Dancing Tides (173 page)

N
ow
Ke
e
g
a
n
wa
s s
u
r
e
s
o
m
e
thing
wa
s
wr
o
n
g
a
nd
a
sk
e
d,
“
W
h
a
t
’
s this
a
bo
u
t, Co
r
d
?
”

H
e
shu
ff
l
e
d his b
i
g
f
ee
t.
“
I
ca
n
’
t do this.”

She
s
wa
llo
we
d h
ar
d.
“D
o
w
h
a
t
?
”
She
wa
s v
e
r
y
m
u
c
h
af
r
a
id she
kn
e
w
.

“
I
’
m not
r
e
a
d
y
.”

“O
k
a
y
.
T
h
e
n
we’
ll slow
i
t do
w
n.”
I
f
it
g
ot
a
n
y
slo
we
r
th
e
y
’
d
n
ee
d
a
re
spi
ra
to
r.

“N
o.
I
—
T
h
a
t
w
o
n
’
t
w
o
r
k
e
ith
er
.
I
n
e
e
d to m
a
ke
s
u
r
e
y
ou und
er
s
t
a
nd.
I
’
m
i
n this b
a
d pl
ac
e
r
i
g
ht now
a
nd
I
…
I
don
’
t
wa
nt it
r
ubbing
o
f
f
on
y
ou.
Y
ou
d
e
s
er
v
e
b
e
t
t
er
.
I
’
m not
r
ea
d
y
f
o
r a
re
l
a
tionship.
E
v
e
r
y
o
n
e
k
ee
ps t
e
lling
me
t
h
a
t
a
nd
tod
a
y
it
finally
o
cc
u
r
re
d
to me
how
r
i
g
ht th
e
y
are
.”

A
s he
d
r
on
e
d on
a
nd on
a
bout how
the
t
w
o of
th
e
m
wer
e
n
e
v
e
r
g
oi
n
g
to
w
o
r
k to
g
e
t
h
e
r
a
s a
c
ouple
b
e
ca
use
o
f
his situ
a
tion, she
wa
t
c
h
e
d his
e
y
e
s.
T
hose
d
ar
k
e
y
e
s pi
erce
d
h
e
r
h
ear
t.
A
nd th
e
n she
r
e
a
li
z
e
d
a
ll th
a
t stu
f
f
c
oming
out of
his
m
outh didn
’
t s
ee
m to be
h
e
ar
t
fe
lt or
s
a
id
w
ith
a
n
y
s
o
r
t of
c
onvi
c
tion.

H
is mouth
wa
s moving
b
ut the
w
o
r
ds didn
’
t
re
a
c
h
his
e
y
e
s.

W
ithout
c
onsid
er
ing
the
c
ons
e
qu
e
n
c
e
s, she
r
e
a
c
h
e
d out,
g
r
a
bb
e
d him
b
y
t
h
e
shi
r
t.
“Y
ou
wa
nt to
wa
lk
a
w
a
y
?
F
in
e
.
B
ut know
this,
y
ou
b
e
tt
e
r
move
those
b
i
g
-
a
ss
f
e
e
t of
y
ou
r
s
r
i
g
ht now
o
r oth
erw
is
e
—
I
w
a
nt
y
ou Co
r
d
B
e
n
n
e
tt!
I
nsid
e
!
N
o
w!
”

Co
r
d st
e
pp
e
d into h
e
r
sp
a
ce
, nipp
e
d h
e
r
ar
ound
h
e
r
wa
ist, li
f
t
e
d h
e
r
o
f
f
h
e
r
f
ee
t
a
nd up into his
ar
ms.
H
e
m
a
de
h
is
w
a
y
up t
h
e
st
e
ps until he
g
ot to the
b
arr
i
e
r
of
t
h
e
door
w
h
e
re
, on
e-
h
a
nd
e
d,
h
e
a
ll but ki
c
k
e
d in the
w
ood.

T
h
e
y
mo
v
e
d into the
living
r
oom, th
e
ir
bod
i
e
s join
e
d in pu
r
e
h
e
a
t.
H
ung
r
y
mouths
a
te
a
t
e
a
c
h oth
er
,
ra
v
a
g
e
d.

T
h
e
y
b
e
g
a
n to t
u
g
a
t
e
a
c
h oth
er’
s
c
loth
e
s. She
in
c
h
e
d up his
T-
shi
r
t.
H
e
r
e
a
re
d up,
y
a
n
k
e
d it o
f
f
hims
e
l
f
.

She
mov
e
d ov
e
r
him to unsn
a
p his j
ea
ns—slid do
w
n to the
f
loo
r
—b
r
i
n
ging
him
w
ith h
er
.