Blood From a Stone (65 page)

“I
am
not
pou
ti
n
g
.
A
nd
I
don
’
t
g
i
v
e
a
da
m
n
i
f
he ca
ll
s.
We
ll
,
o
k
a
y
…so
t
ha
t‘
s
a
li
e.
H
e
needs
t
o co
m
e
g
et
h
i
s do
g
.” W
ill
ow
shot
bac
k
.

H
i
s  b
l
ue
e
y
es,
and
h
i
s
sense
of
hu
m
o
r
;
e
v
e
r
y
t
h
i
ng about
h
i
m
had  no
t
h
i
ng
w
ha
t
soe
v
er
t
o  do 
w
it
h 
it
,  she
t
o
l
d he
r
se
lf
.
Y
eah.
R
i
gh
t
.

S
he
l
oo
k
ed
o
v
er
at
S
asha
w
ho
w
as
j
ust
s
t
and
i
ng
t
he
r
e s
t
a
ri
ng at
t
he
ce
ili
ng supp
r
ess
i
ng a
s
m
ir
k
,
un
ti
l
she
f
i
na
ll
y c
r
ac
k
ed.

“
Y
ou
a
r
e
j
ust
as
f
u
l
l
of
sh
i
t
as
t
hey co
m
e,
and
y
ou
k
now
it
!
”
S
asha
l
au
g
hed.
“
B
ut
he
y
,
I don
’
t
b
l
a
m
e
y
ou….he
’
s
g
o
r
g
eous.”

W
ill
ow
r
o
ll
ed  her
e
y
es
as
t
hey
s
t
epped
out
of
t
he e
l
e
v
a
t
or
and headed
t
o
t
he
nu
r
ses
s
t
a
ti
on. “We
ll
,
l
oo
k
, he
does need
t
o
ca
l
l
and
co
m
e
g
et
F
i
do, or
C
u
j
o or
w
ha
t
e
v
er
h
i
s
na
m
e
i
s
!
”

“
C
u
j
o?
N
O
w
a
y
.
T
hat
dog
i
s
a
do
ll
.
I
f
he
doesn
’
t
ca
l
l
t
o
p
i
ck
h
i
m
up
and
y
ou
don
’
t
w
ant
h
i
m
t
hen
I
’l
l
t
a
k
e
h
i
m
!
” sa
i
d
S
asha
m
a
tt
e
r
-
o
f
-
f
ac
tl
y
.
“We
ha
v
e
t
o
t
h
i
nk
of
a
g
ood
na
m
e
f
or
h
i
m
.”

W
ill
ow
s
i
g
hed.
“I
k
no
w
.
T
he
dog
I
S
s
we
et
and
y
es,
y
ou
k
now
t
hat
i
f
he
doesn
’
t
co
m
e
g
et
h
i
m
,
I
’
m
g
o
i
ng
t
o
j
ust
k
eep
h
i
m
!
B
ut
t
hat
i
s
on
l
y
i
f
he
doesn
’
t
co
m
e
p
i
ck
h
i
m
up. We a
r
e
NO
T
na
m
i
ng
h
i
m
y
e
t
.

S
he
r
e
m
o
v
ed
her
j
ac
k
et
and
m
ade
a
show of
p
ri
m
l
y s
m
oo
t
h
i
ng
her
sc
r
ubs.
“
N
ow
g
o
w
o
r
k
,
s
l
a
v
e
!
”
W
ill
ow s
m
il
ed and
shooed
her
a
w
ay
and
qu
i
c
k
l
y
chan
g
ed
her
de
m
ean
o
r
t
o
t
hat
of
t
he
p
r
o
f
ess
i
onal
she
w
as
because
now
i
t
w
as
ti
m
e
t
o
k
eep
her
m
i
nd
on
t
he
du
ti
es
at
hand.
I
t
w
as
i
m
po
rta
nt
t
hat
she be
f
ocused
and
not
l
et
so
m
e
s
t
up
i
d
i
nc
i
den
t
….or
so
m
e
m
an she
’
d
m
et
at
a
c
l
ub
of
a
l
l
p
l
aces
i
n
v
ade her
t
hou
g
ht
s
w
h
il
e she
w
as
t
a
k
i
ng
ca
r
e of
her
y
oung
pa
ti
en
t
s!

S
he
c
l
oc
k
ed
i
n
and
sat
do
w
n
at
t
he
desk
t
o check
t
h
r
ou
g
h
t
he cha
rt
s
and
g
et
r
eady
t
o do
r
ound
s
.