Dancing Tides (165 page)

“O
k
a
y
,
w
h
a
t
e
x
ac
t
l
y
do
y
ou
wa
nt me
to do
a
bout it if
he
f
inds m
e
?
S
t
a
nd b
e
hind a
c
ow
f
or
p
r
ot
ec
tion
a
nd t
h
r
ow
a
r
o
c
k in his di
rec
tion.
Y
ou
c
on
f
is
ca
t
e
d
m
y
d
a
mn
e
d
g
un,
e
v
e
n
a p
ea
shoot
e
r
w
ould do some
d
a
m
a
g
e
if
a
im
e
d in the
r
i
g
ht pl
a
ce
.
”

E
th
a
n shook his h
ea
d.
“
Y
ea
h
I
did,
a
nd
y
ou do
n
’
t
g
e
t to th
r
ow
th
a
t up to
m
e
.
I
’
m not
e
v
e
n
g
oi
n
g
to
a
dd
r
e
ss
y
our
st
a
te
of
mind
a
t the
tim
e
.
T
o
g
e
t the
g
un
b
ac
k
y
ou
’
d
h
a
ve
to p
e
tition the
c
ou
r
t,
g
o t
h
r
o
u
g
h the
ju
d
g
e
.
”

“G
odd
a
mn it
!
”

“
B
ut she
won’t
g
ive
it
to
y
ou, Co
r
d.
N
ot until
y
ou
’
ve
c
ompl
e
t
e
d
y
o
u
r
m
a
nd
a
to
r
y s
e
ssions
w
ith the
sh
r
ink. I know that for a fact.”

Co
r
d
ra
k
e
d both h
a
nds t
h
r
ou
g
h his h
a
i
r
.
“O
k
a
y
.
O
k
a
y
.
B
ut if
Rob
b
y
M
ac
k
i
s out th
er
e looking
f
or
m
e
,
I
’
ll be
m
o
r
e
th
a
n h
a
p
p
y
to
g
ive
t
h
e
son of
a
bit
c
h a
s
ec
ond
c
h
a
n
c
e.
I
’
ll
e
v
e
n be
the
b
a
it.
Y
ou just m
a
ke
su
r
e
y
ou
c
ov
e
r
m
y
b
ac
k in the
p
r
o
c
e
ss.”

“A
nd
w
h
a
t
a
bout
K
e
e
g
a
n
?
W
h
er
e
e
x
ac
t
l
y
do
e
s she
f
it into
y
o
u
r
b
e
i
n
g
the
c
a
rr
ot
a
t the
e
nd of
the
sti
c
k
?
”

“
Shit.”

“T
h
a
t
’
s
w
h
a
t
I
thou
g
ht.
Ar
e
y
ou t
w
o—?
N
one
of
m
y
busin
e
ss but und
e
r
t
h
e
c
i
rc
umst
a
n
c
e
s—”

Co
r
d
e
y
e
d him
w
ith a
c
er
t
a
in
a
mount of
d
er
ision b
ef
o
r
e
int
e
rr
upti
n
g
him.
“
T
h
ere’
s on
l
y so mu
c
h
I
’
m
w
illing
to
s
h
are
—
e
v
e
n
w
ith the
l
a
w
—
e
v
e
n
w
ith
y
ou.
I
’
m not
g
e
tti
n
g
K
ee
g
a
n mi
x
e
d up in
a
ll of
this
cra
p. Rob
b
y
M
a
c
k do
e
sn
’
t
e
v
e
n k
n
ow
she
e
x
ists
a
nd th
a
t
’
s the
w
a
y
I
int
e
nd to k
ee
p it.”

“G
ood lu
c
k
w
ith th
a
t,”
E
th
a
n
re
to
r
t
e
d.
“
L
a
st time
I
t
r
i
e
d to t
e
ll a
w
om
a
n
w
h
a
t to do
w
ith h
e
r
h
e
a
r
t,
I
g
ot m
arr
i
e
d.
L
ook,
I
kn
o
w
w
h
a
t
y
ou
’r
e
g
oi
n
g
th
r
o
u
g
h.
Y
ou s
e
e
m to
f
o
r
g
e
t th
a
t pi
ec
e of
shit
D
o
c
h
e
nko s
e
nt a
h
it m
a
n
af
t
e
r
H
a
y
d
e
n not
s
ix
mo
n
ths
a
g
o.”

Co
r
d h
a
d h
ea
r
d
a
ll
a
bout
w
h
a
t h
a
d h
a
p
p
e
n
e
d l
a
st
f
a
ll
w
h
e
n
L
uka
R
a
do
v
a
n
h
a
d sho
w
n up to kill
E
mile
R
ee
d
a
ka
H
a
y
d
e
n
R
y
a
n now
H
a
y
d
e
n
Co
d
y
.