Blood From a Stone (23 page)

O
ne
t
h
i
ng he
w
as
su
r
e
o
f;
t
h
i
s
new
w
o
rl
d,
w
it
h
it
s
s
l
eek ca
r
s,
w
il
d
c
l
o
t
hes,
p
i
eces
of
m
e
t
al
p
i
e
rc
ed
t
h
r
ou
g
h pe
o
p
l
e
’
s
li
ps
and
e
y
eb
r
o
w
s,
and
a
l
l
t
he
r
est
he
’
d
c
o
m
e
t
o
see
i
n
t
he
past
f
ew
hou
r
s
w
as
p
r
e
tt
y da
m
ned a
m
a
z
i
n
g
.
A
nd he
i
n
t
ended
t
o
en
j
oy e
v
e
r
y second
un
ti
l
t
he
next
m
on
t
h
’
s
l
unar c
y
c
l
e
w
hen
he
w
ou
l
d
g
o
back
t
o
be
i
ng co
l
d,
ha
r
d,
a
n
d
ab
l
e
t
o
f
eel
littl
e but
t
he pass
i
ng
seasons
as
t
he
y
ea
r
s
dr
ift
ed b
y
.

B
ut
f
or
no
w
…he
r
e
he
w
as!
H
e
’
d
been 
w
al
k
i
ng
t
o
V
e
l
v
et
and happened by
t
he a
ll
e
y
w
ay
at
j
ust
t
he
ri
g
ht
m
o
m
en
t
, saw
t
he
dog
about
t
o
pounce
on
t
he
t
w
o
w
o
m
en
and
had
t
o s
t
ep
i
n.
H
e
cou
l
dn
’
t
j
ust
w
a
l
k
by
and
l
et
t
he
r
a
b
i
d
an
i
m
al a
tt
ack
t
he
m
…and
of
cou
r
se
i
t
w
ou
l
dn
’
t
be
a
bad
t
h
i
ng
i
f
t
hey happened
t
o
be
f
ee
li
ng 
g
r
a
t
e
f
ul
a
ft
e
r
w
a
r
ds
and
o
ff
e
r
ed  a
r
e
w
a
r
d
or
sexual
f
a
v
o
r
s
f
or
h
i
s
g
a
ll
an
tr
y
.
B
ut
as
s
oon as
t
he
i
n
c
i
dent
happened,
he
r
ea
li
z
ed
t
h
i
s
W
ill
ow
w
asn
’
t
t
hat
t
y
pe and
t
he
on
l
y
r
e
w
a
r
d
he
w
as
g
e
tti
ng
w
as
her
y
e
lli
ng
at
h
i
m
f
or not
g
o
i
ng
t
o
t
he
E
R
and
t
a
k
i
ng
t
he dog
t
o
t
he pound.

S
till
,
he
f
ound
i
t
ha
r
d
t
o
escape
t
he
s
m
e
l
l of her pe
r
f
u
m
e,
t
he
sass
i
n
her
v
o
i
ce
and
t
he
w
ay she
b
l
ushed
w
hen she
l
oo
k
ed at
h
i
m
.

H
e
r
ose
fr
om
h
i
s
seat
and
s
t
ood
by 
t
he
ba
l
cony
w
a
iti
ng
f
or
her
t
o
co
m
e
back ou
t
.
H
e
r
ea
ll
y so
r
t
of
w
i
shed
t
hat she
w
e
r
e
a
bar
tr
a
m
p…and
e
v
en
be
tt
er
y
e
t
, he
ll’
s b
ell
s and
w
h
i
s
tl
es
w
ou
l
d
be
b
l
a
ri
ng
t
on
i
g
ht
and
i
f
he
cou
l
d
h
a
v
e
g
o
tt
en bo
t
h her
and
her
fri
end
l
oaded and
w
illi
n
g
.
N
ow
t
hat
cou
l
d p
r
o
v
e
t
o
be
qu
it
e
a
ce
l
eb
r
a
t
o
r
y n
i
g
ht
of
f
un
and
g
a
m
es!
H
e
l
au
g
hed
t
o
h
i
m
se
lf
.
H
e
’
d
had
a
m
o
r
e
t
han
a
f
ew of
t
hose
o
v
er
t
he cen
t
u
ri
es.
D
ebauche
r
y
ne
v
er
w
ent
out
of
s
t
y
l
e.

B
ut
t
hat
w
asn
’
t
g
o
i
ng
t
o
happen.
T
he
t
w
o
m
ost p
r
o
b
ab
l
e
cho
i
ces
f
or
t
he
e
v
en
i
ng
w
e
r
e
g
et
l
ost
i
n
t
he
c
r
o
w
d and
g
o
fi
nd
a
g
ood
w
ho
r
e
t
o
spend
t
he
n
i
g
ht
w
it
h…or
g
o back
t
o
t
he
spot
w
he
r
e
W
ill
ow
D
a
lt
on
w
ou
l
d
bu
r
n
ho
l
es
int
o
h
i
m
w
it
h
t
hat
school
m
a
r
m
g
l
a
r
e
and
t
e
l
l
h
i
m
o
f
f
at
e
v
e
r
y
t
u
r
n
of
t
he con
v
e
r
sa
ti
on.
G
et
l
a
i
d or
g
et
cussed ou
t
.