Dancing Tides (236 page)

“
I
don
’
t kno
w
.
I
do kn
o
w
the
m
a
n
’
s
ca
p
a
ble
of
s
o
m
e
thing
like
this
a
nd mu
c
h
w
o
r
s
e
.
”

“T
h
e
n
I
g
u
e
ss
w
e
a
ll b
e
t
t
e
r
be
looki
n
g
out
f
or
y
ou
a
nd
Ke
e
g
a
n.”
W
ith th
a
t,
B
ra
n sl
a
p
p
e
d Co
r
d on the
b
ac
k, s
a
id h
i
s
g
oodn
i
g
hts
a
nd
wa
s
g
o
n
e
.

Af
t
e
r
jotting
do
w
n
a
ll the
d
a
t
a
,
af
t
e
r
l
a
b
e
li
n
g
the
s
p
ec
im
e
ns,
K
ee
g
a
n
r
ec
h
e
c
k
e
d h
e
r
not
e
s, shut o
f
f
the
r
e
c
o
r
d
e
r
a
nd
f
in
a
l
l
y
c
a
ll
e
d it a
n
i
g
ht. She
st
re
t
c
h
e
d
h
e
r
b
a
c
k, to
s
s
e
d h
e
r
g
lov
e
s in the t
ra
sh,
a
nd
wa
l
k
e
d to the
sink to
wa
sh up.

“
I
c
ould use
o
n
e
of
y
our
i
n
fa
mous m
a
ss
a
g
e
s
r
i
g
ht
a
bout no
w
, Co
r
d B
e
nn
e
tt.
W
h
a
t do
y
ou s
a
y
to h
e
a
di
n
g
home
a
nd
m
a
king
the
most of
our
e
v
e
nin
g
?
I
c
ould use
a
t
e
n
sion
re
li
e
v
er
.”

H
e
we
nt ov
e
r
a
nd k
n
ea
d
e
d h
e
r
should
er
s, kiss
e
d
h
e
r
n
ec
k.
“T
h
a
t
’
s
m
y
job.
I
t
a
k
e
it v
e
r
y s
er
ious
l
y
.
K
n
o
w
som
e
thing
e
ls
e
?
”

“
W
h
a
t
?
”

“Af
t
e
r
wa
t
c
hi
n
g
th
a
t n
e
c
r
op
s
y
,
I
’
m
fa
i
r
l
y
c
er
t
a
in
I
m
a
y
n
e
v
e
r
b
e
a
ble
to
e
a
t
m
ea
t
e
v
er a
g
a
in.”

She
c
hu
c
kl
e
d.
“
Yea
h. R
i
g
ht.
Y
ou,
g
ive
up
p
e
pp
e
r
oni pi
z
z
a
?
A
nd b
ac
on?
I
’
ll b
e
li
e
ve
th
a
t mi
rac
le
w
h
e
n
I
s
e
e
it.”

H
e
tugg
e
d h
e
r
out of
the
e
x
a
m
r
oom
a
nd into the
cr
isp, ni
g
ht
a
i
r
.
T
h
e
y
wa
lk
e
d th
r
o
u
g
h t
h
e
c
ompound und
e
r
a
st
a
r
r
y
s
k
y
.

“
I
’
m s
er
ious.
T
h
e
e
nti
r
e
t
ime
I
stood th
e
r
e
,
I
’
m th
i
nking I
know
w
h
y
y
ou
d
on
’
t
ea
t m
ea
t of
a
n
y
kind,
w
h
y
y
our
g
r
a
ndp
are
nts didn
’
t
e
a
t it
e
ith
er
.
I
t
’
s not a
b
a
d p
l
a
n
w
h
e
n
y
ou
w
o
r
k
ar
ound
a
nim
a
ls
a
ll the
tim
e
.”

“
Co
r
d,
y
ou do
n
’
t h
a
ve
to
b
ec
ome
a
v
e
g
e
t
a
r
i
a
n—
f
o
r
m
e
.”

“Ha
v
e
n
’
t
y
ou
h
e
a
r
d?
T
he
nut
ca
se
is m
a
ki
n
g
a
ll th
e
se
c
h
a
n
g
e
s in his li
fe
.
W
h
a
t
’
s one
mo
r
e
w
h
e
n it
c
om
e
s to di
e
t
?
”

“
B
ut
y
ou love
b
a
c
on.”

“A
h.”
A
g
l
a
z
e
d look
f
o
r
m
e
d
in his
e
y
e
s.
“T
he
p
e
r
fec
t
f
ood th
a
t
ca
n be
ea
t
e
n
a
n
ytime
of the
d
a
y
or
n
i
g
ht,
f
or
b
r
e
a
k
fa
st, lun
c
h, or
dinn
er
,
a
m
a
in dish or
in a
s
a
nd
w
i
c
h.
Yea
h,
I
c
on
c
e
de b
ac
on mi
g
ht
b
e
a
m
a
jor
o
bst
ac
l
e
, but
I
’
m
w
illing
t
o
g
i
v
e
it a
t
r
y
.
”