Blood From a Stone (16 page)

“
S
o
how d
i
d
y
ou
m
ana
g
e
t
o
do
it
?
T
o
g
et
a
l
l
c
l
eaned up,
t
a
k
e
ca
r
e
of
t
he
dog
and
g
et
he
r
e
so
f
as
t
?“
H
er
t
one
of
v
o
i
ce
and
t
he
w
ay
she
w
as
c
ri
n
k
li
ng
her
f
o
r
ehead
re
m
i
nded
h
i
m of
an
o
l
d
schoo
l
m
a
r
m
fr
om a
coup
l
e
of
cen
t
u
ri
es
bac
k
, sco
l
d
i
ng
one of
her
w
a
y
w
a
r
d s
t
uden
t
s.

“
Y
ou
d
it
ched
t
he
dog
d
i
dn
‘
t
y
ou
!
?”
S
he
r
a
i
sed
her e
y
eb
r
o
w
s.

H
e
d
i
dn
’
t
b
li
nk
an
e
y
e
             
and
r
e
fr
a
i
ned
f
r
om co
mm
en
t
i
ng
on her
exp
r
ess
i
on
.
“A
c
t
ua
ll
y
,
i
f
y
ou
w
ant
t
he
r
eal
tr
u
t
h,
t
he
dog
i
s
t
a
k
en
ca
r
e
o
f
.
I
t
’
s
g
ot
a
w
a
r
m
bed,
f
ood
and
a
p
l
ace
t
o
s
t
ay
f
or no
w
.
I
w
asn
’
t
g
o
i
ng
t
o
ca
l
l
and
ha
v
e
i
t
hau
l
ed
o
f
f
at
t
h
i
s
hou
r
.
A
nd
as
f
or
m
e,
l
ook
a
g
a
i
n.
Y
ou
a
l
r
eady
sa
w
,”
he
he
l
d
up
h
i
s
m
uscu
l
ar
f
o
r
ea
r
m
. “
N
ot
a
sc
r
a
t
ch.
T
he
dog
w
as
hu
r
t
m
o
r
e
t
han I
w
as.”

S
he
s
t
a
r
ed
at
h
i
m
f
or
a
m
i
nu
t
e
be
f
o
r
e
fi
na
ll
y
no
d
d
i
ng
and
l
oo
k
i
ng
con
v
i
nced.
S
he
s
i
g
hed
and
sudden
l
y
f
e
l
t
s
t
up
i
d.
H
e
had,
a
ft
er
a
l
l
sa
v
ed
t
hem
g
e
tti
ng
m
au
l
ed.
A
l
t
ho
u
g
h
i
f
t
he dog hadn
’
t
t
o
r
n
h
i
m
up,
pe
r
haps
i
t
w
ou
l
dn
’
t
ha
v
e
tor
n
t
hem
up e
it
he
r
.
S
he
doub
t
ed
t
ha
t
,
desp
it
e
t
he
e
v
i
dence.
Ma
y
be
i
t
w
as
t
he
an
g
l
e
fr
om
w
h
i
ch
he
’
d
t
a
k
en
t
he
b
it
e?
T
hen
a
g
a
i
n,
m
a
y
be
t
he dog
r
ea
ll
y
had
j
ust
b
itt
en
it
se
l
f
i
n
s
t
ead.

S
he
s
i
g
hed.
S
t
up
i
d
t
o
s
i
t
he
r
e
tr
y
i
ng
t
o
fi
g
u
r
e
i
t
ou
t
.
I
t
w
as
o
v
er
and
done
w
it
h.

“
I
’
m
so
rr
y
.
I
g
uess
I shou
l
dn
’
t
be
g
i
v
i
ng
y
ou
t
he
t
h
ir
d
de
g
r
ee
a
ft
er
w
hat
y
ou
d
i
d
f
or
us.
T
hank
y
ou a
g
a
i
n. I
r
ea
ll
y
m
ean
it
.”

S
he
s
m
il
ed.
“
T
he
band
i
s
g
o
i
ng on
b
r
eak and
I
need
t
o
g
o
fi
nd
S
asha.
W
il
l
y
ou
s
til
l
be
he
r
e
w
hen
w
e
g
et
b
ack
f
or
t
he next
se
t
?”

“
Y
eah,
i
f
y
ou
’r
e
co
m
i
ng  back 
t
o
t
h
i
s
spo
t
, 
t
hen
m
a
y
be
I
’l
l
be he
r
e,” he sa
i
d p
l
a
y
f
u
ll
y
.