Blood From a Stone (130 page)

H
e
qu
i
c
k
l
y
w
o
lf
ed
do
w
n
t
he
e
gg
s,
and s
w
i
gg
ed do
w
n
t
he
r
est
of
h
i
s
co
ff
ee,
t
ossed
a
$10 b
il
l
on
t
he
c
o
un
t
er
and s
t
a
rt
ed
out
t
he
doo
r
,
w
hen
he
f
e
l
t
t
he
ch
ill
.
H
e
t
u
r
ned a
r
ound, ha
l
f
e
x
pec
ti
ng
t
o
see
t
he
g
hos
tl
y appa
riti
on,
but
t
he
r
e
w
as
no one
t
he
r
e
except
a
m
an
s
itti
ng a
t
he
co
r
ner
boo
t
h
c
l
osest
t
o
t
he doo
r
.

S
a
m
son
s
t
a
rt
ed
t
o
open
t
he
door
t
o
w
alk ou
t
,
sha
k
i
ng o
f
f
t
he ee
ri
e
f
ee
li
n
g
.

“
Y
ou
’r
e
g
o
i
ng
t
o
ha
v
e
a
cho
i
ce
t
o
m
a
k
e
,”
t
he
m
an
i
n
t
he
boo
t
h
sa
i
d,
not
l
oo
k
i
ng
up
fr
om 
t
he
ne
w
spaper
t
hat co
v
e
r
ed h
i
s
f
ace.

“
E
xcuse
m
e?”
S
a
m
son
sa
i
d  qu
i
e
tl
y
, 
t
u
r
n
i
ng
on  h
i
s heel
and
w
a
l
k
i
ng
t
o
w
a
r
d
t
he boo
t
h.

“
Y
ou
hea
r
d
m
e.
Y
ou
’r
e
g
o
i
ng 
t
o
ha
v
e
t
o 
m
a
k
e
a cho
i
ce or
t
w
o.”

“
D
o I
k
now
y
ou?”
S
a
m
son
m
o
v
ed
i
n c
l
os
e
r
.

“
N
o.
N
ot
d
ir
ec
tl
y
…but
t
hen
a
g
a
i
n,
i
f
y
ou
t
h
i
nk
about
it
,
y
ou do
i
n a d
i
s
t
ant
so
r
t
of
w
a
y
.”

“
D
i
d
she
send
y
ou
he
r
e?”
h
i
s
v
o
i
ce
t
o
o
k on
a
s
li
g
ht
t
one of
t
he a
g
it
a
ti
on he
f
e
lt
.