Blood From a Stone (236 page)

A
nd
y
e
t
,
i
f
o
ff
e
r
ed
t
he
chance
t
o
g
i
v
e
i
t
a
l
l
up
and ha
v
e ne
v
er
m
et
he
r
…he
k
new
t
hat
he
w
ou
l
dn
’t
.

H
e
e
m
e
r
g
ed
fr
om
t
he
ba
t
h
r
oom
t
o
fi
nd her
i
n bed
w
it
h a
coup
l
e
of
tr
a
y
s
of
f
ood
and
h
i
s
a
l
e,
w
h
i
ch
he
p
ro
m
p
tl
y d
i
d a
w
ay
w
it
h
be
f
o
r
e
d
i
gg
i
ng
i
n
t
o
t
he
hot
r
oast
beef
s
an
d
w
i
ch she
’
d
o
r
de
r
ed
h
i
m
.
A
f
ew
m
i
nu
t
es
l
a
t
er
as
t
hey
l
ay
t
he
r
e
f
u
l
l and
con
t
en
t
ed,
he
t
u
r
ned
t
o
t
a
l
k
t
o
her
and
s
m
il
ed
w
hen
he d
i
sco
v
e
r
ed her
sound as
l
eep.

H
e
t
uc
k
ed
t
he
b
l
an
k
et
a
r
ound
t
hem
and 
m
o
v
ed
i
n c
l
oser
t
o
t
he cu
r
v
e of
her
bod
y
, s
tr
u
gg
li
ng
t
o con
t
a
i
n h
i
s
des
ir
e and
k
eep
h
i
s
hands
o
f
f
her
ba
r
e
t
h
i
g
hs.
T
o
m
o
rr
ow
n
i
g
ht
w
ou
l
d co
m
e
soon
enou
g
h,
and
w
hat
he
had p
l
anned
w
ou
l
d be
w
e
l
l
w
o
rt
h
t
he
w
a
it
.

T
he
next
m
o
r
n
i
ng
W
ill
ow
opened her
e
y
es
t
o
fi
nd h
i
m s
t
a
ri
ng
do
w
n
at
her
as
she
s
l
ep
t
.
S
he
p
r
opped
he
r
se
l
f
up
on one e
l
bo
w
.

“
D
i
d
y
ou s
l
eep
l
ast
n
i
g
h
t
…at
a
ll
?” she
sa
i
d so
ftl
y
.
             
“
Y
eah.
A
littl
e.
B
ut
i
t
w
asn
’
t
easy
ha
v
i
ng
y
ou
h
e
r
e
next
t
o
m
e
p
r
ac
ti
ca
ll
y
na
k
ed
as
t
he
day
y
ou
w
e
r
e
bo
r
n,”
he sa
i
d,
tr
ac
i
ng
t
he
cu
r
v
e
of
her
ba
r
e
shou
l
der
w
he
r
e
her
r
obe had
f
a
ll
en as
i
de.

S
he
s
m
il
ed
seduc
ti
v
e
l
y
.
“We
ll
,
y
ou
co
u
l
d
ha
v
e
w
o
k
e
m
e up.”

             
“
B
e
li
e
v
e
m
e,
I
t
hou
g
ht
of
it
,”
he
sa
i
d
l
au
g
h
i
n
g
.
“
B
ut
y
ou
w
e
r
e
out
co
l
d.
T
he
r
e
w
il
l
be
ti
m
e
f
or
t
hat
l
a
t
er
t
o
n
i
g
h
t
. I
t
o
l
d
y
ou,
next
ti
m
e
i
s
g
o
i
ng
t
o
be
e
v
en
be
tt
er
and
m
o
r
e
ri
g
ht
t
han
t
he o
t
her
t
w
o.
Y
ou
’l
l
see.”

“
O
k
a
y
.
I
tr
ust
y
ou.”
she
headed 
f
or
t
h
e
ba
t
h
r
oo
m
.
E
m
e
r
g
i
ng a
f
ew
m
o
m
en
t
s
l
a
t
e
r
, she p
l
un
k
ed do
w
n b
e
s
i
de h
i
m on
t
he
bed.
“
S
o,
y
ou
’r
e
m
y
t
our
g
u
i
de.
Whe
r
e
a
r
e
w
e
g
o
i
ng
t
o
da
y
?”

“I
t
hou
g
ht
m
a
y
be
w
e
cou
l
d
head
t
o
C
a
r
m
a
rt
hensh
ir
e and
t
a
k
e
a
day
t
our
of
C
a
rr
eg
C
ennen
C
as
tl
e.
Ma
y
be a
f
ew o
t
her
l
and
m
a
r
k
s.
I
t’
s
t
oo co
l
d
f
or
a
ho
r
se
ri
de
on
t
he
tr
a
il
s
so
w
e
’l
l
j
ust
head
o
v
er
t
o
t
h
i
s
littl
e
i
nn
I
ha
v
e
i
n
m
i
nd
f
or
t
he n
i
g
ht
a
ft
e
r
w
a
r
d.”