Dancing Tides (200 page)

H
e
m
arc
h
e
d
r
i
g
ht up to
w
h
er
e
S
c
ott stood,
g
ot in his
face
.

“G
odd
a
mn it,
y
ou
s
ca
r
e
d
the
h
e
ll out of
us!
I
t
’
s o
n
e
thing
to h
a
unt the
g
r
o
u
nds du
r
ing
the d
a
y
.
I
t
’
s
a
noth
e
r
to s
ca
r
e
the
w
its out of
p
e
ople
w
h
e
n th
e
y
’
r
e
t
r
y
i
n
g
to sl
e
e
p
.”

L
ike
a
n
y
g
ood
a
pp
a
r
ition, S
c
ott th
re
w
his h
ea
d b
a
c
k
a
nd
r
o
a
re
d
w
ith l
a
u
g
h
t
er
.
T
h
e
n his
fac
e
so
b
ere
d
a
nd he
h
e
ld up his h
a
nds in p
eace
.
B
u
t th
a
t on
l
y
l
a
st
e
d a
c
ouple
of
s
ec
onds
b
ef
o
r
e he
st
ar
t
e
d
g
u
f
faw
i
n
g
a
ll
o
v
e
r
a
g
a
in.
“
So
r
r
y
.
B
ut…if
y
ou
c
ould on
l
y
s
e
e
the
look on
both
y
our
f
a
c
es
.”

Co
r
d
ra
n a
h
a
nd th
r
o
u
g
h
his h
a
ir
in
e
x
a
sp
era
tion.
“Ge
t out of
h
e
re
.
G
o
h
a
u
nt som
e
one
e
lse
f
or
a
c
h
a
n
g
e!
”

“O
k
a
y
, ok
a
y
,
I
’
m
g
on
e
.
B
ut no one
m
a
k
e
s
a
b
e
tt
e
r
s
e
nt
r
y
th
a
n
I
do.
W
ho
b
e
tt
e
r
to be
on the
lookout
f
or
Rob
b
y
M
ac
k
?
”

T
h
a
t
ca
u
g
ht Co
r
d o
f
f
g
u
a
r
d.
“A
nd
I
’
m t
h
e
one
s
e
e
ing
a
p
s
y
c
hi
a
t
r
ist
?
”
he
m
u
tt
ere
d
a
s he m
a
de
his
w
a
y
b
a
c
k to
K
e
e
g
a
n still st
a
nding
on the
po
rc
h a
little
in
aw
e
o
f
the
e
nti
r
e
e
x
c
h
a
n
g
e
.

“I
still s
a
y
w
e
n
ee
d to t
a
lk
to
a
n
e
x
per
t,”
Ke
e
g
a
n
ar
g
u
e
d t
h
e
n
e
x
t mo
r
ning
a
t
b
rea
k
f
a
st.
“
F
ind out
w
h
y
h
e
’
s still
ear
thbound.”

Co
r
d d
r
opp
e
d t
w
o pi
e
c
e
s
of
b
rea
d into the
to
a
st
e
r
a
nd s
a
id,
“
L
ist
e
n to
y
ou,
it
wa
sn
’
t th
a
t long
a
g
o
y
ou tho
u
g
ht
I
w
a
s nuts.”

She
crac
k
e
d
e
g
g
s into a
b
o
w
l
a
nd
e
x
pl
a
in
e
d,
“T
h
a
t
wa
s b
ef
o
r
e
I
ac
tu
a
l
l
y
s
a
w
him. S
ee
ing him
wa
s di
ffe
r
e
nt.
Ha
s
h
e
e
v
e
r
do
n
e
th
a
t b
e
f
o
re
?
Come
in
a
nd out of
the
house
like
th
a
t, doo
r
s op
e
ning
a
nd
c
losin
g
?
T
h
a
t
wa
s uns
e
ttlin
g
.
”

