Blood From a Stone (212 page)

W
ill
ow
l
oo
k
ed
at
h
i
m s
k
ep
ti
ca
ll
y
.
S
he
l
eaned
i
n
and
w
h
i
spe
r
ed,
“
D
a
v
i
d…
it’
s
o
k
ay
f
or
y
ou
t
o
t
a
l
k about
i
t
and
t
e
l
l
m
e
t
he
tr
u
t
h. I
k
now
he
w
as
he
r
e.”

T
he
littl
e
bo
y
’
s
e
y
es
t
ook on
a
l
ook of
su
r
p
ri
se
and
he see
m
ed a b
i
t
con
f
used on
w
hat
t
o do.

“
I
t’
s
o
k
a
y
. I
am
a
fri
end of
S
a
m
son
’
s
.
”
S
he
pa
tt
ed h
i
s
hand.

H
e
l
oo
k
ed
a
b
i
t
ho
rrifi
ed
and
had
t
o
ca
t
ch
h
i
s
b
r
ea
t
h
f
or
a
m
o
m
en
t
.
“
H
e…he
t
o
l
d
m
e
I cou
l
dn
’
t
t
e
l
l
an
y
on
e
.
I
t
w
as our
sec
r
e
t
.
H
e
’
s
a
m
a
g
i
c
i
an and
I
’
m
h
i
s
ass
i
s
t
an
t
.”

W
ill
ow
s
m
il
ed.
S
ounded
li
k
e
so
m
e
t
h
i
ng he
’
d
sa
y
. “We
ll
….
it’
s
o
k
ay
t
o
t
e
l
l
m
e.
D
i
d
i
t
hu
r
t
w
hen he hea
l
ed
y
ou?”

D
a
v
i
d
shook
h
i
s
head.
“
N
ope.
I
t
d
i
dn
’
t
hu
rt
.
I
f
e
l
t
a
l
l
be
tt
er
r
ea
ll
y
f
as
t
.
H
e
t
ook
t
he
need
l
e
out
of
m
y
a
r
m
….and
t
hen
I
w
an
t
ed
so
m
e
i
ce
c
r
eam and
he
t
o
l
d
m
e
I cou
l
d
ha
v
e so
m
e, but
I
had
t
o
w
a
i
t
ti
l
he
l
e
f
t
and
t
hat
I
couldn
’
t
t
e
ll
.”
H
e coc
k
ed h
i
s
head s
li
g
h
tl
y
. “
A
r
e
y
ou
one of
t
he
m
?”

W
ill
o
w
’
s b
r
o
w
s
k
n
i
t
t
o
g
e
t
he
r
. “
O
ne of
w
ho?”

“
T
he
an
g
e
l
s.
My
nana
ca
m
e
i
n
a
d
r
eam
a
nd
sa
i
d
so
m
e an
g
e
l
s
m
i
g
ht
co
m
e
f
or
m
e.
S
a
m
son sa
i
d he
w
asn
’
t
on
e
, but
I
t
h
i
nk
he
i
s.
A
nd
I as
k
ed
t
he
o
t
her
l
ady
t
hat
w
as
h
er
e
i
f
he
w
as one
t
oo.”

“
T
he
r
e
w
as
a
l
ady
he
r
e?” W
ill
ow
as
k
ed.

“
Y
eah.
S
he
’
s
an an
g
e
l
, I
t
h
i
n
k
.”

“What
d
i
d
she
l
ook
li
k
e,”
sa
i
d
W
ill
ow
s
tr
u
gg
li
ng
t
o
k
eep ca
l
m
.

“
S
he
w
as
t
a
l
l
and
she
had
g
o
l
d ha
ir
.
A
nd…
w
e
ll
, ne
v
er
m
i
nd.
Y
ou
’l
l
j
ust
t
h
i
nk
I
’
m c
r
a
z
y
,”
he
sa
i
d
sha
k
i
ng h
i
s
head. “
I
’
m
not
supposed
t
o
t
e
l
l
an
y
w
a
y
.”

“
N
o.
Y
ou
can
t
e
l
l
m
e…
r
e
m
e
m
ber
I
’
m 
S
a
m
s
on
’
s
fri
end.
A
nd
I  p
r
o
m
i
se
I 
w
on
’
t
t
h
i
nk
y
ou
‘r
e
c
r
a
z
y
”
s
a
i
d W
ill
o
w
. “What
e
l
se can
y
ou
t
e
l
l
m
e?”

“We
l
l
she
w
as….see
-
t
h
r
ou
g
h
!
”
H
i
s
e
y
es
w
i
dened. W
ill
ow
nodded,
k
eep
i
ng her
co
m
posu
r
e. “A
nd d
i
d
she
say
an
y
t
h
i
ng
about
S
a
m
son?”