Blood From a Stone (226 page)

“We
ll
…I
g
uess
t
hat
i
s
a
poss
i
b
ilit
y
.
B
ut
I do unde
r
s
t
and
y
our
despe
r
a
ti
on
t
o
he
l
p
t
he
m
.
I can
’
t
say
I
w
ou
l
dn
’
t
ha
v
e
done
t
he
sa
m
e.
I
g
uess
w
e
can
on
l
y
h
o
pe
t
hat
w
on
’
t
happen,
and
i
f
i
t
does,
I
w
il
l
w
o
r
k
tir
e
l
ess
l
y
t
o
fi
nd
a cu
r
e.
B
ut
a
g
a
i
n
f
or
t
he
n
t
h
ti
m
e…I
need
a
sa
m
p
l
e
of
y
our b
l
ood
t
o
w
o
r
k
w
it
h!
”

G
od
da
m
ned
she
w
as
s
t
ubbo
r
n.
B
ut
t
hen
t
ha
t’
s one of
t
he
t
h
i
n
g
s
he
l
o
v
ed
about
he
r
.
S
he
d
i
dn
’
t
g
i
v
e
up.
H
e
pu
ll
ed her
c
l
oser
and
k
i
ssed
her
a
g
a
i
n,
fi
g
h
ti
ng ha
r
d
t
o
c
o
n
tr
ol
t
he
r
a
g
i
ng
t
o
rr
ent
i
ns
i
de
of
h
i
m
.
H
e
had,
a
ft
er
a
l
l
co
m
e
he
r
e
t
o
say
g
oodb
y
e.
T
o
g
i
v
e
her
t
he
g
if
t
of
her
lif
e
and
her
f
r
eedo
m
.
I
t
w
as
t
he
ri
g
ht
t
h
i
ng
t
o
do…and
y
e
t
,
i
t
d
i
dn
’
t
f
eel
v
e
r
y
ri
g
ht
at a
ll
. What
f
e
l
t
ri
g
h
t
,
w
as
he
r
, he
r
e
i
n h
i
s
a
r
m
s.

S
he
pu
ll
ed
back
fr
om h
i
m
,
her
g
a
z
e
ne
v
er
l
ea
v
i
ng
t
he dep
t
hs
of
h
i
s
t
u
r
quo
i
se
e
y
es.
“
I
k
now
t
hat
t
h
i
s
s
it
ua
ti
on
see
m
s
hope
l
ess.
B
u
t
, no
m
a
tt
er
w
hat happens,
i
f
y
ou
chan
g
e
a
g
a
i
n,
I
w
ant
t
he
l
ast
t
h
i
ng
y
ou
f
eel
i
s
m
y
a
r
m
s
a
r
ound
y
ou
and
m
y
v
o
i
ce
i
n
y
our
ear
t
e
lli
ng
y
ou
t
h
a
t
I
l
o
v
e
y
ou.
B
ecause
G
od
f
o
r
b
i
d,
I
k
now
it’
s
c
r
a
z
y
,
but
I
d
o
and
I
w
on
‘
t
l
et
y
ou
g
o
t
h
r
ou
g
h
i
t
by
y
ou
r
se
lf
.”

S
he
k
i
ssed h
i
m
so
ftl
y
. “
P
l
ease….s
t
ay
w
it
h
m
e.”

“W
ill
o
w
,
I
can
’
t
do
t
h
i
s
t
o
y
ou.
I
f
I
w
a
l
k
no
w
,
i
t
w
il
l
be
m
uch eas
i
er
f
or
bo
t
h of
u
s.”

“
I
f
w
e
on
l
y
ha
v
e
t
h
r
ee
w
ee
k
s,
t
hen
l
e
t’
s
m
a
k
e
t
he
m
ost
of
t
hat
t
h
r
ee
w
ee
k
s,”
she
sa
i
d
fir
m
l
y
.  “
G
i
v
e 
m
e so
m
e
t
h
i
ng
t
o
ho
l
d
on
t
o
f
or
t
he
r
est
of
m
y
lif
e,
b
e
cause
no
m
a
tt
er
w
he
t
her
w
e
sha
r
ed
a
f
ew
da
y
s,
a
f
ew
n
i
g
h
t
s…
.
or
a
f
ew
w
ee
k
s,
I
’
m
ne
v
er
g
o
i
ng
t
o
f
o
r
g
et
y
ou
and
I
’
m
ne
v
er
g
o
i
ng
t
o s
t
op
f
ee
li
ng
w
hat
I
f
eel
f
or
y
ou
ri
g
ht
no
w
!
”