Blood From a Stone (256 page)

             
“We
ll
,
y
eah…
I
’
m
t
o
t
a
ll
y
spen
t
,”
sa
i
d
W
i
l
l
ow
as

S
a
m
son
headed
o
v
er
t
o
t
he
couch
t
o
p
l
unk
do
w
n.
C
i
s
c
o
w
as
t
ed no
ti
m
e bound
i
ng
o
v
er
and
j
u
m
p
i
ng
i
n h
i
s
l
ap.

“
L
i
s
t
en,”
she
con
ti
nued,
“
w
hy don
’
t
w
e
j
ust
w
a
i
t
ti
l
t
o
m
o
rr
ow
or
w
hene
v
e
r
?
T
he
r
e
’
s
no
hu
rr
y
.
I
’l
l
g
o
ho
m
e
and
y
ou
g
u
y
s
r
est
and
I
’l
l
ca
l
l
y
ou
i
n
t
he
m
o
r
n
i
n
g
. Wh
e
n a
r
e
y
ou back
on du
t
y
?”

“
I
’
m
ac
t
ua
ll
y
o
f
f
un
ti
l
Monda
y
”
sa
i
d
W
ill
o
w
.
“
B
ut
I
m
ay
d
r
op by
be
f
o
r
e
t
hen…
y
ou
k
now
t
o say
h
i
.”
S
he s
m
il
ed.

What
she
r
ea
ll
y
m
eant
w
as
t
hat
she
m
i
g
ht
d
r
op
i
n
t
o p
i
ck  up
so
m
e
s
y
ri
n
g
es  and 
v
i
a
l
s 
t
o  co
ll
ect
sa
m
p
l
es  of
S
a
m
son
’
s b
l
ood.
B
ecause
t
he
i
r
ti
m
e
w
as
r
unn
i
ng
ou
t
.

S
asha
nodded.
“
K
.
I
’l
l
t
a
l
k
t
o
y
ou
l
ater
and
m
a
y
be
t
o
m
o
rr
ow
w
e
can
ha
v
e
d
i
nne
r
.
B
y
e,
S
a
m
son
!
”
S
he hu
g
g
ed W
i
l
l
ow
and headed out
t
he doo
r
.

W
ill
ow
t
u
r
ned
t
o
S
a
m
son
and
h
i
s
f
u
rr
y co
m
pan
i
on
on
t
he
couch.
“What
ti
m
e
i
s
i
t
an
y
w
a
y
?
I
’
m
so
out
of
w
hac
k
.
I
f
eel
li
k
e
I cou
l
d
s
l
eep
f
or
a
w
ee
k
!
”
S
he
l
au
g
hed
th
en
sudden
l
y s
t
opped
he
r
se
lf
.
“
I
’
m
so
rr
y
.
I
g
uess
t
hat
w
as
p
r
e
tt
y
i
nsens
iti
v
e of
m
e.”

H
i
s b
r
o
w
s
k
n
i
t
t
o
g
e
t
he
r
. “Wha
t
?”

“We
l
l
s
l
eep
i
ng
f
or
a
w
ee
k
.
I
m
ean
y
ou
so
r
t o
f
….s
l
eep…
f
or
fift
y
y
ea
r
s
at
a
ti
m
e.”

H
e 
l
au
g
hed. 
“We
ll
…
it’
s  
m
o
r
e  
li
k
e   be
i
ng
u
n
der
g
ene
r
al
anes
t
hes
i
a.
B
ut
I
g
uess
i
t
qua
lifi
es
as
‘
sleep
’
.”

“
H
a. 
H
a. 
I
t’
s
not
f
unn
y
,“
she
sa
i
d,
g
i
v
i
ng
h
i
m
t
he school
m
a
r
m
l
oo
k
.
“We
do
ha
v
e
t
o
g
et
busy and
spend
so
m
e
m
o
r
e
ti
m
e
on
t
h
i
s
r
h
y
m
e
t
h
i
n
g
.
A
nd
t
o
m
o
rr
ow
I
’
m
g
o
i
ng
t
o
g
o p
i
ck
up
so
m
e
v
i
a
l
s
and
s
y
ri
n
g
es.
I
’l
l
ha
v
e
t
o
s
m
u
g
g
l
e
t
hem ou
t
.
B
ut
i
f
t
he
r
e
’
s
so
m
e
k
i
nd of
abno
r
m
al
r
ead
i
n
g
s
i
n
y
our b
l
ood
w
o
r
k
,
i
t
w
il
l
g
i
v
e
m
e so
m
e
t
h
i
ng
t
o
g
o b
y
.”