Dancing Tides (93 page)

“H
ow
lo
n
g
h
a
ve
y
ou
h
a
d
this
c
onditio
n
?
”

“
Sin
c
e
c
omi
n
g
to live
w
ith
m
y
g
r
a
ndp
a
r
e
nts.
T
h
e
y
wer
e
v
e
g
e
t
a
r
i
a
ns.
T
h
e
y
w
o
r
k
e
d
ar
ound
a
nim
a
ls, Co
r
d.
T
h
e
y
didn
’
t
b
e
li
e
ve
in
e
a
ting
a
nim
a
ls
f
o
r
f
ood.
I
s it
a
p
r
obl
e
m
?
”

“
I
’
ve
n
e
v
e
r
kn
o
w
n a
v
e
g
e
t
ar
i
a
n b
e
f
o
re
, t
h
a
t
’
s
a
ll.
D
id
y
ou m
e
a
n
w
h
a
t
y
ou
s
a
id
ear
li
er
?
I
f I
fee
l
w
e
i
r
d, or
s
a
d,
y
ou
w
ouldn
’
t mind if
I
c
a
ll
e
d
y
ou—to t
a
lk
?
”

“
I
m
ea
nt it.”

“G
ood.
T
h
e
n
I
g
u
e
ss
I
’
ll
s
e
e
y
ou tomo
rr
ow
n
i
g
ht.”

“O
k
a
y
.”

H
e
c
hu
c
k
l
e
d.

“
W
h
a
t
?
”

“
I
don
’
t
r
e
a
l
l
y
wa
nt to
g
e
t out of
the
t
r
u
c
k
a
nd
g
o
i
nside
th
a
t
e
mp
t
y
hous
e
.
”

“T
h
e
n don
’
t.
W
e
c
ould t
a
lk no
w
.
W
h
y
do
n
’
t
y
ou t
e
ll me
a
bout C
a
ssi
e
?
”

“Y
ou
wa
nt me
to t
a
lk
a
b
out C
a
ssi
e
?
N
o
w
?
W
e’r
e
p
rac
ti
ca
l
l
y
on our
f
i
r
st d
a
te
h
ere
.
I mi
g
ht be
out of
p
r
ac
ti
c
e
but
I
think th
a
t
’
s a
d
a
ting-
c
ode
viol
a
tion.”

“N
o
r
m
a
l
l
y
I
’
d
a
g
r
e
e
.
B
ut
ear
li
e
r
y
ou
s
ee
m
e
d
a
lmost h
a
p
p
y
w
h
e
n
y
ou m
e
ntion
e
d h
er
. M
a
y
b
e
it
w
ill m
a
ke
y
ou
f
ee
l l
e
ss lon
e
l
y
.”

“
W
o
w
,
y
ou m
a
k
e
me
so
u
nd like
the
p
er
f
ec
t
ca
t
c
h.
N
ot.”

“
M
a
y
be
now
is a
g
ood t
i
me
to
a
dmit
I
’
v
e
b
e
e
n o
u
t of
so
r
ts
m
y
s
e
lf
l
a
t
e
l
y
.
I
don
’
t think this is a
p
erfec
t s
c
e
n
a
r
io
f
or
e
ith
e
r
o
n
e
of
us.”

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. She
too, h
a
d su
ff
e
re
d
loss.
H
e
g
lid
e
d a
f
ing
e
r
do
w
n
h
e
r
j
a
w
.
“
Y
ou
’r
e
missing
t
h
e
p
e
op
l
e
w
ho
ra
is
e
d
y
ou.
T
h
a
t
h
a
s to hu
r
t.”

“
I
f
e
e
l like
a
p
a
r
t of
me
i
s
g
on
e
.
T
h
a
t
’
s how
y
ou
f
ee
l, isn
’
t i
t
?
”

H
e
nodd
e
d.

“T
h
e
r
e’
s som
e
thing
e
lse
to
c
onsid
er
.
I
n a
to
w
n the
si
z
e
of
P
e
li
ca
n Point
e
,
w
h
a
t if
w
e d
ec
ide
to
g
o out
a
nd th
e
n
it
g
e
ts
aw
k
war
d
w
h
e
n
o
ne
of
us d
ec
i
d
e
s to
e
nd it.
W
h
a
t h
a
pp
e
ns th
e
n
?
”

“Ta
lking
a
bout
e
ndi
n
g
s
o
m
e
thing
b
ef
o
r
e
it
e
v
e
r
g
e
ts st
ar
t
e
d is…not a
g
ood
si
g
n. B
e
sid
e
s,
I
’
ve
b
e
e
n h
e
r
e
f
our
mon
t
hs
a
nd
I
n
e
v
e
r
m
e
t
y
ou
u
ntil
F
r
id
a
y
n
i
g
ht.”