Dancing Tides (102 page)

A
s
D
odg
e
r
l
a
z
e
d on the
c
on
cre
te
f
loo
r
,
w
ith
w
h
a
t
wa
s tu
r
ning
out to be
his
fa
vo
r
ite bl
a
nk
e
t, a
pu
r
ple
to
w
e
l, she
mi
x
e
d up a
bottle
w
ith
f
o
r
mul
a
,
a
dd
e
d
a
g
ood
m
ea
su
r
e
of
g
r
ound
f
ish to it,
a
nd
wa
t
c
h
e
d
a
s
h
e
n
u
r
s
e
d like
he
w
a
s
g
e
tting his
a
pp
e
tite
b
ac
k.

Rubbing
his h
ea
d, she
g
u
sh
e
d,
“Aw
,
y
ou
’
r
e
just
h
un
g
r
y
are
n
’
t
y
o
u, b
a
b
y
?
H
mm,
a
nd love to be
bottle
fe
d.
W
e
ll, it
’
s a
g
ood thi
n
g
w
e
ca
n l
a
v
ish
y
ou
w
ith pl
e
n
t
y
o
f
a
t
t
e
ntion.”

A
t t
w
o-
f
o
r
t
y
-
f
ive
Co
r
d
r
o
are
d up in the
p
a
r
ki
n
g
lot
a
t the
Communi
t
y
Chu
rc
h
r
iding
the
Har
l
e
y
.
F
i
f
t
ee
n minut
e
s
e
ar
l
y
, his stom
ac
h
f
lip-
f
lopp
e
d
w
ith n
er
v
e
s.
B
e
ca
u
s
e
he
wa
s
n
’
t su
r
e
w
h
a
t to
e
x
p
ec
t
fr
om
a
n
A
A
m
e
e
tin
g
, his h
a
nds
w
er
e
c
l
a
m
m
y
. S
wea
t s
e
e
m
e
d to
p
op out on his b
r
ow like
bull
e
ts
f
l
y
i
n
g
ar
ound
him.

W
h
e
n he
spott
e
d Mu
r
p
h
y
a
mbling
a
cr
oss the
p
a
v
e
m
e
nt
c
oming
f
r
om the
sto
r
e
a
c
r
oss the st
ree
t, he
stu
c
k his h
a
nd
up in a
wa
v
e
.

“H
ow
do
y
ou like
the
m
o
to
r
c
y
c
l
e
?
Is
N
i
c
k missing it
m
u
c
h
?
”

Gra
t
ef
ul
f
o
r
som
e
thing
e
l
se
to t
a
lk
a
bout oth
e
r
th
a
n
w
h
a
t
wa
s
a
bout to h
a
p
p
e
n, Co
r
d unsn
a
pp
e
d his h
e
lm
e
t.
“
Na
h,
N
i
c
k
’
s
g
ot his h
a
n
d
s too
f
ull
a
t the
B
& B
to
miss
r
idin
g
.
T
od
a
y
, h
e’
s bu
s
y
sl
a
pping
bl
u
e
p
a
int on the
wa
lls of
his son
’
s nu
r
s
e
r
y
.
”

Mu
r
p
h
y
shook his h
e
a
d.
“G
u
e
ss it
’
s ni
c
e
w
h
e
n
y
o
u
a
l
rea
d
y
kn
o
w
it
’
s a
b
o
y
.
I
re
m
e
mb
e
r
w
h
e
n th
a
t
g
u
y
f
i
r
st
r
ode
i
nto to
w
n
r
iding
this thing.
H
e
wa
s
a
lmost
a
s m
e
ss
e
d up
a
s
y
ou
are
.
”

“Ge
e
t
h
a
nks. But I guess I understand the sentiment.” Cord changed the subject. “
Nick and Jordan are
bo
t
h
wa
lking
ar
ound out th
e
r
e
like
th
e
y
w
e
r
e
the
on
l
y
t
w
o p
e
ople
e
v
e
r
e
x
p
ec
ti
n
g
a
b
a
b
y
. For
a
w
hile
th
e
r
e
,
I
s
w
ea
r
N
i
c
k
wa
s h
a
vi
n
g
the
s
a
me
s
y
mptoms
as
J
o
r
d
a
n.”

T
he
c
h
a
tt
e
r
m
a
de
Mu
r
p
h
y
r
ea
li
z
e
som
e
thin
g
.
“N
e
r
vous
?
”