Blood From a Stone (243 page)

T
he
car
s
t
opped
i
n
fr
ont   of
t
he
i
r
hotel
and
S
a
m
son qu
i
c
k
l
y
pa
i
d
t
he
d
ri
v
er
be
f
o
r
e
t
hey s
t
epped
out
and
headed
i
n
s
i
de
t
o
t
he
w
a
r
m
t
h of
t
he
r
oo
m
.

“
S
o,
w
hat
do
y
ou
t
h
i
nk she
m
ean
t
?”
said W
ill
o
w
.
“
I
s
t
he
r
h
y
m
e
t
he
w
ay
t
o b
r
eak
t
he cu
r
se?”

“I don
’
t
k
no
w
.
I
t
m
ust
ha
v
e
so
m
e
t
h
i
ng
t
o
do
w
it
h
i
t because
she
k
eeps
sho
w
i
ng
up
and
t
e
lli
ng
m
e
t
o
pay a
tt
e
n
ti
on
t
o
t
he
da
m
ned
t
h
i
n
g
.
A
s
i
f
I hadn
’
t
a
lr
eady
f
or
t
he
past
t
en
Aw
a
k
en
i
n
g
s.”

“
C
an
y
ou
r
e
m
e
m
ber
a
l
l
t
he 
w
o
r
ds 
w
e
l
l
enou
g
h 
t
o
w
rit
e
t
hem
do
w
n?
Ma
y
be
i
f
w
e
cou
l
d
see
i
t
on
paper
w
e
cou
l
d unde
r
s
t
and
t
hem be
tt
er
and
i
t
w
ou
l
d
he
l
p
us
co
m
e
up
w
it
h so
m
e
t
h
i
ng
y
ou
ha
v
en
’
t
t
hou
g
ht
of
y
e
t
,” o
ff
e
r
ed W
il
l
ow op
t
i
m
i
s
ti
ca
ll
y
.

H
e
sat
do
w
n
on
t
he
bed
and
f
ound
a
pen and
pad
of paper
i
n
t
he
d
r
a
w
er
of
t
he
n
i
g
ht
s
t
and.
H
e
qu
i
c
k
l
y
sc
ri
b
b
l
ed out
t
he
w
o
r
ds
t
hat
echoed
i
n h
i
s
m
i
nd
li
k
e a son
g
.

W
ill
ow
p
i
c
k
ed
up
t
he
p
i
ece
of
pape
r
,
s
t
ud
y
i
ng
i
t
f
or so
m
e
ti
m
e
be
f
o
r
e
fi
na
ll
y
pu
tti
ng
i
t
do
w
n
on
t
he
t
a
bl
e
next
t
o
t
he
t
e
l
e
v
i
s
i
on.

“
T
he
r
e
’
s
g
ot
t
o be so
m
e h
i
dden
m
ean
i
n
g
,”
she s
i
g
hed. “
I
’
m
not
g
i
v
i
ng
up…
i
n
f
act
I
’
v
e
on
l
y
j
ust
be
g
un.
B
u
t
,
I
’
m
g
e
tti
ng hun
g
r
y
.
Ma
y
be
I
’l
l
be
ab
l
e
t
o
t
h
i
nk c
l
ea
r
er
a
ft
er
w
e
g
et so
m
e
f
ood.”

S
a
m
son
nodded.
“
T
he
r
e
’
s
a
g
r
eat
littl
e
p
l
ace
ri
g
ht
a
r
ound
t
he
co
r
ne
r
.
H
o
m
e
m
ade
e
v
e
r
y
t
h
i
n
g
….and
g
ood
a
l
e.”
H
e
s
m
il
ed
and
w
i
n
k
ed..
“We
need
t
o
f
o
r
g
et
a
l
l
t
h
i
s
f
or no
w
.
L
e
t’
s
j
ust
f
ocus
on
t
on
i
g
ht
and each o
t
he
r
. Ma
y
be
pl
an
w
hat
w
e
’l
l
g
o
see
t
o
m
o
rr
o
w
.
T
he
r
e
’
s
so
m
any h
i
s
t
o
ri
cal
s
i
g
h
t
s
and p
l
aces
of
i
n
t
e
r
est
and
I
w
ant
y
ou
t
o
see
as
m
any
of
t
hem as
y
ou
’
d
li
k
e
w
h
il
e
w
e
’r
e he
r
e.”

W
ill
ow
nodded.
“
L
et
m
e
g
o
w
ash
up.
I
’
ll
be
ri
g
ht
bac
k
.”
A
f
ew
m
i
nu
t
es
l
a
t
er
she
e
m
e
r
g
ed
fr
om
the
ba
t
h
r
oom
and
t
hey
headed out
t
he doo
r
.