Blood From a Stone (215 page)

H
e
see
m
ed
t
o
k
now as
littl
e
about
h
i
s po
w
e
r
s
as
he c
l
a
i
m
ed.
S
o…
w
as
i
t
so
m
e
k
i
nd of
tri
al
g
if
t
he
’
d be
e
n
g
i
v
en
t
o use
he
r
e
on
ea
rt
h
be
f
o
r
e
t
hey ca
m
e
t
o
t
a
k
e
h
i
m
?
S
he
cou
l
d ba
r
e
l
y b
r
ea
t
he
at
t
he
t
hou
g
ht
of
ne
v
er
see
i
ng h
i
m
…
n
e
v
er
t
ouch
i
ng h
i
s
f
ace
or
f
ee
li
ng
t
he
w
a
r
m
t
h
of
h
i
s
a
r
m
s
a
r
ound her a
g
a
i
n.
H
ow
cou
l
d she ha
v
e been such a
f
oo
l
?

T
ea
r
s
t
h
r
ea
t
ened
t
o
sp
il
l
fr
om  her
l
ashes
as
she
t
hou
g
ht
of
t
he
m
o
m
ent
w
hen
she
’
d
g
o
tt
en
out
of
h
i
s
tr
uck and
fl
ed
i
n
t
o
her
house
w
it
h
ba
r
e
l
y a
g
oodb
y
e.
S
he
cou
l
dn
’
t
bear
t
he
t
hou
g
ht
of
t
hat
be
i
ng
t
he
l
ast
w
o
r
ds
she
’
d e
v
er
sp
o
k
en
t
o h
i
m
.

S
he
p
i
c
k
ed
up
her
ce
ll
,
l
y
i
ng on
t
he
c
onso
l
e
and de
s
pe
r
a
t
e
l
y
d
i
a
l
ed
h
i
s
nu
m
be
r
,
p
r
a
y
i
ng he
w
ou
l
d
p
ic
k up.
S
he
j
ust
needed
t
o
hear
h
i
s
v
o
i
ce
ri
g
ht
no
w
…
t
o
k
now
t
h
a
t
he
w
as a
li
v
e and
w
e
ll
.
H
er
hea
r
t
sank
i
n
her
chest
as
she
hea
r
d
no
t
h
i
ng
m
o
r
e
t
han
             
t
he
r
eco
r
ded
m
essa
g
e
of
             
h
i
s
v
o
i
ce
m
a
il
.

“
S
a
m
son…
it’
s
m
e.
L
i
s
t
en.
I
’
m
so
so
rr
y
.
I
w
as
w
r
on
g
.
I
w
as
a
co
m
p
l
e
t
e
i
d
i
ot
and
I hope
y
ou
can
f
o
r
g
i
v
e
m
e.
P
l
ease ca
l
l
m
e
back
as
soon
as
y
ou
g
et
t
h
i
s
m
essa
g
e.”
S
he
paused
f
or a second. “I
l
o
v
e
y
ou,” she sa
i
d so
ftl
y
be
f
o
r
e han
g
i
ng
up.

S
he
headed
t
he
r
est
of
t
he
w
ay
ho
m
e
w
i
sh
i
ng she
w
ou
l
d
pu
l
l
i
n
t
o
fi
nd
h
i
s
tr
uck
i
n
her
d
ri
v
e
w
ay and
h
i
m s
t
and
i
ng
on
her
doo
r
s
t
ep.
B
ut
w
hen
she
g
ot
t
he
r
e,
o
n
l
y
t
he d
i
m po
r
ch
li
g
ht
and
t
he
w
h
i
s
tli
ng
of
t
he
w
i
n
t
er
w
i
n
d
g
r
ee
t
ed he
r
, as
she
g
ot
out
and
w
ent
i
ns
i
de.

S
a
m
son
sat
qu
i
e
tl
y on
t
he
couch
i
n
h
i
s
apa
rt
m
ent
a
f
t
er he
’
d
l
e
f
t
W
ill
o
w
’
s
house
t
h
i
s
a
ft
e
r
noon.
S
he
’
d
t
o
l
d
h
i
m
t
o
l
ea
v
e
and
fr
om a
l
l
i
nd
i
ca
ti
ons
she
ne
v
er
w
an
t
ed
t
o
see
h
i
m a
g
a
i
n.
H
e
’
d
spent
t
he
a
ft
e
r
noon
tr
y
i
ng
t
o
unde
r
s
t
and
how
t
h
i
n
g
s
had
g
one
so
do
w
nh
il
l
so
qu
i
c
k
l
y
.
B
ut
t
hen h
e’
d
k
no
w
n
t
he
ri
sk he
t
ook
t
he
second
he
’
d
dec
i
ded
t
o
heal
D
a
v
i
d.
H
e
k
new
da
m
ned
w
e
l
l
t
hat
w
hen
she
f
ound
out she
m
i
g
ht
t
e
l
l h
i
m
t
o
g
o
a
w
ay
f
o
r
e
v
e
r
.
N
o
m
a
tt
er
t
he
cos
t
…he
k
new
he
m
ust sa
v
e
t
hat
ch
il
d
’
s
lif
e, and so he had.