Blood From a Stone (193 page)

We
ll
…he
t
hou
g
h
t
.
Ma
y
be
he
cou
l
d
at
l
east
tr
y
t
o
g
et
f
ew
m
o
r
e
of
t
hose
po
i
n
t
s
she
w
as
k
eep
i
ng
tr
ack
o
f
.
M
i
g
ht
he
l
p
w
hen
he
needed
t
hem
l
a
t
e
r
.
N
ot
li
k
e
l
y
….bu
t
,
he
y
,
i
t
cou
l
dn
’
t hu
rt
.

H
e
’
d
no
t
ed
t
he
l
a
r
g
e
g
a
r
den
t
ub,
ea
rl
ier
w
hen
he
’
d been
i
n
her
m
as
t
er
ba
t
h
r
oo
m
,
and
an
i
dea
be
g
an
t
o
b
l
ossom
i
n h
i
s
m
i
nd
as
he
en
t
e
r
ed
t
he
ba
t
h
r
oo
m
,
c
l
os
i
ng
t
he
door
beh
i
nd h
i
m and
t
u
r
ned
on
t
he
f
auce
t
.
H
e
pou
r
ed
one
of
her
s
w
eet s
m
e
lli
ng
bubb
li
ng
po
ti
ons  
i
n
t
o
t
he
w
a
t
e
r
,
and
r
e
lie
v
ed h
i
m
se
lf
,
w
ashed
h
i
s
f
ace
and
b
r
ushed h
i
s
t
ee
t
h
w
it
h
t
he
t
oo
t
h
b
r
ush
he
’
d
used
fr
om
t
he
ha
l
l
ba
t
h
r
oo
m
,
fr
om
t
he
fir
st n
i
g
ht
he
’
d been he
r
e.

B
y
t
he
ti
m
e
he
w
as
fi
n
i
shed
w
it
h h
i
s
o
w
n pe
r
sonal ca
r
e,
t
he
t
ub
w
as
f
u
l
l
of
s
t
ea
m
i
ng bubb
l
es.
H
e
l
oo
k
ed a
r
ound
t
he
ed
g
es
of
t
he
sun
k
en
ha
v
en,
w
he
r
e
so
m
e
scen
t
ed cand
l
es
w
e
r
e
pe
r
ched
and
open
i
ng
t
he
d
r
a
w
er
i
n
t
he
v
an
it
y
,
he
f
ound a lighter
. 
H
e
li
t
t
he
cand
l
es,
and
d
i
sco
v
e
r
ed
t
hat
t
he s
w
it
ch
on
t
he
w
a
l
l
nea
r
by
r
an
t
he
j
e
t
s
be
l
ow
t
he
su
rf
ace.
H
e
fli
pped
t
he
s
w
it
ch,
m
a
r
v
e
li
ng at
y
et
ano
t
her
m
ode
r
n
w
onder
t
hat
had
co
m
e
about
s
i
nce
h
i
s
l
ast
Aw
a
k
en
i
n
g
….an in-home jaccuzi!
E
v
e
r
y
t
h
i
ng
l
oo
k
ed
g
ood  so  he  d
i
mm
ed 
t
he 
li
g
h
t
s  un
ti
l
t
he 
r
oom
w
as a
g
l
ow
w
it
h
t
he
fli
c
k
er
of
cand
l
e
li
g
h
t
,
g
r
abbed her
t
oo
t
h
b
r
ush
fr
om
t
he coun
t
e
r
, and
w
ent
back
t
o
t
he bed
r
oom
t
o
w
a
k
e he
r
.

H
e
f
ound
her
s
itti
ng
up
i
n
bed,
s
tr
e
t
c
h
i
ng
under
t
he so
f
t
qu
ilt
.

“
H
e
y
,” she sa
i
d so
ftl
y
as
she s
tr
e
t
ch
e
d.

H
e
s
li
d
next
t
o
her
and
k
i
ssed her
chee
k
. “
G
ood
m
o
r
n
i
n
g
,
m
y
l
ad
y
.”
H
e
he
l
d
up
her
t
oo
t
hb
r
ush
and
she
s
t
a
r
ed at
h
i
m
li
k
e he
w
as
nu
t
s.

S
he
l
au
g
hed.
“We
ll
…a
r
e
y
ou
m
y
m
an
se
r
v
ant
no
w
?
N
e
v
er
m
i
nd.
Y
ou
w
e
r
e de
fi
n
it
e
l
y
m
y
m
an se
r
v
ant
l
ast
n
i
g
h
t
.”