Dancing Tides (162 page)

De
spite
the
th
r
e
e
-
thous
a
n
d-mile
dist
a
n
ce
,
E
th
a
n
c
o
uldn
’
t h
e
lp it.
H
e
g
ot th
a
t
we
i
r
d vibe
in his
g
ut th
a
t sp
e
ll
e
d t
r
oub
l
e
. Could St
e
v
e
ns be
h
ea
d
e
d his
w
a
y
a
nd to P
e
li
ca
n
Point
e
?

H
e
n
ee
d
e
d to
f
ind out
e
v
e
r
y
thi
n
g
Co
r
d k
n
e
w
a
bo
u
t the
m
a
n.
Gra
bbi
n
g
his
k
e
y
s
o
f
f
the
c
ount
er
, he
h
ea
d
e
d out t
h
e
door
to t
e
ll
B
e
n
n
e
tt.

G
iv
e
n su
c
h a
h
ea
d st
ar
t,
E
th
a
n kn
e
w
Rob
b
y
St
e
v
e
ns
c
ould be
a
n
y
w
h
er
e
in
the
c
ount
r
y
b
y no
w
.
B
ut his
g
ut told him the
m
a
n mi
g
ht h
a
v
e
un
f
i
nish
e
d busin
e
ss
w
ith the
to
w
n
’
s n
ewe
st
re
sid
e
nt.

N
ot on
l
y
th
a
t, his s
ec
ond
s
e
nse
told him th
er
e
wa
s
no
c
h
a
n
c
e
Te
r
r
i
L
y
n
n C
r
a
nston
w
ould
e
v
e
r
be
f
ound
a
liv
e
.

Rob
b
y
St
e
v
e
ns h
a
d
him
s
e
lf
a
b
r
a
nd-n
e
w
I
D
.
H
is
d
r
iv
er’
s li
ce
n
s
e
now
r
ea
d
J
ohn
G
old.
H
e
a
lso spo
r
t
e
d a
t
re
n
d
y
n
e
w
a
pp
ea
r
a
n
c
e
,
w
h
a
t he
ca
l
l
e
d his C
a
li
f
o
r
nia
look.
H
e’
d bl
e
a
c
h
e
d his bl
ac
k h
a
ir
a
w
hite
blond, like
a
su
rf
e
r
dud
e
, he
t
h
ou
g
ht no
w
, sp
a
r
ing a
g
l
a
n
c
e
a
t hims
e
lf
in the mi
rr
o
re
d
wa
ll b
e
hind the
c
ount
er
.

He’
d
g
ott
e
n hims
e
lf
a
n
e
w
p
a
ir
of
c
on
t
ac
t l
e
ns
e
s
w
hi
c
h tu
r
n
e
d his b
a
b
y
b
l
u
e
s a
d
a
zz
ling sh
a
de
of
g
r
ee
n.
A
nd t
h
a
n
ks to the
cre
dit
c
a
r
d h
e’
d
stol
e
n
fr
om
Terr
i
L
y
nn
’
s pu
r
s
e
,
a
s
w
e
ll
a
s the ti
d
y
sum h
e’
d
c
l
ea
n
e
d o
u
t of
h
e
r
s
a
vi
n
g
s
a
cc
ount,
he
h
a
d a
b
r
a
nd-n
e
w
r
id
e
.

H
e
took a
bite
out of
his
e
g
g
s
-
ov
e
r
-ea
s
y
a
nd st
a
re
d out the
w
indow
of
the
g
r
ea
s
y
dive
just o
f
f
I
-
80
n
ea
r
W
a
l
c
ott,
I
o
w
a,
w
h
e
r
e
h
e
’
d stopp
e
d
t
o
g
r
a
b a
qui
c
k
b
rea
k
fa
st.
T
he
sl
ee
k Must
a
n
g sitting
in the
p
ar
ki
n
g
lot
we
nt a
lo
n
g
w
a
y
to
c
on
v
e
y
his p
e
r
son
a
.
H
e’
d p
a
id
ca
sh
f
or
the
sp
o
r
t
y
, blue
c
onv
er
tible
in Mo
r
g
a
nto
w
n,
W
e
st
V
i
r
g
inia,
b
ef
o
r
e
h
e’
d
e
v
e
r
m
a
d
e
the
tu
r
n to h
ea
d
we
st.