Blood From a Stone (53 page)

G
l
anc
i
ng
do
w
n
at
her
e
v
e
r
y
so
o
ft
en,
he
cou
l
d
not he
l
p
but
r
e
m
e
m
ber
how
i
t
f
e
l
t
t
o
be
l
ost
i
n
t
he
s
w
e
et
l
and
of d
r
ea
m
s
t
hat
w
e
r
e
den
i
ed
t
o h
i
m
….and
y
et
an e
v
e
r
y
day occu
r
r
ence
t
o he
r
.

S
o
c
l
ose
and
y
et
so
f
ar a
w
a
y
.
J
ust
li
k
e he
r
.
H
e en
v
i
ed her
s
l
u
m
ber
and he bu
r
ned
w
it
h des
ir
e
t
o ho
l
d her
t
oo.

A
f
ew
hou
r
s
l
a
t
e
r
,
p
i
nk
fi
n
g
e
r
s
of
li
g
ht
fi
na
ll
y
b
e
g
an
t
o
e
t
ch
t
he
i
r
w
ay ac
r
oss
t
he
s
k
y as
da
w
n
a
rri
v
ed
and
S
a
m
son
k
new
t
he
ti
m
e
had
co
m
e
f
or
h
i
m
t
o
escape
be
f
o
r
e
she
cou
l
d
w
a
k
e
up
and
ask
h
i
m
t
oo
m
any
ques
ti
ons
about
h
i
m
se
lf
.
Q
ue
s
ti
ons
t
hat
he
w
asn
’
t
ab
l
e
t
o ans
w
e
r
.

H
e
sat
do
w
n,
f
ace
i
n hands
and d
r
a
gg
ed
t
he
l
en
g
t
h of h
i
s
l
ong
ha
i
r
back
fr
om
h
i
s
f
ace
be
f
o
r
e
g
r
ud
g
i
n
g
l
y
g
r
a
b
b
i
ng h
i
s
boo
t
s
and
s
li
pp
i
ng
t
hem
on.
H
e
s
t
ood
up
and
g
e
n
tl
y
l
a
i
d
t
he
b
l
an
k
et
she
’
d
g
i
v
en
h
i
m o
v
er
he
r
.
G
od
how he
w
i
shed
he
w
ou
l
d
be
ab
l
e
t
o
see
her
a
g
a
i
n,
but
he
r
ea
li
z
ed
i
t
w
ou
l
d
be
t
oo ha
r
d
w
it
h
t
h
i
s
one
t
o not
g
i
v
e a da
m
n.

H
e
l
eaned
do
w
n
and
p
r
essed
h
i
s
li
ps
s
o
ftl
y
t
o
her chee
k
,
r
es
i
s
ti
ng
t
he
u
r
g
e
t
o
t
as
t
e
her
li
ps.
I
t
w
as
be
tt
er
t
h
i
s
w
a
y
.

I
t
w
as
ti
m
e
t
o
g
o.
N
o
w
.
H
e
r
eached
out
and
pa
tt
ed
t
he do
g
’
s
so
f
t
f
u
r
.

“
Y
ou
t
a
k
e
ca
r
e
of
her
budd
y
,”
he
w
h
i
spe
r
ed.
“
S
he
w
il
l
t
a
k
e ca
r
e of
y
ou
t
oo.
D
on
’
t
w
o
rr
y
.”

B
ut
he
w
asn
’
t
exac
tl
y
su
r
e
of
t
hat
e
it
he
r
.
H
e
cou
l
d on
l
y
i
m
a
g
i
ne
t
he
scena
ri
o
t
hat
w
ou
l
d
ensue
i
f
t
he
d
og
t
u
r
ned
i
n
t
o
so
m
e
k
i
nd
of
g
a
r
g
o
y
l
e
m
u
t
t
fr
om
t
as
ti
ng
h
i
s
b
l
ood!
H
ope
f
u
ll
y
,
t
hat
w
asn
’
t
i
n
t
he ca
r
ds.

S
he
ba
r
e
l
y
s
tirr
ed
as
he
pu
ll
ed
back
fr
om
her
and
f
o
r
ced
h
i
m
se
l
f
t
o
t
he
doo
r
,
l
oo
k
i
ng back one
l
ast
t
i
m
e
as
he
g
r
abbed
h
i
s
coat
and
s
il
en
tl
y headed
out
i
n
t
o
t
he
f
r
ee
z
i
ng co
l
d
m
o
r
n
i
ng
a
ir
.