Dancing Tides (127 page)

“
M
ar
k
m
y
w
o
r
d, o
n
e
d
a
y
th
a
t
g
u
y
’
s
g
on
n
a
m
e
ss
w
ith the
wr
ong
w
om
a
n.”

“D
id
y
ou
rea
l
l
y
th
r
ea
t
e
n
Co
r
d if
he
hu
r
t m
e
?
W
e
o
n
l
y
just m
e
t
F
r
id
a
y
n
i
g
h
t
und
e
r
v
e
r
y unique
c
i
rc
umst
a
n
c
e
s.”

P
e
te
g
a
ve
h
e
r
a
w
ith
e
r
ing st
are
.
“
Y
ea
h. R
i
g
ht.
Y
ou
g
onna
s
t
a
nd th
er
e
a
nd t
e
ll me
y
ou
g
u
y
s
a
re
n
’
t movi
n
g
fa
st
e
r
th
a
n a
r
u
n
aw
a
y
f
re
i
g
ht
t
ra
in.
I
t
’
s
a
ll ov
e
r
to
w
n.
A
nd
y
e
a
h,
I
tho
u
g
ht it
wa
s the
p
r
op
e
r
thing
to
d
o
a
nd
a
ll
b
y
t
e
lling
him st
ra
i
g
ht out, like
it is.
Y
our
g
r
a
ndd
a
d
w
ould
’
v
e
wa
nt
e
d it th
a
t
w
a
y
.
K
n
o
w
w
h
a
t
e
ls
e
?
He’
d h
a
ve
b
ee
n p
r
oud of
m
e
, too.”

P
e
te
r
ubb
e
d the
stubble
o
n his
c
hin just thinking
a
bout
y
e
st
e
r
d
a
y
a
t the
c
h
u
rc
h.
“T
h
e
b
o
y
we
nt
w
hite
a
s a
sti
c
k
a
c
h
a
lk
w
h
e
n
I
m
e
ntion
e
d
I
’
d
st
r
ing
him up
b
y
his
b
a
lls.”

“O
u
c
h!
I
’
d be
s
o
re
l
y
dis
a
ppoint
e
d if
he
didn
’
t.
T
h
r
ea
t
e
n h
a
r
m to the
b
a
lls
a
nd
we’
r
e t
a
lking
a
s
e
r
ious
r
e
ac
tion
fr
om a
m
a
le
e
v
e
r
y
tim
e
.
”

“N
ow
the
m
a
le
kn
o
w
s
w
h
a
t h
a
pp
e
ns if
he
g
e
ts stupid.
I
t
’
s on
l
y
f
a
i
r
.”

She
l
ea
n
e
d ov
e
r
a
nd
g
a
v
e
P
e
te
a
pec
k on t
h
e
c
h
e
e
k
.
“
B
ut
y
ou
’
r
e
his sponso
r
.
Y
ou
’r
e suppos
e
d to be
suppo
r
tive
a
nd m
a
ke
s
u
r
e
he
st
a
y
s
on the
st
ra
i
g
ht
a
nd n
a
r
r
o
w
.”

“T
h
a
t
’
s
r
i
g
ht.
A
nd
I
’
ll do
e
v
e
r
y
thi
n
g
possible
to m
a
ke
su
r
e
t
h
a
t h
a
pp
e
ns.
But
w
h
e
n it
c
om
e
s to
y
ou,
y
o
u
’r
e
m
y
f
i
r
st p
r
io
r
i
t
y
.”

“Aww
, P
e
t
e
.
”
She
p
a
tt
e
d
the
b
a
ld spot on his h
ea
d.
“
I
love
y
ou, too.”

Co
r
d h
a
d his
o
w
n Mond
a
y
mo
r
ni
n
g
p
r
obl
e
ms
a
t t
h
e
far
m.
O
n
e
of
the
w
o
r
k
e
r
s
c
ut his h
a
nd on a
fe
n
c
e
ra
il
a
nd
h
a
d to be
t
ra
nspo
r
t
e
d to
D
oc
P
re
s
c
ott
’
s
f
o
r
stit
c
h
e
s.
T
he
wra
ppi
n
g m
ac
hine
m
a
l
f
un
c
tion
e
d
i
n the
p
ac
ki
n
g
house
a
nd
shut do
w
n p
r
odu
c
tion
f
or
t
w
o hou
r
s b
ef
o
r
e M
ar
t
y
h
a
d it
f
i
x
e
d.