Dancing Tides (156 page)

“Yea
h.
I
’
m st
ar
ti
n
g
to b
e
li
e
ve
th
a
t soon
e
r
or
l
a
t
e
r
the
son of
a
bit
c
h
w
ould
’
ve
done som
e
thing
a
w
f
ul,
w
h
e
th
e
r
it
wa
s our
we
ddi
n
g
d
a
y
o
r
mu
c
h l
a
t
e
r
af
t
e
r
t
h
e
fac
t.
I
h
a
d no id
e
a the
g
u
y
w
a
s th
a
t viol
e
nt, ok
a
y
?
C
a
ssie
n
e
v
e
r
l
e
v
e
l
e
d
w
ith me
a
bout
a
n
y
of
i
t,
a
bout how
a
busive h
e’
d b
ee
n
w
ith h
e
r
in the
p
a
st.”

“T
h
e
r
e
y
ou
g
o.
Y
ou
c
a
n
’
t
f
ix
som
e
thin
g
, M
r
.
B
e
n
n
e
tt, if
y
ou don
’
t know
i
t
’
s
e
v
e
n b
r
o
k
e
n.
Y
ou h
a
ve
to
a
t l
e
a
st
a
dmit C
a
ssie
e
ith
e
r
didn
’
t
f
e
e
l it
wa
s impo
r
t
a
nt
e
nou
g
h
to sh
ar
e
w
ith
y
ou, didn
’
t susp
ec
t this m
a
n pos
e
d su
c
h a
p
r
ob
l
e
m th
a
t
w
a
y
, o
r
—”

“
She
h
a
d oth
e
r
motiv
e
s.”

T
oni
arc
h
e
d
a
b
r
ow
a
t th
a
t
re
m
ar
k.
“
W
h
y
do
y
ou
s
a
y
th
a
t
?
”

“
She
kn
e
w
the
m
a
n
h
a
d
hit h
e
r
in the
p
a
st. She
kn
e
w
how
viol
e
nt he
w
a
s. She
c
ould
’
ve
a
t l
ea
st
g
o
n
e
to the
c
ops,
re
po
r
t
e
d him. She
didn
’
t.”

“E
v
er
?
”

“E
v
er
.
T
h
er
e
we
r
e
no
re
p
o
r
ts on
f
il
e
.
I
kno
w
.
I
c
h
e
c
k
e
d
m
y
s
e
lf
on
c
e
I
r
ec
o
v
ere
d
e
no
u
g
h to poke
ar
ound on
m
y
o
w
n.”

T
oni tilt
e
d h
e
r
h
ea
d to stu
d
y
his
f
a
ce
, his
e
y
e
s. She
thou
g
ht th
e
y
m
i
g
ht
’
ve
t
ou
c
h
e
d on a n
er
ve
f
o
r
the
f
i
r
st time
a
n
d she
int
e
nd
e
d to pu
r
sue
it.
“H
ow
w
ould
y
ou
d
e
s
c
r
ibe
y
o
u
r
re
l
a
tionship
w
ith C
a
ssi
e
?
Y
ou kn
e
w
h
e
r
w
h
a
t,
f
o
r
s
e
v
e
ra
l
y
e
ar
s
,
r
i
g
ht
?
”

“
I
lov
e
d h
e
r
.
I
w
ould
’
v
e
done
a
n
y
thing
f
or
h
e
r
. She
wa
s the
f
i
r
st
w
o
m
a
n
I
f
e
lt th
a
t
w
a
y
a
bout. Som
e
tim
e
s she
c
ould m
a
ke
me
c
r
a
z
y
tho
u
gh.”

“H
ow
so
?
”

“
She
lik
e
d to pl
a
y
h
ea
d
g
a
m
e
s som
e
tim
e
s.
O
k
a
y
, a
lot.”

“
R
ea
l
l
y
?
So C
a
ssie
is the
f
i
r
st
w
om
a
n
y
ou
e
v
e
r
lov
e
d but she
wa
s som
ew
h
a
t d
ece
it
f
ul?
H
mm, t
e
ll me
som
e
thin
g
, M
r
.
B
e
n
n
e
tt.”
T
oni bit h
e
r
lip, t
a
pp
e
d the
e
nd
o
f
h
e
r
b
a
llpoint p
e
n on h
e
r
lip
a
s if
d
ee
p in tho
u
ght
a
nd
a
sk
e
d,
“
D
id C
a
ssie
p
r
o
fe
ss
h
e
r
love
the
s
a
me
w
a
y
y
ou did?
By th
a
t
I
m
e
a
n,
wa
s s
h
e
a
s
e
nthusi
a
stic
a
bout t
e
lling
y
o
u she
lo
v
e
d
y
ou?
W
a
s she
af
f
ec
tion
a
t
e,
d
e
monst
ra
tiv
e
, or
did she
hold b
ac
k
?
”