Dancing Tides (179 page)

Co
r
d
g
r
a
bb
e
d his
c
a
m
er
a
phone
a
nd hit vid
e
o.
“
W
ho s
a
y
s tu
r
tl
e
s
ar
e
slo
w
?
L
ook
a
t him
g
o!
W
h
a
t
a
n
awe
some
s
i
g
ht
!
”

F
lipp
er
s push
e
d
Ha
g
g
er
t
y
f
o
rw
a
r
d until he
re
a
c
h
e
d the
wa
t
er
.
O
n
c
e
h
e
hit the
su
r
f
tho
u
g
h, he
b
e
g
a
n to d
r
i
f
t into the
tid
e
s.
I
t didn
’
t t
a
ke
lo
n
g b
ef
o
r
e
h
e
wa
s
fa
r
e
no
u
g
h
out to p
a
ddl
e
. Soon, he
pi
c
k
e
d up sp
e
e
d
a
nd
t
h
a
t
’
s
w
h
e
n
Ha
g
g
er
t
y
to
o
k o
f
f
f
or
rea
l, s
w
imming
f
or
a
ll it
wa
s
w
o
r
th.

A
ll
f
our
of
th
e
m
wa
t
c
h
e
d
a
s
H
a
g
g
e
r
t
y
di
s
a
pp
e
a
re
d
into the
wa
t
er
s of
Smuggler’s
B
a
y
,
n
e
v
e
r
e
v
en c
oming
up
f
o
r
a
i
r
.

P
e
te
a
nd Russ
e
x
c
h
a
ng
e
d
looks but it
wa
s P
e
te
w
ho st
a
t
e
d,
“
B
e
t th
a
t big
b
o
y
is in Mont
er
e
y
b
y
tomo
rr
ow
n
i
g
ht.”
H
e
sl
a
pp
e
d Russ
o
n the
b
ac
k
a
nd nod
d
e
d h
i
s h
ea
d to
war
d Co
r
d.
“
W
a
nt me
to t
a
ke
y
our
t
r
u
c
k
b
ac
k to the
ce
nt
er
?
”

F
or
a
n
a
ns
w
e
r
, Co
r
d d
u
g in his po
c
k
e
t.
“
Su
re
.
W
e
’
ll
wa
lk b
ac
k.”
H
e
toss
e
d
the
k
e
y
s to P
e
te
w
ho
ca
u
g
ht th
e
m in
t
h
e
a
i
r
.

“
W
e
ll,
I
g
otta
g
o
c
l
ea
n
u
p
a
nd
g
o
s
e
e
B
e
t
t
y
. Sh
e’
s
holding
supp
e
r
f
or
m
e
.”
W
h
e
n Russ
c
ontinu
e
d to st
a
nd th
er
e
l
ooking
out
a
t the
b
a
y
, P
e
t
e
took him
b
y
the
a
r
m.
“
Y
ou
’
ve
still
g
ot p
e
ns to
c
l
ea
n.”

“
W
h
a
t
’
s the
r
ush?
L
ook
a
t th
a
t suns
e
t
!
”

B
ut P
e
te
shook his h
ea
d
a
nd
w
hisp
ere
d,
“Y
ou
e
v
e
r
h
ear
d
o
f
b
e
i
n
g
a
thi
r
d
w
h
ee
l, Russ
e
l
l
?
”

“
Su
r
e
I
h
a
v
e
but—”
F
in
a
l
l
y
g
e
tti
n
g
the
hint, Russ
g
r
inn
e
d.
“U
h, s
e
e
y
ou
g
u
y
s l
a
t
e
r
.
D
on
’
t do
a
n
y
thing
I
w
ou
l
dn
’
t do.”

Ke
e
g
a
n
wa
v
e
d t
h
e
m o
f
f
a
nd plopp
e
d do
w
n
w
h
e
r
e
she
stood. Co
r
d thou
g
h
k
e
pt a
wa
t
c
h
f
ul
e
y
e
on the
tid
e
s
f
or
a
not
h
e
r
c
ouple
o
f
minut
e
s until
f
in
a
l
l
y
he
rea
li
z
e
d
H
a
gg
er
t
y
wa
s
g
one
a
nd d
r
opp
e
d do
w
n b
e
side
h
e
r
.

“
M
y
f
i
r
st
re
l
e
a
s
e
,”
Co
r
d
pu
ffe
d out.
“
I
s it
a
l
w
a
y
s this
e
x
hil
ara
tin
g
?
I
’
m not
su
r
e
w
h
a
t
I
e
x
p
ec
t
e
d.
I
t
’
s kind of
s
a
d
, but th
e
n j
o
y
ous
a
t the
s
a
me
time
th
a
t
w
e
did som
e
thing
th
a
t m
a
d
e
him
a
ll b
e
tt
e
r
so he
c
ould liv
e
.”