Dancing Tides (4 page)

B
ut
I
ra
q
h
a
d put
a
n
e
nd
t
o
a
n
y
thi
n
g
b
e
y
ond t
h
a
t.
H
is unit h
a
d b
ee
n
ca
ll
e
d
up
a
nd, on
c
e
a
g
a
in, h
e’
d
s
er
v
e
d his
c
o
unt
r
y
.

So, if
C
a
ssie
wa
nt
e
d to s
a
y
“
I
do”
in
fr
ont of
a
b
u
n
c
h of
re
l
a
tiv
e
s she
lov
e
d
a
nd who lov
e
d h
e
r
b
ac
k, t
h
e
n he
c
ould
d
a
mn
we
ll st
a
nd h
e
r
e
in his Sund
a
y
b
e
st
a
nd
b
r
e
a
the
in the
sm
e
ll of
a bun
c
h of
f
lo
w
e
r
s,
e
v
e
n t
h
ou
g
h th
e
y
m
a
d
e
him slight
l
y
ill.

I
t h
a
d to
b
e
the
lili
e
s, th
a
t
arr
a
y
o
f
buds
re
p
re
s
e
nti
n
g
the
t
r
i
e
d
a
nd t
r
ue
l
a
n
g
u
a
ge
of
love
a
nd t
ra
dition on
l
y
a
b
r
ide
c
ould
f
ul
l
y
a
p
p
r
e
c
i
a
t
e
,
t
h
a
t sm
e
ll
e
d so
fr
e
a
king
s
t
r
on
g
.
T
h
e
y
stood t
a
ll
a
nd st
ra
i
g
ht, lining
the
d
a
is in so m
a
n
y
di
ff
e
re
nt s
h
a
d
e
s of
pink
a
nd
w
hite
h
e
c
ould h
ar
d
l
y
k
e
e
p th
e
m
a
ll st
ra
i
g
ht
w
ithout
c
onju
r
ing
up
a
bottle
of
P
ep
to
B
ismol.

B
ut the
lili
e
s
wer
e
C
a
ssi
e
’
s
fa
vo
r
it
e
.
A
nd
b
e
c
a
use
of
th
a
t he
h
a
d no doubt
s
he
kn
e
w
e
v
e
r
y bl
e
ss
e
d v
ar
i
e
t
y
of
p
e
t
a
l
o
r
bud.
T
he
w
om
a
n
k
e
pt t
rac
k of
e
v
e
r
y
st
e
m
a
nd s
h
a
de
of
c
ol
o
r
th
a
t h
a
d b
ee
n d
e
liv
e
r
e
d to the
c
h
u
rc
h th
a
t d
a
y
.
H
e
w
ould
b
e
t mon
e
y
on it.
B
e
c
a
use
s
he
h
a
d sp
e
nt hou
r
s
a
nd hou
r
s
w
ith
a
t l
ea
st a
h
a
lf
do
z
e
n di
ffe
r
e
nt
f
lo
r
i
sts in to
w
n pi
c
king
out just the
r
i
g
ht sh
a
de
o
f pink—
f
or
the
f
lo
w
e
r
s
a
l
o
n
e
.
T
he
on
e
s s
h
e
h
a
d b
u
g
g
e
d him
a
bout, the
o
n
e
s
h
e’
d b
a
r
e
l
y
g
iv
e
n a s
ec
ond
g
l
a
n
c
e
or
g
iv
e
n
a
s
ec
ond tho
u
g
ht—b
eca
u
s
e
l
e
t
’
s
f
a
c
e
it—he
h
a
d
n
’
t
care
d
a
w
hit
a
bout
w
h
a
t kind of
f
lo
w
e
r
s she
carr
i
e
d or
w
h
a
t
g
e
nus d
e
c
o
ra
t
e
d the
c
hu
r
c
h.

A
s long
a
s s
h
e
s
a
id
“
I
d
o
”
w
h
e
n the
r
i
g
ht time
p
re
s
e
nt
e
d its
e
l
f
,
a
s lo
n
g
a
s
h
e
c
ould m
a
n
a
g
e
the
s
a
m
e
w
ithout
c
hoking
o
r
st
a
mm
er
i
n
g or
f
o
r
g
e
tti
n
g
th
a
t one
i
m
po
r
t
a
nt lin
e
, he
didn
’
t
g
ive
a
g
ood
c
r
a
p
a
bout a
bun
c
h of
f
lo
w
e
r
s.

B
ut C
a
ssie
A
nne
Sp
e
ar
m
a
n did.

H
e
s
ca
n
n
e
d the
sm
a
ll
c
h
a
pe
l
an
d its s
e
a
of
f
a
c
e
s,
c
h
ec
ki
n
g
out the
r
o
w
s of
p
ew
s
w
h
e
r
e
fa
mi
l
y
s
a
t
a
lon
g
side
fr
i
e
n
ds
a
nd
c
o
w
o
r
k
er
s
wa
iti
n
g
f
o
r
C
a
ssie
to t
a
ke
c
e
nt
e
r
st
a
g
e.