Blood From a Stone (29 page)

y
ou
j
ust
w
rit
e
i
t
do
w
n
f
or
m
e
and
I
’l
l
ca
l
l
y
ou
w
h
e
n
I
g
et
a new
one or
w
hen I
g
et
ho
m
e.”

“
Y
eah.
H
ang
on
a
sec.”
S
he
dug
i
n
her
pu
r
se
f
or
a
pen and
paper
and
w
r
o
t
e
i
t
do
w
n
f
or h
i
m
.
H
er h
a
nd
w
riti
ng
w
as
s
li
g
h
tl
y
m
essy
fr
om
drinking
one
t
oo
m
any of
t
hose
si
n
ful green concoctions
, but
l
e
g
i
b
l
e none
t
he
l
ess.

S
he
handed
h
i
m
t
he
pape
r
.
“
O
k
a
y
,
t
hen.
S
o,
ca
l
l
m
e and
w
e
’l
l
g
et
t
o
g
e
t
her
f
or
co
ff
ee
or
l
unch 
m
a
y
be.”
S
he
g
r
abbed
S
asha
and
t
hey headed
t
o
w
a
r
d
t
he
door
and
g
r
oaned
w
hen
t
hey
l
oo
k
ed
ou
t
.
I
t
had
be
g
un
sno
w
i
ng ha
r
d and
e
v
en
t
hou
g
h
t
hey
d
i
dn
’
t
appear
t
o
be
ac
t
ua
ll
y
d
r
un
k
,
t
h
e
y d
i
d
seem
j
ust
a
t
ad
w
obb
l
y
on
t
he
i
r
f
ee
t
.

H
e
l
oo
k
ed
conce
r
ned
and
hoped
t
hey 
w
e
r
e
not p
l
ann
i
ng
t
o d
ri
v
e.

H
e
r
an
f
o
r
w
a
r
d
t
o
s
t
op
t
he
m
.
“
H
e
y
! Wa
i
t
a
m
i
nu
t
e.
Y
ou
’r
e
not
d
ri
v
i
ng
a
r
e
y
ou?
I
m
ean,
no
o
ff
ense
but
y
ou
had
a coup
l
e
i
n
t
he
r
e
and 
i
f
i
t
s
t
a
rt
s
t
o 
i
ce….
y
ou 
k
no
w
.”
H
e sh
r
u
gg
ed.

W
ill
ow
ha
t
ed
t
o
ad
m
i
t
i
t
but
he
w
as
ri
g
h
t
.
S
o
w
hat no
w
?
Was
he
g
o
i
ng
t
o
o
ff
er
t
o
d
ri
v
e
her
ho
m
e?
S
he
w
asn
’
t
r
ea
ll
y co
m
f
o
rt
ab
l
e
w
it
h
t
hat
e
v
en
t
hou
g
h
S
asha
w
ou
l
d be
w
it
h
t
he
m
.

S
he
w
ou
l
d
j
ust
ca
l
l
a
cab.
B
ut
t
hen
of
cou
r
se,
she
’
d ha
v
e
t
o
l
ea
v
e
her
car
and
she
d
i
dn
’
t
w
ant
t
o
do
t
h
a
t
e
i
t
he
r
,
but
she d
i
dn
’
t
r
ea
ll
y
ha
v
e
m
uch cho
i
ce.
S
he
d
i
a
l
ed
411
i
n
f
o
r
m
a
ti
on,
g
ot
t
he
nu
m
ber
of a
l
o
c
al
t
axi
se
r
v
i
ce
and
as
k
ed
f
or
a
cab
t
o
be
sent
and
qu
i
c
k
l
y
hung up.

“
O
k
a
y
,
done.”
she
sa
i
d.
S
he
l
oo
k
ed
up at
S
a
m
son. “
S
pea
k
i
ng
of
d
ri
v
i
n
g
,
how
a
r
e
y
ou
g
o
i
ng
t
o
g
et
ho
m
e
?
I
t’
s
not sa
f
e out
he
r
e
!
”

H
o
m
e…it
had
been
so
l
ong s
i
nce
he
’
d
had
one
he
f
o
r
g
ot
w
hat
i
t
f
e
l
t
li
k
e.  What
a
j
o
k
e!
T
he
on
l
y
t
h
i
ng
t
hat
w
ou
l
d
su
ffi
c
i
en
tl
y
t
a
k
e
h
i
m
ho
m
e
t
o
h
i
s
pe
r
ch
on
th
e
s
i
de
of
t
he
o
l
d
c
hurch
w
ou
l
d be a ho
i
st
and
l
adde
r
.
I
t
w
as
tr
u
l
y
l
au
g
h
ab
l
e, but
he
k
ept
h
i
s
cool
and ans
w
e
r
ed her
q
u
es
ti
on.