Blood From a Stone (49 page)

“
S
o,
W
ill
o
w
,
t
e
l
l
m
e
m
o
r
e
about
w
hat
y
ou
do.”
H
e
t
ook a
s
i
p
of
t
he
choco
l
a
t
e
and sa
v
o
r
ed a hu
g
e b
it
e
of
t
he sand
w
i
ch.
I
t
w
as
li
k
e
an
exp
l
os
i
on of
sensa
ti
on on h
i
s
t
on
g
ue and he had
t
o s
tr
u
gg
l
e
t
o
k
eep h
i
s
a
tt
en
ti
on on her
w
o
r
ds.

“We
ll
,
I
t
o
l
d
y
ou,
I
’
m a
ped
i
a
tri
c
nu
r
se
at
S
t
.
L
u
k
e
’
s.
A
nd
of
cou
r
se
y
ou
can
i
m
a
g
i
ne
it’
s
s
tr
ess
f
ul
so
m
e
t
i
m
es,
t
o say
t
he
l
eas
t
.
”
S
he
s
i
g
hed.
“
B
ut
y
ou
k
now
so
m
eone
has
t
o
f
ace
t
hese
k
i
nd
of
t
h
i
n
g
s.
A
nd
t
he
r
e
w
a
r
ds
can
a
l
so be
t
he
m
ost
g
r
a
tif
y
i
ng
i
n
t
he
w
o
rl
d.
K
no
w
i
ng
y
ou
he
l
ped
a
ch
il
d
r
e
co
v
er and
g
a
v
e
t
hem
t
he
i
r
w
ho
l
e
lif
e
t
o
l
ook
f
o
r
w
a
r
d
t
o.
B
ut
t
he
il
l
ness
and
lif
e
or
dea
t
h
s
it
ua
ti
ons…
t
ha
t’
s
t
he
ha
r
d pa
r
t
t
o
t
a
k
e.”

H
e nodded.
“
I
t
w
ou
l
d
t
ear
m
e
up
i
ns
i
de
t
o
do
t
hat
day
i
n
and
day out.”

             
“
O
h,
i
t
does
t
ear
m
e
up,
but
I
k
now
t
hey
need
m
e
so
I
’
m
t
he
r
e no
m
a
tt
er
w
ha
t
.”
S
he
t
ook
t
he
l
ast s
i
p of her choc
o
l
a
t
e and
fi
n
i
shed up her
sand
w
i
ch.

“
S
o
m
e
ti
m
es
,
I
ha
v
e s
it
ua
ti
ons
w
he
r
e
I 
w
i
sh
I cou
l
d
j
ust
w
a
v
e
a
m
a
g
i
c
w
and
or
p
r
ay or
ha
v
e
so
m
e
k
i
nd
of an
g
el
co
m
e
do
w
n
fr
om
H
ea
v
en
and
j
ust
t
a
k
e
a
l
l
t
he
i
r
pa
i
n a
w
ay
and heal
t
he
m
.”

S
a
m
son
cou
l
d
r
e
l
a
t
e
a
l
l
t
oo
w
e
l
l
t
o
t
ha
t
.
T
he
r
e
had been
m
o
r
e
ti
m
es
t
han
he
cou
l
d
count
t
hat
he
’
d
w
i
shed
f
or so
m
e
hea
v
en
l
y
i
n
t
e
r
v
en
ti
on
t
hat
cou
l
d
t
a
k
e
a
w
ay h
i
s
o
w
n unend
i
ng
m
i
se
r
y
.

H
e
l
oo
k
ed o
v
er
t
o
t
he
couch
w
he
r
e
S
asha
w
as sp
r
a
w
l
ed
and saw her e
y
es c
l
osed,
m
ug dan
g
li
ng and san
d
w
i
ch
ha
l
f
ea
t
en
s
til
l
s
itti
ng
on
t
he
p
l
a
t
e
as
h
er
50
’
s
m
o
v
i
e
i
dol he
r
o
w
ent
s
w
i
n
g
i
ng
ac
r
oss
t
he
sc
r
een, p
i
r
a
t
e
s
h
ir
t
fl
app
i
ng
i
n
t
he b
r
ee
z
e.

H
e
m
o
ti
oned
h
i
s
fi
n
g
er
t
o
h
i
s
li
ps
f
or
t
hem
t
o
l
o
w
e
r
t
he
i
r
v
o
i
ces.

W
ill
ow
w
a
l
k
ed
o
v
er
and
g
r
abbed
t
he
r
e
m
o
t
e
t
o
t
u
r
n do
w
n
t
he
v
o
l
u
m
e.
A
t
t
hat
m
o
m
ent
she a
l
so
r
ea
li
z
ed
s
he
w
as now
a
l
one
w
it
h
S
a
m
son
and
w
asn
’
t
su
r
e
i
f
i
t
w
as be
t
t
er
t
o s
t
ay a
w
a
k
e
as
l
ong
as
poss
i
b
l
e
t
a
l
k
i
ng
t
o
h
i
m
t
o
m
a
k
e
su
r
e
no
t
h
i
ng happened, or
t
o
j
ust
g
i
v
e
i
n
t
o
t
he
tir
edness.