Blood From a Stone (174 page)
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Authors: Cynthia Lucas
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li
ps
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d
r
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d
t
hem on h
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on
g
ue.
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e
squee
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g
a
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o
b
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m
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d.
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ow
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w
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d
w
a
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f
or
t
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w
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t
h
t
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co
m
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e
be
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coun
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k
w
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t
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as.
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he
ti
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l
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I
t
s
t
a
rt
ed
i
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h
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s
fi
n
g
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r
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as
h
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b
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k
it
s
m
a
g
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c
on
t
he
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s
b
r
o
k
en
bod
y
.
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nd
f
or
j
ust
a
m
o
m
e
nt
t
he
littl
e
bo
y
’
s
lif
e
fl
ashed
i
n
S
a
m
son
’
s
m
i
nd…as
d
i
d
t
he pa
i
n and
t
e
rr
or
of
t
he
acc
i
den
t
.
S
a
m
son
l
eaned
back
i
n
t
he
c
ha
i
r
as
he
w
as
consu
m
ed
by
a
w
a
v
e
of
e
l
ec
tri
c
it
y
t
hat
f
e
l
t
li
k
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k
w
a
v
es
r
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lli
ng
t
h
r
ou
g
h
h
i
m
.
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t
a
l
m
ost
hu
rt
,
but
not
qu
it
e, and
t
hen
se
ttl
ed
i
n
t
o
t
hat
i
n
t
ox
i
ca
ti
ng
he
r
o
i
n
-
li
k
e
r
ush
he
’
d
f
e
l
t
w
hen
he
’
d
sa
v
ed
H
a
r
o
l
d.
I
t
w
as
not
as
i
n
t
ense as
i
t
had been
t
hen…pe
r
haps
because
he
r
e
he
w
as
dea
li
ng
w
it
h a ch
il
d.
L
ess
lif
e
expe
ri
ence?
A
s
m
a
ll
er
bod
y
?
H
e had no
i
dea, but
i
t
w
as
not
nea
rl
y
t
he
w
a
v
e
of
ene
r
g
y
t
hat
had
nea
rl
y
k
noc
k
ed h
i
m
t
o
h
i
s
k
nees
t
he
l
ast
ti
m
e.
S
till
,
a
cool
s
w
eat
b
r
o
k
e
out
on h
i
s
b
r
ow
and
h
i
s
b
r
ea
t
h
ca
m
e
i
n
g
r
eat
g
asps
f
or
a
m
o
m
ent b
e
f
o
r
e he
r
e
g
a
i
ned h
i
s
co
m
posu
r
e.