Blood From a Stone (47 page)

“
A
n
y
t
h
i
ng
y
ou 
t
w
o
w
an
t
.
I
’
m
p
r
e
tt
y
m
uch
at
y
our
m
e
r
c
y
,
”
he
l
au
g
hed.

S
he
s
m
il
ed,
“
Y
eah.
I
g
uess
y
ou
a
r
e.
C
’
m
on,
l
e
t’
s
g
o
see
w
hat
S
asha
i
s
ha
v
i
n
g
.”

S
he
pu
ll
ed
o
f
f
her
boo
t
s
and
t
ossed
t
hem next
t
o
th
e couch,
and
padded
t
o
t
he
k
it
chen
i
n
her
soc
k
s
t
o
f
i
nd
S
asha hea
ti
ng
up
w
a
t
er
f
or
hot
choco
l
a
t
e
and
s
t
ac
k
i
ng b
re
ad,
cheese and
de
l
i
m
eat
on
t
he
coun
t
e
r
.
S
a
m
son cou
l
dn
’
t
he
l
p
ad
m
iri
ng
t
he
w
ay
her
j
eans
fi
t
t
he
cu
r
v
e
of
her
body and
how
her
l
ong hone
y
-
co
l
o
r
ed
ha
i
r
hung
i
n
g
r
ace
f
ul
sp
ir
a
l
s
do
w
n
h
e
r
back as she
w
a
l
k
ed a
w
ay
fr
om
h
i
m
.

“
I
’
m  ha
v
i
ng
a
sand
w
i
ch.
Y
ou
w
ant
so
m
e?”
S
asha sa
i
d, s
m
ili
ng
as
she he
l
d up
t
w
o s
li
ces
of
b
r
ead.

T
he
dog
had
a
lr
eady
bounded
i
n
t
o
t
he
k
it
chen
and
w
as
s
itti
ng
next
t
o
t
he
coun
t
e
r
,
h
i
s
t
a
i
l
w
a
gg
i
ng
f
u
ri
ou
s
l
y
.
S
he
l
oo
k
ed
do
w
n
at
h
i
m
,
no
ti
ng h
i
s
p
r
o
tr
ud
i
ng
ri
bs.
S
a
m
son
had assu
r
ed
her
ea
rli
er
t
hat
he
had
f
ed
t
he
poor
t
h
i
n
g
,
but
w
ho
k
no
w
s
w
hen h
i
s
l
ast
g
ood
m
eal
w
as be
f
o
r
e
t
ha
t
.

W
ill
ow
g
r
abbed
a
p
i
ece
of
ham and
han
d
ed
i
t
t
o
t
he hun
g
r
y
dog
as
she
t
u
r
ned
t
o
S
asha.
“
L
i
g
ht
on
t
he
m
a
y
o
and
I
’l
l
m
a
k
e
t
he
choco
l
a
t
e.”
S
he pu
ll
ed
t
h
r
ee
m
u
g
s
out
of
t
he ca
b
i
net
abo
v
e
t
he
m
i
c
r
o
w
a
v
e.

“
S
o
S
a
m
son,
w
he
r
e
t
o
y
ou
li
v
e?
I
k
now
t
hat
see
m
s
r
ea
ll
y
w
e
ir
d.
H
e
r
e
y
ou
a
r
e
s
t
a
y
i
ng
i
n
m
y
house
f
or
t
he
n
i
g
ht and
I
don
’
t
e
v
en
k
now
w
he
r
e
y
ou
li
v
e,
but
w
e
ll
…
w
h
er
e
do
y
ou
li
v
e?”
S
he
l
au
g
hed.

H
er
easy
de
m
eanor
w
as
d
i
sa
r
m
i
ng
and
m
ade
h
i
m
f
eel
m
o
r
e co
m
f
o
rt
ab
l
e
t
han he shou
l
d, under
t
he c
ir
cu
m
s
t
ance
s
. W
it
hout
m
i
ss
i
ng
a bea
t
, he
k
new
w
hat
t
o sa
y
.

“
Y
ou 
k
now 
t
hat 
o
l
d 
g
r
a
v
e
y
a
r
d   near 
Ma
i
n   on
L
a
k
e
v
i
e
w
?
I
li
v
e
ri
g
ht
by
t
he
r
e.
”
I
t
w
as
as
c
l
ose
t
o
t
he
tr
u
t
h as
i
t
g
e
t
s.

“We
ll
,
it’
s
a
g
ood
t
h
i
ng
t
he
cabb
i
e
didn
’
t
tr
y
t
o
d
ri
v
e