Blood From a Stone (129 page)

“
Y
ou 
l
ook
g
ood 
i
n  an
y
t
h
i
n
g
…and 
I
’
m
su
r
e
out
of an
y
t
h
i
ng
t
oo.
B
ut
su
i
t
y
ou
r
se
lf
.
I
’l
l
p
i
ck
y
ou
up
a
bout
qua
rt
er a
ft
e
r
?
S
a
m
e p
l
ace?”

“
Y
eah,
t
hat
w
ou
l
d be pe
rf
ec
t
,” she said.

“
P
e
rf
ec
t
.
J
ust
li
k
e
m
e?
R
e
m
e
m
be
r
…
l
ast n
i
g
ht
y
ou
t
hou
g
ht
I
w
as
pe
rf
ec
t
.
D
oesn
’
t
t
hat
w
i
n
m
e
a
g
e
t
-
ou
t
-
o
f
-
j
a
il
-
fr
ee ca
r
d?”

“
O
k
a
y
….
y
ou
g
et
po
i
n
t
s
back
f
or
g
ood beha
v
i
o
r
,“
she
l
au
g
hed.
“
N
o
w
,
I
’
m
g
o
i
ng
t
o
g
o
l
et
C
i
sco
ou
t
,
and
I
’
l
l
see
y
ou
t
on
i
g
h
t
.”

“
S
ee
y
ou
t
hen,” he sa
i
d, and hung
up.

N
ow
he
’
d
t
a
l
k
ed
t
o
her
and
m
ade a
rr
an
g
e
m
en
t
s
f
or
t
on
i
g
h
t
,
so
he
cou
l
d
f
ocus
on
t
he
t
ask at
hand.
T
he
g
host
had sa
i
d
t
hat
h
i
s
be
li
ef
i
n
h
i
m
se
l
f
w
as
t
he
‘
on
l
y
w
ay
o
ut
of
t
h
i
s
’
.
A
nd da
mm
it
, he
w
as
g
o
i
ng
t
o
fi
g
u
r
e
t
h
i
s
ou
t
.

Ma
y
be
a
w
a
l
k
i
n
t
he
c
ri
sp
m
o
r
n
i
ng a
i
r
and
so
m
e b
r
ea
k
f
ast
out
so
m
e
w
he
r
e
w
ou
l
d
f
uel
t
he
en
g
i
ne.
H
e
t
h
r
ew
on
h
i
s
boo
t
s,
a
hea
v
y
s
w
ea
t
er
and
h
i
s
coa
t
,
g
r
abbed
t
he
k
e
y
s
and headed out
t
he doo
r
.

H
e
w
a
l
k
ed
about
a
qua
rt
er
m
il
e
sou
t
h
o
n
L
a
k
e
v
i
ew and
f
ound
a
littl
e
ho
l
e
i
n
t
he
w
a
l
l
m
om and
pop
s
t
y
l
e
d
i
ner
w
he
r
e
t
hey se
r
v
ed
b
r
ea
k
f
ast
and
l
unch
on
l
y
ti
l
2p
m
,
and d
e
c
i
ded
t
o
g
i
v
e
i
t
a
tr
y
.

H
e
w
a
l
k
ed
i
n, sat
do
w
n on a s
t
ool
at
the coun
t
e
r
, and o
r
de
r
ed
co
ff
ee,
e
gg
s
and
t
oas
t
.
G
r
abb
i
ng a
ne
w
spaper
t
hat
a p
r
e
v
i
ous
cus
t
o
m
er
had
l
e
f
t
l
y
i
ng open
i
n
t
he
e
m
p
t
y sea
t
,
he be
g
an
t
o pe
r
use
t
he e
v
en
t
s
of
t
he da
y
.

S
a
m
e
sh
it
,
d
iff
e
r
ent
decade,
r
ea
ll
y
.
P
o
liti
c
i
ans
g
e
t
ti
ng cau
g
ht
do
i
ng so
m
e
t
h
i
ng
t
hey shou
l
dn
’t
,
po
li
ce
a
rr
e
st
ed a
t
h
i
ef
w
ho
’
d
r
obbed
a
s
t
o
r
e,
so
m
e
ads
f
or
v
a
ri
ous
new 
m
o
v
i
es co
m
i
ng  ou
t
…and
a
new
w
e
i
ght
l
oss
c
li
n
i
c. 
N
ow
t
hat
w
as so
m
e
t
h
i
ng
new
s
i
nce
t
he
l
ast
ti
m
e he
’
d a
w
a
k
ened.