Chapter 7
With both happiness and dread coursing through Hud, he turned and watched the celebration, wondering if his problems had just begun.
When the room had finally cleared Stoney looked up at Hud, and said, “Aren’t you happy for me?”
“You know I am,” Hud said. “See? You were worried for nothing. I knew you’d come out of this even better than you were before.”
“You think so?” Stoney asked, lifting the mirror again and gazing into it.
“I guess this kind of makes things different between you and me, doesn’t it?”
“I’ll be forever grateful.”
A spear of anger shot up in Hud. “Don’t say it like you’re a stranger.”
“I didn’t mean it that way.” He lifted the mirror again and began to stroke his face. “I can’t stop looking at myself. Just days ago my face was full of ugly scars, but now
