Dancing Tides (110 page)

H
e
shook his h
ea
d, pi
c
k
e
d up his Cok
e
.
“
I
l
ef
t the
hom
e
, quit s
c
hool,
f
ound a
job in
c
onst
r
u
c
tion, doing
mostly
g
r
unt
w
o
r
k.”

“A
t si
x
t
ee
n
y
ou
w
e
r
e
on
y
o
ur
o
w
n?
O
h, Co
r
d.”
S
h
e
re
st
e
d
h
e
r
h
a
nd on his.
“Y
ou
w
e
r
e
so
y
o
u
n
g
.”

“H
e
y
,
I
g
re
w
up
fa
st,
e
s
p
ec
i
a
l
l
y
af
t
e
r
I
join
e
d the
ar
m
y
.
T
he
milit
a
r
y
m
a
de
a
m
a
n
out of me.”

“
B
ut
y
ou didn
’
t
wa
nt to
m
a
ke
it a
c
a
re
e
r
?
”

“He
ll no. S
ee
, it
’
s
g
ood
y
ou h
a
d
y
o
u
r
g
ra
nd
p
a
r
e
nts
a
nd kn
e
w
w
h
a
t
y
ou
wa
n
t
e
d to do
w
ith
y
o
ur
li
f
e
a
t
a
n
ear
l
y
a
g
e
.
B
y
the
w
a
y
,
A
b
b
y
m
e
ntion
e
d
I
g
e
t a
g
ra
nd tou
r
.
H
ow
a
bout it
?
”

“N
o
w’
s
g
ood.
I
’
ll do the
dish
e
s l
a
t
er
.”
She
g
r
a
bb
e
d his h
a
nd
a
nd
a
dd
e
d,
“
I
n
ee
d to
c
h
e
c
k on
J
ac
k
a
n
y
w
a
y
.”
W
h
e
n
G
uinn
e
ss
g
ot to his
f
e
e
t, she
a
dd
e
d,
“
T
ime
to
g
o
o
n
r
ounds.”

A
ll the
w
a
y
to the
m
a
in
b
uilding
she
we
nt on
a
bo
u
t Minnie
a
nd
D
odg
e
r
a
nd
e
v
e
r
y
oth
e
r
a
nim
a
l in
re
sid
e
n
c
e
.
I
t didn
’
t t
a
ke
long
b
ef
o
r
e
Cord
r
ea
li
z
e
d, on
c
e
a
g
a
in, S
c
ott h
a
d b
ee
n
c
o
r
r
ec
t.
He
r
love
of
w
ildli
f
e
su
rf
a
ce
d in
e
v
e
r
y
f
a
ce
t of
the
pl
ace
.
H
e
h
a
d on
l
y
to look
ar
ound to s
e
e
th
a
t, on
l
y
h
a
d to list
e
n to the
w
a
y
she
t
a
lk
e
d
a
bout
e
ac
h on
e
.

O
n
c
e
inside
the
hospit
a
l,
she
l
e
d him do
w
n a
h
a
l
l
w
a
y
to
a
n
e
x
a
m
r
oom. She
int
r
odu
ce
d h
e
r
“
p
a
ti
e
nts
,
”
f
i
r
st
D
o
d
g
e
r
a
nd
e
x
pl
a
in
e
d how
h
e’
d b
ee
n inju
re
d.
W
h
e
n she
noti
ce
d the
fa
s
c
in
a
t
e
d look
cr
oss Co
r
d
’
s
fa
c
e
, she
c
ould
n
’
t h
e
lp it, she
b
ea
m
e
d.

“
A
sh
ar
k did th
a
t
?
”

“
I
’
m p
re
t
t
y
su
r
e
. S
e
e
the
bite
m
ar
ks.”

“He’
s lu
c
k
y
h
e
e
s
ca
p
e
d.
A
h,
I
g
e
t it.
D
o
d
g
e
r
do
d
g
e
d a
bull
e
t, or
in this
ca
se
a
big-
a
ss sh
ar
k.”

“E
x
ac
t
l
y
.”

T
h
e
y
mo
v
e
d on to
c
h
e
c
k
on
J
ac
k in his p
e
n,
w
hi
c
h
G
uinn
e
ss h
a
d to sni
ff
.
T
he
ott
e
r
h
a
d som
e
how
f
ound his s
ec
o
nd
w
ind
a
nd pl
a
y
e
d
w
ith
a
r
ubb
e
r
b
a
ll
w
hile
he
l
a
y
on a
b
e
d of
to
w
e
ls.
A
n
y
oth
e
r
d
o
g
mi
g
ht h
a
v
e
b
ee
n t
e
mpt
e
d to t
a
k
e
J
ac
k
’
s b
a
ll, but not
G
uinn
e
ss.
H
e
h
a
d b
e
e
n t
ra
in
e
d to sh
ar
e
his t
o
y
s
w
ith the
inju
re
d.