Blood From a Stone (8 page)

H
e
g
r
abbed
her
a
r
m and
s
t
opped
her
befo
r
e
she
cou
l
d d
i
a
l
.
“My
na
m
e
i
s
S
a
m
son
, a
nd
I
’
m
fi
ne.
J
ust
g
o
on
i
n and e
n
j
oy
y
our
n
i
g
h
t
.”

“
L
oo
k
,
M
r
.
S
a
m
son,
I
can
’
t
j
ust
w
a
l
k
aw
ay and
l
ea
v
e
y
ou he
r
e b
l
eed
i
n
g
. I
t
o
l
d
y
ou,
I
’
m
a nu
r
se.”

S
a
m
son
hes
it
a
t
ed.
H
e
k
new 
t
hat
w
hen
s
h
e
l
oo
k
ed
t
he
r
e
w
ou
l
d  be
no 
w
ound 
t
he
r
e. 
H
i
s
cu
r
se
k
ept
h
i
m
f
r
om a
g
i
n
g
.
F
r
om
d
y
i
n
g
.
A
nd
he
hea
l
ed
i
mm
ed
i
a
t
e
l
y
fr
om
m
ost
w
ounds.
H
e
w
as
f
ar
abo
v
e
hu
m
an
capab
ilit
y
w
hen
i
t
ca
m
e
t
o speed
and
hea
ri
n
g
,
and
a
f
ew o
t
her
pe
r
k
s
t
oo.
A
l
l
t
he
coo
l
ness of
be
i
ng  a
v
a
m
p
ir
e
fr
om
a
g
o
t
h
i
c
no
v
e
l
,  and  none
of
t
he
r
o
m
ance.

N
o
g
o
i
ng
t
o
s
l
eep
i
n
a
co
ffi
n
e
v
e
r
y
m
o
r
n
i
ng and
k
no
w
i
ng
t
hat
y
ou
’
d
w
a
k
e
up
e
v
e
r
y s
i
n
g
l
e
n
i
g
ht
t
o p
r
o
w
l
w
it
h
t
he
w
o
rl
d
as
y
our
p
l
a
yg
r
ound
f
or
an
e
t
e
r
n
it
y
f
or
h
i
m
.
N
ope.
I
ns
t
ead
he
g
ot
t
o
j
ust
l
ook
f
o
r
w
a
r
d
t
o
a
f
ew
w
ee
k
s
of
s
w
eet
fr
eedom and
debauche
r
y
,
t
hen
‘
en
j
o
y
’
be
i
ng
a
b
l
ock of
s
t
one
f
or
fift
y
y
ea
r
s
at
a
ti
m
e.

H
e
s
t
a
r
ed
at
t
he
p
r
e
tt
y
hone
y
-
b
l
onde
w
o
m
an
i
n
fr
ont of
h
i
m
and
sa
i
d
m
a
tt
e
r
-
o
f
-
f
ac
tl
y
,
“Ms.
D
a
lt
on,
r
ea
l
l
y
…
it
’
s supe
rfi
c
i
a
l
.
H
e
ba
r
e
l
y
e
v
en
punc
t
u
r
ed
m
y
j
ac
k
e
t
.
A
nd
m
y na
m
e
’
s
j
ust
S
a
m
son.
N
o M
r
.”

W
ill
ow
l
oo
k
ed
at
h
i
m
li
k
e
he
w
as
c
r
a
z
y
.
“
H
a
v
e
y
ou been
d
ri
n
k
i
n
g
?
I
saw
t
he
b
l
ood
d
ri
pp
i
ng
out
on
t
he
pa
v
e
m
en
t
. I
k
now
t
hat
dog
b
i
t
t
he he
l
l
out
of
y
ou
!
”

S
he
g
r
abbed
h
i
s
i
n
j
u
r
ed
a
r
m  be
f
o
r
e
he
cou
l
d
pu
l
l bac
k
,
and
w
as
su
r
p
ri
sed
t
o
fi
nd
t
hat
t
he
r
e
w
as
no
w
ound.
S
he
t
u
r
ned
h
i
s
a
r
m
o
v
er
l
oo
k
i
ng
f
or
t
he
b
it
e,
but
i
t
w
a
s
c
l
ean
as cou
l
d
be
and
t
he
s
k
i
n
i
n
pe
rf
ect
cond
iti
on
benea
t
h
t
he
t
o
r
n, b
l
ood
soa
k
ed
co
tt
on
s
l
ee
v
e.
T
he
j
ac
k
et
had a
s
m
a
l
l
t
ear
but o
t
her
t
han
t
hat
i
t
w
as
i
ndeed unsca
t
hed.