Blood From a Stone (234 page)

H
e
’
d
been
qu
i
et
f
or
m
ost
of
t
he
ri
de
i
n
t
he
back of
t
he cab,
as
t
he
cabb
i
e
’
s
t
a
l
k
r
ad
i
o
s
t
a
ti
on b
l
a
r
ed so
m
e
po
lit
i
cal
deba
t
e.
H
e
hadn
’
t
t
o
l
d
W
ill
ow yet about
see
i
ng
A
d
ri
e
ll
e….he
’
d
w
a
i
t
f
or
t
hat
‘
ti
l
l
a
t
er
w
hen
t
hey
w
e
r
e
i
n
t
he a
i
r and
on
t
he
i
r
w
a
y
.
H
er
v
i
s
i
t
had been unse
ttli
n
g
, as
usua
l
, but s
till
, he
’
d
m
ana
g
ed
t
o
r
e
m
a
i
n chee
rf
ul
and
i
n
g
ood
sp
irit
s
as he
’
d
a
rri
v
ed
at
her
house.
B
ut
her
w
o
r
ds
k
ept
ri
n
g
i
ng
t
h
r
ou
g
h h
i
s
m
i
nd.

W
ill
ow
r
eached
o
v
er
and
g
r
abbed
h
i
s
hand.
“I ne
v
er d
r
ea
m
ed
I
‘
d
ha
v
e
an  oppo
rt
un
it
y
t
o  expe
ri
ence
a
tr
i
p 
li
k
e
t
h
i
s…
m
uch
l
ess
w
it
h
t
he
l
o
v
e of
m
y
lif
e.”

H
e
squee
z
ed
her
fi
n
g
e
r
s
i
n
h
i
s
o
w
n
f
ee
li
ng
bo
t
h
j
oy and
t
he
sadness
at
k
no
w
i
ng
i
t
w
ou
l
d
a
l
m
ost
ce
rt
a
i
n
l
y be
t
he on
l
y
tri
p
t
he
y
’
d
ha
v
e
t
o
g
e
t
he
r
.
A
nd
he
da
m
ned
w
e
l
l
i
n
t
ended
t
o
m
a
k
e su
r
e
i
t
w
as
one she
’
d ne
v
er
f
o
r
g
e
t
.

H
e
s
m
il
ed
tr
y
i
ng
t
o
li
g
h
t
en
h
i
s
o
w
n
m
ood.
“
S
o
y
ou
’r
e
r
unn
i
ng
o
f
f
w
it
h
so
m
e
g
uy
y
ou
‘
v
e
f
a
ll
en
f
o
r
,
huh?
W
ho
i
s
he?
I
’l
l
k
i
ck
h
i
s
ass.”

S
he s
m
ir
k
ed and
r
ubbed h
i
s
t
h
i
g
h p
l
a
y
fu
ll
y
.

T
hey a
rri
v
ed
at
t
he
a
ir
po
rt
,
pa
i
d
t
he
cabb
i
e
and un
l
oaded
t
he
i
r
l
u
gg
a
g
e.
T
he
li
nes
w
e
r
e
r
e
l
a
ti
v
e
l
y
s
ho
r
t
f
or ba
g
g
a
g
e
chec
k
,
ti
c
k
e
ti
ng and
secu
rit
y and
i
t
w
as
a
r
e
l
a
ti
v
e
l
y sho
r
t
w
a
i
t
be
f
o
r
e boa
r
d
i
ng
w
as
announced
f
or
t
he
i
r
fli
g
h
t
.