Blood From a Stone (210 page)

W
ill
ow
nodded.
Y
eah.
R
i
gh
t
!
She
knew exac
tl
y
w
ho
’
d kno
tt
ed
t
hat
I
V
li
ne.

K
a
t
y
l
eaned
i
n
c
l
oser
s
m
ili
n
g
.
“
A
nd
oh
m
y
G
od,
y
ou shou
l
d
ha
v
e
seen
t
he
doc
t
or
o
r
…..or
a
i
de
or
w
hoe
v
er
he
w
as
t
hat
w
as
on
du
t
y
l
ast
n
i
g
h
t
.
H
e
ca
m
e
w
a
l
k
i
ng
t
h
r
ou
g
h
he
r
e be
f
o
r
e
t
he
w
ho
l
e
t
h
i
ng
w
it
h
D
a
v
i
d.
H
e
w
as
t
a
ll
,
sandy b
l
onde and
h
i
s
e
y
es…”
H
er
v
o
i
ce
tr
a
il
ed
o
f
f
as
she
r
a
i
sed
her
b
r
o
w
s. “I
ha
v
en
’
t
seen
h
i
m
s
i
nce,
but
I
w
i
sh
I
k
new
w
ho
h
e
w
as.
I
’
m su
r
e
he
’l
l
be
on
du
t
y
a
g
a
i
n,
and
w
hen
he
i
s,
l
ook ou
t
!
”
S
he
l
au
g
hed p
l
a
y
f
u
ll
y
.

W
ill
ow
f
o
r
ced
a
s
m
il
e,
tr
y
i
ng
t
o
i
g
nore
t
he
f
ee
li
ng of possess
i
v
eness
she
f
e
l
t
t
o
w
a
r
d
S
a
m
son.
K
a
t
y cou
l
d ha
v
e her
littl
e
             
f
an
t
as
i
es
a
l
l
she
             
w
an
t
ed.
             
W
ill
ow
ac
t
ua
ll
y
h
a
d
expe
r
i
enced
i
t
.

S
he
g
r
abbed
t
he
cha
r
t
o
f
f
t
he
desk
and
b
r
ushed
by
K
a
t
y head
i
ng do
w
n
t
he
ha
ll
w
ay
t
o
w
a
r
d
556.
S
he
fi
g
u
r
ed she
m
i
g
ht
as
w
e
l
l
g
et
i
t
o
v
er
w
it
h
and
g
o
see
D
a
v
i
d.
L
e
t
a
l
l
t
he
f
ee
li
n
g
s
co
m
e
as
t
hey
w
ou
l
d,
and
j
ust
tr
y
t
o
be
ha
p
py
f
or
t
he
littl
e
g
u
y
.
A
nd
t
he
r
e
li
ef
h
i
s
pa
r
en
t
s
m
ust
be
f
ee
l
i
n
g
…
w
e
ll
, she cou
l
d on
l
y
i
m
a
g
i
ne.

S
he
r
ounded
t
he
co
r
ner
and
s
t
epped
i
ns
i
de
t
he
r
oom
w
he
r
e
a
t
echn
i
c
i
an
w
as
j
ust
fi
n
i
sh
i
ng up
t
a
k
i
ng a sa
m
p
l
e of
D
a
v
i
d
’
s
b
l
ood.
H
i
s
m
o
t
her
l
oo
k
ed
up
and
sa
i
d,
“
I
’
m
so
g
l
ad
y
ou
’r
e
he
r
e.
My
husband
had
t
o
l
ea
v
e
and
g
o
i
n
t
o
th
e o
ffi
ce…
i
t
w
as
an
e
m
e
r
g
enc
y
.
I
w
an
t
ed
t
o
s
t
ep
out
a
n
d
g
o
g
r
ab a
b
it
e
fr
om
t
he
ca
f
e
t
e
ri
a
but
I
d
i
dn
’
t
w
ant
t
o
l
ea
v
e
h
i
m he
r
e a
l
one
a
g
a
i
n.
T
hey
l
et
h
i
m
g
o
t
o
t
he
p
l
ay
a
r
ea
ea
rli
er
but
t
hey
w
an
t
ed
h
i
m back
he
r
e
t
o
r
un
so
m
e
t
es
t
s.
H
e
’
s
de
fi
n
i
t
e
l
y
r
eady
t
o
g
o ho
m
e and be out
of
t
he bed now
t
hat
he
’
s
f
ee
li
ng
be
tt
e
r
.”
S
he
s
m
il
ed
as
she
b
r
ushed
D
a
v
i
d
’
s
ha
i
r
back
fr
om  h
i
s
f
o
r
ehead.