Dancing Tides (2 page)

E
ight
ee
n
m
onths
e
arli
e
r

L
ee
sburg,
V
irginia

D
ec
k
e
d out in his Sund
a
y
b
e
st, a
tux
no l
e
ss, he
stu
c
k his ind
e
x
f
in
g
e
r
b
e
t
w
ee
n his s
wea
t
y n
ec
k
a
nd the
c
oll
a
r
of
t
h
e
s
cra
t
c
h
y
,
w
hite
shi
r
t
h
e
w
o
re
,
a
nd
n
er
vous
l
y
g
a
v
e
the
fa
b
r
ic
a
t
u
g
a
s
h
e
wa
it
e
d
a
t the
a
lt
a
r
f
or
his
b
r
ide
to m
a
ke
th
a
t
wa
lk
d
o
w
n the
a
isle
w
h
e
r
e
she
w
ould b
ec
ome
M
r
s. Co
r
d
B
e
n
n
e
tt.

E
v
e
n thou
g
h the
sti
f
li
n
g h
ea
t of
I
ndi
a
n summ
e
r
h
a
d the
cr
o
w
d
e
d
c
hu
r
c
h
f
ee
ling
a
i
r
l
e
ss, Co
r
d t
r
i
e
d to loos
e
n his t
i
e
a
bout the
s
a
me
time
his
b
e
st m
a
n, P
a
ul
A
n
g
l
e
to
n
, bump
e
d his should
er
,
a
nd b
a
tt
e
d his
h
a
nd
aw
a
y
to put
a
n
e
nd
to the
f
id
g
e
ti
n
g
.

Co
r
d shot a
thumbs up in
the
di
rec
tion of
P
a
ul indi
ca
ting
h
e
wa
s
A-OK
,
e
v
e
n thou
g
h he
wa
s
a
n
y
thi
n
g
but.

N
ot
e
v
e
n
c
los
e.

H
is
g
ut
fe
lt like
the
d
r
u
m
m
e
r
in the
b
a
nd h
a
d
g
ott
e
n
a
n
ear
l
y
st
a
r
t
a
nd s
e
t up
a
st
ea
d
y
b
e
a
t in his stom
ac
h.
T
he
re
h
e
ar
s
a
l dinn
e
r
p
ar
t
y
the
n
i
ght b
ef
o
r
e
h
a
d
g
one
on t
o
o lon
g
.
H
e
’
d indulg
e
d in too mu
c
h
w
ine
a
nd
w
o
ke
up this mo
r
ning
w
ith the
h
a
n
g
ov
e
r
fr
om h
e
ll.

B
ut if
he
puk
e
d n
o
w
, C
a
s
sie
w
ould n
e
v
e
r
f
o
r
g
ive
h
im. So he
s
wa
llo
we
d do
w
n his bile
a
nd t
r
i
e
d to i
g
n
o
r
e
the
si
c
k
e
ning
sm
e
ll of
a
ll the
f
lo
wer
s lining
the
a
lt
ar
.

I
n
fac
t, it mi
g
ht
h
a
ve
b
ee
n the
po
werf
ul
c
ombin
a
tion of
a
ll those
fr
a
g
ra
nt b
l
ossoms
c
oming
t
o
g
e
th
e
r
a
lo
n
g
w
ith the
s
wee
t
-
sm
e
lling
b
l
e
nd of
p
e
r
f
ume
f
r
om the
hund
re
d or
so
g
u
e
sts, p
ac
k
e
d like
s
a
r
din
e
s into a
c
h
a
p
e
l m
ea
nt to hold no mo
r
e
th
a
n s
e
v
e
n
t
y
-
f
iv
e
,
th
a
t h
a
d his up
c
hu
c
k
ref
l
e
x
on ov
er
lo
a
d.

W
h
a
t
e
v
e
r
it
wa
s, it h
a
d
h
im
w
ishing
th
e
y
’
d
g
e
t th
i
s show
on the
r
o
a
d.

H
e
suppos
e
d
e
v
e
r
y
g
r
o
o
m
wa
s n
er
vous b
e
f
o
r
e
ut
t
er
ing
tho
s
e
t
w
o little
w
o
r
ds th
a
t
w
ould
ce
m
e
nt a
bond
f
o
r
li
fe
.
T
hinking
like
th
a
t, his qu
e
a
sin
e
ss
g
ot
w
o
r
s
e
.