Dancing Tides (219 page)

“T
h
e
r
e
a
r
e
a
f
e
w
thi
n
g
s th
a
t h
a
ve
c
o
m
e
out in th
e
r
a
p
y
.
”

“O
k
a
y
.”

“T
hin
g
s
I
didn
’
t
wa
nt to
re
m
e
mb
e
r
a
bout C
a
ssi
e
.
T
hin
g
s
I
g
u
e
ss
I
blo
c
k
e
d.
I
t s
e
e
m
e
d b
e
tt
e
r
som
e
how
if
I
c
ou
l
d s
e
t
a
side
h
e
r
fa
ults
a
nd
f
o
r
g
e
t
a
bout h
e
r
sho
r
t
c
o
min
g
s
a
nd
c
o
n
ce
nt
r
a
te on
a
ll the
g
ood.
I
t tu
r
ns
o
ut th
er
e
wa
sn
’
t th
a
t mu
c
h
g
ood.”

T
h
a
t
wa
s the
l
a
st thing
s
h
e
thou
g
ht h
e
’
d s
a
y
.
H
e
r
b
r
ow
t
e
ns
e
d up.
“
W
h
a
t do
y
o
u m
e
a
n
?
”

“
I
’
m
g
e
tti
n
g
to it.”
H
e
t
o
ok a
d
ee
p
g
ulp of
i
c
e
d t
e
a
th
a
t s
ee
m
e
d to h
e
lp h
i
m b
u
y
mo
r
e time
b
ef
o
r
e
g
oi
n
g
on,
“
I
ca
me
b
a
c
k
af
t
e
r
m
y
s
ec
o
nd tour
in
I
ra
q to C
a
li
f
o
r
ni
a
, l
a
nd
e
d
a
t
L
os
A
l
a
mitos.”

“
B
e
ca
u
s
e
y
ou
we
r
e
in the
G
u
a
r
d h
e
r
e
.”

“
Ri
g
ht. C
a
ssie
h
a
d
f
lo
w
n
fr
om
V
i
r
g
inia
to h
e
r
e
, m
e
t me
a
t the
a
i
r
po
r
t
a
long
w
ith
a
ll the oth
e
r
fa
mi
l
y
m
e
mb
er
s
w
e
l
c
oming
the unit hom
e
.
K
ee
p
in mind
m
y
tour
h
a
d l
a
s
t
e
d t
we
lve
months that time.
Cassie and I
hu
g
,
w
e
kiss,
w
e
g
o th
r
o
u
g
h
a
ll the
b
e
lls
a
nd
w
histl
e
s of
sm
a
ll t
a
lk
a
nd th
e
n h
ea
d out to
c
h
e
c
k into a
hot
e
l.
Her
e
I
think
we’
r
e
g
oing
to
h
a
ve
a
h
e
l
luva
re
union
a
nd th
e
n
w
e
g
e
t to our
r
oom.”

H
e
took
a
noth
e
r
lo
n
g
sl
u
g
of
t
e
a
.
“
She
t
e
lls me
sh
e’
s
f
our
months p
re
g
n
a
nt.”

Ke
e
g
a
n
’
s mouth
wa
nt
e
d
to d
r
op op
e
n but she
f
o
u
g
ht the
u
r
ge
to l
e
t it.
I
ns
t
ea
d she
m
e
re
l
y
reac
h
e
d out, l
a
id h
e
r
h
a
n
d on his.

Co
r
d not
e
d h
e
r
e
y
e
s
c
ou
l
dn
’
t hide
the
su
r
p
r
ise
or
t
he
so
rr
o
w
.

“Yea
h, t
h
a
t
’
s
a
bout the
r
eac
tion
I
h
a
d.
O
k
a
y
, m
a
y
be
a
little
mo
re
.
O
bviously
the
b
a
b
y isn
’
t min
e
.
B
ut she
t
e
lls me
she
lov
e
s me
a
nd
wa
nts to t
r
y
a
nd m
a
k
e
a
g
o
of
it.
I
sto
r
m out of
the
r
oom,
g
o do
w
nst
a
i
r
s, hit the
b
ar
.
I
g
e
t d
r
unk.

“Ne
x
t d
a
y
, s
h
e
b
e
g
s me
f
or
a
noth
e
r
c
h
a
n
c
e
,
wa
nts
me
to
f
o
r
g
ive
h
er
, b
l
a
h bl
a
h bl
a
h. A
c
ouple
of
d
a
y
s
g
o
b
y
,
I
r
e
c
onsid
e
r
a
nd
w
e
a
g
re
e
to
t
r
y
to
m
a
ke
a
g
o
o
f
thin
g
s.
I
know
it sounds
cra
z
y
,
Ke
e
g
a
n, but
I
lov
e
d h
e
r,
or
a
t l
e
a
st
I
tho
u
g
ht
w
h
a
t
I
wa
s
fee
li
n
g
a
t the
time
wa
s lov
e
.
A
n
y
w
a
y
,
w
e
g
e
t
a
n
a
p
ar
t
m
en
t.
I
g
o
b
ac
k to
m
y
job in
c
onst
r
u
c
tion.
W
e
g
o
shopping
f
or
b
a
b
y stu
f
f
on a
w
e
e
k
l
y
b
a
sis.”