Blood From a Stone (272 page)

H
e
l
au
g
hed.
“
D
o
y
ou
ha
v
e
any
i
dea
j
ust
how
m
uch
m
oney
I
ha
v
e?”

“
N
o.
B
ut
I
g
uess
i
t
m
ust
be
a
l
ot
s
i
n
c
e
t
he
r
e
’
s
a
l
m
ost
a
m
illi
on
do
ll
a
r
s
of
bonds
and
house
s
itti
ng
t
he
r
e.
H
ow
m
uch
m
o
r
e cou
l
d
y
ou poss
i
b
l
y
ha
v
e?”

“
O
h,
v
e
r
y
m
uch,
m
y
l
ad
y
.
A
nd
m
ost
de
f
in
it
e
l
y
enou
g
h
t
o
g
i
v
e
y
ou any
k
i
nd of
w
edd
i
ng
y
ou
w
an
t
.”

H
e
pu
ll
ed
h
i
s
ri
ng
fr
om her
fi
n
g
er
a
n
d
po
li
shed
i
t
on h
i
s
sh
ir
t
be
f
o
r
e
g
e
tti
ng
on
one
k
nee.
“
N
o
w
,
I
be
lie
v
e
I
ha
v
e
t
he
m
eans….and
t
he
lif
e
ahead of
m
e
t
o do
t
h
i
s
ri
g
h
t
.
S
o
l
e
t’
s s
t
a
r
t
o
v
er
b
r
and ne
w
. W
ill
ow
D
a
lt
on,
w
il
l
y
ou
m
a
rr
y
m
e?”

S
he
nodded and sa
i
d, “
Y
es
!
” as
he pu
l
led her
do
w
n on
t
op
of
h
i
s
bod
y
,
de
v
ou
ri
ng her
li
ps
w
it
h
h
i
s
o
w
n.
H
e
pu
ll
ed back
fr
om
her
and
t
ook
her
hand
and
p
l
aced
i
t
o
v
er
h
i
s
hea
rt
.
“
A
s
l
ong as
I
ha
v
e
a
pu
l
se,
and
e
v
en
w
hen
I
don
’t
,
I
w
il
l
ne
v
er s
t
op
l
o
v
i
ng
y
ou.
I
a
l
w
a
y
s
t
hou
g
ht
l
o
v
e
w
as
a
p
ri
so
n
,
but
it’
s
j
ust
t
he oppos
it
e.
L
o
v
e
i
s
w
hat
se
t
s
us
fr
ee.”

H
e
t
ook
a
deep
b
r
ea
t
h.
“
B
u
t
,
y
ou
k
no
w
,
I
’
m
g
o
i
ng
t
o
m
i
ss
ha
v
i
ng
t
he
po
w
er
t
o
hea
l
.
A
s
m
uch
as
be
i
ng a
b
l
ock of s
t
one
w
as
a
cu
r
se,
t
hat
pa
r
t
w
as
a b
l
ess
i
n
g
…a
g
if
t
be
y
ond
m
easu
r
e.
T
he
r
e
w
as
no
g
r
ea
t
er
f
ee
li
ng 
I
’
v
e
e
v
er
k
n
o
w
n bes
i
des
l
o
v
i
ng
y
ou
t
han
t
ha
t
.
B
ut
I
g
uess
m
a
y
be
so
m
eda
y
,
i
f
w
hat
t
hose
G
ua
r
d
i
ans
sa
i
d
i
s
tr
ue
and
I
j
o
i
n
t
hem
a
ft
er
t
h
i
s
lif
e,
m
a
y
be
I
’l
l
be ab
l
e
t
o do
i
t
a
g
a
i
n.”

H
e
t
ook
her
li
ps
a
g
a
i
n
i
n
a
s
l
o
w
,
e
r
o
ti
c
k
i
ss
t
hat
w
as
t
o
be
t
he
be
g
i
nn
i
ng of
a
l
ong n
i
g
ht
of
l
o
v
e
w
it
h
m
a
ny
m
o
r
e
t
o co
m
e
t
h
r
ou
g
hout
t
he
y
ea
r
s
t
hey
w
ou
l
d
k
now
t
o
g
e
t
h
e
r
.

L
a
t
er
t
hat
e
v
en
i
ng
as
he
w
a
l
k
ed
out
o
n
t
o
t
he
pa
ti
o
t
o
l
et
C
i
sco
ou
t
,
S
a
m
son s
t
ubbed h
i
s ba
r
e
t
oe a
g
a
i
nst
t
he
fr
ee
z
i
ng conc
r
e
t
e.
H
e
m
a
r
v
e
l
ed
w
a
t
ch
i
ng 
t
he
b
l
ood
d
ri
p
fr
om 
t
he
w
ound
and
see
i
ng
i
t
not
i
ns
t
an
t
aneous
l
y c
l
ose
up
f
or
t
he
fir
st
ti
m
e
i
n cen
t
u
ri
es!