Blood From a Stone (58 page)

W
ill
ow
sh
r
u
gg
ed.

“I
dunno. I
g
uess
he
m
us
t’
v
e
w
a
l
k
ed.”

“
D
a
m
n
g
irl
.
What
d
i
d
y
ou
do
t
o
h
i
m
t
o
m
a
k
e
h
i
m
w
ant
t
o escape
t
hat
bad?”
S
asha
l
au
g
he
d.

W
ill
ow
shot
her
a
g
l
a
r
e.

“I
w
il
l
ha
v
e
y
ou
k
now
I d
i
d
not
do
an
y
t
h
i
ng
t
o
h
i
m
, except
g
i
v
e h
i
m
a b
l
an
k
et
and
f
a
l
l
as
l
eep
!
”

“
A
h,
w
e
ll
.
Ma
y
be
t
ha
t’
s
w
hy
he
t
ook
of
f
.”
S
asha
t
ook a
g
u
l
p of
her
co
ff
ee and
r
a
i
sed her
e
y
eb
r
o
w
s.

“
H
a.
H
a.
Y
ou a
r
e
a
r
eal
co
m
ed
i
an
t
h
i
s
m
o
r
n
i
n
g
, a
r
en
’
t
y
ou,” W
ill
ow
sa
i
d d
r
y
l
y
.

B
ut
t
hen
a
g
a
i
n,
m
a
y
be
S
asha
w
as
ri
g
ht and he
w
asn
’
t
i
n
t
e
r
es
t
ed
i
n
her
any
f
u
rt
he
r
.
E
it
her
w
ay she
need
e
d
t
o
g
et
her
m
i
nd
o
f
f
it
.
S
he
s
w
a
ll
o
w
ed
do
w
n
t
he
l
ast
s
i
ps
of
her
co
ff
ee and headed do
w
n
t
he ha
l
l
t
o
t
he
w
a
r
m
t
h of
t
he sho
w
e
r
.

W
ar
m
t
h.
H
e
cou
l
d
a
l
m
ost
f
eel
t
he
w
ar
m
th of
t
he b
l
anket
she
‘
d
l
oaned
h
i
m
f
or
t
he
n
i
ght
r
i
ght
no
w
.
I
t
had s
m
e
ll
ed
f
a
i
n
tl
y
of
her per
f
u
m
e.

S
a
m
son
w
a
l
k
ed
t
h
r
ou
g
h
t
he
m
o
r
n
i
ng chill
, h
i
s b
r
ea
t
h b
ill
o
w
i
ng
out
i
n
hu
g
e
s
t
ea
m
y  c
l
ouds
as
he
p
l
odded
b
ack
t
o
w
a
r
d do
w
n
t
o
w
n.

H
e
ba
r
e
l
y
f
e
l
t
t
he
fr
ee
z
i
ng a
i
r
as
he
w
a
l
k
ed,
because a
lt
hou
g
h
h
i
s
body
p
l
odded
a
l
ong
t
he
snow co
v
e
r
ed
ro
ad,
h
i
s
m
i
nd
w
as
s
til
l
back at
1201
W
i
ns
t
on
T
e
rr
ace
w
it
h W
i
ll
o
w
.
H
e
r
eached
i
n h
i
s poc
k
et
and pu
ll
ed out
t
he sc
r
ap of paper
t
hat ca
rri
ed
her
phone
nu
m
ber and deba
t
ed
w
he
t
her he sh
o
u
l
d s
i
m
p
l
y do
t
he
ri
g
ht
t
h
i
n
g
…
t
he
easy
t
h
i
n
g
,
and
t
ear
i
t
t
o p
i
eces and
t
h
r
ow
i
t
do
w
n
t
o
d
i
s
i
n
t
e
g
r
a
t
e
i
n
t
he
sno
w
.
H
e
h
es
it
a
t
ed. Wou
l
d
i
t
be
so
w
r
ong
t
o
g
i
v
e
her
a
ca
ll
?
H
e
k
new
th
e
ans
w
e
r
.
I
t
w
as
v
e
r
y
w
r
on
g
.
I
t
w
asn
’
t
m
o
r
a
l
.
I
t
w
asn
’
t
e
t
h
i
ca
l
.
B
ut
t
hen,
s
i
nce
w
hen had he
e
v
er
been
m
o
r
al
or e
t
h
i
ca
l
?
H
e
f
o
l
ded
t
he paper
and put
i
t
back
i
n
t
o h
i
s poc
k
e
t
.