Blood From a Stone (71 page)

“
S
o
w
hat
ha
v
e
y
ou
been up
t
o a
l
l
da
y
?
D
i
d
y
ou
g
o
t
o
w
o
r
k
t
h
i
s
m
o
r
n
i
n
g
?”
s
he
as
k
ed
h
i
m
,
chan
g
i
ng
t
he
su
b
j
ect
t
o co
v
er
her
e
m
ba
rr
ass
m
ent
o
v
er
h
i
m hea
ri
ng
her
and
S
a
sha
t
a
l
k
i
ng
about
h
i
m
.

“
Y
eah,
I
d
i
d
so
m
e
w
o
r
k
t
oday
and
t
hen
t
ook ca
r
e
of
a
f
ew
e
rr
ands.”
H
e
t
ook a
s
i
p
of
t
he co
ff
ee
t
he
w
a
itr
ess had pou
r
ed
i
n
t
o h
i
s
m
u
g
. “What
about
y
ou?”

“
N
o
t
h
i
ng
t
oo
exc
iti
n
g
.
We
t
ook ca
r
e
of
t
he
do
g
,
and
t
hen
l
e
f
t
t
o
g
o
p
i
ck up
t
he
car
…
and
t
hen
w
ent
t
o
w
o
r
k
.
I
t
w
as
k
i
nd
of
a
r
ou
g
h
n
i
g
ht
t
on
i
g
h
t
,
t
hou
g
h.
We
had
a co
u
p
l
e of
k
i
ds
j
ust
out
of
su
r
g
e
r
y
and
y
ou
k
now
sometimes
t
hey
ha
v
e pa
i
n.”

S
he
pou
r
ed
so
m
e
c
r
eam
i
n
t
o
her
co
ff
ee
m
u
g
.
“
I
t
r
ea
l
l
y h
it
s
m
e
i
n
t
he
hea
r
t
t
o
w
a
t
ch
t
hem
hu
rti
ng
li
k
e
t
h
a
t
,”
she added
t
a
k
i
ng
a s
i
p of
t
he
w
onde
rf
u
ll
y
w
a
r
m
li
qu
i
d.

S
a
m
son
nodded.
“I
can
on
l
y
i
m
a
g
i
ne.
Bu
t
,
so
m
e
one has
t
o
do
t
hat
j
ob.
A
nd
t
hey
ha
v
e
t
o be co
m
pe
t
ent
and
r
eady
t
o s
i
t
t
h
r
ou
g
h
i
t
a
l
l
and
g
et
t
hem
t
h
r
ou
g
h
an
y
t
h
i
n
g
.
Y
ou
a
r
e
a b
r
a
v
e soul
t
o be
w
illi
ng
t
o do
t
ha
t
.”

H
e
k
new
w
hat
i
t
w
as
li
k
e
t
o
be
i
n
pa
i
n
and
ha
v
e
no one
be
ab
l
e
t
o
s
t
op
i
t
or
he
l
p
y
ou.
H
e
r
e
m
e
m
be
r
ed
al
l
t
oo
w
e
l
l
t
he
sea
ri
ng
pa
i
n
cou
r
s
i
ng
t
h
r
ou
g
h
h
i
s
v
e
i
ns
as
he
’
d
u
n
de
r
g
one h
i
s
fir
st
chan
g
e.
H
e
’
d
w
i
shed
f
or
dea
t
h
so
i
t
w
ou
l
d
s
t
op but
a
l
l he
’
d
g
o
tt
en
w
as
a
s
l
o
w
,
a
g
on
i
z
i
ng con
v
e
r
s
i
on
i
n
t
o
a
b
l
ock of s
t
one
t
hat
t
ook
w
ee
k
s
or
m
a
y
be
e
v
en
m
on
t
hs
t
o
co
m
p
l
e
t
e.
H
e had
no
w
ay
t
o
g
au
g
e
ti
m
e,
but
he
su
r
e
as
he
l
l
r
e
m
e
m
be
r
ed
t
he
t
o
rt
u
r
e
of
be
i
ng
unab
l
e
t
o
m
o
v
e
and
f
ee
li
ng ba
r
e
l
y
an
y
t
h
i
ng
t
hou
g
h
h
i
s
e
y
es
s
til
l
cou
l
d
see
at
l
east
so
m
e
and
h
i
s
m
i
nd cou
l
d s
til
l
t
h
i
nk
be
f
o
r
e
i
t
f
u
ll
y
shut
do
w
n.