Blood From a Stone (89 page)

H
e
a
l
m
ost
l
au
g
hed
out
l
oud at
t
he
t
ho
u
g
ht
of
t
e
lli
ng he
r
,
or
an
y
one
e
l
se
f
or
t
hat
m
a
tt
e
r
, of
such a
t
h
in
g
.
H
e cou
l
d
j
ust
hear
i
t
no
w
,
“
H
ey W
ill
o
w
.
Y
ou
’l
l
ne
v
er
g
uess what
j
ust happened. I
f
e
l
l
as
l
eep
!
”

H
e
s
i
g
hed
and
shook h
i
s
head as
he
fl
ipped
t
he
w
a
t
er o
ff
,
g
r
abbed a
t
o
w
el
o
f
f
t
he
r
ack
and d
ri
ed o
ff
.

O
ne
t
h
i
ng he
k
new
f
or
su
r
e.
H
e
had
t
o
fi
nd so
m
e
w
ay
t
o
t
est
t
h
i
s
t
heo
r
y
of
h
i
s
b
l
ood
be
i
ng so
m
e
ca
t
a
l
y
s
t
f
or hea
l
i
n
g
…and
f
or
h
i
s
o
w
n
poss
i
b
ilit
y  of
r
e
t
u
r
n
i
ng  e
v
en
i
n so
m
e
s
m
a
l
l
pa
r
t
back
t
o
t
he
w
o
rl
d
of
tr
ue
hu
m
an
it
y
.
H
ow
w
ou
l
d he do
it
?

Hmmm
.
I
t
see
m
ed
t
he
s
i
m
p
l
est
app
r
oach
w
ou
l
d be
t
o buy
a
f
ew
r
a
t
s
fr
om
t
he
pet
s
t
o
r
e.
S
ha
v
e
a
pa
t
ch
of
ha
ir
,
t
a
k
e
a
l
ancet
and
do
a
ti
ny
p
i
n
p
ri
ck
t
hen
g
i
v
e
t
hem a
t
as
t
e
of
h
i
s b
l
ood and see
i
f
i
t
hea
l
ed
t
he p
i
nho
l
e or
i
f
t
he ha
i
r
w
ou
l
d
g
r
ow bac
k
.

H
e
w
ent
t
o
t
he
k
it
chen
and
g
r
abbed
t
he phone
book
fr
om
t
he
coun
t
er
and
fli
pped
t
h
r
ou
g
h
t
he
y
e
ll
ow
pa
g
es
t
o
t
he pet
s
t
o
r
e
li
s
ti
n
g
s
and
f
ound
t
he c
l
osest
one.
I
t
opened at
9a
m
.

H
ead
i
ng
back
t
o
t
he
couch,
he
sat
do
wn
,
fli
pped
on
t
he
t
.v.
and
l
oo
k
ed
at
t
he
d
i
g
it
al
c
l
ock
on
t
he
cab
l
e
box.
H
e
k
new
exac
tl
y
w
he
r
e
he
’
d be
f
our hou
r
s and
t
h
i
r
t
y
-
e
i
g
ht
m
i
nu
t
es
fr
om
no
w
.