Dancing Tides (184 page)

“N
o,
I
’
d
a
l
rea
d
y
d
ec
id
e
d
it
wa
s the
r
i
g
ht thi
n
g
to
d
o.”

“
S
a
y
s
y
ou
.
”

“T
o k
ee
p
y
ou out of
h
a
r
m
’
s
w
a
y
,
I
’
ll do
a
n
y
thi
n
g.”

She
d
ec
id
e
d to d
r
op th
a
t
line
of
c
onv
er
s
a
tion sin
c
e
it
w
ould mo
r
e
th
a
n lik
e
l
y
l
ea
d to mo
r
e t
e
nsion th
e
y
didn
’
t n
e
e
d
a
t the
mom
e
nt.
I
ns
t
ea
d,
s
he
e
l
ec
t
e
d to
g
o
w
ith a
li
g
ht
e
r
to
n
e
.
“
M
a
y
b
e
I should t
a
ke
the
time
to
r
e
s
earc
h mo
r
e
a
bout h
a
unt
i
n
g
s,
f
ind out
w
h
y
S
c
ott
’
s
h
er
e
b
u
g
g
i
n
g
y
ou
a
nd do
e
sn
’
t s
e
e
m to
wa
nt to move
on or
som
e
thin
g
. M
a
y
b
e
w
e
c
ould s
e
e
w
h
a
t
W
a
de
Haw
kins h
a
s to s
a
y
,
m
a
y
be
e
v
e
n
m
e
ntion it to
E
th
a
n.”

“
W
h
y
?
T
h
a
t
’
s
a
ll
I
n
e
e
d
i
s
f
or
the
e
nti
r
e
to
w
n to t
h
ink the
nut
ca
se
is m
a
ki
n
g up
g
host sto
r
i
e
s
a
long
w
ith
e
v
e
r
y
t
hing
e
ls
e
.
”

“T
h
a
t
’
s
w
h
e
r
e
y
o
u
’r
e
wr
on
g
.
O
th
e
r
p
e
ople
h
a
ve
s
ee
n him, too. Som
e
tim
e
s
w
h
e
n
I
g
o into the
D
in
er
, th
e
r
e
is a
g
r
o
u
p sitting
th
er
e
in the
boo
t
h t
a
lking
a
bout it—him.”

H
e
pi
c
k
e
d up
h
e
r
h
a
nd
a
nd pl
ace
d a
kiss on the
p
a
lm.
“
I
h
a
v
e
n
’
t told
y
ou
t
h
a
nks
f
or
c
oming
w
ith m
e
.”

“H
ow
c
ould
I
not?
E
v
e
n thou
g
h to t
e
ll
y
ou t
h
e
t
r
uth
I
fee
l
a
little
like
a
thi
r
d
w
h
ee
l. But
I
f
i
g
u
r
e
if
y
ou
w
er
e
a
g
i
r
l
f
r
i
e
nd in the
s
a
me
situ
a
tion
w
ho
a
sk
e
d me
f
o
r
a
little
suppo
r
t
w
h
e
n m
ee
ting
the
fa
th
e
r
she
d
i
dn
’
t kno
w
,
I
’
d be
r
i
g
ht t
h
er
e
a
n
y
w
a
y
.”

“O
k
a
y
.
I
g
u
e
ss th
er
e
mu
s
t be
lo
g
ic
in th
a
t st
a
t
e
m
e
nt—som
ewhere
.”
H
is
e
y
e
s t
w
inkl
e
d in mo
c
k d
e
li
g
ht.
“
I
’
m just gl
a
d
y
ou
s
a
id
y
e
s.”

“
W
e
ll, th
e
y
s
a
y
the
w
o
r
l
d is a
sm
a
ll pl
ace
.
I
f
i
g
u
r
e
y
ou
l
ea
ve
L
e
e
sbu
r
g
a
nd
e
nd up g
e
tting into a
f
i
g
ht in
H
ouston,
w
hi
c
h
ca
us
e
d
y
o
u to g
e
t lo
c
k
e
d up.
T
h
a
t in
c
id
e
nt
p
r
ompts
y
our
f
r
i
e
nds to
c
ome
g
e
t
y
ou
a
nd
h
a
ul
y
ou b
ac
k h
e
r
e
to a
to
w
n
w
h
er
e
y
ou
r
ea
l
l
y
don
’
t
w
a
nt to b
e
.
W
h
y
h
ere
?
”

“Yea
h,
b
e
c
a
use
it just
a
s
ea
si
l
y
c
ould
’
ve
b
ee
n S
a
n
J
os
e
.
T
h
a
t
’
s
w
h
er
e
B
e
n
La
th
a
m liv
e
s,
a
noth
e
r
bud
d
y
f
r
om the
Gu
ar
d.”