Blood From a Stone (52 page)

S
a
m
son
w
a
t
ched
as
she
d
rift
ed
o
f
f
and se
ttl
ed h
i
m
s
el
f
i
n
f
or
se
v
e
r
al
hou
r
s
of
t
e
l
e
v
i
s
i
on un
ti
l
m
o
r
n
i
n
g
.
I
t
w
ou
l
d be a
g
r
eat
w
ay
t
o
bone
up
on
t
oda
y
’
s
cu
lt
u
r
e
and
tr
y
t
o
l
ea
r
n
a
f
ew
m
o
r
e
t
h
i
n
g
s
t
hat
w
ou
l
d co
m
e
i
n hand
y
.

H
e
s
li
pped
out
of
h
i
s cha
i
r and o
v
er
t
o he
r
s
t
o
g
et
t
he
r
e
m
o
t
e
g
ad
g
et
and
fi
g
u
r
e
out
how
t
o
use
it
.
H
e
s
t
opped
f
or
a
m
o
m
ent
as
he
l
oo
k
ed
do
w
n
at
her
t
he
r
e
s
l
eep
i
ng
i
n
t
he
cha
ir
, her
ha
i
r
a
l
l
t
ous
l
ed
and  her
e
y
e
l
ashes 
f
anned  out
o
n  her chee
k
s.

S
he
r
ea
ll
y
w
as
so
beau
tif
u
l
…and
k
i
nd…s
m
a
rt
.
F
u
n
ny
t
oo.
H
e
w
an
t
ed
t
o
r
each
do
w
n
and
t
as
t
e her
f
u
l
l
lip
s.
T
o
m
o
v
e
t
he
b
i
g
,
f
u
rr
y sen
ti
nel
at
t
he
f
oot
of
t
he cha
i
r a
n
d c
li
m
b under
t
he
b
l
an
k
et
w
it
h
he
r
,
and
sa
v
or
e
v
e
r
y
i
nch
of
her
d
e
li
c
i
ous body next
t
o
t
he ha
r
d
m
usc
l
ed s
tr
en
g
t
h of
h
i
s
o
w
n.
H
e
r
eached out
and
t
ouched
t
he
pad
of
h
i
s
fi
n
g
er
t
o
her
bo
t
t
om
li
p.
H
e
bet she
t
as
t
ed so so
f
t
and s
w
eet
t
hat
she
’
d
m
e
l
t
i
n h
i
s
m
ou
t
h.
H
e cou
l
d
a
l
m
ost
f
eel
her
a
r
m
s
a
r
ound
h
i
s
nec
k
…no
m
a
k
e
t
hat her
l
egs
a
r
ound
h
i
s
neck
ri
g
ht
no
w
.
B
ut
t
hen
a
g
a
i
n
he
a
l
so
k
new
w
it
hout
ques
ti
on
t
hat
she
w
ou
l
d
s
l
ap
t
he
li
v
i
ng sh
i
t
out
of
h
i
m
i
f
he
tri
ed an
y
t
h
i
ng
li
k
e
t
ha
t
.
T
he
t
hou
g
ht
m
ade h
i
m
s
m
il
e.

H
e
f
o
r
ced h
i
m
se
l
f
t
o
g
r
ab
t
he
r
e
m
o
t
e
and
g
et
t
he
he
l
l back
t
o
h
i
s
o
w
n
cha
i
r
w
he
r
e
he
be
l
on
g
ed.
A
ft
er
a
l
i
ttl
e
tri
al and
e
rr
o
r
,
he
fi
g
u
r
ed
out
how
t
o
use
i
t
and
w
as
soon
fli
pp
i
ng channe
l
s
li
k
e
a
p
r
o.
J
ust
li
k
e
e
v
e
r
y
t
h
i
ng e
l
se
he
’
d
had
t
o qu
i
c
k
l
y
l
ea
r
n
i
n
each
new
Aw
a
k
en
i
n
g
…
t
he
l
an
g
ua
g
e
of
t
he da
y
,
t
he
s
l
an
g
,
t
he
new
i
n
v
en
ti
ons,
lif
es
t
y
l
e.
I
t was a
cha
ll
en
g
e, but
i
t
k
ept
h
i
s
m
i
nd sha
r
p as
a
r
a
z
o
r
.

H
i
s
m
i
nd.
R
i
g
ht
about
no
w
,
he
w
as
fi
nd
i
ng
i
t
d
iff
i
cu
l
t
t
o
k
eep
i
t
o
f
f
of
W
ill
ow and
on
t
he
co
mm
e
r
c
i
a
l
s,
s
h
o
w
s
and o
t
her
p
r
o
g
r
a
m
s
he
needed
t
o
educa
t
e
h
i
m
se
lf
,
but
a
f
t
er
a
w
h
il
e he
f
o
r
ced
h
i
m
se
l
f
t
h
r
ou
g
h
sheer
w
il
l
t
o
pay
enou
g
h
a
tt
en
ti
on
t
o
l
ea
r
n
at
l
east
so
m
e
t
h
i
ng
fr
om se
v
e
r
al
d
iff
e
r
ent
i
n
f
o
m
e
r
c
i
a
l
s a
d
v
e
rti
s
i
ng
v
a
ri
ous
p
r
oduc
t
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v
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