Blood From a Stone (207 page)

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H
AP
T
E
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T
W
EN
T
Y
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N
E

S
a
m
son
sat
t
he
r
e
f
or
a
m
o
m
ent
tr
y
i
ng
t
o
cope
w
it
h
t
he
f
act
t
hat
fr
om a
l
l
i
nd
i
ca
ti
ons,
he
’
d
l
ost
he
r
.
T
he
r
e
w
as
no
t
h
i
ng he cou
l
d do, or
sa
y
.

H
i
s  hea
r
t 
f
e
l
t  e
v
e
r
y
b
i
t 
t
he  b
l
ock
of
s
t
one
t
hat
he
w
ou
l
d
soon
beco
m
e,
s
itti
ng
i
n
t
he
m
i
dd
l
e
of
h
i
s
ch
e
st
as
he bac
k
ed out
of
t
he d
ri
v
e
w
ay
and headed do
w
n
t
he
r
oad.

H
e
w
i
shed
t
he
r
e
w
as
so
m
e
t
h
i
n
g
…an
y
t
h
i
ng
he
cou
l
d do 
t
o  chan
g
e
her
m
i
nd. 
B
ut
t
hen,
m
a
y
be
t
h
i
s
w
as
f
or 
t
he be
tt
e
r
.
S
he
’
d
on
l
y ha
v
e
a sho
r
t
hu
m
an
lif
e
ti
m
e
t
o
r
e
m
e
m
ber h
i
m
…or
m
a
y
be
ha
t
e
h
i
m and
li
k
e
l
y
he
’
d
s
i
m
p
l
y
f
ade
a
w
ay
i
n her
hea
r
t
and
m
i
nd
as
she
e
v
en
t
ua
ll
y
m
o
v
ed
on
w
it
h
her
lif
e. Ma
y
be
f
ound
a
n
i
ce
g
uy
t
o
se
ttl
e
do
w
n
w
it
h
so
m
eday
and ha
v
e
so
m
e
k
i
ds
of
her
o
w
n.
I
t
w
as
w
hat
she dese
r
v
e
d
.
N
ot h
i
m
…or
h
i
s
cu
r
se
and
e
v
e
r
y
t
h
i
ng
t
hat
ca
m
e
w
it
h
it
.
I
nc
l
ud
i
ng
t
he hu
r
t
he had a
lr
eady
caused he
r
.

A
nd
y
et
t
he
i
dea
of
her
m
a
rr
y
i
ng so
m
eone
e
l
se…
l
y
i
ng na
k
ed
next
t
o
ano
t
her
m
an
d
r
o
v
e
h
i
m
i
nsane.
H
e
s
m
i
l
ed
t
o h
i
m
se
l
f
i
n
ir
on
y
.
H
e
’
d
ne
v
er
f
e
l
t
one
sh
r
ed
of
j
ea
l
ousy o
v
er
a
w
o
m
an.
U
n
ti
l
no
w
.
A
nd
f
ee
li
ng
t
h
i
s
f
o
r
e
i
g
n
e
m
o
ti
on
d
r
o
v
e ho
m
e
anew
t
he
r
ea
lit
y
of
j
ust
how
m
any
w
o
m
en
he
’
d
l
e
f
t
i
n h
i
s
w
a
k
e,
w
ho pe
r
haps
had
f
a
ll
en
f
or
h
i
m
…and
w
ho h
a
d a
l
so
f
e
l
t
t
h
i
s
exact
f
ee
li
ng as
he
’
d
ca
l
l
ous
l
y
t
ossed
t
he
i
r
l
o
v
e as
i
de
w
hen so
m
eone e
l
se cau
g
ht
h
i
s
e
y
e.

I
t
see
m
ed
li
k
e
lif
e
ti
m
es
a
g
o…and
i
nde
e
d
i
t
w
as.
F
or he
a
l
so
k
new
w
it
hout
a
doubt
t
hat
he
w
as
no
l
on
g
er
t
hat
m
an and
ne
v
er
w
ou
l
d
or
cou
l
d be,
e
v
en
i
f
he
ne
v
er
saw W
i
l
l
ow a
g
a
i
n.

H
e
t
u
r
ned
t
he
co
r
ner
on
t
o
L
a
k
e
v
i
ew
and  headed
t
o
w
a
r
d
t
he
co
l
d
e
m
p
ti
ness
of
t
he
apa
rt
m
ent
w
a
iti
ng
f
or
h
i
m
t
o p
l
an
w
hat
he
m
i
g
ht
do
w
it
h
w
hat
ti
m
e
he
had
l
e
f
t
i
n
t
he
next
coup
l
e of
w
ee
k
s.