Dancing Tides (220 page)

“
L
i
k
e
w
e
just did.”

“
I
g
u
e
ss so.
A
n
y
w
a
y
, t
w
o months
g
o
b
y
, she
mis
c
arr
i
e
s
a
t six
months.
T
hi
ng
s
a
r
e
st
ra
i
n
e
d b
e
t
wee
n us.
T
h
e
n to top it o
ff
,
I
g
e
t
c
a
ll
e
d up
f
or
a
thi
r
d tou
r
. She
l
ea
v
e
s C
a
li
f
o
r
ni
a
,
g
o
e
s b
ac
k to
L
e
e
sbu
r
g
to be
w
ith h
e
r
f
a
mi
l
y
.
I
h
e
a
d b
a
c
k to
I
r
a
q,
w
ond
er
i
n
g
,
w
o
r
r
y
i
n
g
t
he
e
nti
r
e
time
th
a
t
I
’
v
e
g
ot a
g
i
r
l
f
r
i
e
nd st
a
t
e
side
w
ho
I
know
f
or
a
f
a
c
t is not
fa
ith
f
ul to me.”
H
e
l
e
t out a
h
u
g
e
s
i
g
h.
“
I’
m so
r
r
y
I
f
rea
k
e
d out back there.”

“Y
ou s
a
id thin
g
s
w
e
r
e
c
o
ming
to li
g
ht in th
era
p
y
.
W
h
a
t thin
gs
?
W
a
s th
a
t i
t
?
”

“N
o.
I
f
I
list
a
ll the
w
a
y
s
C
a
ssie
c
ould be
m
a
nipul
a
ti
v
e
it just m
a
k
e
s me
sound p
e
t
t
y
.”

“
I
t d
o
e
sn
’
t.”

“
I
n a
w
a
y
it do
e
s. Sh
e’
s
not h
er
e
to d
e
f
e
nd h
er
s
e
l
f
.
B
ut
w
h
e
n
I
’
m sitting
th
er
e
t
a
lki
n
g
to
Dr
. Pont
a
d
era
, it
’
s th
e
ra
p
e
uti
c
.
I
f
e
e
l like
I
’
m
f
in
a
ll
y
pu
r
g
i
n
g
m
y
s
e
lf
of
a
ll those
y
e
ar
s
I
wa
st
e
d
w
ith C
a
ssi
e
.”

“D
id she
e
v
e
r
o
w
n up to
w
ho
wa
s the
b
a
b
y
’
s
fa
th
e
r
?
”

H
e
shook his h
ea
d
a
nd l
o
ok
e
d
aw
a
y
.

“
B
ut
y
ou h
a
v
e
y
our
susp
i
c
ions, don
’
t
y
ou
?
”

H
e
m
e
t h
e
r
e
y
e
s.
“
Af
t
e
r
t
he
fac
t,
y
e
s.”

T
his time
h
e
r
mouth did d
r
op op
e
n.
“O
h,
m
y
G
od.
Rob
b
y
M
ac
k
?
”

H
e
nodd
e
d.

“A
n
y
thi
n
g
e
lse
y
ou
’
d li
k
e
to t
e
ll m
e
?
”

“T
h
e
se
r
e
v
e
l
a
tions
a
r
e
fa
i
r
l
y
humili
a
tin
g
,
K
e
e
g
a
n
.
”

“
Co
r
d,
w
e
a
ll h
a
v
e
thin
g
s
in our
p
a
st th
a
t
we’
r
e
e
m
b
arra
s
s
e
d
a
bout.
Y
ou
wa
nt to know
w
h
a
t
I
think
?
”

“
Su
re
.”

“
I
think
y
ou
wa
nt
e
d
f
a
mi
l
y
, som
e
one
in
y
our
li
f
e
to love
so b
a
d
l
y
,
y
ou
s
e
ttl
e
d
f
or
the
o
n
e p
er
son
y
ou thou
g
ht m
i
g
h
t m
a
ke
th
a
t a
r
e
a
li
t
y
.
Y
ou
wa
nt
e
d the
illusion of
a
l
i
f
e
w
ith C
a
ssie
a
nd thou
g
ht she
w
a
s the
one
w
ho
c
ould m
a
ke
y
ou h
a
pp
y
.”

“T
h
a
t
’
s the
s
a
m
e
thing
D
r
. Pont
a
d
er
a
s
a
id.”

“
S
ee
. Pi
ec
e
o
f
ca
k
e
.
O
ne
p
s
y
c
h
c
l
a
ss
a
nd
I
’
m
a
n
a
utho
r
i
t
y
,” Keegan said with a smile.