Blood From a Stone (4 page)

S
he
had
a
lr
eady
dec
i
ded
t
hat
i
f
t
he
li
ne
w
as
g
o
i
ng
t
o con
ti
nue
t
o
m
o
v
e
li
k
e
co
l
d
m
o
l
asses,
t
hen
t
hey
w
e
r
en
’
t
g
o
i
ng
t
o
be
s
t
a
y
i
ng
t
he
r
e
w
a
iti
n
g
,
not
e
v
en
f
or
V
ende
tt
a!
S
asha
w
as sh
i
v
e
ri
ng
and nodded
w
it
hout
m
a
k
i
ng
a peep.

I
t
w
as
F
ri
day
n
i
g
ht
and
a
ft
er
a
l
ong
w
o
r
k
w
eek
t
a
k
i
ng ca
r
e
of
pa
ti
en
t
s
on
t
he
fift
h
fl
oor
at
S
t
.
L
u
k
e
’
s,
t
hey had been hop
i
ng
f
or
so
m
e
ti
m
e
t
o
l
et
l
oose
f
or
a
f
ew
hou
r
s
a
t
l
eas
t
.
I
t
w
as
an
e
m
o
ti
onal
j
ob
and
so
m
e
ti
m
es
a
g
r
ue
li
ng
one,
t
a
k
i
ng ca
r
e
of
s
i
ck ch
il
d
r
en
i
n
t
he
ped
i
a
tri
c
un
it
,
but
i
t
w
as
a
l
so
a
r
e
w
a
r
d
i
ng
one.
E
v
e
r
y
ti
m
e
a
pa
r
ent
ca
m
e
t
o
her
t
o
s
ay
t
hank
y
ou,
e
v
e
r
y
ti
m
e
she
w
a
t
ched
one
of
t
hem
r
e
cover
fr
om
a se
v
e
r
e
i
n
j
u
r
y
or
ill
ness,
she
k
new
t
hat
her
w
o
r
k 
m
att
e
r
ed
m
uch
m
o
r
e
t
han any
f
a
ti
g
ue she
f
e
lt
.

A
nd
so
he
r
e
t
hey
w
e
r
e
f
or
a
g
irl’
s
n
i
g
ht
ou
t
.
N
o da
t
es,
but
she
hoped
t
o
m
a
y
be
m
eet
so
m
eone
t
o
dance
w
it
h and
j
ust
hang
out
f
or
a
littl
e
w
h
il
e.
N
o
t
h
i
ng se
rio
us
. J
ust
a
w
e
l
co
m
e d
i
v
e
r
s
i
on.

T
he
li
ne
m
o
v
ed at
a
sna
il’
s
pace
f
or
about
t
en
m
i
n
ut
es and
sudden
l
y
w
it
hout
w
a
r
n
i
ng a
bone
-
ch
illi
ng
w
i
nd
b
e
g
an
t
o b
l
ow
s
t
ead
il
y
,
it
s
i
cy
need
l
es
s
ti
n
g
i
ng
W
ill
o
w
’
s
chee
k
s.

“
H
o
l
y
sh
it
,
t
ha
t‘
s
fr
ee
z
i
n
g
!
I
can
‘
t
f
eel
m
y
f
ace,”
she sa
i
d
l
au
g
h
i
ng
li
g
h
tl
y
and
hudd
li
ng up
a
g
a
i
nst
t
he
s
i
de
of
t
he bu
il
d
i
ng
tr
y
i
ng
t
o
escape
t
he
g
us
t
y  assau
lt
.
S
he
g
r
abbed
S
asha
’
s
hand
and
t
hey
s
li
pped
a
r
ound
t
he
co
r
ner
and
a
w
ay
fr
om
t
he
c
r
o
w
d,
i
n
t
o
t
he
s
m
a
l
l
a
ll
ey be
t
w
een
bu
il
d
i
n
g
s
w
he
r
e
t
he
b
ri
ck
w
a
ll
s
he
l
ped
t
o
p
r
o
v
i
de
so
m
e
she
lt
e
r
.
“I
k
now
i
t p
r
obab
l
y
i
sn
’
t
such
a
b
rilli
ant
i
dea
t
o
be
a
l
one
out
he
r
e,
but
I
h
i
g
h
l
y
doubt
any
r
obbe
r
s
or
r
ap
i
s
t
s
a
r
e
g
o
i
ng
t
o
be
s
t
up
i
d enou
g
h
t
o
do
t
he
i
r
t
h
i
ng out
he
r
e
i
n
t
h
i
s
w
ea
t
he
r
!
T
he
i
r
wi
l
lies
w
ou
l
d
fr
ee
z
e
and
d
r
op
o
ff
!
”
S
he
f
o
r
ced a s
m
il
e
t
h
r
ou
g
h her cha
tt
e
ri
ng
t
ee
t
h.