Blood From a Stone (87 page)

L
e
t’
s
see.
Wo
k
e
up.
G
ot
d
r
essed.
S
t
op
p
ed
by shops
i
n cen
t
er
of
t
o
w
n.
Went
t
o n
i
g
h
t
c
l
ub. Met
W
ill
o
w
.
N
o..
w
a
it
.
B
e
f
o
r
e
he
ac
t
ua
ll
y
m
et
W
ill
ow
he
had
sa
v
ed
her
and
S
asha
fr
om
t
he
r
ab
i
d do
g
.

R
ab
i
d
dog.
T
he
w
o
r
ds
echoed
i
n
h
i
s
m
i
nd.
H
e s
t
opped co
l
d,
r
e
m
e
m
be
ri
ng
the s
ensa
ti
on
w
hen
t
he
dog b
i
t
h
i
m
.
T
he
’
e
l
ec
tri
c
it
y
’
and
t
he
ch
ill
s
t
hat
had shot
t
h
r
ou
g
h
h
i
m
on
i
m
pact and
t
he
w
ay
t
he
dog had
sudden
l
y ca
l
m
ed
do
w
n
and
b
e
co
m
e
a d
iff
e
r
ent
an
i
m
a
l
.
C
o
m
e
t
o
t
h
i
nk of
it
,
C
i
sco see
m
ed
t
o
r
e
g
ene
r
a
t
e o
v
e
r
n
i
g
h
t
.

H
i
s
fi
n
g
e
r
s
t
apped
li
g
h
tl
y on
t
he co
ff
ee
t
ab
l
e next
t
o
t
he
couch.
H
e
he
l
d
up
t
he
f
o
r
ea
r
m
t
hat
bo
r
e
no
tr
ace
of
t
he
w
ound
t
hat
had punc
t
u
r
ed h
i
s
fl
esh nea
rl
y
do
w
n
t
o
t
he bone as h
i
s
b
l
ood
had
pou
r
ed
out
i
n
a
t
o
rr
ent
do
w
n h
i
s
s
l
e
e
v
e, on
t
o
t
he pa
v
e
m
ent
and
i
n
t
o
C
i
sco
’
s
an
g
r
y
j
a
w
s….and
of
cou
r
se
t
he
l
ook of
peace
t
hat
c
r
ossed
h
i
s
f
ea
t
u
r
es
as
he chan
g
ed b
e
f
o
r
e
t
he
i
r
e
y
es
i
n
t
o
t
he
s
w
eet
an
i
m
al
t
hat
be
gg
ed
f
or
t
r
ea
t
s
i
n
t
he
k
it
chen and s
l
ept
at
W
ill
o
w
’
s
f
eet
on
t
he cha
i
se.

H
i
s
b
r
o
w
s
k
n
i
t
t
o
g
e
t
her
as
t
he
m
e
m
o
r
y of
i
t
a
l
l
p
l
a
y
ed back
i
n
h
i
s
m
i
nd
and
he
l
et
out
a
deep
b
r
ea
t
h as
re
co
g
n
iti
on da
w
ned
on
h
i
m
i
n
t
hat
m
o
m
en
t
.
I
t
cou
l
d
be
on
l
y
one
t
h
i
n
g
.
H
i
s b
l
ood.
T
he dog
had
t
as
t
ed h
i
s
b
l
ood.

H
i
s
m
i
nd
tr
a
v
e
l
ed
back and
i
n
a
l
l
t
h
i
s
ti
m
e
o
v
er
t
he cen
t
u
ri
es
t
hat
he
’
d been
Aw
a
k
en
i
n
g
, ne
v
er
once
had
any c
r
ea
t
u
r
e
or
hu
m
an
be
i
ng
t
as
t
ed
h
i
s
b
l
ood
or
g
o
tt
en
a
b
l
ood
tr
ans
f
us
i
on
fr
om
h
i
m
.
N
o
t
h
i
ng
of
t
hat
so
rt
.
I
t
w
as
t
he
o
n
l
y
t
h
i
ng
t
hat
w
as
d
iff
e
r
ent
i
n
t
he he
r
e and no
w
.

B
ut
w
hat
d
i
d
i
t
m
ean
exac
tl
y
?
Was
ha
v
i
ng h
i
s
b
l
ood
t
as
t
ed
by
ano
t
her
li
v
i
ng
c
r
ea
t
u
r
e
or
g
i
v
i
ng
b
l
ood
t
he
so
l
u
ti
on
t
o
t
he
pu
zz
l
e?
T
hat
see
m
ed
w
ay
t
oo
eas
y
.
A
nd
w
as
t
hat
a
l
so
w
hy
he
w
as
ab
l
e
t
o s
l
eep?
A
nd
w
as
i
t
j
ust
a one-
ti
m
e dea
l
?
A
nd
of cou
r
se, he had
t
o
w
onder a
l
so if he
w
as s
til
l
a
g
a
r
g
o
y
l
e….be
y
ond
dea
t
h
or
ill
ness. 
A
ft
er
be
i
ng
ess
e
n
ti
a
l
l
y
i
mm
o
rt
al
f
or
so
l
ong
t
he
t
hou
g
ht
of
be
i
ng co
m
p
l
e
t
e
l
y h
u
m
an
i
n
tri
g
ued,
r
e
li
e
v
ed and
t
e
rrifi
ed h
i
m
a
l
l
at
t
he s
a
m
e
ti
m
e.