Read Blood From a Stone Online
Authors: Cynthia Lucas
Blood From a Stone (106 page)
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o
w
.
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o,
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g
uess
t
h
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s
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s
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t
t
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s
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v
il
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ous
l
ed
her
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r
. “We
ll
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m
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nd.
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he
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e
’
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‘
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hem on
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.
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.
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he
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o
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g
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ou
cou
l
d
m
a
y
be
be
one
of
t
hem or
so
m
e
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.
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and
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eah
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.
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e had
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r
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ed
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o
t
h
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nk
w
hat
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w
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l
d
do
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f
she
e
v
er
f
ound out
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he
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eal
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u
t
h.
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hat
w
as
ne
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er
g
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o happen,
t
hank
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od.
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w
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t
ed
t
o
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ep
f
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w
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a
i
n
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d.
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g
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g
oodn
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ht
hug
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s
out
of
t
he
ques
ti
on?
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k
now
I don
’
t
dese
r
v
e one…
w
e d
i
dn
’
t
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en ha
v
e d
i
nne
r
.”
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m
not
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g
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er
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l
of
t
h
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s.
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i
g su
r
p
ri
se
t
he
r
e.”
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he sh
r
u
gg
ed.
“
S
a
m
son….I
t
h
i
nk
I
j
ust
need
so
m
e
ti
m
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t
o
d
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est
a
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l
t
h
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s, o
k
a
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?
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h
i
s
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s
j
ust
ha
r
d
t
o unde
r
s
t
and.”
H
e
nodded.
C
h
ri
s
t
.
H
e
w
an
t
ed
so
m
uch
t
o
j
ust
t
a
k
e her
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n
h
i
s
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r
m
s
ri
g
ht
now
and
k
i
ss
her
un
ti
l
she
for
g
ot e
v
e
r
y
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ng
she
’
d
seen
and
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r
d,
or
at
l
east
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ti
l
she
d
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dn
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g
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v
e
a
da
m
n
an
y
m
o
r
e.
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ut
t
hat
w
asn
’
t
g
o
i
ng
t
o
happ
e
n.
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n
f
ac
t
,
t
h
i
s
m
ay
be
t
he
l
ast
he e
v
er
saw
of
her
f
or
a
l
l
he
k
ne
w
.
“I
g
uess
I
’
d
be
tt
er
be
g
o
i
n
g
.”
H
e
paused
f
or
a
m
o
m
en
t
,
r
ea
li
z
i
ng
t
hat
i
f
he
ne
v
er
saw
he
r
,
t
hen
he
m
ay ne
v
er see
t
he dog
a
g
a
i
n e
it
he
r
.
“
C
an
I s
til
l
ca
l
l
y
ou?
I
m
ean…a
r
e
w
e
s
til
l
g
o
i
ng
t
o sha
r
e
C
i
sco?
S
hou
l
d
I ha
v
e
m
y
l
a
w
y
er
ca
l
l
y
ou
about
v
i
s
it
a
ti
on
ri
g
h
t
s
and
cus
t
ody
hea
ri
n
g
?“
H
e
sh
r
u
gg
e
d
.
“
A
f
t
er a
ll
, he
i
s
m
y
son
t
oo.
H
e
l
oo
k
s
j
ust
li
k
e
m
e.”
