Dancing Tides (143 page)

“Y
ou
’
ve
h
ear
d t
h
e
sto
r
i
e
s th
e
n.”
I
t
wa
sn
’
t
a
qu
e
stion.

“T
h
a
t h
e’
s
r
unning
ar
ou
n
d h
a
unting
the
to
w
n
a
nd
cer
t
a
in p
e
op
l
e
s
e
e
his
g
h
os
t
?
Yea
h,
I
’
ve h
ear
d the
sto
r
i
e
s.
W
ho h
a
sn
’
t
?
Rumor
h
a
s it
E
th
a
n,
our
o
w
n
wa
n
n
a
be
lo
c
a
l
a
utho
r
, is
w
o
r
ki
n
g
it up
fr
om a
f
i
c
tion
a
l
a
n
g
l
e
in a
book
w
hile
W
a
de
H
a
w
kins is
wr
iting
a
bout it
fr
om a
non
f
i
c
tion st
a
ndpoint.”

W
h
e
n he
c
ontinu
e
d to g
a
pe
a
t h
er
, the
impli
ca
tion
f
in
a
l
l
y
sunk in.
“
W
a
it.
Y
ou m
ea
n
y
ou s
e
e
S
c
ott
h
e
r
e
,
now
?”

“He’
s st
a
ndi
n
g
r
i
g
ht ov
e
r
th
er
e
a
t the
e
nd of
the
b
a
r
n
w
ith
M
y
r
a
?
”

“
M
y
r
a
?
”

“O
ne
of
the
s
i
c
k h
e
i
f
e
r
s
s
epara
t
e
d
fr
om the
oth
e
r
s
b
eca
use
s
h
e’
s on
a
ntibio
t
i
c
s
r
i
g
ht now.”

“
I
s
e
e
I
’
m not the
on
l
y
o
ne
w
ho thinks up
c
ute
n
a
m
e
s
f
or
the
a
nim
a
ls.
W
a
i
t, do
e
s th
a
t m
ea
n
M
y
r
a
h
a
s to
g
o to
t
he
sl
a
u
g
h
t
er
hous
e
?
”

Co
r
d s
e
nt h
e
r
a
mo
r
ti
f
i
e
d
look.
“
None
of
th
e
se
g
i
r
l
s
ar
e
h
e
a
d
e
d to the
sl
a
u
ght
er
hous
e
.
Ta
gg
er
t
F
ar
ms s
e
ts p
r
ec
e
d
e
nt on th
a
t s
c
o
re
.
T
h
e
y
m
a
y
not be
a
ble
to
g
ive
milk on
c
e
th
e
y
g
o on
a
ntibioti
c
s due
to o
r
g
a
nic
cer
ti
f
i
c
a
tions but
w
e
ha
v
e
a
n
a
r
ra
n
g
e
m
e
nt
w
ith a
f
a
mi
l
y
f
a
r
m in the S
a
n
J
o
a
quin
Va
ll
e
y
.
T
h
e
y
t
a
k
e
the
c
o
w
s th
a
t
h
a
ve
minor
in
fec
tions.
T
h
e
y
’
l
l
c
ome
g
e
t
M
y
r
a
n
e
x
t
wee
k.”

R
e
li
e
v
e
d to h
ea
r
t
h
a
t, she
studi
e
d him.
“
W
a
s th
a
t p
rece
d
e
nt in pl
ac
e
w
h
e
n
y
ou
g
ot h
e
re
?
”

“N
o.”

“A
h.”
A
nd th
a
t,
K
e
e
g
a
n thou
g
ht, s
a
id it
a
ll
a
nd s
p
oke
volum
e
s to the
m
a
n
’
s v
a
lu
e
s.

She
look
e
d up
a
nd do
w
n
the
st
a
lls, s
e
ttling
on the
b
ar
n door
a
t the
e
nd—
a
n
d didn
’
t s
e
e
a sin
g
le
soul
a
n
y
w
h
ere
.
“
D
o
y
ou still s
e
e
him?
I
s he
still h
ere
?
”

Co
r
d nodd
e
d his h
ea
d in
M
y
r
a’
s di
r
e
c
tion.

“
So, S
c
ott Phil
l
ips h
a
unts
Ta
gg
er
t
F
ar
ms…
a
nd
y
o
u
?
W
h
y
?
I
ca
n un
d
er
st
a
n
d
y
ou b
e
ca
use
y
o
u both s
er
v
e
d t
o
g
e
th
e
r
a
nd
y
ou
e
nd
e
d up
h
er
e
in
P
e
li
ca
n Pointe
but—”

A
ll of
a
sudd
e
n he
ca
u
g
h
t the
g
lint in h
e
r
e
y
e
.