Blood From a Stone (11 page)

H
e
nodded.
“
O
k
ay
t
hen.
I hope
I see
y
o
u
l
a
t
er
on,
Ms.
D
a
lt
on.”
W
ill
ow
m
o
v
ed
c
l
oser
t
o
S
asha,
as
t
hey headed back a
r
ound
t
he
co
r
ner
t
o
t
he
now
m
uch
sho
rt
er
li
ne
w
a
i
t
i
ng
t
o
g
et
i
n
t
o
t
he c
l
ub
.

S
asha
g
asped,
“
Who
w
as
t
hat
g
u
y
?
H
e
w
as
r
ea
ll
y n
i
ce…and
I
’
m su
r
e
y
ou
cou
l
dn
’
t
ha
v
e
no
ti
ced
w
hat
he
l
oo
k
ed
li
k
e.
”
S
he
r
a
i
sed
her
e
y
eb
r
o
w
s. “
Y
ou shou
l
d ha
v
e
g
one
t
o
t
he
E
R
w
it
h h
i
m
!

“We
ll
,
I
w
ou
l
d
ha
v
e
but
I
doubt
he
’
s
g
o
i
n
g
…
t
he
r
e
’
s
not
a
sc
r
a
t
ch
on
h
i
m
.
Y
ou
sa
w
. I
don
’
t
ha
v
e a c
l
ue
on
t
hat
one. I
g
uess
t
he
j
ac
k
et
m
us
t‘
v
e
p
r
o
t
ec
t
ed
h
i
s
s
k
i
n,
li
k
e
he
sa
i
d. What
o
t
her
exp
l
ana
ti
on cou
l
d
t
he
r
e be?”

T
he
c
l
ub
door
opened
and
t
hey
r
ushed
in
out
of
t
he co
l
d.
T
he
i
ns
i
de
of
V
e
l
v
et
l
oo
k
ed
li
k
e a
m
ed
i
e
v
al
c
as
tl
e,
w
it
h
r
ed
ca
r
pe
t
s,
m
a
r
b
l
e
fl
oo
r
s,
s
t
a
ir
cases
t
hat
l
ed
t
o an upper
fl
oor co
m
p
l
e
t
e
w
it
h ba
r
, couches
and dance
a
r
ea.
T
he
s
t
a
g
e
w
as
o
f
f
t
o
t
he
f
ar
l
e
f
t
w
it
h
a
li
g
h
t
show
t
hat
p
r
ac
ti
ca
ll
y 
r
i
v
a
l
ed an
y
t
h
i
ng 
fr
om
P
i
nk 
F
l
o
y
d,
and 
t
he
hu
g
e,  c
ir
cu
l
ar
b
a
r
t
hat
l
oo
k
ed
li
k
e
a
s
t
one
w
e
l
l
i
n
t
he
m
i
dd
l
e
of
t
he
fl
oor
li
t
fr
om e
v
e
r
y
s
i
de
and
be
l
ow
w
as
an
i
m
pos
i
ng
fi
x
t
u
r
e.
             
T
he
ce
ili
n
g
s soa
r
ed h
i
g
h abo
v
e
li
k
e
a
ca
t
hed
r
al
and s
t
one
p
ill
a
r
s
li
ned
t
he ou
t
er
pe
ri
m
e
t
e
r
.
C
ri
m
son
v
e
l
v
et
cu
r
t
a
i
ns
hung
fr
om
t
he
w
a
ll
s a
l
ong
w
it
h
p
i
eces
of
a
r
t
and
r
ock h
i
s
t
o
r
y
….
g
u
it
a
r
s,
s
i
g
ned pa
r
aphe
r
na
li
a, pos
t
e
r
s, pho
t
os
and o
t
her
it
e
m
s
of
i
n
t
e
r
es
t
.

S
o
m
eone
had
du
m
ped
a
f
o
rt
une
i
n
t
o
t
he
p
l
ace and
i
t
w
as
de
fi
n
it
e
l
y one
-
of
a
k
i
nd
as
f
ar
as
n
i
g
h
t
c
l
ubs
g
o.
S
he
t
ook o
f
f
her
coa
t
,
g
r
abbed
S
asha
and
headed
t
o
w
a
r
ds
t
he
bar
w
he
r
e a
s
ili
cone
enhanced  b
l
onde
i
n  a
t
oo
-
ti
g
ht
m
i
n
i
-
s
k
ir
t
w
as
g
e
tti
ng
a
d
ri
nk
p
r
o
m
i
sed
t
o
her
by
a
du
m
py
l
oo
k
i
ng
d
r
unk
g
u
y
,
w
ho
w
as
f
oo
li
sh
enou
g
h
t
o
be
li
e
v
e
she
w
asn
’
t
g
o
i
ng
t
o d
it
ch
h
i
m
a
ft
er
he
’
d
d
r
a
i
ned
h
i
s
poc
k
e
t
s
supp
l
y
i
ng
her
w
it
h
fr
ee
li
ba
ti
ons.
W
ill
ow
r
o
ll
ed
her
e
y
es
and
ed
g
ed
h
e
r
w
ay
i
n c
l
ose
r
.