Blood From a Stone (3 page)

B
ut
f
or
now
he
w
as
t
oo
l
e
t
ha
r
g
i
c and such
t
hou
g
h
t
s
w
ou
l
d
ha
v
e
t
o
w
a
i
t
un
ti
l
t
he
tr
ans
f
o
r
m
a
ti
on
w
as
co
m
p
l
e
t
e
and he
cou
l
d
t
h
i
nk c
l
ea
rl
y as
h
i
s
o
r
g
ans
be
g
an
t
o
f
unc
t
i
on and h
i
g
her
t
hou
g
ht
w
as poss
i
b
l
e.

H
e
sat
t
he
r
e
pa
ti
en
tl
y
w
a
iti
ng
f
or
t
he
m
o
m
ent
w
hen h
i
s
e
y
es
w
ou
l
d
f
u
ll
y see once
m
o
r
e…a
l
l
t
he co
l
o
r
s
a
nd
t
he
w
ond
r
ous
s
i
g
h
t
s
of
w
hat
chan
g
es
t
he
w
o
rl
d had unde
r
g
one s
i
nce
t
he
l
ast
Aw
a
k
en
i
n
g
.

Y
es,
as
t
he
g
l
o
ri
ous
da
r
k
ness
f
e
ll
, he
w
ou
l
d c
li
m
b do
w
n
fr
om h
i
s
pe
r
ch
a
t
op
t
he
bu
il
d
i
ng
he
had
g
ua
r
d
e
d
f
or
so
l
on
g
,
t
o
f
eel
t
he ea
rt
h benea
t
h h
i
s
hu
m
an
f
eet
once
m
o
r
e.

I
t
w
as
a good day
i
ndeed.

C
H
AP
T
E
R
O
N
E

12 hours
l
a
t
er…

W
ill
ow
D
a
lt
on
pu
ll
ed her
j
ac
k
et
ti
g
h
t
er a
r
ound her body
and
sho
v
ed
her
hands
deep
i
n
t
o
her
poc
k
e
t
s
tr
y
i
ng
t
o p
r
o
t
ect
t
hem
fr
om
t
he
b
ri
sk
n
i
g
ht
w
i
nd.
T
he
t
e
m
pe
rat
u
r
e
had d
r
opped  subs
t
an
ti
a
ll
y
s
i
nce
noon
and
now
t
he
bu
tt
e
r
y
so
f
t b
l
ack
l
ea
t
her
t
hat
l
oo
k
ed
and
f
e
l
t
so
g
r
eat
a
f
ew
hou
r
s
a
g
o, p
r
o
v
i
ded
littl
e
r
ep
ri
e
v
e
fr
om
t
he ch
ill
.

S
he
w
a
l
k
ed
b
ri
s
k
l
y
,
a
ft
er
pa
r
k
i
ng and
ex
iti
ng her
c
ar
w
it
h
her
best
fri
end
S
asha
at
her
s
i
de,
tr
y
i
ng
t
o
g
et
t
o
t
he
i
r des
ti
na
ti
on as
qu
i
c
k
l
y
as poss
i
b
l
e.

“We
ll
,
w
e
’r
e
p
r
e
tt
y ea
rl
y
.
A
nd
dear
G
od
I
hope
t
o he
l
l
t
hey
l
et
us
i
n
f
as
t
.
I am
i
n
no
m
ood
t
o
s
t
and
out
h
e
r
e
and
fr
ee
z
e”
, she sa
i
d as
t
hey
t
ook
o
f
f
r
unn
i
ng
i
n a
li
g
ht
j
o
g
.

A
s
t
hey
r
an up
t
he s
i
de
w
a
l
k
t
o
w
a
r
d
t
he
l
a
r
g
e e
l
ab
o
r
a
t
e bu
il
d
i
n
g
,
she
cou
l
d
f
eel
t
he
t
hud
of
t
he
bass
d
r
on
i
ng
a
g
a
i
nst
t
he
pa
v
e
m
ent
now
and
cou
l
d
see
t
hat
g
e
tti
ng
i
n
f
ast
w
as
not
g
o
i
ng
t
o
happen….not
t
on
i
g
ht
an
y
w
a
y
.
T
h
r
on
g
s of pe
o
p
l
e s
t
ood
i
n
li
ne
w
a
iti
ng at
t
he
en
tr
ance
t
o
V
e
l
v
e
t
,
t
he
best
c
l
ub
i
n
a
l
l
of
t
he
tri
-
c
it
y
a
r
ea.
L
i
v
e
bands
of
m
any
g
e
n
r
es
p
l
a
y
ed
t
he
r
e
n
i
g
h
tl
y
,
and
t
on
i
g
ht
w
as
ha
r
d
r
ock n
i
g
h
t
.
A
nd
a
lt
hou
g
h she
d
i
dn
’
t
ca
r
e
m
uch
f
or
t
he
open
i
ng ac
t
,
T
he
B
u
r
n
i
n
g
,
V
ende
tt
a
w
ou
l
d
be
t
a
k
i
ng
t
he
s
t
a
g
e
a
r
ound
10pm
and
t
hey
w
e
r
e her
f
a
v
o
rit
e band.

T
hey
s
l
o
w
ed
t
he
i
r
pace
as
t
hey app
r
oached
t
he
li
ne, s
t
and
i
ng
w
e
l
l
beh
i
nd
a
l
l
t
hose
w
ho
w
e
r
e
a
lr
eady
w
a
i
ti
n
g
,
but
w
it
hout
ac
t
ua
ll
y s
t
epp
i
ng
i
n
t
o
t
he
li
ne.
L
aser
li
g
h
t
s
fl
ashed
t
h
r
ou
g
h
t
he
door
e
v
e
r
y
ti
m
e
t
he
bounce
r
s
opened
i
t
t
o
l
et so
m
eone
i
ns
i
de.

“
T
he
r
e
’
s on
l
y
a hund
r
ed  peop
l
e
ahead 
o
f
us
.”
W
i
l
l
ow
s
i
g
hed.
“I
g
uess
w
e
’l
l
j
ust
ha
v
e
t
o
s
t
and
h
er
e
f
or
a
li
t
tl
e
b
i
t
and
see
how
f
ast
t
hey
l
et
e
v
e
r
y
one
i
n.
I
r
ea
ll
y
w
ant
t
o see
t
he
m
,
but
I
’
m
not
su
r
e
i
f
I
can
t
a
k
e
t
h
i
s
co
l
d
f
or
m
o
r
e
t
han
a
f
ew
m
i
nu
t
es
!
”