Dancing Tides (215 page)

“A
h, so now
y
ou
wa
nt
m
e
to spill
a
ll
m
y
g
host
l
y
s
ecre
ts on the
f
i
r
st visi
t
?
W
h
y
?
Are
n
’
t
y
o
u
g
r
a
t
ef
ul Co
r
d
g
ot a
s
ec
ond
c
h
a
n
ce, Keegan
?
O
f
c
ou
r
se,
it didn
’
t l
a
st long
b
ef
o
r
e
he
t
r
i
e
d
a
g
a
in.
B
ut lu
c
k
y
f
o
r
him,
y
ou
we
r
e
th
er
e
th
a
t n
i
g
ht.”

Ke
e
g
a
n
c
ouldn
’
t
a
r
g
u
e
w
ith th
a
t, so she
s
a
t do
w
n
cr
oss
-
l
e
g
g
e
d on t
h
e
g
ra
s
s
, pull
e
d up a long
bl
a
de
o
f
t
e
nd
e
r
shoot to
r
un th
r
ou
g
h h
e
r
f
i
n
g
e
r
s.
“H
e
’
s t
r
y
i
n
g
to
g
e
t his
ac
t tog
e
th
e
r
no
w
.
I t
r
y
to h
e
lp but—”

“
I
t
’
s up to him,
Ke
e
g
a
n.
Y
ou
ca
n suppo
r
t him, be
th
er
e
f
or
him, but the rest is up to him. Don
’
t
y
ou
t
hin
k
?
”

“
I
’
m in love
w
ith him.”

“
I
kno
w
.”

“He’
ll n
e
v
e
r
be
o
v
e
r
C
a
s
si
e
.”

“D
on
’
t
c
ount on th
a
t.”

“
W
h
a
t
?
W
h
y
?
”

“D
on
’
t s
e
ll
y
ou
r
s
e
lf
sh
o
r
t,
Ke
e
g
a
n.
T
r
ue
love
w
h
e
n it h
a
pp
e
ns l
e
v
e
ls the
p
l
a
y
i
n
g
f
i
e
ld—
c
onsid
era
b
l
y
.
”

“
B
ut
r
i
g
ht now
it
’
s on
e-
s
i
d
e
d.”
She
studi
e
d S
c
ott
’
s
face
.
“
I
sn
’
t it
?
”

“Y
ou
’
r
e
a
ski
n
g
the
wr
o
n
g
p
e
r
son.”

“
A
w
om
a
n do
e
s
n
’
t
a
sk a
m
a
n if
he
lov
e
s h
er
.
He’
s
suppos
e
d to—”

S
c
ott shook his h
ea
d.
“
W
om
e
n.
T
h
e
y
h
a
ve
a
ll th
e
s
e
r
ul
e
s of
w
h
a
t is suppos
e
d to h
a
pp
e
n,
w
h
a
t m
e
n
a
r
e
suppos
e
d
t
o know
how
to do.
Y
ou
d
idn
’
t b
e
li
e
ve
Co
r
d
w
h
e
n
he
told
y
ou he
s
a
w m
e
, t
a
lk
e
d to m
e
,
a
nd
y
e
t
h
er
e
y
ou
a
re
, st
a
ndi
n
g
in
the
ce
m
e
t
e
r
y
h
a
vi
n
g
a
c
onv
er
s
a
tion like
I
’
m
rea
l.
T
h
r
ow
aw
a
y
t
h
e
r
u
l
e
s,
Ke
e
g
a
n.
F
o
r
on
ce
,
l
e
t
y
o
ur
h
ear
t
g
uide
y
ou
.
”

“
I
t
’
s too soon
a
n
y
w
a
y
.
I
shouldn
’
t h
a
ve
told
y
ou
.
”

S
c
ott l
a
u
g
h
e
d so h
a
r
d he
h
e
ld his h
a
nd
a
t his sid
e
s.
W
h
e
n he
rec
o
v
ere
d,
h
e
s
a
id,
“Y
ou think
I
’
m
g
oi
n
g
to
r
un t
h
r
ou
g
h to
w
n shouti
n
g
K
ee
g
a
n
’
s s
e
c
re
t?
W
ho
a
m I
going
to t
e
ll
?
”

“Y
ou t
a
lk to Co
r
d
a
ll the
tim
e
.
A
nd b
e
sid
e
s, he
c
o
uldn
’
t b
e
li
e
ve
y
ou h
e
ld
b
ac
k the
in
f
o
a
bout his
fa
th
er
.”

“
Some
thin
g
s
a
r
e
m
ea
nt
t
o
be
l
ear
n
e
d ov
e
r
t
h
e
n
a
t
u
ra
l
c
ou
r
se
o
f
tim
e
. Su
c
h
wa
s t
h
e
ca
s
e
w
ith
Ga
be
B
e
nn
e
tt.
T
ho
s
e
thin
g
s th
a
t
a
r
e
d
a
n
g
er
o
us, ho
we
v
er
, now
tho
s
e
a
r
e
a
noth
e
r
m
a
tt
e
r
e
nti
re
l
y
.”

T
h
a
t ni
g
ht Rob
b
y
M
ac
k
didn
’
t
g
e
t
a
n
y
far
t
h
e
r
th
a
n
L
a
k
e
Ta
h
o
e
. A
th
r
obb
i
ng
h
e
a
d
a
c
he
f
o
rce
d him to pull ov
e
r
f
or
the
ni
g
ht
a
nd s
l
ee
p in
t
he
car
.
T
he
m
e
th h
e
’
d
c
o
nsum
e
d b
ef
o
r
e l
ea
ving
R
e
no
m
a
de
him
n
er
vous
a
nd
e
dg
y
.