Blood From a Stone (180 page)

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back do
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of
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om
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om
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m
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h
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ses
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om
t
he
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t
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bee
li
ne
f
or
t
he
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g
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nce
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one
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past
t
hem and
headed
f
or
t
he e
l
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a
t
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cou
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t
m
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t
he
l
ook
t
hat
t
he
t
a
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l
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une
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m as
she
w
ent
b
y
,
t
u
r
n
i
ng
back
a
r
ound
180
de
g
r
ees
on
her hee
l
.

“
H
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!” S
he
s
m
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ed
and
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v
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l
oo
k
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i
k
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she
w
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t
ed
t
o
de
v
our
h
i
m
,
be
f
o
r
e
t
u
r
n
i
ng qu
i
c
k
l
y back
t
o
w
a
r
d
her des
ti
n
a
ti
on.

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r
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an
e
y
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r
ow
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n
a
m
use
m
en
t
.
I
n past
Aw
a
k
en
i
n
g
s
t
hat
one
w
ou
l
d
ha
v
e
been
exac
tl
y
t
he
t
y
p
e
he
’
d ha
v
e
been
en
j
o
y
i
ng a
g
ood
r
o
m
p
w
it
h,
w
it
h
i
n
hou
r
s
o
f
r
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g
a
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h
i
s
senses.
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e
cou
l
d
on
l
y
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m
a
g
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ne
t
he
k
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nd
of
f
un and
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a
m
es
t
hat
one
w
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l
d
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v
or
t
o
w
it
h
a
coup
l
e
of d
ri
n
k
s
i
n
he
r
.
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i
s
m
i
nd
tr
a
v
e
l
ed
back
i
n
ti
m
e
o
v
er
a
l
l
t
he
i
ns
t
ances
w
he
r
e
t
hat
exact
scena
ri
o  had 
t
a
k
en  p
l
ace. 
B
ut
f
or  so
m
e
r
eason,
t
he
usual
f
ondness
he
f
e
l
t
f
or
such
m
e
m
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es
w
as
g
one
and
w
as
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ns
t
ead
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ep
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aced
w
it
h
no
t
h
i
ng
m
o
r
e
t
h
a
n
a
l
ong and
f
o
gg
y
tr
a
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l
of
f
aces
and
p
l
aces
t
hat
see
m
ed
li
k
e
lif
e
ti
m
es pas
t
.
A
nd so
i
t
w
as.

H
e
r
e
i
n
t
he
p
r
esen
t
,
h
i
s
hea
r
t
and h
i
s be
tt
er
i
ns
ti
nc
t
s
w
e
r
e
t
e
lli
ng
h
i
m
he needed
t
o
g
et
out
of
he
r
e…no
w
.

H
e
qu
i
c
k
l
y
w
a
l
k
ed
by
t
he
nu
r
se
’
s
s
t
a
t
ion and s
t
epped
i
n
t
o
t
he
open
e
l
e
v
a
t
or
i
n
fr
ont
of
h
i
m
.
H
e
hea
v
ed
a
n
i
n
w
a
r
d s
i
g
h
of
r
e
li
ef
as
he
pushed
t
he
bu
tt
on
t
hat
w
ou
l
d
t
a
k
e
h
i
m back
t
o
t
he
g
r
ound
fl
oo
r
.
H
e
r
e
m
o
v
ed
t
he
w
h
it
e
j
ac
k
e
t
, and s
t
e
t
hoscope
fr
om
a
r
ound
h
i
s
nec
k
,
f
o
l
d
i
ng
t
hem
nea
t
l
y
and
p
il
ed
t
he
t
h
r
ee cha
rt
s
he
’
d
t
a
k
en on
t
op of
t
he
m
.