Blood From a Stone (55 page)

S
he
’
d
seen
h
i
m a
f
ew
ti
m
es
w
a
l
k
i
ng
t
he
ha
ll
s
at
t
he hosp
it
al
be
f
o
r
e
h
i
s
con
tr
act
ended
and
w
an
t
ed
t
o
t
a
l
k
t
o
h
i
m
, but
i
t
j
ust
w
asn
’
t
t
he
ri
g
ht
ti
m
e
or
p
l
ace,
and
w
hene
v
er
she
tri
ed
t
o
app
r
oach
h
i
m
t
o
see
i
f
t
hey
cou
l
d
at
l
east
a
rr
an
g
e
a
m
ee
ti
ng
so
t
hey
cou
l
d
t
a
l
k
w
h
il
e
not
at
w
o
r
k
,
he
w
ou
l
d
m
a
k
e a
qu
i
ck
excuse
t
o
ex
i
t
f
as
t
.
I
t
d
i
dn
’
t
he
l
p
see
i
ng
h
i
m
w
it
h
t
he
littl
e
b
l
onde
nu
r
se
he
’
d
been
han
g
i
ng out
w
it
h
i
n
t
he
ca
f
e
t
e
ri
a,
w
ho
as
w
ea
ri
ng
a
l
a
r
g
e
d
i
a
m
ond
on
her
l
e
f
t
hand
w
i
t
h
i
n
da
y
s of
t
he
i
r
b
r
ea
k
up
e
it
he
r
.
I
t
beca
m
e
v
e
r
y c
l
ear
t
hat
he
’
d been see
i
ng
her
f
or
so
m
e
ti
m
e…how
e
l
se
w
ou
l
d
she
be
spo
rti
ng
t
hat
r
ock
so soon?

W
ill
ow had
been
de
v
as
t
a
t
ed,
but
she
f
i
g
u
r
ed
i
t
w
as be
tt
er
t
hat
she
f
ound
out
t
hen
i
ns
t
ead
of
poss
i
b
l
y
m
a
rr
y
i
ng
t
he
g
u
y
.
B
ut
i
t
ce
rt
a
i
n
l
y
had
been
no
ass
i
s
t
ance
i
n
bu
o
y
i
ng
her
tr
ust
i
n
t
he
m
a
l
e of
t
he spec
i
es.
T
hat
w
as
f
or
su
r
e.

A
s
f
or
S
a
m
son…
w
e
ll
,
he
w
as
a
g
uy
she
’
d
m
et
i
n
a ba
r
.
A
nd
p
r
obab
l
y
j
ust
li
k
e
M
i
k
e,
so
w
hat
d
i
d
she
e
x
pec
t
?
T
hey a
l
w
a
y
s
see
m
ed
so
n
i
ce
or
so
g
en
tl
e
m
an
l
y
,
or
so
g
ood-
l
oo
k
i
ng she
’
d
be
w
illi
ng
t
o
put
up
w
it
h a
littl
e
s
l
op he
r
e
and
t
he
r
e
t
h
i
n
k
i
ng
he
’
s
w
o
rt
h
it
.
B
ut
t
hen
t
he
r
ea
lit
y
se
t
s
i
n
and
it’
s
g
oodb
y
e
g
l
ass
s
li
ppe
r
s and
he
ll
o
d
irt
y
o
l
d s
nea
k
ers…
co
m
p
l
e
t
e
w
it
h
dog
c
r
ap
s
t
uck
t
o
t
he
so
l
e
s
!
M
en.
S
he
’
d de
fi
n
it
e
l
y
had enou
g
h of
t
he
i
r
sh
i
t
t
o
l
ast
a
lif
e
ti
m
e.

Y
ep.
H
e
p
r
obab
l
y
w
as
j
ust
li
k
e
M
i
k
e.
H
e
hadn
’
t
e
v
en
sa
i
d
g
oodb
y
e!
I
n
v
it
e
h
i
m
i
n…
tr
y
t
o
show
a
littl
e
hosp
it
a
lit
y
and
w
hat
t
han
k
s
d
i
d
she
g
e
t
?
N
one.
G
r
an
t
ed
i
t
w
as
j
ust
one
n
i
g
ht spent
g
e
tti
ng
t
o
k
now
each
o
t
her
a
littl
e
and
no
t
h
i
ng
m
o
r
e. We
ll
….
m
a
y
be
i
t
w
as
a
littl
e
m
o
r
e
t
han
t
ha
t
,
at
l
east
on
her end.
S
he
cou
l
dn
’
t
he
l
p
t
he
i
mm
ed
i
a
t
e
a
ttr
ac
ti
on, b
u
t
she d
i
dn
’
t
w
ant
t
o ad
m
i
t
it
, e
v
en
t
o he
r
se
lf
.