Blood From a Stone (74 page)

“We
ll
,
y
ou
k
eep
r
e
m
i
nd
i
ng
m
e
t
hat
he
’
s
m
y
do
g
,”
he po
i
n
t
ed ou
t
.

“We
ll
,
he
i
s
y
our
do
g
!
Y
ou
’r
e
t
he
one
w
ho
b
r
ou
g
ht h
i
m ho
m
e
w
it
h
us
!
”
H
o
m
e
w
it
h
us.
I
t
sounded
m
o
r
e
i
n
ti
m
a
t
e
t
han
i
t
shou
l
d, but
she
li
k
ed
it
.

“
O
k
a
y
,
y
ou
ha
v
e
m
e
t
he
r
e,”
he concede
d
. “
S
o
y
eah, I b
r
ou
g
ht
h
i
m ho
m
e
w
it
h
us,
and
w
e
a
l
l
a
g
r
eed
i
t
w
as
o
k
a
y
.
S
o
w
hat
a
r
e
w
e
g
o
i
ng
t
o na
m
e h
i
m
?”
H
e
r
a
i
sed h
i
s
e
y
eb
r
o
w
s.

“
O
h,
so
now
it’
s
W
E
?
A
nd
he
’
s
OU
R
do
g
?
M
y
,
y
ou a
r
e
v
e
r
y
c
l
e
v
er
at
fi
g
u
ri
ng
ou
t
….no,
m
a
k
e
t
hat
p
l
o
t
ti
ng
on how
t
o
tri
ck
m
e
i
n
t
o o
w
ne
r
sh
i
p, e
v
en
i
f
it’
s
on
l
y
i
n pa
rt
.”

H
e
l
au
g
hed
and
g
u
l
ped
do
w
n
a
b
i
g s
w
a
l
low
of co
ff
ee as
t
he
w
a
itr
ess
r
e
t
u
r
ned
w
it
h
t
he
i
r
s
w
ee
t
s.
H
e
t
ook a
hu
g
e
b
it
e of
h
i
s
dan
i
sh,
f
o
ll
o
w
ed
by se
v
e
r
al
m
o
r
e,
w
h
i
ch
he
s
ee
m
i
n
g
l
y
i
nha
l
ed.

“
Y
ou
’r
e
on
t
o
m
e.
S
m
a
r
t
coo
k
i
e.
S
o,
t
hen
w
hat
a
r
e
w
e
g
o
i
ng
t
o na
m
e h
i
m
?”

H
e
w
asn
’
t
l
e
tti
ng up
f
or
second.
H
e
w
i
ped
t
he
c
r
u
m
bs o
f
f
h
i
s
li
ps
and suc
k
ed
t
he s
ti
c
k
y
su
g
ar
o
f
f
h
i
s
t
hu
m
b.

W
ill
ow
w
as
ha
v
i
ng
tr
oub
l
e
concen
tr
a
ti
n
g as
she
w
a
t
ched
and
had
t
o
r
es
i
st
t
he
u
r
g
e
t
o
t
a
k
e
h
i
s
fi
n
g
er
and
li
ck
t
he
l
ast
of
t
he
g
ooey
con
f
ec
ti
on
fr
om
i
t
he
r
se
lf
.
Da
m
n.
T
hat
w
ou
l
d
not
be
t
he
w
ay
t
o
m
a
k
e
a
v
e
r
y
l
ad
y
-
li
k
e
i
m
p
re
ss
i
on now
w
ou
l
d
it
?
F
ocus.
N
ow
w
he
r
e
w
e
r
e
t
he
y
?
O
h,
y
es.
T
he do
g
.

“We
ll
.
he
i
s
a
s
m
a
r
t
coo
k
i
e.
We
cou
l
d
ca
l
l
h
i
m
‘
C
oo
k
i
e’
?” W
ill
ow
o
ff
e
r
ed.

“
C
oo
k
i
e?
HEL
L
no.
We
a
r
e
not
ca
lli
ng
h
i
m
that
.

I
t’
s 
no
t
…
m
an
l
y 
enou
g
h.” 
S
a
m
son 
s
t
a
rt
ed 
l
au
g
h
i
ng   and
W
ill
ow
cou
l
dn
’
t
he
l
p
f
o
ll
o
w
i
ng
su
it
.

             
“
Y
eah….
y
ou
‘r
e
             
ri
g
h
t
.
I
t’
s
de
fi
n
it
e
l
y not
v
e
r
y
m
ascu
li
ne.
H
ow
about
so
m
e
t
h
i
ng s
i
m
p
l
e
li
k
e
Max or
m
a
y
be
D
u
k
e?”