Blood From a Stone (115 page)

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ll
,
t
hat
w
as
a
li
e.
I
f
he
d
i
dn
’
t
fi
nd
a
w
ay
t
o
end
t
h
i
s cu
r
se,
or
at
l
east
g
et
a
r
ep
ri
e
v
e,
he
m
ost
ce
rt
a
i
n
l
y
w
as
g
o
i
ng so
m
e
w
he
r
e
a
lri
g
h
t
.
B
ut
so
m
e
t
h
i
ng
m
ade
h
i
m say
it
.
Y
ep.
H
e had
l
ost
it
.
H
e
’
d
ne
v
er
been
m
o
r
e
su
r
e
t
han
ri
g
ht
no
w
…
t
he
li
t
tl
e
v
o
i
ce
i
ns
i
de
h
i
s
head
m
ust
be
t
he
i
nsan
it
y
k
i
c
k
i
ng
i
n.
T
hen
a
g
a
i
n,
m
a
y
be
i
t
w
asn
’
t
a
v
o
i
ce
i
ns
i
de
h
i
s
head
at
a
ll
.
I
t see
m
ed
t
o
be echo
i
ng
fr
om
a p
l
ace
l
o
w
er
t
han
t
ha
t
, squa
r
e
l
y
i
n
t
he
m
i
dd
l
e of
h
i
s
ches
t
, s
li
g
h
tl
y
l
e
f
t
and
j
ust
under
t
he
ri
bs.

W
ill
ow
s
t
a
r
ed
at
h
i
m 
f
or
a
m
o
m
en
t
.
“
F
ir
st
o
ff
,
I
w
asn
’
t
p
l
ann
i
ng
t
o
do
an
y
t
h
i
ng
w
it
hout
p
r
o
t
ec
ti
on
i
f
t
ha
t‘
s
w
hat
y
ou
w
e
r
e
w
o
rri
ed
abou
t
.
I
’
m a
nu
r
se
r
e
m
e
m
be
r
?”
S
he opened
t
he
d
r
a
w
er
t
o
t
he
end
t
ab
l
e
and
pu
ll
ed
out
a
condo
m
. “I
w
ou
l
d
ne
v
er
put
y
ou
or
m
y
se
l
f
at
ri
sk
i
n
any
w
a
y
.
O
r
g
et
m
y
se
l
f
p
r
e
g
nan
t
. 
A
lt
hou
g
h
co
m
e
t
o
t
h
i
nk
of
it
,
I
g
u
ess
i
n
t
heo
r
y
I
F I
had any
k
i
nd of
d
i
seases
y
ou cou
l
d heal
t
he
m
…and
i
t
w
ou
l
d
be
so
r
t
of
ri
d
i
cu
l
ous
f
or
y
ou
t
o ha
v
e
any s
i
nce
y
our b
l
ood
hea
l
s.
S
o
I
g
uess
it’
s
a
m
oot
po
i
nt
on
t
hat
one.
“
S
he
t
ossed
t
he
condom
back
i
n
t
he
d
r
a
w
e
r
.
“
D
on
’
t
w
o
rr
y
.
I
’
m on
t
he
P
ill
.”

S
he
s
i
g
hed,
and
pushed
her
now
un
r
u
l
y  ha
i
r
back
fr
om
her
f
ace.
“
A
s
f
or
t
he
d
i
seases…
w
e
ll
,
t
h
i
s
hea
l
i
ng
t
h
i
ng
i
s s
til
l
k
i
nd
of
a
sca
r
y
t
hou
g
h
t
.
We
’l
l
sa
v
e
t
hat
one
f
or
l
a
t
er d
i
s
cuss
i
on,
ob
v
i
ous
l
y
.
B
ut
as
f
ar
as
t
he
sex
g
oes…
I
’
m
a
b
i
g
g
ir
l
and I
don
’
t
do an
y
t
h
i
ng
I
’
m
not
r
eady
t
o do.”

S
he
sounded
con
v
i
nc
i
ng  but
he
k
new
she 
w
asn
’
t be
i
ng
en
tir
e
l
y
hones
t
.
H
e
cou
l
d
j
ust
sense
i
t
so
m
e
ho
w
.

“
A
r
e
y
ou
tr
y
i
ng
t
o
con
v
i
nce
m
e?
O
r
y
ou
r
se
lf
?”
he sa
i
d
m
a
tt
e
r
-
o
f
-
f
ac
tl
y
.