Dancing Tides (72 page)

Af
t
e
r
r
ea
di
n
g
a
ll the
a
cc
o
l
a
d
e
s he
w
on
d
ere
d
a
g
a
in
w
h
y
h
e
should
e
v
e
n bot
h
e
r
g
e
tting
to know
a
w
om
a
n like
th
a
t.
W
h
a
t
w
ould a
m
ar
ine
biolo
g
ist
wa
nt
w
ith a
simple
m
a
n like
hi
m
?
T
he
w
om
a
n h
a
d th
r
e
e
d
e
g
r
ee
s
f
or
c
h
r
iss
a
k
e
s.

H
e
r
ubb
e
d his
c
hin
a
nd
d
ec
id
e
d to l
ea
v
e
h
e
r
a
lon
e
.
He’
d s
e
nt h
e
r
f
lo
w
e
r
s to th
a
nk h
e
r
f
or
w
h
a
t sh
e’
d done
l
a
st ni
g
h
t.
T
h
a
t h
a
d to be
the
b
e
g
i
nning
a
nd the
e
nd of
it.
N
o m
a
tt
e
r
w
h
a
t it
c
h he
fe
lt n
ee
d
e
d
s
cra
t
c
hin
g
.

F
i
f
t
ee
n mil
e
s
f
r
om
T
a
g
g
e
r
t
F
ar
ms,
K
e
e
g
a
n pl
a
nn
e
d a
qui
e
t
e
v
e
ni
n
g
a
t ho
m
e
a
lone
w
ith h
e
r
d
o
g
,
G
uinn
e
ss.

He
r
list of
c
ho
r
e
s th
a
t n
e
e
d
e
d doi
n
g
wa
s
a
s long
a
s h
e
r
ar
m.

P
er
son
a
l l
a
und
r
y
didn
’
t
d
o its
e
l
f
.
A
nd the
house
n
e
e
d
e
d a
g
ood
c
l
ea
ni
n
g
. S
h
e’
d use
h
e
r
fr
ust
ra
tion to h
e
r
a
d
v
an
t
a
g
e
a
nd
c
l
e
a
n
e
d like
a
f
i
e
n
d.
B
e
sid
e
s, it
wa
s
e
ss
e
nti
a
l she
sp
e
nd a
cer
t
a
in
a
mount of
qu
a
li
t
y
time
w
ith
T
ide
a
nd Clo
r
ox
now
if
she
int
e
nd
e
d to t
a
ke
tu
r
ns
w
ith
A
b
b
y
sitting up
w
ith
J
ac
k
a
nd
D
odg
e
r
l
a
t
er
.

Af
t
e
r
mo
r
e
e
x
t
e
nsive
l
a
b
re
s
u
lts
ca
me
b
a
c
k,
w
hi
c
h
sho
we
d
D
o
d
g
e
r
still
f
i
g
h
ti
n
g
an
in
fec
tion, she
h
a
d up
p
e
d
his dose
of
a
ntibioti
c
s
a
nd h
e
ld o
f
f
moving
him to
a
n outdoor
p
e
n.

T
h
a
t m
ea
nt th
e
y
h
a
d th
re
e
p
a
ti
e
nts th
e
y
n
ee
d
e
d to
wa
t
c
h th
r
o
u
g
hout the
n
i
ght.
A
nd
e
v
e
n thou
g
h the
b
r
o
w
n p
e
li
ca
n
h
a
d m
a
de
g
r
ea
t st
r
id
e
s
o
v
e
r
the
l
a
st
w
e
e
k, he
still
wa
sn
’
t a
hund
r
e
d p
erce
nt.

A
s
Ke
e
g
a
n s
cr
ub
b
e
d the
kit
c
h
e
n sink
a
nd
c
ount
er
s
, s
a
dn
e
ss
ca
m
e
ov
e
r
h
er
.
She
c
ouldn
’
t h
e
lp it. She
miss
e
d h
e
r
g
r
a
ndp
are
nts. She
w
a
nt
e
d
t
o t
a
lk to th
e
m,
c
on
f
ide
in th
e
m, sh
ar
e
the su
cce
ss sto
r
i
e
s
a
bout t
h
e
an
im
a
ls,
a
s
we
ll
a
s
a
ll the
c
h
a
ll
e
n
g
e
s.