Dancing Tides (201 page)

“
F
r
om
m
y
s
e
l
f
.
”

“
I
think
I
’
d like
to h
a
ve
a
t
a
lk
w
ith
J
o
r
d
a
n.
W
h
a
t
e
x
ac
t
l
y
is the
p
r
op
e
r
p
r
oto
c
ol
f
or b
r
in
g
i
n
g
up a
w
om
a
n
’
s
d
ea
d husb
a
nd into a
c
on
v
e
r
s
a
tion
?
”

“
I
don
’
t think
y
ou shoul
d
. Sh
e’
s six
mont
h
s
a
lon
g
.
N
i
c
k
w
ill h
a
ve
y
our
h
ea
d if
y
ou ups
e
t h
er
.”

Ke
e
g
a
n s
i
g
h
e
d.
“Y
ou
’
r
e
r
i
g
ht.
W
e
ll, it
wa
s just
a
n id
ea
.”
She
g
l
a
n
ce
d
a
t the
c
lo
c
k.
“A
nd
I
’
m
r
unni
n
g
l
a
t
e
.
I
n l
e
ss
t
h
a
n
a
n hour
I
o
p
e
n the
g
a
te
to
w
h
a
t
I
hope
is ho
r
d
e
s of
p
e
ople
w
illing
to don
a
te
to a
g
ood
c
a
use
a
nd k
ee
p the
c
e
nt
e
r
g
oi
n
g
f
or
a
noth
e
r
six
months.”

“Ar
e
thi
n
g
s th
a
t b
a
d
?
”

“
I
t
t
a
k
e
s a
lot of
mon
e
y
t
o
r
un a
re
s
c
ue
c
e
nt
e
r
like
this.
W
i
thout the
g
e
n
e
r
o
si
t
y
o
f
p
e
ople
w
ho love
a
nim
a
ls
I
’
m
a
f
r
a
id
we’
ll h
a
ve
to
c
lose
o
ur
doo
r
s
b
y
summ
e
r
if
I
c
a
n
’
t think of
some
w
a
y
to k
ee
p do
n
a
tions up.”

“
I
’
ve
g
ot some
mon
e
y
s
a
v
e
d.
N
i
c
k us
e
d to be
a
n inv
e
stm
e
nt b
a
nk
er
.
W
h
e
n
w
e
w
e
r
e
in the
G
u
a
r
d together, he
s
e
t us
a
ll up
w
ith inv
e
stm
e
nt
acc
ounts.
T
u
r
ns out,
N
i
c
k kn
e
w
his
stu
ff
.”

Ke
e
g
a
n smil
e
d.
“
Y
ou k
n
ow
som
e
thin
g
, Co
r
d
?
”

“
W
h
a
t
?
”

She
ra
n a
f
i
n
g
e
r
do
w
n h
i
s
face
.
“
I
a
d
o
r
e
y
ou.
B
ut
I
w
on
’
t t
a
ke
y
o
u
r
mon
e
y
,
a
rea
so
n
a
ble don
a
tion,
a
bsolut
e
l
y
, but
a
n
y
thi
n
g
ov
e
r
one
hund
r
e
d doll
ar
s is
f
o
r
bidd
e
n.
Y
ou
a
nd
W
a
l
l
y
h
a
v
e
g
e
n
er
ous h
e
ar
ts.”

“
W
a
l
l
y
?
W
a
l
l
y
a
t the
s
e
r
vi
c
e
st
a
tion?
Y
ou
a
nd
Wa
l
l
y
?
”
A
little
spu
r
t of
j
e
a
lou
s
y
c
i
r
c
l
e
d his h
ear
t
a
nd he
did his
b
e
st to t
a
mp it do
w
n.

“
F
r
i
e
nds si
n
c
e
kind
e
r
g
ar
t
e
n.
A
bsolut
e
l
y
.
Y
ou kn
o
w,
W
a
l
l
y
a
nd
L
il
l
y
a
r
e
g
e
tting
m
arr
i
ed
in
J
un
e
, don
’
t
y
ou
?
”

“T
he
c
ute
b
r
un
e
tte
w
ho
w
o
r
ks
a
t the
st
a
tion?
I
d
i
dn
’
t know
th
a
t, but
I
’
m gl
a
d to h
ea
r
it.”

“A
nd it
wa
s
W
a
l
l
y
w
ho
s
ug
g
e
st
e
d t
h
e
op
e
n hous
e
.
I
m
i
g
ht
’
ve
tho
u
g
ht of
it
i
f
I
h
a
dn
’
t b
ee
n so do
w
n in the
du
m
ps l
a
t
e
l
y
sin
c
e
losing
m
y
g
r
a
ndmoth
e
r
th
a
t
I
h
a
v
e
n
’
t b
ee
n
a
ble
to think st
ra
i
g
ht.”