Dancing Tides (108 page)

“
I
t
f
e
e
ls
g
ood to h
a
v
e
y
o
ur
ar
ms
ar
ound
m
e
.”

“
W
e
did
a
g
re
e
to
g
o slo
w
, didn
’
t
we
?
”

“
W
e
did.”

“
I
wa
s
af
r
a
id of
th
a
t.”
H
e
g
r
in
ne
d
b
ef
o
r
e
pl
ac
i
n
g a
c
h
a
ste
kiss on h
e
r
lips.
“
O
k
a
y
, th
e
n
y
o
u
’
d
b
e
tt
e
r
point me
to the
silv
erwa
r
e
a
nd
I
’
ll s
e
t
the
t
a
ble
b
e
c
a
use
I
on
l
y
h
a
ve
so mu
c
h
c
ont
r
ol h
ere
,
K
e
e
g
a
n
.
”

“
W
ould
y
ou like
a
Cok
e
?
W
a
t
er
?
I
w
e
nt to Mu
r
ph
y
’
s to pi
c
k up some
o
f
th
a
t non
-a
l
c
oholic
b
e
e
r
f
o
r
y
o
u, but Mu
r
p
h
y
told me
it p
r
ob
a
b
l
y
wa
sn
’
t
a
g
ood id
ea
.
A
pp
a
re
nt
l
y
it h
a
s like
a
point-
z
er
o-
f
ive
p
e
r
ce
nt of
a
l
c
ohol still in it,
a
nd it mi
g
ht t
r
igg
e
r
som
e
thin
g
.”

H
e
r
e
ac
h
e
d o
v
e
r
a
nd tilt
e
d up h
e
r
c
hin.
“T
h
a
nks.
A
Coke
w
ill be
f
in
e
.
U
nt
i
l
I
g
e
t
a
b
e
tt
e
r h
a
ndle
on this
w
hole
thin
g
,
I
’
ll st
e
e
r
c
l
ea
r
o
f
a
n
y
k
ind of
a
l
c
ohol,
a
nd th
a
t
i
n
c
lud
e
s b
e
e
r
.
I
most
l
y d
ra
nk the
h
a
r
d stu
f
f
a
n
y
w
a
y
, so b
e
e
r
isn
’
t som
e
thing
I
’
v
e
c
r
a
v
e
d
…
y
e
t.
B
ut
y
ou
g
o
a
h
ea
d
a
nd h
a
ve
a
g
l
a
ss
o
f
w
in
e
,
w
h
a
t
e
v
e
r
y
ou
d
r
ink.”

“
I
n
fr
ont of
y
ou,
w
hile
y
ou
’r
e
just b
e
g
inning
to
d
ea
l
w
ith this, th
a
t
w
ould be
r
ud
e
.
N
o. Coke
is
f
ine
w
ith m
e
, too.
Y
ou don
’
t d
r
ink b
e
e
r
?
Y
ou mi
g
ht be
the
f
i
r
st m
a
n
I
’
ve
e
v
e
r
m
e
t
w
ho didn
’
t love
his pint.”

“
W
e
ll,
I
m
e
a
n,
I
’
v
e
indul
g
e
d in
m
y
f
a
ir
sh
a
r
e
of
s
ix
-
p
ac
ks but it
wa
s n
e
v
e
r
m
y
d
r
ink of
c
hoi
ce
.
N
ow
g
i
v
e
me
a
w
hisk
e
y
—
I
’
m s
e
t.”

“Y
ou l
ear
n so
m
e
thing
n
e
w
e
v
e
r
y
d
a
y
.
B
y
t
h
e
w
a
y
,
”
she
point
e
d to the
c
h
e
e
r
y
tulips on the
kit
c
h
e
n t
a
bl
e
.
“T
ho
s
e
wer
e
a
v
e
r
y
tho
u
g
ht
f
ul
g
e
stu
r
e
a
nd
a
p
e
r
fec
t tou
c
h to
m
y
d
a
y
y
e
st
e
r
d
a
y
af
t
e
r
c
oming
home
fr
om
h
a
ving
m
y
t
r
u
c
k
e
n
g
ine
b
low
up.
F
inding
th
e
s
e
on
the
st
e
ps…l
e
t
’
s just s
a
y
, th
e
y
got
m
y
a
tt
e
nti
o
n.
W
h
a
t m
a
de
y
ou think
t
o s
e
nd th
e
m
?
”

H
e
put his h
a
nds out, m
a
de
a
j
u
g
g
ling
motion.
“
W
om
e
n
f
lo
wer
s, th
e
y
just
go to
g
e
th
e
r
.”