Dancing Tides (43 page)

B
londe
bimbo,
Te
r
r
i
L
y
n
n C
ra
nston
wa
s a
little
on the
fa
t side
f
or
his t
a
st
e
s,
but she didn
’
t n
ee
d to know
th
a
t,
a
t l
ea
st not
y
e
t, not until
he
wa
s done
w
ith h
er
. A
bo
r
n
c
h
ar
m
er
, the si
x
-f
oot-t
a
ll Rob
b
y
lik
e
d
to think he
c
ould t
a
lk his
w
a
y
into
a
n
y
w
om
a
n
’
s
p
a
nti
e
s, on
a
n
y
g
iv
e
n d
a
y
o
f
the
w
e
e
k.
O
n
c
e
t
h
ere
,
a
s lo
n
g
a
s he
c
ould
b
e
nd h
e
r
to his
w
ill,
w
om
e
n
wer
e
o
f
use
to him.
Terr
i
L
y
n
n
w
a
s no
e
x
ce
p
tion.
T
he
w
om
a
n
wa
s d
e
s
p
era
te
f
or
some
a
tt
e
ntion.
A
nd ol’
Rob
b
y M
ac
k int
e
nd
e
d to be
ar
o
u
nd to
g
ive
h
e
r
w
h
a
t
e
v
e
r
s
he
n
ee
d
e
d
e
v
e
r
y
time
she
n
ee
d
e
d it.

W
h
a
t
e
v
e
r
sob sto
r
y
w
o
r
k
e
d, Rob
b
y
w
ould ho
n
e
in on the
poor
w
om
a
n
’
s
we
a
kn
e
ss, m
a
nipul
a
te
h
e
r
to do
w
h
a
t
e
v
e
r
he
w
a
nt
e
d th
e
n
k
e
e
p h
e
r
on a
t
i
g
ht t
e
th
er
.
W
om
e
n n
ee
d
e
d
g
uid
a
n
c
e
a
nd
a
s
c
h
e
du
l
e
.
T
h
a
t
’
s
w
h
a
t th
e
y
und
e
r
stood.
W
ithout
i
t th
e
y
we
r
e
a
d
r
i
f
t in a
w
o
r
ld not suit
e
d
f
or
the
w
e
a
k
e
r
s
e
x
.

A
s the
o
r
d
er
li
e
s
w
a
lk
e
d
h
im to
a
n
e
l
e
v
a
tor
th
a
t
w
o
uld t
a
ke
him do
w
n to the
f
i
r
st
f
loor
a
nd to the
th
era
pist, Rob
b
y
o
n
c
e
a
g
a
in
c
h
e
c
k
e
d out t
h
e
l
a
y
out.
T
h
a
nks to
c
hu
nk
y
T
e
rr
i, she
h
a
d
g
iv
e
n him a
b
e
tt
e
r
id
e
a
o
f
the
h
ospit
a
l
’
s d
e
si
g
n.

H
e
int
e
nd
e
d to m
a
ke
t
h
e
most of
h
e
r
g
e
n
e
r
osi
t
y
.

H
e
f
i
g
u
re
d it h
a
d to
b
e
his t
r
ustin
g
,
g
r
a
y
e
y
e
s.
W
om
e
n s
ee
m
e
d to
a
l
w
a
y
s
c
o
mm
e
nt on his
e
y
e
s.
B
ut Rob
b
y
kn
e
w
.
H
is
e
y
e
s hid his d
ar
k,
c
o
l
d sid
e
, the
p
re
d
a
tor
si
d
e
like
a
sh
ar
k.

I
t
w
a
sn
’
t his
fa
ult he
h
a
d
n
e
v
e
r
b
e
e
n
a
ble
to
c
onn
e
c
t to the
p
a
in of
oth
e
r
p
e
opl
e
,
e
sp
ec
i
a
l
l
y
f
e
m
a
l
e
s.

H
e
shook his h
ea
d. A
g
u
y
c
ould on
l
y
put up
w
ith
so mu
c
h b
ef
o
r
e
he
h
a
d to
t
a
ke
a
st
a
nd.
W
om
e
n s
ee
m
e
d to
f
o
r
g
e
t
t
h
e
ir
pl
a
c
e
in his
w
o
r
ld.
T
h
e
y
w
e
r
e
th
er
e
to do a
m
a
n
’
s biddin
g
—
his
biddin
g
.

A
nd in
g
e
tti
n
g
w
om
e
n
t
o
“
b
e
nd
to
his
thinking”
d
e
p
ar
tm
e
nt, Rob
b
y
a
l
w
a
y
s
w
on
f
i
r
st p
r
i
z
e
.
E
v
e
n lo
c
k
e
d up, he
c
ould
rec
o
g
ni
z
e
a
w
om
a
n s
u
f
f
er
ing
fr
om low
s
e
l
f
-e
st
e
e
m
fr
om t
w
o mil
e
s
aw
a
y
.
N
o o
n
e
c
ould
e
v
e
r
acc
use
Rob
b
y
M
ac
k of
n
ot kno
w
ing
how
to pl
a
y
on a
w
om
a
n
’
s ins
ec
u
r
iti
e
s like
a
d
r
um.