Dancing Tides (146 page)

A
t t
e
n
f
o
r
t
y
-f
iv
e
,
fee
li
n
g th
a
t h
e’
d
wa
it
e
d the
obl
i
g
a
to
r
y
f
i
f
t
ee
n
minut
e
s
f
o
r
the
st
aff
e
r
to k
ee
p to his
r
outin
e
, Robby
M
a
c
k m
a
de
his mov
e
.
H
e
stood up on his bunk
a
nd li
f
t
e
d o
f
f
the
ce
iling
tile
h
e
’
d b
ee
n
w
o
r
king
f
r
e
e
f
o
r
the
b
e
tt
e
r
p
a
r
t of
e
i
g
ht months.
I
t to
o
k him th
re
e
t
r
i
e
s to boost hims
e
lf
up into the
op
e
nin
g
.

O
n
c
e
up
a
nd in,
h
e
slith
ere
d on his b
e
l
l
y
a
lo
n
g
the
craw
lsp
a
c
e
until he
g
ot
t
o
a
n
ar
e
a
he kn
e
w
f
or
cer
t
a
in to be
o
u
tside
the
s
ec
u
r
i
t
y
p
er
im
e
t
er
.
H
e
took out the
f
l
a
th
e
a
d s
cr
e
w
d
r
iv
e
r
T
err
i h
a
d smug
g
l
e
d him
a
nd
s
e
t to
w
o
r
k on p
r
y
i
n
g
up t
h
e
m
e
t
a
l pl
a
t
e
.
I
t took him t
e
n minut
e
s to uns
cre
w
the
bolts but
w
ith the
l
a
st on
e
, he
took a
good hold on the
h
ea
v
y
f
l
a
p
a
nd li
f
t
e
d it up
a
nd to the
sid
e
.
H
e
s
w
u
n
g
his
l
e
g
s into the
op
e
ni
n
g
, b
r
ace
d his
a
r
ms on
eac
h si
d
e
a
nd d
r
opp
e
d
do
w
n into the
o
ff
i
c
e
of
the
a
d
m
inist
ra
tor
w
ith a
thud.

F
or
s
e
v
era
l lo
n
g
s
e
c
onds
he
list
e
n
e
d
f
or
a
n
y
mo
v
e
m
e
nt outside
the
doo
r
.

W
hen no
a
l
ar
m sound
e
d, Rob
b
y
M
ac
k simp
l
y
wa
l
k
e
d b
e
hind the
d
e
sk, un
l
o
c
k
e
d the
w
indo
w
, slid up the
g
l
a
ss
a
nd
c
limb
e
d out into the
ni
g
ht.

H
e
k
e
pt to the
side
of
the
buildin
g
,
a
lo
n
g
the
sh
a
d
o
w
s,
a
s he
m
a
de
his
w
a
y
th
r
ou
g
h the
g
r
ounds.
K
ee
pi
n
g
his p
ac
e
b
r
isk, he
wa
l
k
e
d
a
c
r
oss
the
p
ar
ki
n
g
lot d
e
si
g
n
a
t
e
d
f
or
e
mpl
o
y
ee
s on
l
y
.
H
e
s
p
are
d
a
g
l
a
n
c
e
up
a
t the
ni
g
ht st
ar
s
a
nd
hop
e
d like
h
e
ll th
a
t stupid bit
c
h
wa
s
w
h
e
r
e
she
wa
s suppos
e
d to b
e
.
B
e
c
a
use
w
ith
a
n
y
l
u
c
k, th
e
y
’
d n
e
v
e
r
know
Rob
b
y
M
ac
k St
e
v
e
ns h
a
d slipp
e
d
aw
a
y
until time
f
or
b
rea
k
fa
st the
n
e
x
t mo
r
nin
g
.
A
nd the
hospit
a
l
cer
t
a
in
l
y
w
ould n
e
v
e
r
miss th
e
ir
M
arc
h
e
mpl
o
y
e
e
of
the
month,
Terr
i
L
y
n
n C
ra
nston.

H
e
h
a
d su
c
h p
l
a
ns
f
or
T
e
rr
i
L
y
nn.
A
nd
af
t
e
r
sp
e
n
d
ing
the
l
a
st
y
e
a
r
a
nd
a
h
a
l
f
lo
c
k
e
d up, he
int
e
nd
e
d to t
a
ke
his tim
e
.

W
h
e
n he
spott
e
d
Terr
i
’
s
blue
H
ond
a
, he
m
a
d
e
a
p
r
omise
to hims
e
l
f
.
Ne
v
e
r
a
g
a
in
w
ould he
a
llow
a
n
y
one
to
h
a
ve
c
ont
r
ol ov
e
r
how
h
e
did thin
g
s, t
e
ll him
w
h
e
n to
e
a
t, or
w
h
e
n to t
a
ke
a piss.
N
o mo
r
e
sp
e
nding
h
is li
f
e
lo
c
k
e
d up
e
sp
e
c
i
a
lly
w
ith some
t
ra
i
n
e
d
g
orilla
f
o
rc
i
n
g
him to do thin
g
s he
didn
’
t
wa
nt to
do.
A
ng
e
r
m
anag
e
m
e
nt
c
lass
e
s
m
y
ass.