Dancing Tides (182 page)

“
Sounds like
som
e
thing p
e
ople
mi
g
ht use
to
f
ac
t
o
r
into th
e
ir
d
ec
ision
w
h
e
n
looking
a
t the b
o
y
th
e
y
s
e
l
ec
t
f
or
a
doption,”
H
a
y
d
e
n
a
g
r
e
e
d.

“
I
t
m
a
k
e
s s
e
n
s
e
.
T
he
c
hi
l
d
’
s histo
r
y
, his b
a
c
k
g
r
o
u
nd,
w
ould d
ef
init
e
l
y
c
ome
into pl
a
y
if p
e
ople
look
e
d into it,
e
sp
ec
i
a
l
l
y
if
th
e
y
w
e
r
e
c
o
nsid
er
ing
m
a
king
him a
p
e
r
m
a
n
e
nt m
e
mb
e
r
of th
e
ir
fa
mi
l
y
.
Y
ou h
a
ve
to
a
dmit th
ere’
s
a
n
e
l
e
m
e
nt
of
a
uth
e
nti
c
i
t
y
to
G
a
b
e
’
s sto
r
y
,”
Ke
e
g
a
n p
r
o
ff
e
re
d.
“
H
e
kn
e
w
p
er
s
on
a
l d
ee
ts no one
e
l
s
e
w
ould.
I
didn
’
t
e
v
e
n know
a
bout the
bi
r
thm
ar
k on his b
ac
k until—”
She
ca
u
g
ht h
er
s
e
lf
a
nd smil
e
d.
“
W
e
ll, until v
e
r
y
r
ece
n
t
l
y
.”

Co
r
d
g
r
in
n
e
d
a
nd pi
c
k
e
d
up h
e
r
h
a
nd,
g
a
ve
it a
ki
s
s.

“T
he
bi
r
thm
ar
k d
o
e
s look a
lot like
the
st
a
te
of
C
a
li
f
o
r
ni
a
.
T
he
m
a
n
g
ot t
h
a
t
r
i
g
ht,”
Ke
e
g
a
n
s
a
id, h
e
r
lips
c
u
r
ving
w
id
e
l
y
in Co
r
d
’
s di
r
ec
tion.

“Y
ou
’
r
e
kiddin
g
?
U
h,
c
ould
I
s
e
e
th
a
t
?
”
H
a
y
d
e
n
a
sk
e
d.

B
ut
E
th
a
n
r
oll
e
d his
e
y
e
s
a
nd st
a
t
e
d,
“
Could
w
e
f
o
c
us h
ere
?
T
h
a
t too, is
ea
sy
e
no
u
g
h to
c
ome
b
y
.
Y
ou
e
v
e
r
b
e
e
n
in
a
n online
c
h
a
t
r
oom,
C
o
r
d?
Y
ou
e
v
e
r
g
e
t
w
ound
up,
a
nd
re
v
e
a
l p
er
son
a
l d
e
t
a
ils like
th
a
t
a
bout
y
o
u
r
s
e
lf
to a
tot
a
l
s
t
ra
ng
er
?
S
a
y
, on a
d
a
ti
n
g site
of
a
n
y
kind
?
”

“N
ot th
a
t
I
re
m
e
mb
er
.
A
nd
I
h
a
v
e
n
’
t
d
a
t
e
d in a
re
a
l
l
y
lo
n
g
tim
e
, until no
w
.”

“
Still, it
c
ould be
some
k
i
nd of
Int
er
n
e
t s
ca
m.
H
a
p
p
e
ns
a
ll the
tim
e
. P
e
ople
unlo
a
d p
er
son
a
l in
f
o in
c
y
b
e
r
sp
a
c
e
like
it
wa
s the
s
a
fe
st
t
hing
in the
w
o
r
ld.”

W
hile
E
th
a
n ti
c
k
e
d o
f
f
e
v
e
r
y
online
c
on he
k
n
e
w
a
bout,
Ke
e
g
a
n studi
e
d the
f
un
n
y
look on Co
r
d
’
s
fa
c
e
.
“
W
h
a
t
a
r
e
y
ou not t
e
lli
n
g
us, Co
r
d
?
”

H
e
m
e
t h
e
r
e
y
e
s.
H
ow
d
i
d she
a
l
w
a
y
s s
e
e
m to pi
c
k up on little
nu
g
g
e
ts
e
v
er
y
o
n
e
e
lse miss
e
d
?

“H
e
look
e
d like
m
e
.
”

“
W
h
a
t
?
H
ow
s
o
?
”