Dancing Tides (208 page)

F
or
the
f
i
r
st time
in t
w
o
y
ea
r
s, Co
r
d h
a
d
a
st
ea
d
y
job, a
pl
ac
e
to liv
e
, a
w
o
m
a
n in his li
fe
,
a
nd a
f
utu
r
e
.
H
e
h
a
d to
a
dmit he
wa
s h
a
p
p
y.

W
h
a
t mo
r
e
c
ould
a
n
y
m
a
n
wa
nt?

A
t lun
c
h tim
e
,
Ke
e
g
a
n
d
ec
id
e
d it
wa
s time
to t
a
lk
to
H
a
y
d
e
n Co
d
y
a
bout S
c
ott. She
h
a
d s
e
v
era
l
r
u
s
e
s she
c
ould
u
se
to stop
b
y
the
shop.
F
o
r
on
e
,
K
ee
g
a
n h
a
d
n
’
t th
a
nk
e
d
H
a
y
d
e
n
f
or
a
ll the
c
hild
re
n
’
s book don
a
t
ions she
h
a
d p
r
ovid
e
d th
a
t th
e
y
h
a
d
g
i
v
e
n
a
w
a
y
a
s
door
p
r
i
z
e
s du
r
ing the
op
e
n hous
e
.

Tw
o, th
er
e
w
er
e
a
n
y
n
u
mb
e
r
of
books on pl
a
nts
she
c
ould pi
c
k up und
e
r
t
he
g
uise
of t
r
y
i
n
g
to b
ec
o
m
e
a
b
e
tt
e
r
g
a
r
d
e
n
e
r
.

A
nd th
ree
, she
c
ould p
re
t
e
nd to
c
h
ec
k out
a
ll the
little
kni
c
kkn
ac
ks
H
a
y
d
e
n
h
a
d sto
c
k
e
d sin
c
e
h
e
r
l
a
st visit.

E
v
e
n thou
g
h
h
e
r
bu
d
g
e
t
wa
s ti
g
ht, it didn
’
t m
ea
n
she
c
ouldn
’
t indulge
in
a
n h
er
b
-
s
c
e
nt
ed ca
ndle
or
t
w
o, the
o
n
e
s
Ha
y
d
e
n h
a
d t
a
k
e
n to m
a
k
i
ng
a
nd
s
e
lling
h
e
r
s
e
l
f
.
T
h
e
w
om
a
n
e
v
e
n h
a
d
a
n online
sto
re
.

Ke
e
g
a
n
we
nt ov
e
r
a
ll those
pl
o
y
s
a
s s
h
e
wa
lk
e
d
a
l
ong
O
cea
n St
r
ee
t
w
ith the
sm
e
lls of
t
h
e s
e
a
a
t h
e
r
b
ac
k,
c
ou
r
t
e
s
y
of
the
sp
r
i
n
g
b
r
e
e
z
e
d
r
i
f
ting
in o
f
f
t
h
e
wa
t
e
r
.

W
h
e
n she
re
a
c
h
e
d a
g
ol
d
e
n
-c
olo
r
e
d, Sp
a
nish-s
t
y
le
stu
cc
o house
w
ith a
r
e
d
-
til
e
d
r
oo
f
, she
rea
d the
b
ra
nd-n
e
w,
h
a
nd
-
p
a
int
e
d shin
g
le
outside
t
he
b
r
i
g
ht
l
y
p
a
int
e
d,
re
d
f
r
ont door
th
a
t
rea
d,
“H
idd
e
n Moon B
a
y
B
o
o
ks.”

L
il
l
y
’
s
w
o
r
k,
K
e
e
g
a
n d
e
c
id
e
d.
I
t
w
a
s ni
c
e
to s
e
e
t
h
e
p
e
ople
in P
e
li
ca
n Pointe
t
a
king
ca
r
e of
th
e
ir
o
w
n
f
or
a
c
h
a
n
g
e
. She
kn
e
w
it h
a
dn
’
t
a
l
w
a
y
s
b
e
e
n th
a
t
w
a
y
.

She
e
nt
ere
d the
sto
r
e
to the
jin
g
le-j
a
n
g
l
e
of
a
b
e
ll
a
nd look
e
d
ar
ound.
T
h
e
pl
ac
e
h
a
d und
e
r
g
one
a
d
ra
m
a
tic
re
n
ov
a
tion.
N
o lon
g
e
r
the
e
mp
t
y
sh
e
ll of
a
house
b
e
l
on
g
i
n
g
to
E
th
a
n
’s
g
r
a
ndmoth
er
,
A
utumn
L
a
ssit
er
, it
wa
s now
so mu
c
h mo
r
e
th
a
n the
to
w
n
’
s
f
i
r
st
a
nd on
l
y booksto
re
.