Blood From a Stone (66 page)

C
H
AP
T
E
R
EI
GH
T

E
i
g
ht
and
a
ha
l
f
hou
r
s
l
a
t
er
W
ill
ow
fi
n
i
shed
w
ri
t
in
g up
t
he
l
ast
of
her
r
epo
rt
s
f
or
t
he
n
i
g
ht
and
headed
t
o
t
he
l
oun
g
e
t
o
g
et
her
pu
r
se
and
o
t
her
pe
r
sonal
be
l
on
g
in
g
s
fr
om
t
he b
r
eak
r
oo
m
.

S
asha
cau
g
ht
her
i
n
t
he
ha
ll
w
a
y
.
“S
o has
he ca
ll
ed or
l
e
f
t
y
ou a
m
essa
g
e?”

“N
ope.
S
o,
I
g
uess
D
o
gg
i
e
w
il
l
de
fi
n
it
e
l
y
be
r
eady
t
o
g
o
out
t
o
pee
w
hen
I
g
et
ho
m
e
!
”
S
he
opened
t
he
cab
i
net
door and
g
r
abbed her
handba
g
.

“W
e
ll
,
I
’
m
so
r
eady
t
o
h
i
t
t
he
sack
t
on
i
g
h
t
.
I
l
o
v
e
y
ou
dea
rl
y
m
y
fri
end
and
y
our
cha
i
r
i
s
n
i
ce, and so
i
s
y
our spa
r
e
bed
r
oo
m
.
B
u
t
,
t
he
r
e
’
s
no
t
h
i
ng
li
k
e
m
y o
w
n
bed
!
”
S
asha sa
i
d as
she
g
r
abbed her
bag
out
of
her
l
oc
k
e
r
.

“Y
eah,
I
don
’
t
b
l
a
m
e
y
ou. 
I
’
m
r
ea
ll
y
p
r
e
tt
y
tir
ed
m
y
se
lf
.
I d
i
dn
’
t
s
l
eep
as
g
ood
as
no
r
m
al
w
it
h
a
s
tr
an
g
er
i
n
t
he house.”
W
ill
ow
pushed
open
t
he
door
t
o 
t
he
l
oun
g
e
a
nd
w
a
l
k
ed
t
o
w
a
r
d
t
he
e
l
e
v
a
t
o
r
,
s
t
epped
i
n
and
headed
t
o
t
he pa
r
k
i
ng
g
a
r
a
g
e.
A
m
i
nu
t
e
l
a
t
e
r
,
as
t
hey
s
t
epped
out
of
t
he
e
l
e
v
a
t
or
and
headed
t
o
w
a
r
ds
W
ill
o
w
’
s
ca
r
,
S
asha
cou
l
d
no
l
on
g
er
co
n
t
a
i
n he
r
se
lf
.
S
he
had
t
o
push
her
bu
tt
ons
j
ust
a
littl
e.
T
ha
t’
s
w
hat
best
fri
ends
a
r
e
f
o
r
,
ri
g
h
t
?

“
S
o,
a
r
e
y
ou
i
n
den
i
al
t
hat
y
ou
’r
e s
til
l
p
i
n
i
ng
a
w
ay
because he hasn
’
t
ca
ll
ed
y
ou?”

“
N
o
!
”
W
ill
ow shot
bac
k
.
“F
or
G
od
’
s
sa
k
e,
he
w
il
l e
i
t
her
ca
l
l
or
no
t
.
C
o
m
e
on!
H
e
I
S
j
ust
so
m
e
g
uy
w
e
m
et
i
n
a ba
r
. What
do
y
ou expec
t
?”

S
asha
sh
r
u
gg
ed
.
”Y
eah.
I
g
uess
y
ou
’r
e
ri
g
h
t
.
H
e
j
ust see
m
ed…
w
e
ll
….n
i
ce.”

I
kno
w
,
t
hou
g
ht
W
ill
o
w
.
B
ut
she
w
asn
’
t
g
o
i
ng
t
o
say so out
l
oud and
l
et
S
asha
w
i
n.

“
S
o,
i
f
I
don
’
t
boot
y
ou
out
of
m
y car
ri
g
ht
no
w
,
a
r
e
y
ou
g
o
i
ng
t
o
nag
m
e
t
he
w
ho
l
e
ri
de
back
t
o
y
our
ho
u
se
ti
l
I
‘
m sc
r
ea
m
i
ng and
r
eady
t
o decap
it
a
t
e
m
y
se
l
f
w
it
h
t
he
a
u
t
o
m
a
ti
c
w
i
ndo
w
?” W
ill
ow
sa
i
d.