Dancing Tides (88 page)

“
W
h
y
didn
’
t
y
ou s
e
ttle
d
o
w
n in m
ar
it
a
l blis
s
?
O
r
up
a
nd l
ea
v
e
?
”

“
M
y
li
f
e’
s
a
t the
r
e
s
c
u
e
c
e
nt
er
, b
e
i
n
g
a
p
ar
t of
th
a
t
i
s
a
l
w
a
y
s som
e
thi
n
g I
wa
nt
e
d.
Even w
h
e
n
I
w
a
s in
c
oll
e
g
e
I
i
nt
er
n
e
d th
e
r
e
, so
I
n
e
v
e
r
rea
l
l
y
l
ef
t.”
Sh
e
’
d n
e
v
e
r
on
c
e
c
onsid
e
re
d living
a
n
y
w
h
e
r
e
e
ls
e.

“T
his is hom
e
.
A
t l
ea
st th
a
t
’
s the
w
a
y
it st
ar
t
e
d ou
t
.
I
love
t
h
e
a
nim
a
ls, the
w
o
r
k,
c
u
r
i
n
g th
e
m of
in
fec
tions, dis
ea
s
e
,
s
ee
i
n
g
th
e
m
g
e
t b
e
tt
e
r
so
w
e
ca
n
re
l
e
a
se
th
e
m
b
ac
k into the
w
ild or
g
e
t th
e
m into a
z
oo.
I
t
’
s
e
x
c
itin
g
.”

“Y
ou h
a
ve
th
r
e
e
d
e
g
r
e
e
s
.
”
W
h
e
n she
look
e
d p
er
p
l
e
x
e
d, he
a
dd
e
d,
“
I
G
o
o
g
l
e
d
y
ou
.
”

“Y
ou did?
H
mm.”
She
w
a
sn
’
t su
r
e
w
h
a
t to m
a
ke
of
th
a
t.

“
I
know
y
ou h
a
v
e
a
n un
d
e
r
g
ra
d
u
a
te
d
e
g
re
e
in m
ar
ine
biolo
g
y
, a
m
a
st
e
r’
s in
z
oolog
y
,
a
nd a
PhD
in m
ar
ine
ec
ol
og
y
.
W
ith
a
ll th
a
t,
y
ou should
be
t
e
n
y
e
a
r
s old
er
.”

“Y
ou
’
r
e
r
e
a
l
l
y
hu
n
g
up
o
n
a
g
e
,
a
r
e
n
’
t
y
ou
?
”

H
e
i
g
n
o
re
d the
c
omm
e
nt
a
nd
a
dd
e
d,
“Y
ou must be
a
g
e
nius or
som
e
thing
c
l
os
e
.”

“
I
w
ish.
I
w
o
r
k
e
d
m
y
a
ss
o
f
f
f
or
those
d
e
g
r
e
e
s.
I
h
a
d a
l
e
g
up on
e
v
e
r
y
one
e
lse
thou
g
h.
T
hink
a
bout it,
I
’
d
b
ee
n
a
r
ound m
ar
ine
li
f
e
a
nd m
a
mm
a
ls most of
m
y
li
f
e
.
I
h
a
d a
built
-
in pl
ace
to int
er
n
a
nd
w
o
r
k on
m
y
d
e
g
ree
s,
a
built
-
in m
e
ntor
in
m
y
g
r
a
nd
fa
th
e
r
.”

“Y
ou
g
ra
d
u
a
t
e
d h
i
g
h s
c
h
ool
a
t sixt
ee
n.”

W
h
e
n she
c
ontinu
e
d to st
ar
e
a
t him inst
ea
d of
t
h
e
r
o
a
d, he
s
a
id,
“
I
did the
m
a
th.
Y
ou mi
g
ht
wa
nt to look th
a
t
w
a
y
.”
H
e
point
e
d to
war
d
the
w
indshi
e
ld
a
nd the
h
i
g
h
w
a
y
b
e
y
ond.
“
I
’
ve d
ec
id
e
d
I
w
a
nt to liv
e
,
r
e
m
e
mb
er
?
”

T
h
a
t
cr
a
c
k
e
d
h
e
r
up
a
g
a
in.
“G
ood to kno
w
.
W
h
a
t
a
bout
y
ou?
D
id
y
ou
g
o to
c
oll
e
g
e
?
”

“He
ll,
I
didn
’
t
e
v
e
n sti
c
k
ar
ound lo
n
g
e
no
u
g
h to
g
r
a
du
a
te
h
i
g
h s
c
hool.
B
umm
e
d
ar
ound
f
or
t
w
o
y
e
a
r
s
w
o
r
ki
n
g
c
o
nst
r
u
c
tion th
e
n one
d
a
y
I
g
ot a
bu
r
r
up
m
y
a
ss, join
e
d the
ar
m
y
the
d
a
y
I tu
r
n
e
d
e
i
g
ht
ee
n
.
”