Dancing Tides (71 page)

“
Come
ov
e
r
f
o
r
supp
er
.
C
ar
l
a’
s
c
ooki
n
g
a
M
e
x
i
ca
n-s
t
y
le
m
e
a
l
c
ompl
e
te
w
ith
fr
ijol
e
s
an
d
r
i
c
e
w
hile
l
e
a
ving
it to
m
e
to
g
r
ill the
st
e
a
k
fa
jit
a
s.
Yo
u
’r
e
w
e
l
c
ome
to join
us.”

“
I
a
pp
r
ec
i
a
t
e
it, Mu
r
ph,
I
rea
l
l
y
do, but
I
’
ll h
a
ve
to
t
a
ke
a
r
a
in
c
h
e
c
k.
W
h
a
t
w
ith
g
oi
n
g
to
A
A
on Sund
a
y
a
nd
m
y
ps
y
c
h
a
ppointm
e
nt on Mond
a
y
,
I
’
ve
g
ot
p
a
p
e
r
w
o
r
k
to
ca
t
c
h up on
a
nd th
a
t in
c
lud
e
s g
e
tting
p
a
y
r
oll done
b
y
Mond
a
y
.
”

Mu
r
p
h
y
’
s s
k
e
pti
ca
l look
h
a
d Co
r
d qui
c
k
l
y
a
ddi
n
g
,
“
I
’
ll be
ok
a
y
.
I
f
I
st
a
r
t
f
e
e
ling
w
e
i
r
d,
I
’
ll
g
ive
y
ou
a
c
a
ll.
H
o
w
’
s th
a
t
?
”

F
in
a
l
l
y
M
u
r
p
h
y
l
a
u
g
h
e
d.
“O
k
a
y
, but C
ar
la
c
ould
a
l
w
a
y
s
a
sk
K
ee
g
a
n to join us.” Co
r
d
c
hu
c
kl
e
d.
“
A
m
I
th
a
t obviou
s
?
”

“Y
ou s
e
nt h
e
r
f
lo
wer
s
.
”

“
F
or
s
a
ving
m
e
fr
om d
r
o
w
nin
g
,”
Co
r
d point
e
d ou
t
.
“
I
think
I
o
w
e
h
e
r
th
a
t
mu
c
h.”

N
ow
it
wa
s Mu
r
p
h
y
’
s tu
r
n to
c
hu
c
kl
e
.
“
Su
r
e
y
ou
d
o.
Ge
t
y
o
u
r
h
e
a
d so
r
t
e
d
o
ut thou
g
h b
ef
o
r
e
y
ou
g
o jumpi
n
g
i
n
to a
re
l
a
tionship.
I
’
ve
b
e
e
n m
e
ss
e
d up,
I
know
f
r
o
m
e
x
p
er
i
e
n
ce
.”

“G
ood
a
dvi
c
e
.
I
’
ll s
e
e
w
h
a
t
I
ca
n do
a
bout it.”

J
ust
th
a
t mo
r
ning
h
e’
d
w
ok
e
n in a
ce
ll, the
n
i
g
ht
b
ef
o
r
e
h
e’
d t
r
i
e
d to
e
nd his o
w
n li
fe
.
E
v
e
n he
kn
e
w
he
w
a
sn
’
t
re
l
a
tionship m
a
t
er
i
a
l.
N
o,
fa
r
f
r
om it.
H
e
h
a
d a
lot
to do to
g
e
t
r
i
g
ht in the
h
ea
d b
e
f
o
r
e
h
e
e
v
e
r
t
ook a
st
e
p to
war
d
a
w
o
m
a
n like
Ke
e
g
a
n F
a
nni
n
g
.

W
ith th
a
t, he
wa
t
c
h
e
d
a
s
Mu
r
p
h
y
w
a
v
e
d
a
nd
c
r
a
w
l
e
d b
ac
k in his t
r
u
c
k, l
ea
ving
him
a
lone to
c
onsid
e
r
his bo
r
ing
n
i
ght
a
h
ea
d—solo.

F
or
on
c
e
, t
a
ki
n
g
S
c
ott
’
s
a
dvi
ce
, Co
r
d
w
e
nt into his o
ff
i
ce
, boot
e
d up his l
a
ptop.
W
h
e
n the b
r
o
w
s
e
r
pop
p
e
d up, he
t
y
p
e
d in the
n
a
me
K
e
e
g
a
n
F
a
nni
n
g
a
nd
g
ot mo
r
e
t
h
a
n a
hund
re
d
re
sults.

F
or
a
lo
c
a
l
w
om
a
n
f
r
om a
little
to
w
n, she
h
a
d m
a
de
a
n imp
ac
t.
Af
t
e
r
t
a
ki
n
g
ov
e
r
the
ce
nt
e
r
fr
om h
e
r
g
ra
nd
f
a
t
h
er
, she
h
a
d
m
a
de
a
re
pu
t
a
tion
f
or
h
er
s
e
lf
a
t on
l
y
t
we
n
t
y
-
si
x
.
Acc
o
r
di
n
g to the
sit
e
, she
ra
n one
o
f
the
b
e
st p
r
iv
a
t
e
l
y
f
und
e
d
a
nim
a
l
a
nd m
ar
ine
re
s
c
u
e
f
ound
a
tions on the
we
st
c
o
a
st.