Blood From a Stone (206 page)

S
he
s
t
a
rt
ed
t
o
open
t
he
car
door
but
h
e
s
t
opped
her and
pu
ll
ed
her
o
v
er
t
o
h
i
m and
k
i
ssed
her
li
ps
v
e
r
y
so
ftl
y
,
w
i
p
i
ng
a
w
ay
t
he
t
ea
r
d
r
op
t
hat
s
li
d do
w
n her
chee
k
.

“I
p
r
o
m
i
sed
y
ou
I
’
d
l
et
y
ou
g
o
i
f
y
ou
t
o
l
d
m
e
y
ou don
’
t
w
ant
t
o
see
m
e
an
y
m
o
r
e.
A
nd,
case
I don
’
t
e
v
e
r
see
y
ou a
g
a
i
n…
t
hank
y
ou.
F
or
t
a
k
i
ng
m
e
i
n
t
hat
n
i
g
ht
and
f
o
r
l
e
tti
ng
m
e
g
et
t
o
k
now 
y
ou
e
v
en
f
or
t
he
sho
r
t
ti
m
e
w
e
’
v
e
h
a
d. Mee
ti
ng
y
ou has
chan
g
ed
m
e
f
or
t
he be
tt
e
r
.”

A
fr
esh
c
r
op of
t
ea
r
s
be
g
an
t
o
f
a
l
l
d
ow
n her
chee
k
s. “
S
a
m
son,
p
l
ease.
D
on
’t
.
Y
ou
‘r
e
j
ust
m
a
k
i
ng
t
h
i
s
ha
r
der
f
or
bo
t
h of
us.”

H
e
k
new
she
w
as
ri
g
h
t
,
but
he
w
asn
’
t
g
o
i
ng
t
o
l
et
her
g
o
w
it
hout
fi
n
i
sh
i
ng a
l
l
he
w
an
t
ed and needed
t
o s
a
y
.
B
ecause
t
h
i
s
m
ay
be
a
l
l
she
had
t
o
r
e
m
e
m
ber
h
i
m b
y
,
and
i
n
a
f
ew
w
ee
k
s,
t
h
i
s
w
ou
l
d
be
t
he
l
ast
w
o
r
ds…
t
he
l
ast
m
e
m
o
r
y
he
’
d ha
v
e
t
o ho
l
d on
t
o of
t
he
i
r
b
ri
ef
ti
m
e
t
o
g
e
t
he
r
.

H
e
s
w
a
ll
o
w
ed
ha
r
d
as
he
t
ook
her
hand
i
n
t
o
h
i
s
o
w
n. “
I
t
w
as
f
a
t
e
t
hat
b
r
ou
g
ht
m
e
t
o
y
our
door
t
hat
firs
t
n
i
g
h
t
.
I
t‘
s been
l
o
v
e
t
ha
t‘
s
b
r
ou
g
ht
m
e
he
r
e
e
v
er
s
i
nce.
A
nd
i
f
I ne
v
er
m
a
k
e
i
t
back
he
r
e
a
g
a
i
n…I
w
ant
y
ou
t
o
k
now
t
hat
I
‘
l
l
ne
v
er
f
o
r
g
et
y
ou.
E
v
e
r
.”

S
he
w
an
t
ed
t
o
f
a
l
l
i
n
t
o h
i
s
a
r
m
s
ri
g
ht
t
he
r
e, but
her p
ri
de…
m
a
y
be
i
t
w
as
t
he
co
mm
on sense
s
i
de
of
her
w
o
ul
dn
’
t a
ll
ow
it
.
A
ft
er
a
ll
,
she
s
til
l
had
t
o
g
o
t
o
w
o
r
k
i
n
a
f
ew
hou
r
s and con
fr
ont
t
he p
r
oduct
of
h
i
s
ac
ti
ons.

T
he
l
u
m
p
i
n
her
t
h
r
oat
f
e
l
t
li
k
e
i
t
w
as
cho
k
i
ng o
f
f
her a
i
r
supp
l
y
as
she
s
li
d
fr
om
t
he
w
a
r
m
t
h
of
t
he
v
eh
i
c
l
e,
w
a
l
k
ed up
t
he
pa
t
h
w
ay
t
o
her
house,
and
s
li
pped
t
h
r
ou
g
h
th
e
fr
ont door
w
it
hout
l
oo
k
i
ng
bac
k
.