Dancing Tides (81 page)

She
c
hu
c
kl
e
d in spite
of
h
er
s
e
l
f
.
“
Sin
c
e
y
ou
’
r
e
h
e
re
, th
a
nks
f
or
t
h
e
tulips.
T
h
e
y
’
r
e
g
o
r
g
e
ous.
Y
ou didn
’
t h
a
v
e
to do th
a
t.”

“
Su
r
e
I
did.
Y
ou s
a
v
e
d
m
y
li
fe
.
W
h
a
t did
y
ou
e
nd
up putting
th
e
m in
?
”
H
e
smil
e
d
w
h
e
n he
noti
ce
d the
look of
a
s
t
onishm
e
nt on h
e
r
fa
c
e
.
“
Y
ou know
w
h
a
t kind of
c
ont
a
in
er
, v
a
s
e
,
w
h
a
t
e
v
er
.
”

“U
h,
I
h
a
v
e
this old blue
-a
nd-
w
hite
milk pit
c
h
e
r
th
a
t us
e
d to b
e
long
to
m
y
g
r
ea
t
-
g
r
a
ndmoth
er
. She
b
r
ou
g
ht it ov
e
r
fr
om
I
r
e
l
a
n
d.
I
put th
e
m in th
a
t.
W
h
y
?
”

“
J
ust
w
ond
er
in
g
.
D
r
e
a
t
r
i
e
d to s
e
ll me
a
c
l
e
a
r
v
a
s
e
a
nd
I
wa
nt
e
d t
h
e
m in a
b
ox
so
y
ou
c
ould use
y
our
o
w
n,
w
h
a
t
e
v
e
r
it h
a
pp
e
n
e
d to b
e
.”

“
R
ea
l
l
y
?
”
Sh
e
’
d n
e
v
e
r
k
no
w
n a
m
a
n to think th
a
t
fa
r
a
h
ea
d
w
h
e
n s
e
ndi
n
g
a
w
om
a
n
f
lo
wer
s b
e
f
o
re
.
T
h
e
y
us
u
a
l
l
y
just
we
nt
w
ith the
f
l
o
w
.

“
I
do
a
pp
r
ec
i
a
t
e
y
our
s
a
v
ing
m
y
li
f
e
w
h
e
t
h
e
r
y
ou
wa
nt to b
e
li
e
ve
me
or
no
t
.
I
g
ot a
little
cra
z
y
l
a
st ni
g
ht.
T
h
a
nks
f
or
b
e
ing
w
h
e
r
e
y
ou
w
e
r
e
w
h
e
n
y
ou
w
e
r
e
a
nd
d
r
a
g
g
i
n
g
me
out,
g
iving me
CPR, the
w
hole
bit.”

F
lust
ere
d,
K
e
e
g
a
n l
ea
n
e
d
up
aga
inst the
r
o
c
k
b
e
side
him,
f
u
rr
o
w
e
d h
e
r
b
r
o
w
.
“Y
ou
’
r
e
we
l
c
om
e
.”
She
took
a
c
o
uple
of
d
ee
p
b
rea
ths
a
nd
f
ill
e
d h
e
r
lu
n
g
s
w
ith
c
ool, o
cea
n
a
i
r
.
“
W
h
y
’
d
y
o
u do it
a
n
y
w
a
y
?
W
h
y
’
d
y
ou t
r
y
to
e
nd it
a
ll
?
”

H
e
pu
f
f
e
d out a
b
r
ea
th.
“
H
ow
mu
c
h do
y
ou know
a
bout
w
h
a
t h
a
pp
e
n
e
d in
V
i
r
g
ini
a
?
”

“
P
re
t
t
y
mu
c
h
w
h
a
t the
t
o
w
n kno
w
s.
B
e
si
d
e
s, the
f
i
r
st thing
out of
y
o
u
r
m
o
uth l
a
st ni
g
ht
wa
s the
n
a
me
C
a
ssi
e
.
”

Co
r
d suppos
e
d he
h
a
d to
g
e
t us
e
d to oth
e
r
p
e
ople
s
a
y
i
n
g
h
e
r
n
a
m
e
.
“
I
lost
s
om
e
one
I lov
e
d. The
f
i
r
st p
er
son in
m
y
e
nti
r
e
li
f
e
w
ho
e
v
e
r
l
ov
e
d me
b
ac
k.
I
g
u
e
ss
y
o
u
c
ould s
a
y
I
h
a
v
e
n
’
t h
a
ndl
e
d it v
e
r
y
we
ll.”