Blood From a Stone (144 page)

W
ill
ow
l
oo
k
ed
up
at
t
he c
l
ock
and no
t
ed
i
t
w
as
a
lmo
st
6p
m
.
A
f
ew
m
o
r
e
hou
r
s
and
i
t
w
ou
l
d
be
ti
m
e
f
or
S
a
m
s
on
t
o p
i
ck
her
up.
A
l
t
hou
g
h
she
usua
ll
y
w
o
r
k
ed
t
he
3
-
11pm
sh
ift
,
t
h
i
s
past
w
ee
k
,
she
’
d
s
w
it
ched
her
hou
r
s
a
r
ound  so
t
hat ano
t
her
of
t
he
nu
r
ses
on
du
t
y cou
l
d
g
o
ho
m
e a
f
ew
h
ou
r
s
ea
rl
y e
v
e
r
y da
y
,
because
her
husband had had su
r
g
e
r
y
.
I
t
f
e
l
t
a
littl
e s
tr
an
g
e
t
o
co
m
e
i
n
at
noon and be o
f
f
ea
rli
e
r
, but
i
t
w
as n
i
ce
t
oo.
T
h
i
s o
ff
e
r
ed
her
t
he
oppo
rt
un
i
t
y 
t
o
be
ab
l
e
t
o
m
eet
S
a
m
son
f
or
d
i
nne
r
.

I
t
had
been
a
r
ou
g
h
a
ft
e
r
noon
on
t
he
fl
oo
r
.
O
ne
littl
e boy
had
been
i
n
an
acc
i
dent
on
h
i
s
b
i
k
e…h
i
t
by a
c
a
r
and
had needed
su
r
g
e
r
y 
t
o
r
epa
i
r
a
bone
i
n
h
i
s
l
eg 
t
hat
had  been b
r
o
k
en
i
n
se
v
e
r
al
p
l
aces.
H
e
’
d su
ff
e
r
ed a b
r
o
k
en h
i
p, c
l
a
v
i
c
l
e and
i
n
t
e
r
nal
i
n
j
u
ri
es.
H
e
w
as
i
n
a
l
ot
of
pa
i
n
and
she
’
d
done her
best
t
o
k
eep
h
i
m
co
m
f
o
rt
ab
l
e
and
r
eassu
r
e
h
i
s
pa
r
en
t
s.
H
e
’
d
had
i
n
t
e
r
nal
b
l
eed
i
n
g
,
w
h
i
ch
t
hey had
m
ana
g
ed
t
o
s
t
op, but
t
hey
w
e
r
e
w
a
t
ch
i
ng
v
e
r
y ca
r
e
f
u
ll
y
f
or
any s
i
g
ns
of
a
r
ecu
r
r
ence.

H
er
b
r
o
w
s
k
n
i
t
t
o
g
e
t
her as she
t
hou
g
ht of
S
a
m
son.
A
ppa
r
en
tl
y h
i
s
b
l
ood
had
t
he
ab
ilit
y
t
o
hea
l.
S
he
tri
ed
t
o
push
t
he
t
hou
g
ht
fr
om  her
m
i
nd
j
ust pu
r
e
l
y
fr
om
t
he
s
t
andpo
i
nt
of
e
t
h
i
cs
but
i
t
w
as
ha
r
d
t
o
do
ri
g
ht about
no
w
.
E
v
e
r
y
ti
m
e
she
l
oo
k
ed at
t
he
littl
e
bo
y
,
her
m
i
nd
cou
l
dn
’
t
he
l
p
but
w
o
n
de
r
…
what
i
f
S
a
m
son cou
l
d he
l
p h
i
m
?

B
ut
t
hat
w
as
s
i
m
p
l
y not
an
op
ti
on
s
i
n
c
e
t
hey d
i
dn
’
t
k
now
m
uch
about
w
hat
S
a
m
son
cou
l
d do,
m
uch
l
ess
w
hat
t
he
i
m
p
li
ca
ti
ons
w
e
r
e
s
i
nce
he
’
d
on
l
y
d
i
sco
v
e
r
ed
i
t
w
h
e
n
he
’
d
hea
l
ed
C
i
sco.
S
o,
w
as
i
t
a
fl
u
k
e?
Was
i
t
so
m
e
k
i
nd
of
b
l
ood ano
m
a
l
y
?