Dancing Tides (3 page)

N
ot b
eca
use
h
e
w
a
s h
a
v
i
ng
s
e
c
ond tho
u
g
hts.
N
o, h
e’
d
g
iv
e
n his h
e
a
r
t to C
a
ssie
th
re
e
y
ea
r
s
e
ar
li
e
r
a
nd kn
e
w
f
o
r
a
f
a
c
t no oth
e
r
w
om
a
n
w
ould do.

F
or
him, C
a
ssie
Sp
ear
m
a
n
wa
s it.
A
t th
a
t p
rec
ise
mom
e
nt
t
hou
g
h
a
not
h
e
r
w
hi
f
f
of
m
a
g
noli
a
s hit his nost
r
ils
a
nd
a
lmost b
r
ou
g
ht him to his kn
ee
s.
T
he
pu
n
g
e
nt odor
h
a
d h
i
m
w
ishing
th
e
y
’
d
e
lo
p
e
d
to
V
i
r
g
inia
B
e
ac
h in a
qui
c
kie
s
er
v
i
c
e
w
ithout
a
ll the
f
uss.
H
e
kn
e
w
a
b
ud
d
y
th
e
r
e
w
ho
h
a
d t
a
k
e
n up p
reac
hi
n
g
sin
c
e
c
oming
b
a
c
k
fr
om
I
r
a
q.
K
n
e
w
f
or
a
f
ac
t he
c
oul
d
’
ve
h
a
d th
e
m m
a
rr
i
e
d
w
i
t
hout a
fr
ill or
a
pi
e
c
e of
l
ace
.
B
ut C
a
ssie
h
a
d
w
a
nt
e
d to tie
the
knot in
f
r
ont of
h
e
r
e
nti
r
e
fa
mi
l
y
wear
i
n
g
the
d
re
ss, the one
th
a
t h
a
d
c
ost h
e
r
p
a
r
e
nts a
sm
a
ll
f
o
r
tun
e.

A
nd th
a
t, too,
wa
s
a
pp
a
r
e
nt
l
y
w
h
a
t
re
g
ul
a
r
f
a
mili
e
s did.
F
a
mi
l
y
.

Co
r
d didn
’
t h
a
ve
a
c
l
u
e
w
h
a
t it m
ea
nt to be
a
p
a
r
t of
th
a
t kind of
a
unit.
H
e
’
d g
r
o
w
n up in S
a
n
D
i
e
g
o in the
s
y
st
e
m,
a
war
d
o
f
the
st
a
t
e.

A
t
f
i
r
st,
ar
ound
e
i
g
ht or
n
ine
h
e’
d tho
u
g
ht th
a
t som
e
bo
d
y
m
i
g
ht
c
ome
a
lo
n
g
a
nd
a
dopt him.
B
ut
b
y
the
time
h
e’
d
ce
l
e
b
r
a
t
e
d his t
e
nth bi
r
thd
a
y
t
h
a
t notion h
a
d di
e
d
on the
vine
a
nd h
e’
d
ac
c
e
pt
e
d the
r
ea
li
t
y
o
f
his situ
a
tion.
N
o one
wa
nt
e
d him.
A
nd too m
a
n
y
di
d
n
’
t
e
v
e
n
c
are
, not
e
v
e
n the
f
ost
e
r
fa
mili
e
s
h
e’
d
re
p
ea
t
e
d
l
y
t
e
st
e
d to
t
he
limits.
T
h
e
y
’
d t
a
k
e
n
h
im on,
a
lb
e
it b
r
i
ef
l
y
,
a
nd p
a
ss
e
d on m
a
ki
n
g
h
i
m a
p
er
m
a
n
e
nt
p
ar
t of
t
h
e
ir
unit.

B
y
the
time
h
e’
d hit thi
r
t
ee
n, his t
ee
n
r
e
b
e
llion h
a
d ki
c
k
e
d in
f
or
g
ood
a
b
o
ut the
s
a
me time
h
e’
d
r
e
a
li
z
e
d no
f
a
mi
l
y
fe
lt like
t
a
ki
n
g
a
c
h
a
n
c
e
on
a
kid who n
e
v
e
r
s
ee
m
e
d to m
ea
s
u
r
e
up to th
e
ir
e
x
p
ec
t
a
tions.
T
h
er
e
h
a
d simp
l
y
n
e
v
e
r
b
ee
n
a
g
ood
f
it. So he
h
a
d st
a
y
e
d
stu
c
k in the
f
ost
e
r
c
a
r
e
s
y
s
t
e
m until h
e’
d st
r
u
c
k out on his
o
w
n
a
t si
x
t
ee
n.
H
e
h
a
dn
’
t
e
v
e
n
g
r
a
du
a
t
e
d hi
g
h s
c
hool,
a
t l
e
a
st not until mu
c
h l
a
t
e
r
w
h
e
n he
g
ot
h
is
GE
D
in t
h
e
ar
m
y
.
I
n b
e
t
w
ee
n his milit
a
r
y
stint
a
nd joining
the
C
a
li
f
o
r
nia
G
u
ar
d unit, h
e
’
d m
a
n
a
g
e
d to s
a
nd
w
i
c
h in t
w
o
y
e
a
r
s of
c
ommuni
t
y
c
oll
e
g
e
.