Blood From a Stone (112 page)
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Authors: Cynthia Lucas
Love?
N
ot
t
he
k
i
nd
y
ou
f
a
l
l
i
n
t
o
w
hen
y
ou
’r
e
l
on
e
l
y
, or
despe
r
a
t
e
or
on
t
he
r
ebound.
O
r
t
ry
i
ng
t
o break curses
.
N
o
t
h
i
s
e
m
o
ti
onal
sensa
ti
on
he
w
as
expe
ri
enc
i
ng
w
as
so
m
e
how d
iff
e
r
en
t
.
Ma
y
be
a
b
i
t
m
o
r
e
li
k
e
w
hat
y
ou
f
eel
f
or
ano
t
her pe
r
son
w
it
hout
any s
tri
n
g
s
a
tt
ached…and
w
it
hout
t
h
i
n
k
i
ng of
y
ou
r
se
l
f
fir
s
t
.
H
e
ba
r
e
l
y
k
new
he
r
,
and
y
et
t
he
r
e
was so
m
e
t
h
i
ng
about
her
t
hat
he
j
ust
cou
l
dn
’
t
e
x
p
l
a
i
n
t
hat
m
ade h
i
m
f
eel
so
co
m
f
o
rt
ab
l
e…
li
k
e
he
’
d
i
ndeed
k
no
w
n
her
f
or
a
v
e
r
y
l
ong
ti
m
e.
A
nd
no
w
, s
i
nce
she
’
d d
i
s
co
v
e
r
ed
t
he
sec
r
et
of h
i
s
b
l
ood,
she
w
as
a
l
so
bound
t
o
h
i
m
i
n
so
m
e
s
m
a
l
l
w
ay
t
hat no o
t
her
hu
m
an e
v
er
had been
i
n
fi
v
e cen
t
u
ri
es.
O
n
l
y
ti
m
e cou
l
d
r
e
v
eal
w
he
r
e
t
h
i
s
m
i
g
ht
g
o.
U
n
f
o
r
t
una
t
e
l
y
,
ti
m
e
w
asn
’
t
so
m
e
t
h
i
ng he
had
a
w
ho
l
e
l
ot
o
f
.
B
ut
w
hat
littl
e
he had, he
w
as
g
o
i
ng
t
o spend
w
it
h he
r
….desse
r
t
or
no.
C
H
AP
T
E
R
T
W
E
L
V
E
O
ne
hour
and
f
ou
rt
y
-
t
h
r
ee
m
i
nu
t
es
l
a
t
e
r
,
t
he
c
r
ed
i
t
s of
t
he
m
o
v
i
e
r
o
ll
ed.
W
ill
ow s
tr
e
t
ched
and
y
a
w
ned
as
she
l
ay a
g
a
i
nst
S
a
m
son
’
s
chest
on
t
he
co
z
y cha
i
se
cha
ir
.
S
asha
s
t
ood up,
pa
tt
ed
C
i
sco
on
t
he
head
and
handed
h
i
m
a
ha
l
f
ea
t
en p
i
zz
a
c
r
us
t
.
“
G
ood
bo
y
,“
she
sa
i
d
as
she
g
r
abbed her
coat
and boo
t
s.
C
i
sco
g
u
l
ped
do
w
n
t
he
tr
eat
w
it
hout
che
w
i
n
g
,
w
a
gg
ed h
i
s
t
a
i
l
and
tr
o
tt
ed
do
w
n
t
he
ha
l
l
t
o
w
a
r
ds
t
he
be
d
r
oom
w
he
r
e he
d
i
sappea
r
ed
t
o
fi
nd
a
w
a
r
m spot
i
n
t
he
m
i
d
d
l
e
of
W
ill
o
w
’
s bed.
“We
ll
,
bo
y
s
and
g
irl
s,
ti
m
e
f
or
m
e
t
o h
i
t
t
he
r
oad.
I
’
m su
r
e
t
hat
E
n
t
e
rt
a
i
n
m
ent
N
e
w
s
C
hannel
i
s
w
onde
ri
ng
w
hy I d
i
dn
’
t
show
up
f
or
m
y o
w
n
r
ed
ca
r
pet
m
o
v
i
e
debut
by
no
w
,
so
I
’
d be
tt
er
g
o and hope I
don
’
t
r
un
i
n
t
o any
papa
r
a
zz
i
.”
“
I
’l
l
ca
l
l
and
g
i
v
e
t
hem
a
f
ew
f
a
l
se
leads,”
W
i
l
l
ow sa
i
d d
r
y
l
y
. “
G
o ho
m
e
!
”
S
he
l
au
g
hed out
l
oud.
“
S
ee
y
ou
t
o
m
o
rr
o
w
?
I
’
m
w
o
r
k
i
ng
at
3.”
“
Y
ep.”
W
ill
ow s
t
ood
up
and
w
a
l
k
ed
S
as
h
a
t
o
t
he doo
r
,
g
i
v
i
ng
her
a
qu
i
ck
hug
and
w
a
t
ch
i
ng
her
t
o
m
a
k
e
su
r
e she
g
ot
t
he
car
s
t
a
rt
ed
and
bac
k
ed
do
w
n
t
he
d
ri
v
e
w
a
y be
f
o
r
e co
m
i
ng
back
i
ns
i
de.
S
a
m
son
w
as
s
til
l
co
v
e
r
ed up
on
t
he
ch
a
i
se
cha
i
r
w
a
t
ch
i
ng open
i
ng c
r
ed
it
s
of
t
he
next
m
o
v
i
e
t
hat
w
as
s
t
a
rti
n
g
. W
ill
ow
w
a
l
k
ed up
t
o
t
he cha
i
r
and sat
do
w
n on
t
he o
tt
o
m
an.
“
S
o,
now
w
ha
t
?
D
o
w
e
t
a
l
k about
w
hat
h
appened ea
rli
e
r
.
O
r
do
w
e
j
us
t
….he
ll
,
I don
’
t
k
no
w
,
assu
m
e
y
ou
a
r
e so
m
e supe
r
hu
m
an
t
hat
be
l
on
g
s
on
R
i
p
l
e
y
’
s
or
so
m
e
t
h
i
n
g
?”
S
a
m
son
s
m
il
ed.
“We
ll
,
I
w
as
hop
i
ng
t
h
a
t
y
ou
w
e
r
e
g
o
i
ng
t
o
sa
y
,
‘
H
ow
‘
bout
w
e
t
a
l
k about
t
hat
‘
desse
rt
’
no
w
?’
I shou
l
d ha
v
e
k
no
w
n be
tt
e
r
.”
W
ill
ow
r
o
ll
ed
her
e
y
es
and
s
m
ir
k
ed.
“
Y
eah.
F
i
g
u
r
es.
B
ut
t
hen
a
g
a
i
n…”
her
v
o
i
ce
tr
a
il
ed o
f
f
as
she
l
ean
e
d
i
n and
k
i
ssed
h
i
m
.
H
er
li
ps
w
e
r
e
so
f
t
and
s
w
eet
a
g
a
i
nst
h
i
s
o
w
n
and he
cou
l
d
f
eel
h
i
s
hea
r
t
pound
i
ng
i
n
h
i
s
chest
as
she
r
eached
f
o
r
w
a
r
d
and
t
ouched
h
i
s
s
k
i
n.
H
e
pu
ll
ed
her
body a
g
a
i
nst
h
i
s and cou
l
d
f
eel
h
i
m
se
l
f
g
e
tti
ng
ha
r
d as
she s
tr
a
d
d
l
ed h
i
m
.