Blood From a Stone (232 page)

“We
ll
,
li
s
t
en
now
H
a
r
o
l
d.
I
j
ust
d
r
op
p
ed
i
n
t
o
check on
y
ou
and
say
h
i
.
I
’
m
g
e
tti
ng
r
eady
t
o
g
o
on
a
tri
p
o
v
e
r
seas.
I
’
m
not
su
r
e
w
hen
I
’l
l
be
bac
k
…but
I
w
an
t
ed
t
o
m
a
k
e
su
r
e
y
ou
w
e
r
e a
lri
g
ht
be
f
o
r
e I
l
ea
v
e.”

H
a
r
o
l
d
nodded.
“
Y
es
s
ir
…
I
’
m
j
ust
g
ood
as
can
be.
A
nd
I
hope
y
ou
’l
l
co
m
e back
t
o see
m
e.
S
o
m
eday
I
’
m
g
onna
ha
v
e
m
y
o
w
n p
l
ace a
g
a
i
n.
Y
ou
w
a
i
t
and see.”

S
a
m
son
s
m
il
ed.
“
S
o
m
eho
w
…I
k
now
y
ou
w
ill
.
I
’
v
e
g
ot
t
o
g
o
no
w
.
I
’l
l
see
y
ou soon.”
H
e o
ff
e
r
ed h
i
s hand and
H
a
r
o
l
d  en
t
hus
i
as
ti
ca
ll
y
shook
it
,  be
f
o
r
e
g
r
abb
i
ng
hi
m
i
n
a
m
an
-
hu
g
.

“
T
hank
y
ou,
f
or
a
l
l
y
ou done,” he sa
i
d
qu
i
e
tl
y
.
S
a
m
son nodded be
f
o
r
e
t
u
r
n
i
ng
t
o
w
a
l
k
o
ut
t
he doo
r
.
H
e
d
r
o
v
e
by
t
he apa
rt
m
ent
t
o p
i
ck
up a
f
ew
t
h
i
n
g
s
t
hat
w
e
r
en
’
t
a
lr
eady  pac
k
ed
i
n
h
i
s
su
it
case
at
W
ill
o
w
’
s,
and d
r
opped
by
t
he
l
and
l
o
r
d
’
s
o
ffi
ce
t
o
l
et
her
k
now
h
e’
d
be
g
one
f
or
several
da
y
s
and
ask
i
f
she
’
d
j
ust
k
eep
an
e
y
e on
e
v
e
r
y
t
h
i
ng
f
or
h
i
m
.

H
e
doub
l
e
chec
k
ed
t
he
apa
rt
m
ent
t
o
m
a
k
e
su
r
e he hadn
’
t
f
o
r
g
o
tt
en
an
y
t
h
i
ng and
w
as about
t
o
w
a
l
k
o
u
t
w
hen he
f
e
l
t
a
f
a
m
ili
ar
ch
il
l
and
w
as
s
t
a
rtl
ed
t
o see
A
d
riell
e s
t
an
d
i
ng
t
he
r
e
i
n
t
he co
r
ner
of
t
he
r
oo
m
.

H
e
d
r
ew
i
n
a
deep
b
r
ea
t
h.
“
S
o…a
r
e
y
ou  he
r
e
t
o
i
n
f
o
r
m
m
e
t
hat
I
m
i
g
ht
be
j
o
i
n
i
ng
y
our
littl
e
c
l
ub
soon?
E
v
e
r
y
one e
l
se see
m
s
t
o
k
now
about
it
.”

A
d
ri
e
ll
e
l
oo
k
ed con
f
used, but
sa
i
d noth
i
n
g
.

“
Quit bullshitting me, Adrielle. That’s your name isn’t it?
H
a
r
o
l
d
’
s
s
til
l
ca
lli
n
g
m
e
‘
M
r
.
A
n
g
e
l’
…and
W
ill
ow
k
new
t
oo
because
t
hat
littl
e
boy
t
o
l
d
her
y
ou
w
e
r
e
i
n h
i
s
r
oo
m
.”

A
d
ri
e
ll
e
s
t
epped
f
o
r
w
a
r
d
as
she
spo
k
e.
N
ot
i
ns
i
de
h
i
s
head,
but
w
it
h
ac
t
ual
w
o
r
ds.
H
er
v
o
i
ce
w
as
m
e
l
od
i
c
and
ri
ch as
she spo
k
e.

“
T
hat
w
as
an
acc
i
den
t
.
A
nd
of
cou
r
se
she
k
no
w
s
y
our
sec
r
et
as
w
e
ll
.”