H
e
g
a
ve
h
e
r
a
w
ith
er
i
n
g st
are
.
“
R
a
ttling
c
h
a
ins like
the
g
host of
Ch
r
istm
a
s p
a
st
y
ou m
ea
n?
T
he
f
i
r
st ni
g
ht
I
s
p
en
t
a
t the
B & B
he
m
a
n
a
g
e
d to s
c
a
r
e
the
b
e
j
ee
z
us out of
m
e
.
Ha
d me thinking I
wa
s
b
ac
k in t
h
e
d
r
unk t
a
nk.
T
h
e
n
w
h
e
n
I
took the
job h
e
re
, th
a
t
f
i
r
st ni
g
ht, he
b
u
g
g
e
d the
h
e
ll out of
m
e
.
I
a
lm
o
st p
ac
k
e
d up.”

She
dump
e
d the
e
gg
mi
x
t
u
r
e
into the
p
a
n.
“H
mm,
int
ere
stin
g
. M
a
y
b
e
h
e
’
s
f
o
c
us
e
d on
y
ou
f
or
some
r
e
a
son. M
a
y
be
he
kn
e
w
y
ou
w
er
e
in
a
b
a
d pl
ac
e
a
nd
wa
nt
e
d to h
e
l
p in some
w
a
y
.”
She pi
c
k
e
d up h
e
r
c
o
f
f
e
e
c
up
o
f
f
the
c
ount
e
r
, took a
s
i
p,
c
onsid
ere
d.
“
W
h
e
n did
y
ou s
a
y
y
ou t
r
i
e
d to, uh,
w
h
e
n did
y
ou…uh, p
i
c
k up the
.22
a
nd it mis
f
i
re
d
?
”

Co
r
d tu
r
n
e
d to st
ar
e
a
t
h
e
r
.
“N
e
w
Y
e
ar’
s
D
a
y
.
Y
ou
think he
did som
e
thing
to the
g
un so it
w
ouldn
’
t
f
i
r
e
th
a
t d
a
y
?
”

She
f
inish
e
d
w
ith the
e
ggs
a
nd divid
e
d th
e
m onto t
w
o pl
a
t
e
s.
“
C
a
n
g
hosts
d
o th
a
t
?
D
o th
e
y
h
a
ve
the
a
bili
t
y
to
f
i
ddle
w
ith a
t
a
n
g
ible
obj
e
c
t?
I
don
’
t kno
w
.
I
’
m thinking
out loud h
ere
.
T
hink
a
bout it.
W
a
s he
ar
ound
Ne
w
Y
e
ar’
s
D
a
y
—
the
d
a
y
y
ou t
r
i
e
d to—
?”

“K
ill
m
y
s
e
l
f
,
”
he
f
inish
e
d.
“
I
t
’
s ok
a
y
to s
a
y
it.
A
c
c
o
r
ding
to
Dr
. Pont
a
d
e
r
a
I
h
a
ve
to o
w
n it.
Tw
i
ce
.”

T
h
e
y
s
a
t do
w
n
a
t the
t
a
b
l
e
to
ea
t, both thou
g
ht
f
ul.
T
h
er
e
w
er
e
a
f
e
w
minut
e
s of
sil
e
n
ce
, of t
r
y
i
n
g
to
f
i
g
u
r
e
it
a
ll out
b
ef
o
r
e
Ke
e
g
a
n
f
in
a
l
l
y
s
u
ppos
e
d,
“O
k
a
y
, so m
a
y
b
e
y
ou
g
e
t h
e
r
e
, he
s
e
e
s how
d
e
p
re
s
s
e
d
y
ou
a
r
e
, a
f
o
r
m
e
r
bud
d
y
in dist
re
s
s
,
g
r
i
e
vi
n
g
,
a
nd he
h
a
n
g
s
ar
ound
y
ou
f
or
s
afe
t
y
rea
sons, p
r
ot
e
c
ting
y
o
u
—”