Dancing Tides (210 page)

Ke
e
g
a
n o
p
e
n
e
d the
f
l
a
p
a
nd ooh
e
d
a
t the
c
ar
d.
“
H
ow
s
wee
t-looki
n
g
.
I
f
m
y
g
r
a
ndmoth
e
r
wer
e
a
liv
e
,
I
’
v
e
no doubt she
w
ould
’
ve
knitt
e
d h
e
r
a
b
a
b
y
bl
a
nk
e
t in po
w
d
e
r
blu
e
.”

“
I
w
ish
I
kn
e
w
how
to k
n
it.”
H
a
y
d
e
n
g
l
a
n
ce
d
a
r
o
u
nd h
e
r
o
w
n sto
re
.
“
I
’
v
e
got a
book h
er
e on the
subj
ec
t—in the
ho
w-
to s
ec
tion.
W
ond
e
r
h
o
w
long
it
w
ould t
a
ke
me
t
o l
ear
n.
O
f
c
ou
r
se
it
’
s too l
a
te
to st
ar
t now
f
or
J
o
r
d
a
n, but—”

Ke
e
g
a
n
g
ot the
hint.
“
Wa
it.
Ar
e
y
o
u p
r
e
g
n
a
nt,
H
a
y
d
e
n
?
”

She
b
ea
m
e
d.
“
J
ust b
are
l
y
.
D
on
’
t t
e
ll
a
n
y
o
n
e
.
Y
ou
’
r
e
the
f
i
r
st
one
I
’
ve
told outside
of
E
th
a
n, of
c
ou
r
s
e
.
I
thou
g
ht it
w
o
uld be
a
ni
c
e
little
su
r
p
r
i
s
e
to sp
r
ing
on the
g
u
e
sts
a
t
J
o
r
d
a
n
’
s sho
wer
.”

“O
h, it
w
ill.
E
th
a
n must be
wa
lki
n
g
on
a
i
r
.
A
nd
L
ind
ee
n Co
d
y
must be
a
b
o
ut to bu
r
st
a
t
f
in
a
l
l
y
g
e
tti
n
g
a
g
ra
ndb
a
b
y
.”

“
L
in
d
ee
n do
e
s
n
’
t know
y
e
t.
W
e
pl
a
n to t
e
ll his
f
o
l
ks on Sund
a
y
a
t dinn
e
r
.”

Ke
e
g
a
n
s
ca
nn
e
d
a
ll the
b
ooks on the
sh
e
lv
e
s,
wa
i
t
ing
f
or
just the
r
i
g
ht time
to b
r
ing
up the
subj
ec
t of
S
c
ott.

B
ut
H
a
y
d
e
n
z
on
e
d in on som
e
thing
th
a
t s
ee
m
e
d
to be troubling
Ke
e
g
a
n.
“
W
er
e
y
ou looking
f
or
a
p
ar
ti
c
ul
a
r
b
oo
k
?
”

“Y
ou h
a
ve
a
lot mo
r
e
s
e
l
ec
tion th
a
n
y
ou did the
l
a
st time
I
wa
s
h
ere
.
”

“
I
g
e
t n
e
w
titl
e
s in
e
v
e
r
y
wee
k.
I
s
e
ll mo
r
e
books th
a
n
I
do
a
ll this oth
e
r
stu
f
f
c
ombin
e
d.
I
t s
e
e
ms the
to
w
n
r
e
a
l
l
y
wa
s in
nee
d of
a
pl
a
c
e
to
b
u
y
a
ff
o
r
d
a
ble
r
ea
di
n
g
m
a
t
er
i
a
l.
T
h
e
y
e
v
en
b
u
y
S
c
ott
’
s old
c
oll
e
g
e
t
e
x
tbooks b
eca
use
it s
ee
ms th
e
y
’
r
e
still in use
a
t
U
C S
a
nta
C
r
u
z
.
T
he stud
e
nts h
er
e
e
v
e
n b
u
y
his p
r
og
ra
mming
m
a
n
u
a
ls.
I
t s
e
e
ms
w
h
e
n it
ca
m
e
to books, S
c
ott Phil
l
ips n
e
v
e
r
th
r
e
w
one
aw
a
y
.
”

H
a
y
d
e
n s
i
g
h
e
d.
“
I
h
a
t
e
d
p
ar
ting
w
ith th
e
m until one
d
a
y
he
f
i
n
a
l
l
y
told me
I
h
a
d to l
e
t th
e
m
g
o.”

Ke
e
g
a
n
’
s mouth d
r
opp
e
d
op
e
n.
He
r
e
wa
s
h
e
r
op
e
n
in
g
.
“Y
ou
h
a
d a
c
onv
er
s
a
tion
w
ith S
c
ott Phil
l
ips
a
bout his t
e
x
tbook
s
?
”