Blood From a Stone (121 page)

T
he
appa
riti
on
hadn
’
t
m
o
v
ed
or
sa
i
d
a
w
o
r
d, and he cou
l
dn
’
t
m
a
k
e
out
her
f
ea
t
u
r
es.
I
t’
d  happened  so 
f
a
st
he
w
asn
’
t
e
v
en
su
r
e
h
i
s
m
i
nd
w
asn
’
t
p
l
a
y
i
ng
tri
c
k
s
on
h
i
m
.
A
nd
y
e
t
, so
m
ehow
he
k
new
i
t
w
asn
’t
.

A
nd
t
hen
t
he
r
e
’
d
been
t
he
i
nc
i
dent
w
i
th
t
he
cat
and W
ill
ow
fi
nd
i
ng out
about
it
.
C
h
ri
s
t
.
T
o
say
i
t
had
been qu
it
e a day
w
as
an
unde
r
s
t
a
t
e
m
en
t
.
H
e
shook h
i
s
head.
Y
ep.
Q
u
it
e a day
i
ndeed.

H
e
pu
ll
ed
i
n
t
o
t
he
d
ri
v
e
w
ay
of
t
he
qu
a
d
ri
p
l
ex.
I
t
w
as a
f
ou
r
-
un
i
t
p
l
ace
t
hat
w
as
set
o
f
f
t
he
r
oad
and
se
e
m
ed
m
o
r
e
li
k
e
a
house
or
p
ri
v
a
t
e
r
es
i
dence
t
han an apa
rt
m
ent
bu
il
d
i
n
g
.
I
t
w
as
cheap,
li
k
e
l
y because
i
t
w
as
l
oca
t
ed
so
c
l
ose
t
o
t
he
g
r
a
v
e
y
a
r
d, and con
v
en
i
ent
i
n h
i
s
case
f
or
ob
v
i
ous
r
e
a
sons.

H
e
w
a
l
k
ed
i
n,
t
ossed
t
he
k
e
y
s
on
t
he
c
o
ff
ee
t
ab
l
e and h
i
s
coat
on
t
he
nea
r
by cha
ir
.
T
he box
t
hat
had he
l
d
i
s
f
u
rr
y
w
h
it
e
‘
expe
ri
m
en
t
’
sub
j
ec
t
s
fr
om
t
h
i
s
m
o
r
n
i
ng sat
o
n
t
he
fl
oor
i
n
t
he
co
r
ne
r
.
H
e
l
a
i
d
back a
g
a
i
nst
t
he
so
f
t
cush
io
ns
of
t
he couch  and 
fli
pped
on
t
he
b
i
g
sc
r
een
t
v
fi
g
u
ri
ng
he 
w
ou
l
d spend
ano
t
her
l
ong
and
s
l
eep
l
ess
n
i
g
ht
w
a
t
ch
i
ng
m
o
v
i
es
and educa
ti
ng
h
i
m
se
l
f
t
o
t
he cu
lt
u
r
e of
t
he da
y
.

B
ut
be
f
o
r
e
l
on
g
,
he
f
ound h
i
m
se
lf
….
y
a
w
n
i
n
g
?
H
e s
m
il
ed.
P
e
r
haps
t
h
i
s
s
l
eep
t
h
i
ng
w
as
not
a
one
-
ti
m
e dea
l
.
T
he
i
dea
of
l
a
y
i
ng
do
w
n
and
en
j
o
y
i
ng
a
peace
f
ul
d
r
eam
aft
er
a
l
ong
day
m
ade h
i
m
f
eel
a
l
m
ost
hu
m
an.
A
l
m
os
t
.

H
e
t
hou
g
ht
about
i
t
f
or
a
m
o
m
ent
and
d
ec
i
ded
m
a
y
be he
shou
l
d
do
i
t
up
ri
g
ht
and
g
i
v
e
i
t
a
tr
y
i
n
t
he
h
opes
t
hat
he
cou
l
d
i
ndeed
d
rif
t
o
f
f
i
n
t
o
t
he
w
o
rl
d
of
d
r
ea
m
s.
H
e
g
ot
up,
fli
pped o
f
f
t
he sc
r
een,
w
a
l
k
ed
t
o
t
he ba
t
h
r
oo
m
, b
ru
shed h
i
s
t
ee
t
h
and
headed
t
o
t
he
bed
r
oo
m
.
H
e
qu
i
c
k
l
y  und
r
es
s
ed, s
li
pped
under
t
he
co
v
e
r
s
and
fli
pped on
t
he
t
ube
i
n
t
he
r
e,
i
n hopes
i
t
w
ou
l
d
l
u
l
l
h
i
m
i
n
t
o a s
l
u
m
be
r
.
H
e
w
as
w
r
o
n
g
.