Dancing Tides (67 page)

Co
r
d look
e
d up to s
e
e
S
c
ott Phil
l
ips smi
l
ing
b
ac
k
a
t him.

H
e
r
oll
e
d his
e
y
e
s.
T
h
e
f
i
r
st time
h
e’
d s
ee
n S
c
ott
o
r
ra
th
e
r
his
g
host, h
e
’
d b
e
e
n st
a
y
i
n
g
a
t the
B &
B
.
He’
d
b
ee
n s
a
c
k
e
d out in one
of
the
g
u
e
st
r
ooms l
e
ss th
a
n t
we
nt
y
-f
our
hou
r
s
af
t
e
r h
a
ving
b
ee
n d
ra
g
g
e
d b
ac
k to C
a
li
f
o
r
nia
fr
om
H
o
u
ston
b
y
a
G
u
ar
d bud
d
y
.
A
t the
tim
e
, h
e’
d b
ee
n
g
r
a
t
ef
ul th
a
t
J
arr
od Collins h
a
d sho
w
n up th
er
e
to
b
a
il him out of
j
a
il.
W
h
a
t
he
h
a
dn
’
t
a
dmitt
e
d to
a
n
y
o
n
e
a
t the
time
tho
u
gh
wa
s th
a
t h
e’
d
b
ee
n su
r
l
y
f
r
om th
a
t point
f
o
rwar
d
.

H
is
fr
i
e
nds h
a
d d
e
s
er
v
e
d
b
e
tt
er
.
W
h
a
t h
e’
d
g
iv
e
n
t
h
e
m inst
ea
d
wa
s a
b
i
g
f
a
t
nothing
f
or th
e
ir
t
r
oubl
e
.

“Y
ou kno
w
,
f
or
a
g
host
y
ou
g
e
t
ar
ound,”
Co
r
d
c
o
mm
e
nt
e
d
a
s he
l
ea
n
e
d o
v
e
r
the
r
a
iling
a
nd
c
ontinu
e
d sup
er
visi
n
g
the
c
o
w
s.

“
I
t
’
s t
r
u
e
.
I
g
e
t bo
re
d
ea
s
il
y
.”

“Y
ou
’
r
e
st
ar
ti
n
g
to piss me
o
ff
, b
u
g
g
i
n
g
me
like
y
o
u h
a
v
e
b
e
e
n.
Y
ou must
rea
l
l
y
g
e
t a ki
c
k out of
popping
up l
i
ke
some
j
ac
k
-
in
-
t
h
e-
bo
x
, s
car
i
n
g
the
h
e
ll out of
p
e
opl
e
.”

“
I
g
otta
s
a
y
I
n
e
v
e
r
g
e
t ti
re
d of
s
e
e
ing
t
h
e
ir
e
y
e
s
b
u
g
out
whe
n t
h
e
y
r
e
c
o
g
ni
z
e
it
’
s m
e
.
T
h
ere’
s
a
c
er
t
a
in th
r
ill in th
a
t.”

“Y
ou
’
r
e
p
a
th
e
tic
or
m
a
y
be
p
er
v
e
r
s
e
.”

“
P
r
ob
a
b
l
y
a
little
of
both.
W
h
y
b
e
g
r
u
d
ge
me
the
o
n
l
y
f
un
I
g
e
t to h
a
v
e
?
”
H
e
w
a
g
g
l
e
d his
e
y
e
b
r
o
w
s up
a
nd do
w
n.
“
So,
y
ou
’
r
e
int
ere
st
e
d in
Ke
e
g
a
n
F
a
nni
n
g
.
”

“Gee
z
, a
g
host th
a
t
r
ea
ds
m
y
mind.
D
o
y
ou
e
v
e
r
c
o
nsid
e
r
how
r
ude
t
h
a
t i
s
?
”

“N
ot
rea
l
l
y
sin
c
e
I
’
m h
er
e
to o
ffe
r
a
ssist
a
n
c
e
to t
h
e
g
i
v
e
n
-
up
-
o
n
-
li
f
e
a
nd t
h
e
d
ef
e
a
t
e
d.”

“O
k
a
y
, sm
ar
t
a
ss,
w
h
a
t
ca
n
y
ou t
e
ll me
a
bout
h
er
?”

E
th
a
n s
a
y
s sh
e’
s
r
o
c
k solid, a
h
ar
d
w
o
r
k
er
.
”

Co
r
d shook his h
ea
d.
“A
ll thi
n
g
s th
a
t
a
r
e
g
r
ea
t to know
but
I
w
a
s
hoping
f
or
so
m
e
thing a
little
mo
re
—p
er
son
a
l.”