Blood From a Stone (103 page)

“
N
o.
N
o
m
o
r
e
l
y
i
n
g
,“ he sa
i
d.

“
S
o
t
hen.
Y
ou
’
v
e
k
no
w
n
a
l
l
a
l
ong about
t
h
i
s?
Y
ou
k
new
w
hat
y
ou d
i
d
w
it
h
C
i
sco
t
oo,
ri
g
h
t
?”

H
e
nodded.
“We
ll
, not
exac
tl
y
.
T
hat
w
as
t
he
fir
st
ti
m
e
i
t 
happened.   I
fi
g
u
r
ed  
i
t 
out 
a
ft
e
r
w
a
r
d,   and 
I
w
asn
’
t co
m
p
l
e
t
e
l
y
ce
rt
a
i
n un
ti
l
no
w
.”

“
O
k
a
y
.
A
r
e
y
ou
c
r
a
z
y
and
I
’
m
g
o
i
ng
c
r
a
z
y
w
it
h
y
ou?
O
r
a
r
e
y
ou
so
m
e
k
i
nd
of
pa
r
ano
r
m
a
l
so
m
e
t
h
i
ng or
a
n
o
t
her out
of
a
m
o
v
i
e?” she as
k
ed cau
ti
ous
l
y
.

“
C
r
ea
t
u
r
e?
I
s
t
hat
w
hat
y
ou
w
an
t
ed
t
o sa
y
?”
T
he
car
l
u
r
ched
t
o a s
t
op at
a
r
ed
li
g
ht
and he
l
oo
k
ed o
v
er
at
he
r
, h
i
s
t
u
r
quo
i
se b
l
ue
g
a
z
e bo
ri
ng
ri
g
ht
t
h
r
ou
g
h he
r
.

“
N
o.
N
o….
t
ha
t’
s
not
w
hat
I
m
ean
t
.”
S
he
s
t
a
mm
e
r
ed and
s
w
a
ll
o
w
ed
ha
r
d.
S
he
w
as
m
o
r
e
t
han
a
littl
e a
fr
a
i
d no
w
.
A
ft
er
a
l
l
she
ha
r
d
l
y
k
new
h
i
m
,
and
a
lt
hou
g
h
t
he
y
’
d
sha
r
ed so
m
e
t
h
i
ng
she
t
hou
g
ht
w
as
p
r
e
tt
y
spec
i
al
t
he
n
i
g
ht
b
e
f
o
r
e,
t
he
r
e
w
e
r
e
do
z
ens
of
s
t
o
ri
es
e
v
e
r
y
day
i
n
ne
w
spape
r
s
ac
r
oss
t
he
coun
tr
y
of
w
o
m
en
w
ho
’
d
been
l
u
r
ed
by
see
m
i
n
g
l
y
‘
n
i
ce’
g
u
y
s
t
hey da
t
ed
a
f
ew
ti
m
es;
j
ust
l
ong enou
g
h
t
o
g
a
i
n
t
he
i
r
tr
us
t
,
w
ho
t
hen
t
u
r
ned
out
t
o  be
ps
y
chos. 
O
r
i
n 
t
h
i
s
case
m
a
y
be so
m
e
t
h
i
ng
w
o
r
se.

H
e
shook h
i
s
head
i
n
fr
us
tr
a
ti
on.
“
G
r
ea
t
.
N
ow
y
ou
t
h
i
nk
I
’
m so
m
e
k
i
nd
of
ps
y
cho
ti
c
m
u
r
de
r
er
or
so
m
e
thi
n
g
.
O
r
a
crea
t
ure
.
O
ne
l
ook
sa
y
s
i
t
a
ll
.”

H
er
s
il
ence sa
i
d e
v
e
r
y
t
h
i
ng
t
hat
w
o
r
ds cou
l
dn
’t
.

H
e
ha
t
ed
t
he
w
o
r
d…ha
t
ed
t
hat
i
t
w
as
w
hat
she
t
hou
g
h
t
of h
i
m
.
B
ut
w
hat
he
ha
t
ed
w
o
r
se
w
as
t
hat
i
t
w
as
tr
ue.
H
e
w
as
i
n
deed
m
uch
m
o
r
e
‘
c
r
ea
t
u
r
e’
t
han
m
an.
A
nd
i
t
ne
v
er
see
m
ed
m
o
r
e
r
eal
t
o h
i
m
t
han
ri
g
ht
he
r
e and no
w
.

“
L
i
s
t
en
t
o
m
e
W
ill
o
w
.
I don
’
t
ha
v
e
a
lo
g
i
cal exp
l
a
na
ti
on
f
or
w
hat
y
ou
sa
w
.
H
e
ll
,
I ba
r
e
l
y
unde
rst
and
i
t
m
y
se
lf
.
T
he
fir
st
ti
m
e
i
t
happened
w
as
i
n
t
he
a
ll
e
y
w
ay
w
it
h
C
i
sco.
B
ut
t
he
r
e
’
s
so
m
e
t
h
i
ng about
m
y b
l
ood
t
hat
h
a
s
t
he po
w
er
t
o…hea
l
.”