Dancing Tides (96 page)

“
L
i
k
e
w
h
a
t?
H
o
w
?
F
ind him
a
nd
g
o b
e
a
t him up
a
h
ea
d of
tim
e
?
Be
fore
t
h
e
shooting
e
v
e
r took pl
ace
?
Ri
g
ht.
T
h
a
t m
a
k
e
s no s
e
ns
e
.
”

W
h
e
n he
fr
o
w
n
e
d
a
t h
er
,
she
a
dd
e
d,
“
C
o
r
d, th
a
t
’
s
un
rea
listi
c
.
Y
ou
c
a
n
’
t b
e
a
t up
e
v
e
r
y
o
n
e
y
o
u
think
m
i
g
ht be
pl
a
n
n
ing
som
e
thin
g
.
A
nd how
w
ould
y
ou know
to b
e
a
t
him up if
y
ou h
a
d no id
e
a
he
e
x
ist
e
d, l
e
t
a
lone
h
a
d
a
n
a
busive
p
a
st.
L
e
t
’
s s
a
y
y
ou
h
a
d done
som
e
thin
g
,
y
ou
’
r
e
the
one the
c
ops
w
ould most
l
y
lik
e
l
y
h
a
ve
p
r
o
s
ec
ut
e
d
.
”

H
e
w
hoosh
e
d out a
b
rea
t
h
a
nd
ra
k
e
d
a
h
a
nd th
r
o
u
g
h his h
a
i
r
.
“
I
h
a
te
to
a
d
mit it, but th
ere’
s l
o
g
ic
in th
e
r
e
som
ew
h
e
r
e
.”

He
r
lips
c
u
r
v
e
d up.
“G
l
a
d to h
ea
r
y
ou h
a
v
e
n
’
t lost tot
a
l
rea
soni
n
g
po
wer
s
.
”

“T
h
e
y
’
d
b
ee
n d
a
ti
n
g
on
a
nd o
f
f
f
or
s
e
v
e
r
a
l
y
e
ar
s
b
ef
o
r
e
I
m
e
t h
er
.
T
h
e
ir
r
e
l
a
tionship
wa
s
r
o
c
k
y
.
T
u
r
ns out he
h
a
d a
b
a
d t
e
mp
er
.
T
a
lk
a
bout
Te
d
B
un
d
y
,
h
e
wa
s kind
of
n
arc
issisti
c
;
a
t l
ea
st th
a
t
’
s
w
h
a
t C
a
ssi
e’
s
f
r
i
e
n
ds told me
af
t
e
r
the
f
ac
t.
I
t s
e
e
ms Rob
b
y
fe
lt the
w
o
r
ld
re
volv
e
d
ar
ound him.”

“T
h
a
t
’
s
a
l
w
a
y
s a
b
a
d s
i
gn.”

“H
ow
she
c
ould put up
w
ith a
g
u
y
like
th
a
t—
?
”
H
e
stopp
e
d t
a
lkin
g
, put his
h
a
nd up.
“E
nou
g
h
a
bout this,
e
no
u
g
h
a
bout C
a
ssi
e
,
a
bout m
e
.
Te
ll me
one
thi
n
g
a
bo
u
t
y
ou no one
e
lse kno
w
s.”

“H
mm,
I
’
m p
re
t
t
y
mu
c
h
a
n op
e
n book.”

“O
ne
thi
n
g
.
T
h
a
t should
n
’
t be
so h
ar
d…
f
o
r
a
w
o
m
a
n
w
ith th
re
e
d
e
g
r
e
e
s.”

“O
k
a
y
.
I
n
e
v
e
r
wa
nt
e
d to
f
ind
m
y
moth
er
.
E
v
er
.
I
f
i
g
u
r
e
she
dump
e
d m
e
,
w
h
a
t do
I
c
a
r
e
w
h
er
e
s
h
e
is or
w
h
a
t sh
e’
s doin
g
.”

“
W
o
w
!
S
a
me
h
e
r
e
.
I
n
e
v
e
r
t
r
i
e
d to
g
e
t in tou
c
h
w
i
th min
e
.
I
tho
u
g
ht the
s
a
me
thin
g
; if
she dump
e
d me
a
t su
c
h
a
n
e
a
r
l
y
a
g
e
, she
must not h
a
v
e
wa
nt
e
d m
e
.
”

“
Some
w
om
e
n just
are
n
’
t
moth
e
r
m
a
t
er
i
a
l.”

“Y
ou
e
v
e
r
wa
nt kids
?
”

“
I
suppose
if
I
e
v
e
r
f
ou
n
d the
r
i
g
ht
g
u
y
.
K
ids
a
r
e
the
n
e
x
t st
e
p,
r
i
g
ht?
Y
o
u
?
”