Dancing Tides (138 page)

She
l
a
u
g
h
e
d.
“
I
c
ould
ea
t
the
v
e
g
g
i
e
s, Co
r
d.
B
ut i
t
’
s
e
nti
re
l
y
up to
y
ou
w
h
a
t
y
ou put in
y
o
ur
bo
d
y
.
I
t
’
s a
p
e
r
son
a
l p
refe
r
e
n
c
e
f
or
m
e
.
I
w
o
n
’
t
ea
t
a
nim
a
l m
ea
t
.
”
She
g
l
a
n
ce
d
a
r
ound the kit
c
h
e
n.
“
W
h
a
t
ca
n
I
do to help out
?
”

“G
ot
e
v
e
r
y
thi
n
g
c
o
v
e
r
e
d.
J
o
r
d
a
n
e
v
e
n b
r
o
u
g
ht ov
e
r
some
i
ce
d t
e
a
.”

“T
h
e
n point me
to the
r
i
ght
ca
bin
e
t
a
nd
I
’
ll
g
e
t the
g
l
a
ss
e
s
.
”

“T
he
one
o
v
e
r
the
c
o
f
f
e
e
m
aker
.”

“G
ot it.”
She
s
ca
nn
e
d t
h
e
c
ount
er
, took in
a
ll the
f
ood,
e
nou
g
h to
fee
d t
e
n
p
e
opl
e
.
“
L
ooks like
J
o
r
d
a
n thou
g
ht of
e
v
e
r
y
thi
n
g
.
Ar
e
w
e
e
x
p
ec
t
i
ng
a
cr
o
w
d
?
”

H
e
g
r
inn
e
d.
“
S
h
e
did kinda
g
e
t
c
a
rr
i
e
d
aw
a
y
.
B
ut
w
ho
a
m
I
to
c
ompl
a
in?
S
he
put this
a
ll to
g
e
th
e
r
f
or
me
to
d
a
y
af
t
e
r
I
m
e
ntion
e
d it to h
e
r
o
n S
a
tu
r
d
a
y
, kno
w
i
n
g I
w
a
nt
e
d
y
ou to
c
ome
f
o
r dinn
er
.”

“
S
a
tu
r
d
a
y
?
B
ut how
did
y
o
u know
w
e’
d
—
c
li
c
k
—
like
w
e
did S
a
tu
r
d
a
y
n
i
ght.”

H
e
r
e
ac
h
e
d o
v
e
r
a
nd
ra
n
his
f
in
g
er
s t
h
r
o
u
g
h th
a
t
r
e
d, sil
k
y
m
a
ne
o
f
h
er
s.
“
I
don
’
t kno
w
, a
fee
li
n
g I
g
u
e
ss.
F
r
id
a
y
n
i
g
ht
I
look
e
d up into
y
our
face
,
s
a
w
those
e
y
e
s,
y
o
u
r
d
re
n
c
h
e
d h
a
ir
a
nd
—
I
wa
nt
e
d to g
e
t to know
y
ou.
I
h
a
v
e
n
’
t
wa
nt
e
d to
g
e
t to know
a
n
y
o
n
e
,
Ke
e
g
a
n, not
f
or
a v
e
r
y
long tim
e
.”

She
st
e
pp
e
d into his sp
ace
,
re
a
c
h
e
d up,
b
r
o
u
g
ht his h
ea
d do
w
n.

H
is
ar
ms
e
n
c
i
r
c
l
e
d h
er
.
H
e
took his time
nibbling
on h
e
r
j
a
w
a
n
d
e
a
r
b
ef
o
r
e
w
o
r
ki
n
g
his
w
a
y
to h
e
r
mouth.
H
e
t
a
s
t
e
d. He
s
a
vo
r
e
d.
“
W
e
g
e
t
st
ar
t
e
d,
I
w
on
’
t
w
a
nt to stop.”

He
r
b
r
ea
th b
a
c
k
e
d up in
h
e
r
c
h
e
st.
T
h
e
m
a
n kn
e
w
how
to m
a
ke
h
e
r
h
ear
t
ra
ce
.
“
I
b
e
tt
e
r
g
e
t the
i
ce
.
”

H
e
c
hu
c
k
l
e
d.
“
L
ike
th
a
t
’
s
g
oi
n
g
to put out the
f
i
r
e
.”

“
I
’
d s
a
y
w
e
both n
e
e
d to b
a
nk the
h
ea
t—
f
o
r
now
a
n
y
w
a
y
.”