Dancing Tides (95 page)

“
B
ut she
did.”

“Yea
h, s
h
e
did.
A
n
y
w
a
y
,
th
e
y
s
e
nt me
to this hos
p
it
a
l
a
nd l
a
t
e
r
d
e
t
e
r
min
e
d
sin
c
e
I
’
d
a
l
rea
d
y
s
er
v
e
d th
r
e
e
tou
r
s,
I
c
ould
e
ith
e
r
r
e-
up
a
n
d
g
o b
a
c
k to
I
r
a
q
f
or
m
y
f
ou
r
th, or
I
c
ould
e
nd
m
y
time
in the
G
u
ar
d
a
n
d opt out.”

“H
ow
b
a
d
w
a
s
y
our
l
e
g
?
”

“
I
didn
’
t lose
it.
T
h
a
t
’
s
w
h
a
t
I
wa
s
w
o
rr
i
e
d the
m
o
st
a
bout
a
s th
e
y
f
l
e
w
me
out of
th
er
e th
a
t d
a
y
.
I
’
ve
g
ot some
n
a
s
t
y
s
c
ar
s tho
u
g
h.”

“O
k
a
y
, so inst
ea
d
o
f
c
o
m
ing
b
a
c
k to S
a
n
D
i
e
g
o
y
o
u
we
nt to
L
ee
sbu
r
g
to be
w
ith C
a
ssi
e
.”

“Af
t
e
r
m
y
thi
r
d tou
r
,
y
ea
h.
A
nd
af
t
e
r
I
we
nt to pl
e
n
t
y
of
P
T
, p
h
y
si
ca
l th
e
r
a
p
y
,
m
y
l
e
g b
e
g
a
n to
g
e
t b
e
tt
er
.
T
h
a
t
’
s
w
h
e
n
I
a
s
k
e
d C
a
ssie
to m
ar
r
y
m
e
.
A
bout t
w
o
we
e
ks l
a
t
e
r
w
e
mov
e
d in to
g
e
th
e
r
.
I
still didn
’
t know
a
n
y
thi
n
g
a
bout Robby
M
a
c
k St
e
v
e
ns tho
u
g
h.”

“
I
s th
a
t
w
ho shot
e
v
e
r
y
o
n
e
?
”

“Yea
h. Rob St
e
v
e
ns. R
o
b
b
y
.
I
h
a
d no id
e
a
the
e
x
wa
s
ca
p
a
ble
of
viol
e
n
c
e
of
th
a
t m
a
g
nitud
e
.
”

“
I
f
y
ou didn
’
t know
h
e
e
x
i
s
t
e
d, how
w
ould
a
n
y
o
n
e
know
th
a
t
?
”

“
C
a
ssie
kn
ew
.
T
u
r
ns out, he
h
a
d b
e
e
n
a
r
re
st
e
d a
b
un
c
h of
tim
e
s
f
or
dom
e
s
t
ic
viol
e
n
c
e
in the
p
a
st.
T
he
son of
a
bi
t
c
h hit C
a
ssie
on mo
r
e
th
a
n six
di
ffere
nt o
cca
sions
w
h
er
e
the
n
e
i
g
hbo
r
s h
a
d to
ca
ll the
c
ops.
E
ac
h
time
she
a
pp
a
r
e
nt
l
y
b
ac
k
e
d do
w
n
a
nd
r
ef
us
e
d to
p
re
ss
c
h
ar
g
e
s.
T
h
a
t
’
s som
e
thing
she
n
e
v
e
r
bo
t
h
ere
d to m
e
ntion to m
e
.
I
f
I
’
d kno
w
n
—
”

“A
h,
a
nd th
a
t
’
s
w
h
y
y
o
u
’
ve
b
ee
n
b
ea
ti
n
g
y
ou
r
s
e
lf
up
a
ll this tim
e
.
I
t isn
’
t just
a
bout
g
r
i
e
f
.
Y
ou
’r
e
a
n
g
r
y
w
ith
y
ou
r
s
e
lf
thinking
y
ou should
h
a
ve
som
e
how
r
ea
d the
g
u
y
’
s mind, kn
e
w
h
e pl
a
nn
e
d to pi
c
k up a
g
un,
c
ome
to the
c
hu
r
c
h th
a
t
d
a
y
a
nd kill
a
ll those
p
e
o
pl
e
.
H
ow
long
h
a
ve
y
o
u b
e
e
n p
s
y
c
hi
c
?
”

H
e
n
a
r
r
o
we
d his
e
y
e
s.
“
I
should
’
ve
done
mo
re
.
”