Blood From a Stone (10 page)
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Authors: Cynthia Lucas
H
e
s
m
il
ed
at
he
r
.
A b
i
g
boy.
Y
es,
he
cer
t
a
i
n
l
y
w
as.
A
l
l s
i
x
f
eet
and so
m
e
t
h
i
ng
i
nches of
h
i
m
.
F
unny.
T
he adren
a
li
ne rush
w
as
gone
no
w
,
so
w
hy
w
as
every
t
h
i
ng
m
ov
i
ng
i
n s
l
ow
m
o
ti
on aga
i
n?
S
he
shook
o
f
f
t
he
f
ee
li
n
g
,
tr
y
i
ng
t
o
be
p
r
o
f
ess
i
ona
l
. “
P
r
o
m
i
se
y
ou
w
il
l
ca
l
l
and
r
epo
r
t
it
?”
“
Y
es. I
p
r
o
m
i
se.”
“
T
hank
y
ou
a
g
a
i
n
f
or
w
hat
y
ou
d
i
d,”
she
conceded
r
ea
li
z
i
ng
t
hat
i
t
w
as
use
l
ess
t
o
a
r
g
ue
w
it
h
h
i
m
an
y
m
o
r
e.
H
e
w
as
a
g
r
o
w
n
m
an and cou
l
d
t
a
k
e ca
r
e of
h
i
m
se
lf
.
H
e
nodded.
“
I
t’
s
no
p
r
ob
l
e
m
.
R
ea
ll
y
.
I
’
m
g
l
ad
y
ou
’r
e a
lri
g
h
t
.”
S
he
t
u
r
ned
and
s
t
a
rt
ed
t
o
w
a
l
k a
w
a
y
.
D
a
m
n, she
w
as p
r
e
tt
y
.
A
nd
she
see
m
ed
s
m
a
r
t
and
n
i
ce
t
oo.
H
e
k
new he
shou
l
dn
’
t
do
it
,
but
t
he
w
o
r
ds
escaped
h
i
m
be
f
o
r
e
he
cou
l
d s
t
op
it
.
“W
il
l
I
see
y
ou a
g
a
i
n? Ma
y
be
l
a
t
e
r
?”
S
he
t
u
r
ned
and
l
oo
k
ed
back
at
h
i
m
.
“I se
ri
ous
l
y
r
e
c
o
mm
end
t
hat
y
ou
g
et
so
m
eone
fr
om
t
he
C
oun
t
y
t
o
pi
ck
up
t
he
dog so
i
t
doesn
‘
t
hu
r
t
an
y
one
be
f
o
r
e
y
ou
do
any
t
h
i
ng
e
l
se.
A
nd
t
he
b
l
oody
sh
irt
?
N
ot
exac
tl
y
t
he
ri
g
ht
l
ook
f
o
r
a
n
i
g
ht
on
t
he
t
o
w
n.”
H
e
sh
r
u
gg
ed.
“
I
t’
s
ea
rl
y
.
I
j
ust
m
i
g
ht
be
ab
l
e
t
o a
c
co
m
p
li
sh
such
a
f
ea
t
.
A
nd
I
a
g
r
ee…
t
he
b
l
ood
does
n
’t
m
a
t
ch
t
he
r
est
of
m
y
a
ttir
e.”
H
i
s
l
au
g
h
t
er
w
as
w
a
r
m
and
r
i
ch
and
g
ood na
t
u
r
ed.
“We
ll
,
i
f
y
ou
g
et
t
h
i
s
hand
l
ed
and
m
a
k
e
i
t
back he
r
e be
f
o
r
e
c
l
os
i
n
g
….and
i
f
w
e
‘r
e
s
til
l
he
r
e,
I suppose
y
ou
m
i
g
ht see
us,”
she
sa
i
d
cau
ti
ous
l
y
,
k
no
w
i
ng
i
t
w
asn
’
t
li
k
e
l
y
t
hat
he
’
d
g
et
t
he
dog
i
n
t
o
cus
t
od
y
,
g
et
h
i
m
se
l
f
chec
k
ed
out
a
t
t
he
E
R
i
f he
w
ou
l
d
e
v
en
bo
t
her
t
o,
and
s
til
l
ha
v
e
ti
m
e
t
o
g
o
ho
m
e, sho
w
e
r
,
chan
g
e
c
l
o
t
hes
and
m
a
k
e
i
t
back
t
o
V
e
l
v
e
t
.
I
t
w
as a
l
r
eady
a
l
m
ost
10p
m
.