Dancing Tides (177 page)

O
k
a
y
, so m
a
y
be
E
th
a
n
h
a
d
rec
o
g
ni
z
e
d h
e
r
stubbo
r
n st
rea
k lo
n
g
b
e
f
o
r
e
h
e
h
a
d. Ri
g
ht now thou
g
h, this minut
e
, the
l
a
st thing
he
w
a
nt
e
d
wa
s
t
o b
r
ing
Rob
b
y
into the
pi
c
tu
r
e
or
to think
a
bout
E
th
a
n
a
nd S
c
ott
’
s
war
ni
n
g
.

I
nst
e
a
d, he
t
w
i
r
l
e
d
a
lo
c
k
of
h
e
r
h
a
ir
b
e
t
w
e
e
n his l
ea
n
f
i
n
g
e
r
s.
“T
h
a
t isn
’
t
a
l
l. A
g
u
y sho
we
d up this
af
t
er
noon
out
a
t the
far
m
c
l
a
iming to be
m
y
f
a
th
er
.
”

“
W
h
a
t
?
”
W
h
e
n she
rea
li
z
e
d he
wa
s
s
er
ious, she
t
o
ss
e
d b
ac
k h
e
r
h
e
a
d
a
nd
h
o
w
l
e
d
w
ith l
a
u
g
ht
e
r
.

“Y
ou
’
r
e
t
a
ki
n
g
this a
h
e
lluva
lot b
e
tt
e
r
th
a
n
I
did.”

“O
h, Co
r
d,
w
h
e
n
y
ou
h
a
ve
issu
e
s,
y
ou do
n
’
t m
e
ss
ar
ound.
D
o
y
ou
e
v
e
r
do
a
n
y
thi
n
g h
a
l
f-a
ss
e
d
?
”

T
h
a
t h
a
d him
c
hu
c
kli
n
g
.
“
Come
to think of
it,
I
g
u
e
ss
I
don
’
t.”

H
e
st
a
y
e
d
f
o
r
supp
er
.
T
h
e
y
a
te
v
e
g
e
t
a
ble
t
a
c
os l
a
d
e
n
w
ith
re
d
a
nd
g
ree
n
p
e
pp
er
s,
a
vo
ca
do,
c
il
a
nt
r
o,
a
nd p
l
e
n
t
y
of
l
e
ttu
c
e
a
nd tom
a
t
o.

A
s he
c
homp
e
d into on
e
,
he
wa
nt
e
d to kno
w
,
“H
o
w
do
y
ou m
a
k
e
th
e
se
th
i
n
g
s so t
a
s
t
y
?
”

“
I
t
’
s a
F
a
nni
n
g
st
a
te
s
e
c
r
e
t
.
”

“Y
ou
r
e
a
l
l
y
g
re
w
up
ea
t
i
ng
nothi
n
g
but v
e
g
e
t
a
b
l
e
s
?
Come
on, in
y
our
re
b
e
llious t
ee
n
y
ea
r
s, didn
’
t
y
ou
e
v
e
r
s
n
ea
k a
h
a
mbu
r
g
er
?
E
v
e
r
e
a
t a
tuna
s
a
nd
w
i
c
h
?
”

She
toss
e
d him a
g
r
in
a
n
d shook h
e
r
h
ea
d.
“
I
t isn
’
t th
a
t unb
e
li
e
v
a
bl
e
.
M
y
g
ra
ndp
a
r
e
nts
w
o
r
k
e
d
a
r
ound
f
ish
a
ll the
tim
e
.
I
did
n
’
t look
a
t it
a
s
f
ood
f
or
hum
a
ns.
I
g
u
e
ss th
e
y
m
a
d
e
a
c
ons
c
ious
c
hoi
c
e
a
nd
I
f
o
llo
we
d.
I
a
l
w
a
y
s tho
u
g
ht
it
wa
s odd thou
g
h th
a
t
g
r
a
ndd
a
d
’
s b
e
st
f
r
i
e
nd
wa
s a
f
ish
e
r
m
a
n
w
ho m
a
de
his living
n
e
tting
f
ish.”

“
I
w
ish
e
d
I
c
ould
’
ve
g
ot
t
e
n to know
him,
y
our
g
r
a
ndmoth
er
, too.”