Blood From a Stone (95 page)

A
ft
er
a
qu
i
ck
t
u
t
o
ri
al
and
t
ho
r
ou
g
h sa
l
es p
it
ch, he
’
d bou
g
ht
a
l
ap
t
op,
b
r
ou
g
ht
i
t
ho
m
e
and
spent
t
he
be
t
t
er
pa
r
t
of
t
he
a
ft
e
r
noon
r
ead
i
ng
t
he
m
anua
l
,
m
a
k
i
ng a
coup
l
e
of
ca
ll
s
t
o
g
et
i
n
t
e
r
net
se
r
v
i
ce
f
or
h
i
s
apa
rt
m
ent
and
se
tti
ng
i
t
up.
T
o
h
i
s su
r
p
ri
se
so
m
eone
had been a
v
a
il
ab
l
e
t
o
g
et
h
i
s se
r
v
i
ce up and
r
unn
i
ng
t
hat
a
ft
e
r
noon,
so
he
hadn
’
t
had
t
o
w
a
it
.
H
e
’
d p
i
c
k
ed up
a
coup
l
e
of
boo
k
s
on
co
m
pu
t
e
r
s
and
be
i
ng a
f
ast
s
t
ud
y
, see
m
ed
t
o
g
et
t
he hang
of
i
t
enou
g
h
t
o
g
et
b
y
,
i
f
on
l
y
a
littl
e.

H
e
m
a
r
v
e
l
ed
at
t
he
m
ir
acu
l
ous
t
echno
l
o
gy
,
how
i
t
w
o
r
k
ed
and
t
he
sheer
v
o
l
u
m
es
of
i
n
f
o
r
m
a
ti
on
t
hat
w
e
r
e now a
v
a
il
ab
l
e.
H
e
w
ou
l
d
ha
v
e
t
o
ha
v
e
W
ill
ow
show
h
i
m
m
or
e about
t
h
i
s
t
h
i
ng ca
ll
ed
i
n
t
e
r
ne
t
,
a
lt
hou
g
h
he
w
asn
’
t
su
r
e
how he
’
d
exp
l
a
i
n
h
i
s
l
ack of
‘
co
m
pu
t
er
sa
vvy
’
t
o he
r
, s
i
nce e
v
e
r
y
one
i
n
t
h
i
s
day
and
a
g
e
see
m
ed
t
o
k
now so
m
uch
about
t
he
m
.
T
he
r
e
w
e
r
e
s
til
l
so
m
e
peop
l
e
he
supposed
t
hat
m
i
g
ht not
be
up
t
o
speed
on
i
t
and
he
fi
g
u
r
ed
he
’
d
ha
v
e
t
o
j
ust
be one of
t
hem
as
f
ar
as
she
k
ne
w
.
I
t
w
asn
’
t
a
li
e a
f
ter
a
ll
.

H
e
’
d
t
hen
l
oo
k
ed
at
t
he
c
l
ock
and
r
ea
li
z
ed
i
t
w
as
a
f
t
er
5pm
and
dec
i
ded
t
o
ca
l
l
her
i
n
t
he
hopes
he
m
i
g
ht
g
et
l
uc
k
y and
ca
t
ch
her
on
her
d
i
nner
b
r
eak
t
o
see
i
f
she
w
a
nt
ed
t
o
g
r
ab a
b
it
e
t
o
ea
t
.
H
e
’
d
l
uc
k
ed
out
r
each
i
ng
he
r
…a
lt
hou
g
h
she see
m
ed
m
o
r
e
i
n
t
e
r
es
t
ed
i
n
j
ust
w
a
iti
ng
‘
ti
l
she
g
ot
o
f
f
w
o
r
k
t
o
g
o out
f
or
a
l
a
t
e d
i
nner
t
han
m
ee
ti
ng
ri
g
ht
a
w
a
y
.
A
l
l
t
he
be
tt
er
he
supposed.
T
hey cou
l
d
t
a
k
e
t
he
i
r
ti
m
e and
fi
nd so
m
e
w
he
r
e n
i
cer
t
o
g
o
t
han
t
he hosp
it
al
ca
f
e
t
e
ri
a or a
r
ound
t
he co
r
ner
t
o
C
h
i
co
’
s
a
g
a
i
n.

H
e
fi
n
i
shed
r
ead
i
ng
t
he
l
ap
t
op
m
anua
l
,
m
essed a
r
ound
w
it
h
i
t
a
littl
e
m
o
r
e,
t
han
t
ook a
qu
i
ck sho
w
e
r
,
p
u
t
on
a
n
i
ce bu
tt
on
do
w
n
sh
ir
t
and
j
eans,
and
h
i
s
boo
t
s,
g
r
abbed h
i
s
j
ac
k
et and headed out
t
he door
t
o
g
o p
i
ck
up her
up.