Dancing Tides (5 page)

H
is lips
c
u
r
v
e
d into a
w
ide
g
r
in.
T
h
e
se
p
e
ople
h
a
d sho
w
n up to sp
e
nd th
e
ir
S
a
tu
r
d
a
y
af
t
er
noon
w
a
t
c
hi
n
g
the
t
w
o of
th
e
m tie
the
knot
a
f
t
e
r
a
lo
n
g
c
o
u
r
tship, a
c
o
u
r
tship th
a
t h
a
d in
c
lud
e
d th
re
e
tou
r
s
o
f
d
u
t
y
in
I
r
a
q
f
or
him,
a
s
we
ll
a
s num
er
ous s
e
p
a
r
a
tions. Cultiv
a
ting
a lon
g
-
dist
a
n
c
e
re
l
a
tionship
w
ith a
soldi
e
r
du
r
ing a
wa
r
w
a
s n
e
v
e
r
a
g
ood b
e
t
.
B
ut he
a
nd C
a
ssie h
a
d
wea
t
h
ere
d the
sto
r
m
s
,
c
ut th
r
ou
g
h the
pit
f
a
lls
a
nd
c
ome
out the
oth
e
r
s
i
de
b
e
tt
e
r
f
o
r
it.

Her
e
tod
a
y
, t
h
e
y
w
e
r
e
a
b
out to
e
x
c
h
a
n
g
e
vo
w
s
a
n
d p
re
p
a
r
e
to sp
e
nd the
re
st of
th
e
ir
liv
e
s to
g
e
th
e
r
.

T
h
e
y
’
d b
e
e
n th
r
o
u
g
h a
l
o
t. So it didn
’
t
rea
l
l
y
m
a
tt
e
r
to him
a
bout h
e
r
c
ho
i
c
e
of
f
lo
w
e
r
s or the
d
re
ss or
a
n
y
o
f
the
d
e
t
a
ils th
a
t h
a
d s
ee
m
e
d to
d
r
ive
his b
r
id
e-
to
-
be
c
r
a
z
y
ov
e
r
the
p
a
st s
e
v
eral
months.

He’
d sp
e
nt th
a
t time
wa
t
c
hing
C
a
ssi
e
’
s
c
a
ref
ul p
l
a
nnin
g
,
s
a
y
i
n
g
“
y
e
s”
w
h
e
n it
wa
s
e
x
p
ec
t
e
d, nodding
his h
e
a
d in
a
g
r
e
e
m
e
nt
w
h
e
th
e
r
the
topic
h
a
d b
ee
n
a
bout
n
a
pkins or
the
c
hoi
c
e of
ca
t
e
rer
s, or
h
o
w
m
a
n
y
pl
ac
e
s
e
tti
n
g
s th
e
y
w
ould
n
ee
d
f
or
t
h
e
dinn
e
r
p
a
r
ti
e
s th
e
y
w
ould su
re
l
y
g
iv
e
.

He’
d l
e
t h
e
r
c
hoose
w
h
a
t
eve
r
b
r
i
d
a
l
r
e
g
ist
r
y
wa
s
t
he
b
e
st, l
e
t h
e
r
b
e
the
d
ec
iding
f
a
c
tor
a
s to
w
h
e
th
e
r
th
e
y
s
e
r
v
e
d
c
hi
c
k
e
n or
f
ish
a
t the
re
ce
ption.

N
o, up to this point, he
h
a
d b
ee
n
a
ll
a
bout g
e
tting to the
c
hu
rc
h
a
nd to this
d
a
y
w
h
e
n he
w
ould
cea
se
his
b
ac
h
e
lor
e
x
ist
e
n
c
e
a
nd b
ec
ome
h
usb
a
nd m
a
t
er
i
a
l
f
o
r
a
ll time
to
“
the
on
e
.”

C
a
ssie
Sp
ear
m
a
n
w
a
s the
on
e
.
A
t b
are
l
y
f
ive
f
oot
t
h
ree
, the
little
blonde
h
a
d
m
a
n
a
g
e
d to
ca
ptu
r
e
his h
e
ar
t, his mind, his soul.

A
nd
f
or
him, she
h
a
d
b
e
e
n the
f
i
r
st one
to do so. B
ef
o
r
e
C
a
ssie
h
e’
d m
a
d
e
s
u
r
e
he
k
e
pt his h
ear
t
fr
om
e
v
e
r
su
f
fe
r
ing
a
n
y
kind of
m
a
j
o
r
re
j
ec
tion or
d
e
f
ea
t in th
a
t d
e
p
ar
tm
e
nt.