Blood From a Stone (235 page)

T
hey
f
ound
a
p
l
ace,
chec
k
ed
i
n and
i
m
m
ed
i
a
t
e
l
y headed
t
o
t
he
r
oo
m
.
W
ill
ow
g
ot
i
n
t
he
sho
w
er
fir
s
t
,
and
as
m
uch
as
he
des
ir
ed
he
r
,
he
r
es
i
s
t
ed
h
i
s
u
r
g
e
t
o
j
o
i
n
he
r
.
H
e
w
as
sa
v
i
ng
t
hat
f
or
t
o
m
o
rr
o
w
,
w
hen
t
hey bo
t
h
w
ou
l
d
be
l
ess
tir
ed.
H
e
w
an
t
ed
t
he
next
ti
m
e
t
o
be
one
t
hat
she
’
d
ne
v
er
f
o
r
g
e
t
.

S
he
ca
m
e
out
l
oo
k
i
ng s
l
eepy e
v
en
as
she
t
o
w
el
d
ri
ed her
ha
ir
.
“I
t
h
i
nk
I
’
m
t
oo
beat
t
o
g
o
fi
nd
so
m
e
w
he
r
e
t
o
ha
v
e so
m
e
f
ood.
C
an
w
e o
r
der
r
oom
se
r
v
i
ce?”

“
A
bso
l
u
t
e
l
y
.
J
ust
g
et
m
e
w
ha
t
e
v
e
r
y
ou
’r
e ha
v
i
n
g
…and
a
bee
r
.”
H
e
s
m
il
ed.
“
T
he
r
e
’
s
no
t
h
i
ng
li
k
e
a
g
ood
E
n
g
li
sh a
l
e.”

A
f
ew
m
o
m
en
t
s
l
a
t
er
t
he
heat
of
t
he
w
a
t
er
s
l
u
i
c
i
ng do
w
n
h
i
s
back
r
e
l
axed
h
i
s
tir
ed
m
usc
l
es
as
he
t
hou
g
ht
so
m
e
m
o
r
e about
w
hat
t
he Wa
t
cher
had sa
i
d.

Look
t
o 
t
he
rhy
m
e. 
H
e
’
d 
g
one
o
v
er
t
hat
da
m
n
a
b
l
e chant
i
n
h
i
s
head
a
m
illi
on
ti
m
es
i
t
see
m
ed.
T
he
on
l
y
pa
rt
s
t
hat
see
m
ed
t
o
m
a
k
e
any
sense
w
it
h
r
e
g
a
r
ds
t
o
fi
nd
i
ng so
m
e
w
ay
out
w
as
t
he
t
hrough
b
l
ood
of
t
hy
w
il
l
par
t
.
A
nd
m
a
y
be h
i
s
j
a
il
er
be
i
ng
t
he
on
l
y
one
w
ho
cou
l
d
set
h
i
m
fre
e.
B
ut
t
hen h
i
s
j
a
il
er
had been dead and
g
one
f
or
cen
t
u
ri
es
so
t
hat
su
r
e has he
l
l
w
asn
’
t
g
o
i
ng
t
o do h
i
m
m
uch
g
ood.

H
e
ri
nsed  h
i
s
ha
ir
,  s
t
epped  out
of
t
he
sho
w
er
and
d
ri
ed o
f
f
qu
i
c
k
l
y
,
w
r
app
i
ng
t
he
t
o
w
el
a
r
ound h
i
s
w
ai
s
t
.

O
ne
t
h
i
ng he
w
as
now
su
r
e
of
w
as
t
hat
no
m
a
tt
er
how hope
l
ess
i
t
see
m
ed,
W
ill
ow
w
asn
’
t
g
i
v
i
ng up
on
h
i
m
.
A
nd
her de
t
e
r
m
i
na
ti
on
d
r
o
v
e
h
i
m
t
o
k
eep
l
oo
k
i
ng
f
or
t
he
a
n
s
w
e
r
s
t
o undo
t
h
i
s
cu
r
se un
ti
l
h
i
s
ti
m
e
r
an ou
t
.

H
e
t
hou
g
ht
back
o
v
er
e
v
e
r
y
t
h
i
ng
t
hat
had
happened
i
n
t
hese
past
da
y
s….and
how
m
uch d
iff
e
r
ent
he
’
d beco
m
e
.
A
nd
y
et
t
he
c
r
uel
ir
ony of
i
t
a
l
l
w
as
t
hat
s
i
nce
he
’
d
b
eco
m
e a be
tt
er
m
an,
i
t
w
ou
l
d
s
til
l
chan
g
e
no
t
h
i
n
g
.
I
t
w
ou
l
d
on
l
y
m
a
k
e
w
hat
w
as
t
o co
m
e
m
o
r
e pa
i
n
f
u
l
.