Blood From a Stone (26 page)

S
he
cou
l
d
f
eel
h
i
s
body a
g
a
i
nst
her
as
h
i
s
a
r
m
s
c
i
r
c
l
ed a
r
ound
her
w
a
i
s
t
.  
B
e
f
o
r
e
she
cou
l
d
s
t
op
he
r
se
l
f
and
k
eep
a po
lit
e
d
i
s
t
ance,
her
a
r
m
s
s
li
d
a
r
ound
h
i
s
neck
and
she
r
es
t
ed her
head
a
g
a
i
nst
h
i
s
ches
t
.
S
he
cou
l
d
f
eel
h
i
s
heart
bea
ti
n
g
, and
she
cou
l
d
a
l
so
f
eel
j
ust
how
w
e
ll
-
bu
il
t
he
w
as
under
t
he
j
ac
k
e
t
.

S
he
l
eaned
i
n
t
o
h
i
m as
t
he
m
us
i
c
t
ook
t
hem a
w
ay
and he
pu
ll
ed
her
c
l
ose
r
.
S
he
shou
l
d
be
bac
k
i
ng up
a
littl
e
but
f
or so
m
e
r
eason
her
a
r
m
s
w
ou
l
dn
’
t
m
o
v
e
and her
f
eet
s
t
a
y
ed
ri
g
ht
w
he
r
e
t
hey
w
e
r
e.
             
G
od
i
t
j
ust
f
e
l
t
so
g
ood
w
it
h
h
i
s  a
r
m
s a
r
ound
he
r
.
O
r
m
a
y
be
i
t
w
as
j
ust
t
he
t
equ
il
a.
S
he
needed
t
o
r
e
m
i
nd
he
r
se
l
f
t
h
i
s
w
as
a
ba
r
,
and
y
ou
don
’
t
m
eet
any
ri
g
ht
k
i
nd of
g
u
y
s
i
n a ba
r
.
B
ut
a
l
l
her
sens
i
b
il
i
ti
es
f
aded
i
n
t
o 
s
o
m
e 
f
ar
a
w
ay p
l
ace
du
ri
ng
t
he
f
our
m
i
nu
t
es
of
t
hat
son
g
.
T
i
m
e
see
m
ed
t
o
m
e
l
t
a
w
ay as
t
he
i
r
bod
i
es
s
w
a
y
ed
t
o
t
he
m
us
i
c,
and
w
hen
i
t ended
t
hey con
ti
n
ued
t
o
ho
l
d
on,
not
w
an
ti
ng
t
he
m
o
m
ent
t
o end.

F
i
na
ll
y as
t
he
d
r
u
m
s
f
or
t
he
next
song
k
i
c
k
ed
i
n,
t
hey
w
e
r
e
j
a
rr
ed
fr
om
t
he
i
r
tr
ance
and
s
t
epped
back
fr
om
each o
t
he
r
.

S
he
s
t
a
r
ed
at
h
i
m
f
or
a
m
o
m
en
t
,
not
su
r
e
w
hat
t
o
s
a
y
, un
ti
l
he
b
r
o
k
e
t
he
s
il
ence,
w
it
h
“
T
hank
y
ou
f
or
t
he
dance.”
H
i
s b
l
ue e
y
es
see
m
ed
t
o cut
ri
g
ht
t
h
r
ou
g
h he
r
.

“
Y
ou
’r
e
w
e
l
co
m
e,” she s
m
il
ed bac
k
.
“
A
nd
t
han
k
s
f
or
r
e
fr
a
i
n
i
ng
fr
om
t
he
d
irt
y
danc
i
n
g
,”
she added d
r
y
l
y
,
w
it
h a s
m
ir
k
.

“
O
h,
i
t
w
as
m
y
non
-
p
l
easu
r
e,  be
li
e
v
e
m
e. 
C
ause I
w
an
t
ed
t
o
!
”
H
e s
t
a
rt
ed laug
h
ing.

S
he
tri
ed
not
t
o
g
i
v
e
h
i
m
t
he
sa
ti
s
f
ac
ti
on
of
k
no
w
i
ng he
’
d
hu
m
o
r
ed
he
r
,
but
t
he
s
m
il
e
escaped her
li
ps
be
f
o
r
e
she cou
l
d
s
t
op
it
.
A
nd
she
had
t
o ad
m
i
t
she
li
k
ed
t
he
f
act
t
hat
he
w
as
a
ttr
ac
t
ed
t
o he
r
.