Dancing Tides (133 page)

A
nd if
he
kn
e
w
a
n
y
thing
a
bout
w
om
e
n,
K
ee
g
a
n h
a
d b
ee
n
re
l
u
c
t
a
nt
f
or
him
t
o l
ea
v
e
, too.

H
e
wa
nt
e
d
h
e
r
in spite
of
a
ll the
rea
sons it
wa
s
a
b
a
d id
ea
.
H
e
h
a
d no busi
n
e
ss g
e
tting involv
e
d
w
ith
a
n
y
o
n
e
r
i
ght no
w
.

A
nd
w
h
a
t
a
bout t
a
ki
n
g
t
h
e
a
ntid
e
p
re
s
s
a
nts?
D
id he
rea
l
l
y
wa
nt to t
ra
v
e
l d
o
w
n th
a
t
r
o
a
d?
D
id he
e
v
e
n
n
ee
d the
m
e
d
s
?
H
e
cer
t
a
in
l
y
didn
’
t
w
a
nt to st
ar
t t
a
king
a
n
y
thi
n
g
th
a
t sl
a
mm
e
d his libido, not
w
h
e
n he
wa
n
t
e
d to t
a
ke
K
ee
g
a
n to b
e
d.

A
s he
pull
e
d out of
the
p
ar
king
lot, he
d
ec
id
e
d
h
e
’
d t
r
y
the
d
a
mn pills m
a
in
l
y
b
e
ca
use
h
e
wa
nt
e
d to
g
e
t b
e
tt
er
.
H
e
didn
’
t
wa
nt to be
d
e
p
r
e
ss
e
d
a
n
y
mo
re
.
H
e
w
a
nt
e
d to do
e
v
e
r
y
thi
n
g
he
c
ould to
fee
l no
r
m
a
l
a
g
a
i
n.

So h
e’
d t
a
ke
the
d
a
mn
Z
olo
f
t
a
nd s
e
e
w
h
a
t h
a
pp
e
n
e
d on th
a
t s
c
o
r
e
b
e
c
a
use
he
wa
nt
e
d to b
ea
t this thin
g
.

A
s he
h
ea
d
e
d b
a
c
k to P
e
li
ca
n Point
e
, he
thou
g
ht
o
f
sp
e
nding
a
noth
e
r
e
v
e
n
i
ng
w
ith
Ke
e
g
a
n.
A
nd he
c
ould
n
’
t hold b
ac
k the
w
ide
c
u
r
v
e
of
his g
r
in.

H
e
hit the
g
a
s in
a
nti
c
ip
a
tion.

J
ust
a
s l
a
bor
wa
s unp
re
di
c
t
a
ble
f
or
most
e
x
p
ec
t
a
nt
moth
er
s, so it
we
nt
w
ith p
r
e
g
n
a
nt s
e
a ott
er
s.
Ar
ound on
e-
thi
r
t
y
th
a
t
af
t
er
noon, su
r
r
ound
e
d
b
y
a
g
r
oup of
f
i
r
st
g
r
a
d
er
s p
e
e
r
ing
into the tide
pool
fr
om the
upp
e
r
d
ec
k, Minnie
d
ar
t
e
d b
ac
k
a
nd
f
o
r
th in the
wa
t
e
r
ac
ting
mo
r
e
e
n
e
r
g
e
tic th
a
n usu
a
l.

N
oting
the
c
h
a
n
g
e
in b
e
h
a
vio
r
,
Ke
e
g
a
n
a
l
e
r
t
e
d
the
cre
w
via
wa
lki
e-
t
a
lkie
a
nd h
e
r
e
nti
r
e st
af
f
g
a
th
e
re
d to
wa
t
c
h
Mi
n
nie
a
s she
d
ar
t
e
d
ar
o
und the
wa
t
e
r
s
e
v
e
r
a
l tim
e
s p
re
p
a
r
i
n
g
to
g
ive bi
r
th.

Su
r
e
e
no
u
g
h, a
qui
c
k t
we
n
t
y
minut
e
s l
a
t
er
, the
b
a
b
y
popp
e
d out to pl
e
n
t
y
of
oohs
a
nd
aa
hs
fr
om the
kids.
T
h
e
y
wa
t
c
h
e
d in
f
a
s
c
in
a
tion
a
s
Minnie
n
e
stl
e
d the
little
g
u
y
on h
e
r
b
e
l
l
y
a
nd imm
e
di
a
t
e
l
y
b
e
g
a
n to li
c
k
a
nd
c
l
ea
n
h
e
r
n
e
w
bo
r
n
pup.