Dancing Tides (113 page)

H
e
st
are
d into h
e
r
t
ra
nqu
i
l blue
e
y
e
s.
“
Y
ea
h?
I
’
m
p
re
t
t
y
h
a
p
p
y
a
bout th
a
t, t
o
o.
E
v
e
n mo
r
e so now
th
a
t
I
’
ve
m
e
t this
b
ea
uti
f
ul,
g
o
r
g
e
ous,
a
nd
t
a
l
e
nt
e
d
fe
m
a
le
living
in
t
he
s
a
me
to
w
n
I
do
.
”

T
he
st
af
f
er
s
w
o
r
ki
n
g
a
t S
a
ndhu
r
st did th
e
ir
b
e
st to k
ee
p the
m
e
nt
a
l
l
y
c
r
imin
a
l on a s
c
h
e
dul
e
.
T
he
r
outine
w
o
r
k
e
d
f
or
e
v
e
r
y
o
n
e
involv
e
d. M
e
di
ca
tion
wa
s do
l
e
d out
a
t nine
p.m.
e
v
e
r
y
n
i
g
ht.
L
i
g
hts out
wa
s
r
i
g
id
l
y
e
n
f
o
r
c
e
d
a
t t
e
n
-
thi
r
t
y
w
h
e
n st
af
f
m
e
m
b
e
r
s b
e
g
a
n
c
h
ec
ki
n
g
f
o
r lo
c
k
e
d doo
r
s.

E
v
e
n thou
g
h Rob
b
y
M
ac
k
wa
sn
’
t in a
“
ce
ll”
p
e
r
s
e
, his
w
indo
w
l
e
ss
r
oom m
ea
su
re
d
a
c
on
f
ining
t
e
n
b
y
t
e
n
f
e
e
t.
E
v
e
r
y
mo
r
ni
n
g
som
e
one
ca
me
to l
e
t him out to go to
c
ho
w
.
A
nd th
r
e
e mo
r
nin
g
s a
w
ee
k th
e
y
t
r
o
tt
e
d him to
a
noth
e
r
building
f
o
r
his
a
n
g
e
r
s
e
ssions.

H
e
h
a
d
g
y
m p
r
ivil
e
g
e
s t
h
re
e
tim
e
s a
w
ee
k. A
cr
a
f
t
s
c
l
a
ss
a
llo
we
d him time
to pl
a
y
a
t
crea
ti
n
g
a
nd
p
a
inting
c
ute
little
cera
mic
a
sht
r
a
y
s.
A
nd
w
h
e
n no one
w
a
s p
a
y
in
g
a
tt
e
ntion, he squi
rre
l
e
d
a
w
a
y
w
h
a
t
e
v
e
r
sh
ar
p,
c
l
a
y
s
h
ar
ds he
c
o
uld
g
e
t. Some
of
w
hi
c
h,
h
e’
d
a
l
r
ea
d
y
put to
g
ood us
e
.

W
h
e
n he
h
ear
d the
g
u
ar
d
outside
his door
lo
c
king him in
f
or
the
ni
g
ht, he
c
los
e
d his
e
y
e
s
a
nd pi
c
tu
re
d C
a
ssie
A
n
n
e
.
H
e
r
eca
ll
e
d t
h
e
l
a
st time
th
e
y
’
d b
e
e
n tog
e
th
er
, t
h
e
d
a
y
th
e
y
’
d m
e
t
a
t a
r
o
a
dside
mot
e
l
w
h
e
r
e
th
e
y
’
d
s
cr
e
we
d like
r
a
bbits
f
or
a
n
e
nti
r
e
af
t
e
r
noon.
I
t
h
a
d b
ee
n t
w
o sho
r
t
wee
ks b
e
f
o
r
e
that damned
we
ddi
n
g to Cord Bennett
.
Robby had
t
r
i
e
d like
h
e
ll to p
er
su
a
de
h
e
r
to
c
a
ll the
d
a
mn thing
o
ff
.
B
ut C
a
ssie
h
a
d b
ee
n
a
d
a
m
a
n
t
. She
wa
nt
e
d to be
a
b
r
ide
a
nd nothing
o
r
no one
c
ould p
re
v
e
nt h
e
r
fr
om b
ec
oming
M
r
s. Co
r
d B
e
n
n
e
tt.