Dancing Tides (85 page)

So
Ke
e
g
a
n s
i
g
h
e
d
a
nd sh
r
ugg
e
d t
r
y
i
n
g
f
or
indi
f
fe
re
n
ce
.

“
W
e
ll,
I
c
a
n
’
t k
e
e
p d
a
n
c
i
ng
a
r
ound the
f
ac
t
y
ou d
i
d t
r
y
to o
f
f
y
ou
r
s
e
l
f
.
B
ut
c
ome
on,
G
uinn
e
ss, looks like
we’
r
e
g
oi
n
g
f
or
a
midn
i
g
ht
r
ide
w
ith M
r
.
N
ut
ca
s
e
.”

“I
d
ra
w
the
line
a
t nut
ca
s
e
.
I
p
re
f
e
r
w
h
ac
k
-
a-
doodle
to
cra
z
y
.
”

She
st
are
d
a
t him.
“H
m
m
,
I
do
n
’
t kno
w
, Co
r
d.
Y
o
u h
a
ve
this d
e
vilish look in
y
our
e
y
e th
a
t s
crea
ms,
‘
I
’
ll t
r
y
a
n
y
thing
on
ce
.
’
”

“
W
e
ll
y
e
a
h. Su
re.
But th
a
t m
ea
ns
I
’
m
a
d
v
e
ntu
r
o
u
s, bold, d
ar
ing
e
v
e
n, not
a
nut
ca
s
e
.
”

O
ne
of
K
e
e
g
a
n
’
s b
r
o
w
s
r
ose
in
c
h
a
ll
e
n
g
e
.
“
J
ump
i
ng
into the
o
c
ea
n d
e
t
er
min
e
d not to s
w
im but
g
o do
w
n
w
ith the
tide
is—”
She
bl
e
w
o
ut a
fr
ust
ra
t
e
d
b
rea
th.
“
I
’
m so
r
r
y
.
”

“H
ow
m
a
n
y
tim
e
s do
y
o
u int
e
nd to
a
polo
g
i
z
e
?
I
g
e
t
y
ou
’
r
e
u
n
c
om
f
o
r
t
a
ble
a
bout it.
I
’
m not
e
x
ac
t
l
y
p
r
oud of
w
h
a
t
I
did l
a
st n
i
g
ht
e
ith
er
.”

“
I
t
’
s j
u
st
—
y
ou do
n
’
t s
e
e
m
cra
z
y
no
w
, just a
little
s
a
d, m
a
y
b
e
lost.
I
ca
n
re
l
a
te
to th
a
t.
I
’
m still mi
s
sing
both
m
y
g
r
a
ndp
a
r
e
nts
a
nd it
’
s b
ee
n a
sh
o
r
t
f
our
months sin
c
e
m
y
g
r
a
ndmoth
e
r
di
e
d.”

H
e
re
m
e
m
b
ere
d
w
h
a
t S
c
ott h
a
d told him in the
b
a
r
n,
re
minding
him he
w
a
sn
’
t the
on
l
y one
w
ho
’
d lost som
e
one
impo
r
t
a
nt.
“T
h
e
n
I
g
u
e
ss
I
just n
e
e
d to l
ear
n how
t
o h
a
ndle
it b
e
tt
er
.”

“
I
think the
w
o
r
d is
c
op
e
.
Y
ou n
ee
d to
c
o
p
e
w
ith the
loss of
C
a
ssi
e
.”

“
I
s th
a
t
w
h
a
t
y
ou
’
r
e
doi
n
g
—
w
h
a
t
w
ith losing
y
o
u
r
g
ra
ndp
a
re
nts—
c
opi
n
g
?
”

“
Su
re
,
I
t
r
y
to st
a
y
bu
s
y
but m
e
mo
r
i
e
s of
th
e
m
a
r
e
a
ll ov
e
r
the
ce
nt
er
, t
h
e
hous
e
, the
to
w
n. I
e
v
e
n think
a
bout th
e
m
w
h
e
n
I
’
m in the
t
r
u
c
k,
d
r
iving
do
w
n the
r
o
a
d on the
w
a
y
to m
a
ke
a
re
s
c
u
e
,
o
r
list
e
ning
to St
o
n
e
s’ musi
c
.
B
e
ca
use
l
e
t
’
s
fac
e
it, those
ar
e
a
ll pl
ac
e
s
an
d thin
g
s
I
re
m
e
mb
e
r
a
bout th
e
m the
most.”

“E
x
ac
t
l
y
.
T
h
a
t
’
s
w
h
y
I
l
e
f
t
L
ee
sbu
r
g
.
I
c
ouldn
’
t h
a
ndle
s
ee
i
n
g
a
ll the
old haunts where we spent so much time to
g
e
th
e
r
.”

T
h
e
y
stop
p
e
d
wa
lki
n
g
a
n
d
e
y
e
d
e
ac
h oth
er
.
U
nd
e
r
st
a
nding
s
e
e
m
e
d to bloom.

O
n
c
e
th
e
y
r
e
a
c
h
e
d his t
r
u
c
k,
Ke
e
g
a
n t
r
i
e
d to
g
ive
him b
ac
k his k
e
y
s to l
e
t
h
im d
r
ive
but Co
r
d shook his h
ea
d.
“
N
op
e
.
I
n
ee
d to
s
e
e
w
h
a
t kind of
a
d
r
iv
e
r
y
o
u
a
r
e
.”