Dancing Tides (159 page)

T
oni
’
s mouth d
r
opp
e
d op
e
n.
“Y
ou
’
r
e
kiddi
n
g
?
”

“N
op
e
.
J
ump
e
d
r
i
g
ht into
the
P
ac
i
f
ic
O
c
ea
n
a
nd s
a
v
e
d
m
y
a
ss, g
a
ve
me
m
o
uth to mouth, the
w
hole
bit.”

“
So
y
ou h
a
v
e
n
’
t h
a
d time
to t
a
ke
it to the
n
e
x
t l
e
v
e
l
y
e
t
?
”

“N
o.
I
’
m b
e
g
inni
n
g
to s
e
e
the
b
ea
u
t
y
in
g
e
tti
n
g
to know
eac
h ot
h
e
r
f
i
r
st.
B
u
t p
h
y
si
ca
l
l
y it
’
s b
ee
n
a
lmost a
w
e
e
k
a
nd it
’
s…
g
e
tti
n
g
tou
g
h
er
.
E
v
e
r
y
time
I
’
m
c
lose
to
h
e
r
I
w
a
nt to—”

“Y
ou
’
ve
b
ee
n
c
e
lib
a
te
n
o
w
f
o
r
—
?”

“
A
y
e
a
r
a
nd a
h
a
l
f
.
I
h
a
v
e
n
’
t
wan
t
e
d to be
a
n
y
w
h
er
e
n
e
a
r
a
noth
e
r
w
om
a
n.
N
ot like
th
a
t.”

“U
ntil no
w
.”

“E
x
ac
t
l
y
.”

“A
nd
y
ou
’
r
e
st
ar
ti
n
g
m
e
ds th
a
t h
a
ve
y
ou
w
o
r
r
i
e
d
a
bout
y
o
u
r
libid
o
?
”

“
I
’
m both
e
r
e
d
b
y
it, th
a
t
’
s
f
or
su
re
.
B
ut so
f
a
r
the
pills h
a
v
e
n
’
t l
e
ss
e
n
e
d
m
y
wa
nting
h
er
.”

T
oni smil
e
d.
“T
h
e
n
we’
ll
m
a
ke
su
r
e
the
m
e
ds don
’
t
g
e
t in the
w
a
y
of
th
a
t
h
a
pp
e
ni
n
g
.”

W
hile
Kee
g
a
n
we
nt
a
bo
u
t h
e
r
mo
r
ning
r
outin
e
,
c
l
e
a
ning
e
n
c
losu
re
s, t
a
ki
n
g
car
e
o
f
h
e
r list of
p
a
ti
e
nts, she
c
ouldn
’
t h
e
lp but think of
Co
r
d. She
kn
e
w
it
wa
s m
e
r
e
ly
a
m
a
tt
e
r
of
time b
ef
o
r
e
s
h
e
g
a
ve
in
a
nd sl
e
pt
w
ith him.

I
n spite
o
f
his m
e
ss
e
d up
li
fe
, those
g
ol
d
e
n-b
r
o
w
n
e
y
e
s of
his d
r
e
w
h
e
r
into
th
e
ir
d
e
pths. She
didn
’
t
e
v
e
n
wa
nt to
c
onsid
e
r
a
ll th
a
t s
e
x
y
longish h
a
i
r
, or
the
w
a
y
h
e
kiss
e
d.
A
nd the
m
a
n
a
do
re
d
a
nim
a
ls
a
s mu
c
h
a
s she
did.
W
ho
wa
s she
kiddin
g
?
H
e
wa
s g
e
tting h
ar
d
e
r
a
nd h
ar
d
e
r
to
re
sist.

I
m
a
g
e
s of
him h
a
d k
e
pt
h
e
r
up th
r
e
e
ni
g
hts in a
r
o
w
.

Sin
c
e
Mond
a
y
ni
g
ht
w
h
e
n th
e
y
’
d
both b
ee
n
a
m
p
e
d
a
nd
rea
d
y
to jump
e
ac
h
oth
er
, sh
e’
d done
nothing
but visu
a
li
z
e
how
h
e’
d look out of
h
i
s
c
loth
e
s.
N
ot a
g
ood sign sh
e’
d be
m
a
ki
n
g
it th
r
ou
g
h the
wee
k
e
nd
w
ithout
e
nding
up in the
s
ac
k
w
ith him.
O
k
a
y
, so no
one
w
ould be nomin
a
ting
h
e
r
f
or
s
a
int
h
ood
a
n
ytime
soon.
B
ut th
e
n, s
a
inthood
wa
s so o
v
erra
t
e
d.