Blood From a Stone (125 page)

I
t
m
us
t
.
T
he
r
e
cou
l
d
be
no
o
t
her
exp
l
a
na
ti
on
f
or
her
appea
r
ance
i
n
t
he
fir
st
p
l
ace.
Why e
l
se
w
ou
l
d
s
he
ha
v
e co
m
e un
l
ess
i
t
w
as
t
o
g
i
v
e h
i
m
a
m
essa
g
e?

We
ll
,
he
supposed,
g
ua
r
d
i
ans or an
g
e
l
s
…..
w
ha
t
e
v
er
y
ou
ca
ll
ed
t
he
m
,
w
e
r
e
g
o
i
ng
t
o
ha
v
e
t
o be added
t
o
t
he
li
st
of
t
h
i
n
g
s
he now
be
li
e
v
ed 
i
n. 
R
i
g
ht
a
l
ong
s
i
de
of
l
o
v
e
.
A
nd s
t
opp
i
ng ha
v
i
ng
sex
t
o
m
a
k
e su
r
e
y
ou, and
t
he one
y
ou
’r
e
w
it
h a
r
e
‘
do
i
ng
i
t
f
or
t
he
ri
g
ht
r
easons.’
H
e
l
au
g
hed o
u
t
l
oud at
t
hat one as
he headed
f
or
t
he
k
it
chen
t
o
m
a
k
e so
m
e co
ff
ee.

T
he
pot
fi
n
i
shed
b
r
e
w
i
ng and
he
qu
i
c
k
l
y pou
r
ed a
cup of
t
he s
t
ea
m
i
ng
li
qu
i
d.
T
hrough
t
he b
l
ood of
t
hy
w
ill
,
t
he c
l
ock sha
l
l
s
t
and
s
till
.
What
d
i
d
t
he
w
o
r
ds
m
ean exac
tl
y
?
B
l
ood of
y
our
w
ill
…
w
as
i
t
fi
g
u
r
a
ti
v
e
?

H
e
p
l
un
k
ed
do
w
n
h
i
s
m
ug of
co
ff
ee on the coun
t
e
r
,
t
app
i
ng h
i
s
fi
n
g
e
r
s
a
g
a
i
nst
t
he
til
es.
H
i
s
b
r
o
w
s
k
ni
t
t
o
g
e
t
her
i
n
t
hou
g
h
t
.
H
e
’
d
hea
l
ed
C
i
sco
so
m
ehow
by
j
u
m
p
i
ng
i
n
a
n
d s
t
opp
i
ng h
i
m
fr
om
b
iti
ng W
ill
ow
and
S
asha.
T
he
dog
t
o
r
e
i
n
t
o h
i
s
s
k
i
n,
and
t
as
t
ed
h
i
s
b
l
ood.
H
e
’
d
hea
l
ed
t
he
li
t
tl
e cat
by
t
ea
ri
ng
open
h
i
s
fl
esh
and
pou
ri
ng so
m
e
of
h
i
s
b
l
ood
i
n
t
o
t
he ca
t’
s
m
ou
t
h.
What
w
as
t
he
co
mm
on
deno
m
i
na
t
o
r
,
and
how
d
i
d
i
t
pe
rt
a
i
n
t
o
t
he
‘
c
l
ock
s
t
and
i
ng
s
till’
?

I
n
bo
t
h
cases
h
i
s
fl
esh
had
been
t
o
r
n,
b
l
ood
pou
r
ed out
and
w
as
t
as
t
ed
by
t
hose
w
ho
had
so
m
e
k
i
nd
of
in
j
u
r
y or
ill
ness,
and
t
he
y
’
d
been
hea
l
ed.
H
e
’
d
f
e
l
t
e
l
ec
tri
c
i
t
y
.
T
he an
i
m
a
l
s
had
t
hen
been
r
e
j
u
v
ena
t
ed
and
see
m
ed
t
o ha
v
e
m
o
r
e
lif
e
i
n
j
ec
t
ed
i
n
t
o
t
he
m
.
C
i
sco
’
s
coat
had
been
so
sil
k
y so
f
t
and he
w
as bound
i
ng
a
r
ound
li
k
e a pupp
y
.
I
t
w
as
as
i
f
C
i
sco
had
been
r
e
g
ene
r
a
t
e
d.
T
i
m
e
w
il
l s
t
and
s
till
.
C
o
m
e
t
o
t
h
i
nk
of
i
t
he
a
l
so
had
a
fl
ush
t
o
h
i
s chee
k
s
bo
t
h
ti
m
es
he
’
d
w
o
k
en
up
and
see
m
ed
t
o
l
ook
y
oun
g
er and
m
o
r
e
r
e
j
u
v
ena
t
ed.
Was
he
on
t
o
so
m
e
t
h
i
ng he
r
e?
He
w
as ce
r
t
a
i
n
he
w
as.
A
ppa
r
en
tl
y
w
hen
h
i
s
b
l
ood
w
as
t
as
te
d
by ano
t
h
er
w
ho
w
as
il
l
or
i
n
j
u
r
ed,
i
t
not
on
l
y
hea
l
ed
t
hem but
t
u
r
ned
t
he
c
l
ock bac
k
…
m
a
y
be
m
ade
ti
m
e s
t
and s
til
l
i
n so
m
e s
m
a
l
l
pa
rt
.
N
ot
on
l
y
f
or
t
he
m
,
but
f
or
h
i
m as
w
e
ll
.
T
hat
w
as
w
hy
he  
f
e
l
t 
t
he  
j
o
l
t 
of   e
l
ec
tri
c
it
y
and
cou
l
d
see
t
he
r
e
j
u
v
ena
ti
on
i
n
h
i
s
o
w
n
f
ace
and
f
eel
i
t
pu
m
p
i
ng
thr
ou
g
h
h
i
s
v
e
i
ns.
L
i
k
e h
i
s b
l
ood had been
i
on
i
z
ed or
so
m
e
t
h
i
n
g
.