Blood From a Stone (146 page)

W
ill
ow
r
o
ll
ed
her
e
y
es.
“
T
he
r
e
w
as
no desse
r
t
l
ast n
i
g
ht
I
w
il
l
ha
v
e
y
ou
k
no
w
.”

“Wha
t
?!
A
r
e
y
ou
k
i
dd
i
ng
m
e?”
S
asha
r
aised
her e
y
eb
r
o
w
s.
“
Y
ou
m
ean
I
w
ent
out
i
n
t
he
co
l
d
and
hea
d
ed
ho
m
e
f
or
no
t
h
i
n
g
?”

“We
ll
,
i
t
w
asn
’
t
no
t
h
i
ng at
a
ll
,”
W
ill
ow
s
m
ir
k
ed.
“
B
ut
w
e d
i
dn
’
t
do
t
ha
t
.”

“What
t
he
he
l
l
i
s
w
r
ong
w
it
h
y
ou,
w
o
m
an?”
S
asha shook
her
head.

“
N
o
t
h
i
ng
i
s
w
r
ong
w
it
h
m
e.
We
j
ust
de
c
i
ded
t
hat
I
….
w
e
’r
e….not
r
ead
y
.
Y
e
t
,” she sa
i
d
m
a
tt
e
r
-
o
f
-
f
ac
tl
y
.

S
asha
l
au
g
hed.
“
Y
ou
k
now
I
’
m
j
ust
k
i
d
d
i
n
g
.
I
’
m ce
r
t
a
i
n
l
y
not
encou
r
a
g
i
ng
y
ou
t
o
s
l
eep
w
it
h
so
m
e
g
uy
y
ou ba
r
e
l
y
k
no
w
.
I
m
ean,
y
eah…he
’
s
m
o
r
e
t
han
a
littl
e
t
e
m
p
ti
n
g
.
I
k
now
I
t
ease
y
ou
a
l
l
t
he
ti
m
e,
but
y
ou
’r
e
do
i
ng
i
t
ri
g
h
t
.
J
ust
t
a
k
e
y
our
ti
m
e.
I
f
he
’
s
w
o
rt
h
it
, he
’
l
l
w
a
it
.”

W
ill
ow
nodded.
“
O
h, he
’
s
w
o
rt
h
it
. More
t
han
y
ou
k
no
w
.”
S
he
w
i
shed
she
cou
l
d
t
e
l
l
S
asha
about
S
a
m
so
n’
s hea
li
ng
ab
ilit
y
,
but
t
hou
g
ht
i
t
best
t
o
w
a
it
,
un
ti
l
t
hey
k
new
m
o
r
e
about
it
;
how
i
t
w
o
r
k
ed,
how
f
ar
i
t
w
en
t
,
li
k
e
cou
l
d
he heal
an
i
m
a
l
s
on
l
y
, or
hu
m
ans
t
oo. Whe
t
her
i
t
w
as
a
g
ene
ti
c
t
h
i
n
g
…a b
l
ood ano
m
a
l
y
or
w
ha
t
.

“
S
o
do
y
ou
w
ant
m
e
t
o
s
t
op
by
y
our
p
l
a
ce
and
l
et
C
i
sco ou
t
?”

“I
t
hou
g
ht
y
ou
w
e
r
e on
ti
l
11?”

“We
l
l
I
w
as
supposed
t
o
be,
but
it’
s
b
een
qu
i
et
so
t
he
y
’r
e
send
i
ng
m
e
out
of
he
r
e
ea
rl
y
.
I
’l
l
d
r
op
by
y
our
p
l
ace, but
I
t
h
i
nk
t
on
i
g
ht
I
’
m
g
o
i
ng
ho
m
e
a
ft
er
I
l
et
h
i
m ou
t
.
H
e
’l
l
be o
k
ay
f
or
a coup
l
e of
hou
r
s
un
ti
l
y
ou
t
w
o
l
o
v
eb
ir
ds
g
et
bac
k
.”

“
O
k
a
y
.
T
hat
w
o
r
k
s.”
S
he
g
r
abbed
S
asha’s
hand
as
she
s
t
a
rt
ed
t
o
w
a
l
k a
w
a
y
.
“
H
e
y
!
Y
ou
k
now
how
m
uch
I
a
p
p
r
ec
i
a
t
e
it
.
R
ea
ll
y
.”

S
asha
s
m
il
ed
de
v
ili
sh
l
y
.
“
T
ha
t’
s
not
g
o
i
ng
t
o
g
et
y
ou an
y
w
he
r
e.
Y
ou
o
w
e
m
e,
so
j
ust
k
nock o
f
f
t
he
g
ooey
aff
e
c
ti
on con
f
ec
ti
on.”
S
he
l
au
g
hed
out
l
oud.
“I accept
cash
or
m
oney o
r
de
r
s
on
l
y
.”