Dancing Tides (51 page)

“
I
kno
w
.
A
sp
a
r
a
g
us is o
n
e
of
th
e
m.
M
y
d
a
d
’
s
g
ot
t
his
re
put
a
tion
a
s a
g
u
r
u
w
h
e
n it
c
om
e
s to d
e
v
e
loping
h
ar
d
y
v
e
g
e
t
a
bl
e
s.
H
e
h
a
s
a
side
int
e
r
e
st thou
g
h in
f
lo
w
e
r
s, s
p
ec
i
f
i
ca
l
l
y
tulips.
F
or
y
ea
r
s now
h
e’
s b
e
e
n on this ki
c
k
e
x
p
er
im
e
ntin
g
, t
r
y
i
n
g
to
g
r
ow
his o
w
n k
i
nds, t
r
y
i
n
g
to p
r
odu
c
e di
ffere
nt
c
olo
r
s oth
e
r
th
a
n the
no
r
m,
y
ou kn
o
w
, som
e
thing
oth
e
r
th
a
n
re
d or
y
e
llo
w
, som
e
thi
n
g out of
the
o
r
din
a
r
y
.
A
n
y
w
a
y
, th
e
se
b
a
bi
e
s
a
r
e
the
re
sult.”
She
s
a
t th
e
m on the
c
ount
e
r
a
nd stood b
ac
k p
r
oud
l
y
w
a
iting
f
or
his
reac
tion.

A
s long
a
s th
e
y
we
r
e
n
’
t
l
ili
e
s,
a
n
y
thi
n
g
w
ould
w
o
r
k.
B
ut Co
r
d not
e
d th
e
y
d
i
d m
a
ke
a st
r
iking
bouqu
e
t of
blue
w
ithout b
e
ing
fr
il
l
y
.
T
he
p
e
t
a
ls
a
lmost m
a
t
c
h
e
d
K
e
e
g
a
n
’
s
e
y
e
s.
A
nd th
e
y
w
er
e
lo
n
g
-
st
e
mm
e
d
like
she
wa
s.

“
I
’
ll t
a
ke
’
e
m.
W
ill
y
ou
s
e
e
th
a
t she
g
e
ts th
e
m to
d
a
y
?
”

“O
f
c
o
u
r
s
e
,”
Dr
e
a
s
a
id
a
mi
ca
b
l
y
,
r
e
a
c
hing
f
or
his
cre
dit
c
a
r
d.
“
Sh
e’
s
f
our
s
t
ree
ts ov
er
.
I
’
ll h
a
ve
th
e
m th
e
r
e
in thi
r
t
y
minut
e
s or
l
e
ss.”
T
he
m
a
n h
a
dn
’
t
e
v
e
n
a
sk
e
d
a
bo
u
t the
p
r
i
ce
, m
a
ki
n
g him, in h
e
r
e
y
e
s, a
o
n
e-
o
f
-a-
kind
c
ustom
er
.
B
e
f
o
r
e
she
s
w
ip
e
d his
cre
dit
c
a
r
d thou
g
h, she
a
sk
e
d,
“Y
ou
wa
nt th
e
m bo
x
e
d or
ar
r
a
n
g
e
d in one
o
f
m
y
c
l
ea
r
sto
c
k v
a
s
e
s.”

Co
r
d ti
g
ht
e
n
e
d his mouth, t
r
y
i
n
g
to d
ec
i
d
e
.
“
B
o
x
e
d,
I
think.
T
h
a
t
w
a
y
she
c
a
n displ
a
y th
e
m in h
e
r
o
w
n
fa
v
o
r
ite
c
ont
a
in
er
.”
H
e
didn
’
t h
a
v
e
a
c
lue
if
s
h
e
h
a
d o
n
e
or
not, but it s
ee
m
e
d to him he
re
m
e
mb
e
r
e
d
w
o
m
e
n usu
a
l
l
y
lik
e
d doi
n
g
t
h
a
t so
r
t of
thin
g
.
T
h
e
y
a
l
w
a
y
s h
a
d one
s
p
ec
i
a
l v
a
s
e.

Pl
ea
s
e
d
w
ith his d
ec
ision,
Dre
a
s
e
nt him a
w
ide
s
mile
a
nd s
a
id,
“Tr
ust m
e
.
Sh
e’
s
g
oi
n
g
to love
th
e
m.
Here
, do
n
’
t
f
o
r
g
e
t to
f
ill out the
car
d.
M
a
ke
it
z
in
g
, ok
a
y
.
K
ee
g
a
n d
e
s
er
v
e
s som
e
thing sp
ec
i
a
l.”