Blood From a Stone (13 page)

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Authors: Cynthia Lucas

W
ill
ow
sh
r
u
gg
ed
and
s
i
pped  on  her
m
a
r
g
a
rit
a.

I ne
v
er
sa
i
d
I
don

t
li
k
e
t
hem
at
a
ll
.
T
he
y
’r
e
j
ust
n
ot
m
y
f
a
v
o
r
it
e band.
I
li
k
e
V
ende
tt
a.
T
he
i
r
o
ri
g
i
nal
son
g
s
a
r
e
g
o
o
d,
t
hey
p
l
ay be
tt
er
co
v
e
r
s,
and
t
hey a
r
e
w
ay be
tt
er
l
oo
k
i
n
g
!

S
he
s
m
il
ed sheep
i
sh
l
y
.


S
pea
k
i
ng
of
t
hat
t
op
i
c,
a
r
e
t
he
r
e
any decent
l
oo
k
i
ng
g
u
y
s
i
n
t
h
i
s
p
l
ace?
N
ot
coun
ti
ng
t
he
one
w
e
m
et
ou
t
s
i
de
w
ho had
t
o
r
un
o
ff
,
un
f
o
rt
una
t
e
l
y
!
I
f
eel
li
k
e
I
j
ust
g
ot
out
of
j
a
i
l a
ft
er
t
he
w
eek
w
e
had.
N
ot
t
hat
I

m
l
oo
k
i
ng
or
an
y
t
h
i
n
g
,
but
y
ou
k
no
w
, so
m
e
ti
m
es
it’
s
j
ust
n
i
ce
t
o
w
i
ndow
shop.”

S
asha
r
o
ll
ed
her
e
y
es.
“We
ll
,
t
ha
t’
s
n
ot
li
k
e
l

t
o happen
he
r
e
t
on
i
g
h
t
.
T
he
p
i
c
k
i
n

s
a
r
e
p
r
e
tt
y s
li
m
.
L
oo
k
s
li
k
e
w
e
‘r
e
g
onna
ha
v
e
t
o
se
ttl
e
f
or
be
i
ng
g
r
oup
i
es.”
S
he
p
l
a
y
f
u
ll
y pushed W
ill
o
w
.

A
ft
er a b
ri
ef
f
ew 
m
i
nu
t
es
t
he
l
oudspea
k
er 
w
as boo
m
i
ng a
g
a
i
n
as
t
he
dee
j
ay announced
V
ende
tt
a.
T
he
c
r
o
w
d
w
as
y
e
lli
ng and
sc
r
ea
m
i
ng so
l
oud,
W
ill
ow
cou
l
d
ba
r
e
l
y hear
t
he open
i
ng
g
u
it
ar
riff
s
as
t
he
t
hunde
r
ous
m
us
i
c
t
ook
o
ff
.

S
he
pushed
f
o
r
w
a
r
d
c
l
oser
t
o
t
he
s
t
a
g
e
so
she
cou
l
d see
be
tt
e
r
,
d
r
a
gg
i
ng
S
asha
w
it
h
he
r
.
T
he
band
t
o
r
e
i
n
t
o
t
he
i
r set
w
it
h
a
v
en
g
eance
and
each
song
b
r
ou
g
ht
w
it
h
i
t
a
t
hunder of
app
l
ause.
T
he
r
e
w
e
r
e
peop
l
e
danc
i
ng
w
il
d
l
y and
t
hose
f
ew c
r
o
w
d
su
rf
e
r
s
t
hat
e
v
e
r
y
one
had co
m
e
t
o e
x
pect
and a
l
l
t
oo happ
il
y buo
y
ed
t
o
sa
f
e
t
y
.
S
o
m
e
ti
m
e
du
ri
ng
t
he set
Sasha
w
a
n
de
r
ed
up
t
o
t
he
bar
and
g
r
abbed
t
hem each
ano
t
her
m
a
r
g
a
rit
a.

“I
see
y
ou
a
r
e
i
n
f
act
tr
y
i
ng
t
o
g
et
us
l
oaded?”
W
i
l
l
ow
y
e
ll
ed
. “Y
ou
k
now
t
hat
a
ft
er
t
w
o of
t
hese
I

m
t
oas
t
!

S
asha
l
au
g
hed
. “Y
eah,
but
I
ha
v
e
t
o
fi
n
i
sh pa
y
i
ng
o
f
f
m
y
deb
t
. I
p
r
o
m
i
sed
t
w
o, so
y
ou
g
et
t
w
o.”

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