
e shot
t
h
r
ou
g
h
h
i
m
.
A
co
l
d
s
w
eat
b
r
o
k
e
out
a
l
l
o
v
er
h
i
s
body and
he
sh
ift
ed
bes
i
de
he
r
,
hop
i
ng she
hadn
’
t
no
ti
c
e
d.
T
o
h
i
s
r
e
li
ef
he
l
oo
k
ed
o
v
er
and
r
ea
li
z
ed
she
w
as
sound a
s
l
eep, s
til
l s
m
ili
ng
con
t
en
t
ed
l
y
fr
om
t
he
i
r
encoun
t
e
r
.

H
e
s
li
d
fr
om
t
he
bed
on
w
obb
l
y
l
e
g
s
a
n
d
headed
t
o
w
a
r
d
t
he
ba
t
h
r
oom
t
o
sp
l
ash
cool
w
a
t
er
on
h
i
s
bu
r
n
i
ng
f
ace.
F
or
j
ust
a
f
ew
seconds
e
v
e
r
y
t
h
i
ng
see
m
ed
t
o
be
pas
si
ng by
i
n s
l
ow
m
o
ti
on,
and
ti
m
e
s
l
o
w
ed
t
o
a
s
t
ands
til
l
as an o
v
e
r
w
he
l
m
i
ng
f
a
ti
g
ue
fl
ooded
h
i
s
b
r
a
i
n.
H
e
r
eco
g
n
i
z
ed
t
h
i
s
f
ee
l
i
n
g
….
i
t
w
as
t
he
sa
m
e
t
h
i
ng
t
hat
had b
ri
e
fl
y
ha
p
pened a
ft
er he
hea
l
ed
H
a
r
o
l
d.
T
h
i
s
ti
m
e
w
as
j
ust
a b
i
t
m
o
r
e of
a de
l
a
y
ed
r
eac
ti
on.
H
e
g
r
abbed
t
he
ed
g
e
of
t
he
s
i
n
k
,
sp
l
ashed  so
m
e
w
a
t
er
on
h
i
s
f
ace,
and
s
w
a
ll
o
w
ed se
v
e
r
al
l
a
r
g
e
g
u
l
ps be
f
o
r
e d
r
y
i
ng
o
f
f
on
t
he
c
l
ean
t
o
w
el
han
g
i
ng
on
t
he
w
a
ll
.
S
t
a
ri
ng
i
n
t
he
m
irr
o
r
,
he
no
ti
ced
t
he
f
a
m
ili
ar
fl
ush at
h
i
s
c
h
ee
k
s
as
t
he queasy
f
ee
li
ng be
g
an
t
o
d
i
m
i
n
i
sh
and
a
l
ook of
r
en
e
w
ed
y
ou
t
h
t
ook
it
s p
l
ace.

F
unny how
t
he
s
tr
an
g
e
f
ee
li
ng had
t
a
k
en
l
on
g
er
t
o co
m
e
on 
t
h
i
s
ti
m
e
t
han
i
t
d
i
d
be
f
o
r
e.
H
e
w
as
i
ndeed
s
til
l
l
ea
r
n
i
ng a
l
l
t
he
r
u
l
es
of
m
as
t
e
ri
ng
t
h
i
s
new
g
a
m
e.
A
nd
m
o
r
e
w
ou
l
d
co
m
e
i
n
ti
m
e…
w
ha
t
e
v
er
ti
m
e
he
had
l
e
f
t
du
r
i
ng
t
h
i
s
Aw
a
k
en
i
n
g
.
O
r
m
a
y
be be
y
ond
i
f
he
w
as
l
uc
ky
.