Blood From a Stone (70 page)

“
I
t’
s
o
k
a
y
.
I
n
f
ac
t
,
I
ad
m
ir
e
y
ou
f
or
ca
ri
ng enou
g
h
t
o ask
m
e.”
H
e
handed
S
asha
h
i
s
li
cense
and
she
qu
i
c
k
l
y
m
ade no
t
e
of
h
i
s
add
r
ess
and
m
ade
su
r
e
i
t
w
as
i
n
f
act
h
i
m
i
n
t
he p
i
c
t
u
r
e.

S
he
s
m
il
ed
s
m
u
g
l
y
.
“
N
o
w
…
y
ou
k
i
ds
g
o
ha
v
e
f
un,”
and she shooed
t
hem
a
w
a
y
.

“
O
k
ay
t
hen.
C
o
m
e
on
and
l
e
t’
s
g
o
g
et
so
m
e su
g
ar
and ca
ff
e
i
ne,”
sa
i
d
S
a
m
son
as
he
l
e
d
her
a
w
ay
fr
om her
car
and
t
o
w
a
r
d
t
he b
l
ack
SU
V
he
’
d pa
r
k
ed a
f
ew
a
i
s
l
es bac
k
.

W
ill
ow
l
oo
k
ed
back o
v
er
her
shou
l
der
at
S
asha
w
ho
w
as
g
ri
nn
i
ng
tri
u
m
phan
tl
y
li
k
e
a
C
hesh
ir
e
ca
t
,
be
for
e
g
e
t
ti
ng
i
n W
ill
o
w
’
s
ca
r
.

S
a
m
son
opened
t
he
passen
g
er
door
f
or
h
e
r
, he
l
ped her
i
n
and
t
hen
g
ot
i
n on h
i
s o
w
n s
i
de, c
r
an
k
ed up
t
he
en
g
i
ne and headed do
w
n
t
he
r
a
m
p
t
o
w
a
r
d
t
he
r
oad, and
C
h
i
co
’
s.

A
f
ew
m
i
nu
t
es
l
a
t
er
t
hey pu
ll
ed
up
and
hu
rri
ed
i
n
s
i
de out
of
t
he
co
l
d,
and
he
s
li
d
next
t
o
her
i
n 
t
he
bo
ot
h 
t
he
w
a
itr
ess
had o
ff
e
r
ed
t
he
m
.

“
Y
ou
don
’
t
m
i
nd
i
f
I s
i
t
next
t
o
y
ou
do
y
ou?”
he
sa
i
d. “
O
r
i
s
i
t
not
accep
t
ab
l
e
t
o
s
i
t
next
t
o
so
m
e
g
uy
f
r
om
a
ba
r
?”
H
e e
l
bo
w
ed her
li
g
h
tl
y
.

S
he
b
l
ushed. “
Y
ou
w
e
r
e
not
supposed
t
o hear
t
ha
t
.
T
ha
t’
s
w
hat
y
ou
g
et
f
or
ea
v
esd
r
opp
i
n
g
.”

H
e
supposed
she
w
as
ri
g
h
t
.
H
e
w
as
i
n
f
ac
t
,
j
ust so
m
e
g
uy
fr
om
a
ba
r
.
O
n
l
y
a
f
ew
hou
r
s
a
g
o,
he
’
d
been
p
la
nn
i
ng h
i
s n
i
g
ht
of
debauche
r
y
.
B
u
t
,
a
l
l
day
l
ong he
’
d
f
e
l
t
thi
s
na
gg
i
ng u
r
g
e
and desp
it
e h
i
s
e
ff
o
rt
s
t
o
r
es
i
s
t
, so
m
e
w
he
r
e be
t
w
een
g
e
t
ti
ng
t
he
li
cense
and
r
en
ti
ng
t
he
apa
rt
m
en
t
,
a
l
l
h
i
s
b
i
g
p
l
ans
had
g
one
out
t
he
w
i
ndow
and
w
ere
r
ep
l
aced
i
n
s
t
ead
w
i
t
h
t
h
i
s
g
en
tl
e
m
an
l
y
show
of
t
a
k
i
ng
W
ill
ow
out
f
or
co
ff
ee.

H
e
had
been
t
e
m
p
t
ed
t
o
s
t
op
by
t
he
ph
a
r
m
acy
and p
i
ck
up
a
t
he
r
m
o
m
e
t
er
because
he
w
as
be
g
i
nn
i
ng
t
o
w
onder
i
f
t
he
cu
r
se
w
as
b
r
ea
k
i
ng
a
ft
er
a
l
l
and
he
w
as
g
e
tti
ng  s
i
c
k
!
G
i
v
i
ng up boo
z
e and bed
ti
m
e
f
un
f
or
a cup of
co
ff
ee
w
it
h a
w
o
m
an
w
ho
y
e
ll
ed
at
h
i
m
fr
om
t
he
m
i
nu
t
e
she
m
et
h
i
m
?
N
o p
r
ospect
of
g
e
tti
ng
l
a
i
d
w
h
i
ch
m
i
g
ht
m
a
k
e
h
i
m
f
o
r
g
e
t
about e
v
e
r
y
t
h
i
ng
f
or
a
f
ew
hou
r
s?
T
he
r
e
w
as
,
i
n
f
ac
t
,
abso
l
u
t
e
l
y
no
t
h
i
ng
i
n
i
t
f
or
h
i
m
but
t
he
cup of
co
ff
ee
and
so
m
e
f
ood.
Sh
it
!
T
he
an
g
e
l
s
m
ust
be
s
i
n
g
i
ng because
he
l
l
had
su
r
e
l
y
fr
o
z
en
o
v
e
r
!
B
ut
so
m
e
t
h
i
ng
d
r
o
v
e
h
i
m
t
o
w
ant
t
o be he
r
e.
A
nd so, by
G
od or
t
he
D
e
v
il
, he
r
e he
w
as.