Dancing Tides (139 page)

Af
t
e
r
K
e
e
g
a
n
f
ill
e
d up the
g
l
a
ss
e
s, she
tu
r
n
e
d
a
nd
wa
t
c
h
e
d
a
s he
took the
r
o
lls
fr
om the ov
e
n. She
cr
oss
e
d t
h
e
sp
ac
e
a
nd
we
nt ov
e
r
to h
e
l
p st
ac
k the
b
r
e
a
d in a
b
a
s
k
e
t.
W
h
e
n th
e
ir
f
ing
er
s tou
c
h
e
d, she
c
ould
a
lmo
s
t s
wea
r
a
l
i
g
htni
n
g
bolt vib
ra
t
e
d b
e
t
w
e
e
n th
e
m.
I
t
wa
s
a
ll she
c
ould do to m
a
ke
it to the
dining
r
oom.

H
e
took do
w
n
ca
nd
l
e
s
f
r
om a
bu
ffe
t, s
e
t th
e
m on
the
t
a
ble
a
nd lit th
e
m to
f
l
a
m
e
.
H
e
hit the
li
g
hts
a
nd sh
a
do
w
s
d
a
n
ce
d
a
long
t
h
e
wa
ll.

T
h
e
y
s
a
t do
w
n to dinn
e
r
w
ith the
unmist
a
k
a
ble
hint of
d
e
si
r
e
hov
e
r
ing
on
t
he
fr
i
n
g
e
s.

B
ut ov
e
r
the
m
ea
l, his pot
r
o
a
st, h
e
r
r
i
c
e
dish, th
e
y
t
r
i
e
d sm
a
ll t
a
lk to
c
ut the
s
e
x
u
a
l t
e
nsion.

O
n
c
e
he
we
nt into the
d
e
t
a
ils
a
bout his visit
w
ith
Dr
. Pont
a
d
era
, t
h
e
lust
e
bb
e
d.
N
othing like
t
a
lking
a
bout
y
our
p
s
y
c
h
p
r
obl
e
ms to kill the
mood, he
thou
g
ht. But
a
f
t
e
r
a
bout
f
ive
minut
e
s of
sh
ar
i
n
g
, he
divu
l
g
e
d,
“
She
p
re
s
cr
ib
e
d me
Z
olo
f
t
.”

Ke
e
g
a
n
’
s b
r
o
w
s
a
rc
h
e
d
u
p in su
r
p
r
is
e
.
“
R
ea
l
l
y
?
D
id
y
ou t
a
k
e
on
e
?
”

“Yea
h.
A
nd it
’
s one
of
t
h
e
rea
sons
I
’
m n
er
vous
a
n
d
m
y
h
e
a
d is poundin
g
.
T
his
af
t
e
r t
a
king
on
l
y
one
pill,
K
ee
g
a
n.
I
t k
i
c
k
e
d in
a
bout
a
n
hour
b
ef
o
r
e
y
ou
g
ot h
e
re
. Ri
g
ht no
w
,
I
f
ee
l like
I
w
a
nt to jump th
r
ou
g
h the
pl
a
t
e
g
l
a
ss doo
r
.”

She
reac
h
e
d ov
e
r
a
nd put
h
e
r
h
a
nd on top of
his.
“
I
t
’
ll t
a
k
e
some
time
f
or
y
our
b
ra
in to
a
djust to the
c
h
e
mi
ca
l.”

“
I
t
h
a
s a
lo
n
g
list of
side
eff
e
c
ts.”
H
e
ti
c
k
e
d o
f
f
a
ll
o
f
th
e
m
e
x
ce
pt
f
or
the
l
i
bido issu
e
.
T
he
d
r
u
g
c
er
t
a
in
l
y
didn
’
t
m
a
ke
him
wa
nt
K
ee
g
a
n
a
n
y
l
e
ss.
A
t l
ea
st not
y
e
t
it didn
’
t.

“T
h
e
r
e
h
a
s to be
a
not
h
e
r
a
ntid
e
p
re
ss
a
nt th
a
t do
e
s
n
’
t h
a
ve
you wanting to jump through the plate glass.”

“
God,
I
hope
so.”

With that, Keegan switched gears.
“A
s
a
l
w
a
y
s,
J
o
r
d
a
n
’
s
f
o
o
d is in a
c
l
a
ss
b
y
its
e
l
f
,
c
ulin
a
r
y
g
e
nius.”

“T
h
e
r
e’
s
a
pple
p
i
e
f
or
d
e
ss
er
t.”

Ke
e
g
a
n
p
a
tt
e
d h
e
r
stom
a
c
h.
“
M
a
y
be
l
a
t
er
. R
i
g
ht no
w
,
I
c
ouldn
’
t
e
a
t
a
noth
e
r
bit
e
.” Co
r
d tug
g
e
d on
K
e
e
g
a
n
’
s h
a
nd, pl
ace
d
a
kiss on h
e
r
p
a
lm, mov
e
d to h
e
r
li
p
s.
“
I
’
m s
er
ious
l
y
c
onsid
er
i
n
g
h
a
v
ing
y
ou
f
or
d
e
ss
er
t
.
”