Dancing Tides (222 page)

Mu
r
p
h
y
nod
d
e
d.
“E
th
a
n
t
hinks the
t
w
o of
th
e
m mi
g
ht
’
ve
g
ott
e
n into
a
n
a
r
gum
e
nt sho
r
t
l
y
af
t
e
r
th
e
y
b
o
ar
d
e
d
E
asy
M
on
ey
.
K
e
nt m
a
y
be
sn
a
p
p
e
d
a
nd hit h
e
r
on the
h
e
a
d
w
ith som
e
thin
g
, dumped h
e
r
bo
d
y
into the
o
cea
n
.
”

“
I
know
w
h
a
t
E
th
a
n thinks h
a
pp
e
n
e
d.
B
ut it took a
long
time
f
o
r
the
bo
d
y
t
o
wa
sh up on sho
re
.”

Mu
r
p
h
y
m
a
d
e
a
fa
c
e
.
“
A
cc
o
r
di
n
g
to
E
th
a
n, it
wa
s
in t
err
ible
sh
a
pe
w
h
a
t
w
ith the
e
l
e
m
e
nts t
a
king
t
h
e
ir
toll
f
or
so m
a
n
y
months.”

J
o
r
d
a
n pi
c
k
e
d up h
e
r
t
ea
,
sipp
e
d.
“
J
ust
w
h
a
t the
t
o
w
n n
ee
ds—a
mu
r
d
e
r
m
y
st
e
r
y
.
”

“
W
e
ll,
w
h
ere
v
e
r
Ke
nt is,
I
ho
p
e
th
e
y
c
a
t
c
h him
a
n
d he
p
a
y
s
f
or
t
h
e
a
tt
e
mpt
e
d
ar
son out h
er
e
a
nd
f
o
r
—
w
h
a
t
e
v
e
r
e
lse
h
e’
s don
e
.
”

“
W
e’
ve
a
l
w
a
y
s kno
w
n
K
e
nt
wa
s a
sl
e
a
z
e
.”

Mu
r
p
h
y
c
h
a
n
g
e
d t
h
e
subj
ec
t b
ac
k to the
topic
f
o
r
e
most on his mind.
“
I
’
m thinking
N
i
c
k
w
ould m
a
ke
a
f
a
nt
a
stic
r
ep
l
ace
m
e
nt
a
s p
re
sid
e
nt
of
the
b
a
nk.
H
e
h
a
s the
e
x
p
er
i
e
n
c
e
a
nd sin
c
e h
e’
s b
ee
n
h
er
e
in to
w
n
m
o
r
e
th
a
n a
y
e
a
r
n
o
w
, a
s
e
nse
of
w
h
a
t P
e
li
ca
n Poin
t
e’
s
c
iti
z
e
ns n
ee
d
fr
om its l
e
nding
institution.”

J
o
r
d
a
n
fr
o
w
n
e
d. She
wa
s
n
’
t su
r
e
she
lik
e
d the
id
e
a
of
N
i
c
k
g
oi
n
g
b
a
c
k to
wear
i
n
g
his b
a
nk
e
r
h
a
t.
B
ut th
e
n, he
s
hould h
a
ve
the
oppo
r
tun
it
y
to d
ec
i
d
e
th
a
t
f
or
him
s
e
l
f
.
“O
k
a
y
.
I
’
ll t
a
lk to him
a
b
out th
a
t, too.”

I
n the
e
nt
ra
n
c
e
h
a
ll, the
mom
e
nt
N
i
c
k op
e
n
e
d the
fr
ont door
his
f
i
r
st imp
r
e
ssion of
the
“
g
u
e
st”
st
a
ndi
n
g
on the
p
o
rc
h
wa
s th
a
t
o
f
the
jok
e
r
.
I
nst
e
a
d of
g
a
r
ish, ov
e
r
-
th
e-
top m
a
k
e
up thou
g
h, the
m
a
n
’
s smile
wa
s too
w
ide
a
nd didn
’
t
r
ef
l
ec
t the
c
oldn
e
ss
N
i
c
k
s
a
w
in his
g
r
ee
n
e
y
e
s.

T
he
m
a
n h
a
d done
a
poor
-
a
ss job of
bl
eac
hi
n
g
his
h
a
i
r
.