Dancing Tides (114 page)

H
e
l
a
u
g
h
e
d
a
t the
m
e
mo
r
y
.
H
e’
d sho
w
n the
bit
c
h
w
ho h
a
d b
ee
n in
c
ont
r
ol of
the situ
a
tion.
H
e
re
m
e
mb
e
re
d h
e
r
p
r
omising
th
e
y
’
d still be
a
ble
to s
e
e
e
ac
h ot
h
e
r
af
t
e
r
the hon
e
y
moon. Co
r
d
B
e
n
n
e
tt h
a
d b
ee
n none
the
w
is
e
r
, stupid b
a
st
ar
d, thou
g
ht
Rob
b
y
.

H
e
si
g
h
e
d.
I
f
on
l
y
T
err
i
L
y
n
n h
a
d
a
bo
d
y
like
C
a
ssie
A
nne
Sp
ear
m
a
n.
I
t
c
ouldn
’
t be h
e
lp
e
d, he
d
e
c
id
e
d. A
p
e
r
son h
a
d to t
a
ke
a
dv
a
n
t
a
ge
of
w
h
a
t
e
v
e
r
opp
o
r
tunity
c
a
me
his
w
a
y
in
w
h
a
t
e
v
e
r
f
o
r
m.

T
omo
rr
o
w
, Mond
a
y
,
w
a
s
the
d
a
y
.
Te
r
r
i
L
y
n
n
w
o
u
ld m
a
ke
g
ood on
w
h
a
t s
h
e’
d p
r
omis
e
d him.
H
e
wa
s su
r
e
o
f
it b
e
ca
use
g
ood ol’
T
err
i tho
u
g
ht he
h
a
d b
ee
n
wr
o
n
g
l
y
acc
us
e
d, t
h
er
e
f
o
r
e d
ee
p do
w
n, he
wa
s a
g
o
o
d
a
nd d
e
c
e
nt m
a
n.

He’
d
a
l
r
ea
d
y
p
r
omis
e
d to
show
h
e
r
just
w
h
a
t kind
of
p
er
son he
c
ould be
w
h
e
n he
g
ot out of
this pl
ace.

B
e
c
a
use
if
thi
n
g
s
we
nt h
i
s
w
a
y
,
b
y
tomo
rr
ow
n
i
g
h
t h
e’
d be
h
e
a
ding
we
st
a
n
d th
a
t mu
c
h
c
los
e
r
to Co
r
d B
e
nn
e
tt.

A
fter
they got b
ac
k
to
the
hous
e
, Co
r
d
d
ec
id
e
d they
n
ee
d
e
d musi
c
.
W
h
e
n he
spi
e
d
Ke
e
g
a
n
’
s do
c
king st
a
tion on the
kit
c
h
e
n
c
o
unt
er
, he
we
nt o
v
e
r
and
pi
c
k
e
d up h
e
r
iPod, st
ar
t
e
d thumbing
th
r
o
u
g
h h
er
pl
a
y
list.

W
hile
she
busi
e
d h
er
s
e
lf
w
ith
c
l
ea
nup d
e
t
a
il, he
d
i
s
c
ov
ere
d t
h
e
y
sh
a
r
e
d the
s
a
me
t
a
st
e
s. She
h
a
d m
a
n
y
of
the
s
a
m
e
songs
he
h
a
d.
T
h
e
minute
he
ca
m
e
a
c
r
oss the
b
a
nd,
K
limt 1918, he hit pl
a
y
.

T
h
e
y
did the
dis
h
e
s tog
e
th
er
, all the while j
a
mming
to
S
k
y
gaz
e
r
.

“
W
h
a
t
a
bout
y
ou,
w
h
y
d
on
’
t
y
ou
b
ec
ome
a
v
e
t
e
r
i
n
ar
i
a
n
?
” Keegan suggested.

“
M
e
?
Ge
t
rea
l.
I
’
ve
g
ot
t
w
o
y
e
ar
s
o
f
c
oll
e
g
e
.
I
’
m
thi
r
t
y
-f
o
u
r
y
e
a
r
s old.
I
’
ve
miss
e
d
m
y
c
h
a
n
c
e
a
t
a
ll th
a
t stu
ff.
”

“
B
ut,
I
s
a
w
how
y
ou bo
n
d
e
d
w
ith
J
ac
k
a
nd
D
o
d
g
e
r
.
Y
ou love
a
nim
a
ls.
I
t s
h
o
w
s in
y
our
e
y
e
s.
I
’
v
e
liv
e
d
ar
ound t
h
e
m
a
ll
m
y
li
f
e
a
nd b
e
li
e
v
e
me
th
e
y
know
w
ho th
e
y
c
a
n t
r
ust, th
e
y
s
e
nse it.”

H
e
shook his h
ea
d.
“
S
e
e
,
I
didn
’
t
e
v
e
n
r
ea
li
z
e
s
e
a
lions
a
nd ott
er
s
c
ould bond
w
ith a hum
a
n like
th
a
t.”

“
So, now
y
ou kno
w
.
Y
ou
just h
a
ve
to
rea
d more, stu
d
y
,
l
ear
n.
B
e
sid
e
s, if
y
ou
’
r
e
g
ood
w
ith
a
nim
a
ls, the
re
st
y
ou
g
e
t
out of
books.
I
c
ould h
e
l
p
y
ou
g
e
t
ca
u
g
ht up in no
time
w
ith
y
our
c
h
e
mist
r
y
,
a
nim
a
l s
c
i
e
n
c
e
,
e
v
e
n p
h
y
si
c
s
re
qui
re
m
e
nts.”

“
J
ust b
eca
use
I
’
m
g
ood
w
ith th
e
m do
e
sn
’
t m
ea
n
I
c
ould ever be
a
v
e
t.
I
’
d be
lo
o
king
a
t six
y
ea
r
s b
e
f
o
r
e
I
g
ot to p
ra
c
ti
ce
.”

“N
ot if
y
o
u t
a
ke
a
d
v
a
n
c
e
pl
ace
m
e
nt.
Y
ou
c
ould
c
ut some
time
o
f
f
of
th
a
t.
A
nd like
y
ou sug
g
e
st
e
d,
y
ou
c
ould int
e
r
n
r
i
g
ht
h
ere
.
”

“Y
ou
’
r
e
d
r
e
a
min
g
.
I
’
d be
a
lmost
f
o
r
t
y
y
e
ar
s old,
K
e
e
g
a
n
.
”

“
S
o
?
Y
ou
’r
e
r
e
a
l
l
y
hu
n
g up on the
w
hole
a
g
e
thi
n
g
,
a
re
n
’
t
y
ou?
Gra
ndma
Mos
e
s
wa
sn
’
t dis
c
ov
ere
d until she
wa
s
e
i
g
h
t
y
.
T
he
ol
d
e
st
c
oll
e
ge
g
ra
du
a
t
e
wa
s some
w
o
m
a
n in
Ka
ns
a
s
w
ho
g
r
a
du
a
t
e
d
a
t the
a
g
e
o
f
n
i
n
e
t
y
-
f
iv
e
.”