Dancing Tides (137 page)

“
B
e
ca
u
s
e
y
ou
’
r
e
g
o
r
g
e
o
u
s—
a
nd
y
e
t
—
y
ou don
’
t
a
c
t like
it.”
I
t hit him th
e
n.
M
a
y
b
e
it
wa
s h
e
r
sm
a
llto
w
n upb
r
in
g
i
n
g
but
K
ee
g
a
n
a
nd C
a
ssie
wer
e
pol
a
r
opposit
e
s.
W
hy
should th
a
t
a
pp
e
a
l to hi
m
?
Shouldn
’
t he
be
looking
f
or
a
r
e
pl
ace
m
e
nt
f
or
C
a
ssie
on
a
ll l
e
v
e
ls?

H
e
shook hims
e
lf
out of
his
f
unk
a
nd noti
ce
d she
wa
s
fr
o
w
ni
n
g
.
W
h
a
t
wa
s
wr
o
n
g
w
ith him
a
n
y
w
a
y
?
Her
e
h
e
h
a
d a
hot
fe
m
a
le
st
a
ndi
n
g
i
n his house
a
nd he
wa
s
b
ac
k in the
p
a
st.

Ke
e
g
a
n
’
s mind h
a
d b
ee
n
t
r
y
i
n
g
to
f
i
g
u
r
e
out
w
h
a
t
kind of
w
om
e
n h
e’
d kn
o
w
n b
ef
o
r
e
if he
thou
g
ht she
wa
s unp
re
t
e
ntious. She
didn
’
t d
ar
e
b
r
ing
up C
a
ssie
tho
u
g
h.
F
or
on
e
, it s
e
e
m
e
d
r
ud
e
,
a
nd the
oth
e
r
, she
r
ea
l
l
y
didn
’
t
w
a
nt to m
a
ke
him s
a
d toni
g
ht.

H
e
look
e
d
a
lmost
c
h
e
er
f
ul.
B
e
c
a
use
of
th
a
t, s
h
e
we
nt
a
noth
e
r
w
a
y
.
“
W
e
h
a
d a
b
a
b
y tod
a
y
.
”

“
Minni
e
?
Aw
, I
w
ish
I
’
d
kno
w
n.
W
h
y
didn
’
t
y
ou t
e
x
t m
e
?
”

She
sh
r
ugg
e
d.
“Y
ou
h
a
d
a
f
ull d
a
y
w
h
a
t
w
ith
g
oi
n
g
to S
a
nta
C
r
u
z
.
H
o
w’
d
i
t
g
o
w
ith the sh
r
ink
a
n
y
w
a
y
?
”

“
I
t took me
aw
hile
to op
e
n up.
H
e
tu
r
ns out is a
she
in h
e
r
mid
-f
o
r
ti
e
s,
I
t
a
li
a
n. She
s
ee
ms like
a
d
e
c
e
nt p
er
son. She
h
a
d pi
c
tu
re
s of
h
e
r
kids
h
a
n
g
i
n
g
on
h
e
r
w
a
lls.
I
li
k
e
d th
a
t
a
bout h
er
.
”

H
e
k
e
pt h
e
r
h
a
nd in his
a
s he
tugg
e
d h
e
r
a
long
in
t
o the
kit
c
h
e
n.

“O
n
c
e
y
ou o
p
e
n
e
d up, d
i
d
y
ou
f
ee
l b
e
tt
e
r
?
”

“
Som
e
. She
g
ot me
to
r
e
a
li
z
e
th
ere’
s nothing I
c
o
u
ld
’
ve
done
to stop Rob
b
y
M
ac
k th
a
t d
a
y
.
B
ut—”

Ke
e
g
a
n
h
e
ld a
f
i
n
g
e
r
up
t
o his lips.
“
W
h
e
n
y
ou st
o
p b
ea
ting
y
o
u
r
s
e
lf
up, m
a
y
b
e
y
o
u
’
ll und
er
st
a
nd th
e
r
e’
s nothing
y
ou
c
oul
d
’
ve
done
to s
t
op him th
a
t d
a
y
f
r
om doing
w
h
a
t he
did.”

“
I
kno
w
.”
H
e
pi
c
k
e
d up the
dish to
we
l, us
e
d it
a
s a
pothold
e
r
to t
a
ke
the
r
o
a
st out of
the ov
e
n.
H
e
lo
w
e
re
d the
t
e
mp
a
nd slid in the
p
a
n to
war
m the
r
olls.

“Ar
e
y
ou s
u
r
e
y
ou
w
on
’
t
be
ups
e
t if
I
e
a
t the
r
o
a
s
t
?
I
t h
a
s b
a
b
y
ca
r
r
ots
a
nd
pot
a
to
e
s.”