Dancing Tides (205 page)

J
o
r
d
a
n smil
e
d.
“G
o
a
h
e
a
d
, s
a
y
it, the
m
a
n
’
s a
m
a
j
or
ti
g
ht
wa
d.
H
e
r
are
l
y
h
a
s a
s
a
le
a
t the h
ar
d
w
a
r
e
sto
re
.
”

“Ar
e
y
ou
fee
li
n
g
ok
a
y
w
h
a
t
w
ith
the
p
r
e
g
n
a
n
c
y
a
nd
a
l
l
?
”
Ke
e
g
a
n
a
sk
e
d,
f
ee
ling a
little
aw
k
w
a
r
d
a
t the
qu
e
stion.

“
So h
ea
lt
h
y
a
nd h
a
p
p
y
I
’
m
f
ull of
nothing
but bliss th
e
se
d
a
y
s.
Tw
o
y
e
ar
s
a
g
o,
I
wa
s mis
era
ble
a
nd
c
ould on
l
y
d
rea
m
m
y
li
f
e
m
i
g
ht tu
r
n
ar
ound.
N
o
w
—
”
J
o
r
d
a
n stopp
e
d, st
are
d
a
t the
y
o
u
n
g
e
r
w
om
a
n.
K
e
e
g
a
n
wa
sn
’
t
e
x
ac
t
l
y
subtl
e
.
“W
h
a
t
’
s on
y
our
mind?
I
r
ec
o
g
ni
z
e
th
a
t look in
y
o
ur
e
y
e
.”

Ke
e
g
a
n p
u
ffe
d out
a
b
r
ea
th
a
t h
e
r
o
w
n un
e
a
sin
e
ss.
“
W
e
ll,
I
don
’
t know
h
o
w
to s
a
y
this, but—t
w
i
c
e
now
I
’
ve
s
e
e
n S
c
ott, big
a
s li
fe
—l
a
st ni
g
ht he
wa
s
wa
nd
e
r
ing
a
r
ound the
f
ar
m.”

L
a
u
g
h
t
e
r
g
list
e
n
e
d in
J
o
r
d
an’
s
e
y
e
s.
“H
e
s
ca
r
e
d
y
o
u
?
T
h
a
t m
a
n
ca
n be
su
c
h a
p
e
st. Sin
ce
l
a
st
fa
ll,
I
s
e
e
him
ar
ou
n
d
Th
e
Cove
a
ll the
tim
e
.
H
e
c
om
e
s
a
nd
g
o
e
s. Som
e
tim
e
s
g
ue
sts
r
e
po
r
t s
ee
ing
him, too, som
e
tim
e
s not.”

“Y
ou
’
r
e
c
e
r
t
a
in
l
y
ca
lm
a
bout it.”

“N
ow
I
a
m.
I
t
’
s…h
e’
s
r
a
th
e
r
obstin
a
te
a
t tim
e
s.
Y
ou know
th
er
e
w
a
s a
time
I
c
ouldn
’
t s
e
e him
a
t
a
ll.
B
ut S
c
ott
wa
s p
er
sist
e
nt
w
hile
I
wa
s
re
s
ist
a
nt.
I
g
u
e
ss th
a
t so
r
t of
sums up our
e
nti
r
e
re
l
a
tionship
w
h
e
n he
w
a
s
a
liv
e
.
E
v
e
n
w
h
e
n
w
e
we
r
e
m
arr
i
e
d
w
e
didn
’
t
a
l
wa
y
s
c
ommuni
ca
te v
e
r
y
we
ll.
T
h
a
t
’
s h
o
w
I
e
nd
e
d up h
ere
.
D
on
’
t misund
er
st
a
nd m
e
.
I
lov
e
d S
c
ott
w
ith
a
ll
m
y
h
ear
t.
B
ut
w
h
a
t
w
a
s a
p
r
obl
e
m
f
or
both of
us b
ac
k t
h
e
n
wer
e
b
i
g
d
r
ea
ms
a
nd not
e
nou
g
h
c
onv
e
r
s
a
tion
a
bout m
a
king
th
e
m
a
r
e
a
li
t
y
.
I
just
wa
sn
’
t
a
s
s
a
v
v
y
a
bout pi
c
king
up on how
mu
c
h S
c
ott
rea
l
l
y n
ee
d
e
d to
c
o
m
e
b
ac
k to
h
is hom
e
to
w
n to
ra
ise
his
fa
mi
l
y
h
e
re
. M
a
y
b
e
th
e
r
e
wa
s some p
re
monition on his p
ar
t th
a
t he
didn
’
t h
a
ve
v
e
r
y
l
ong
to liv
e
.
B
ut no
w
,
h
e
’
s h
er
e
f
o
r
g
ood.”