Dancing Tides (193 page)

Closing
the
dist
a
n
ce
,
H
a
r
old d
ec
id
e
d th
a
t
fr
om the
looks of
the
blo
a
t
e
d bo
d
y
,
it
a
pp
e
are
d to be
unmist
a
k
a
b
l
y
f
e
m
a
l
e
.
A
t l
ea
st the
bl
e
a
c
h
e
d,
blonde
h
a
ir
on h
e
r
h
ea
d
i
ndi
ca
t
e
d th
a
t mu
c
h.

B
ut
e
y
e
i
n
g
the
c
o
r
ps
e
,
H
ar
old s
a
id to his son,
“D
r
a
k
e
, th
e
r
e
a
in
’
t mu
c
h l
e
f
t h
ere
.
B
ut
I think
w
e
mi
g
ht
’
ve
just
f
o
und Sis
s
y
C
a
rr
.”
Har
old
s
cra
t
c
h
e
d his s
cr
u
f
f
y
c
h
i
n.
“E
v
e
n if
it
a
in
’
t h
e
r
,
E
th
a
n
’
s gonna
h
a
v
e
hims
e
lf
a
shitlo
a
d of
p
a
p
erw
o
r
k.”

Dra
ke
d
re
w
his phone
fr
o
m his po
c
k
e
t, h
e
ld it s
k
y
war
d
a
s
fa
t d
r
ops of
ra
in
b
e
g
a
n to
fa
ll.
“Ge
tting a
w
e
a
k si
g
n
a
l
o
n
m
y
c
e
ll.”

“G
ood.
L
e
t
’
s
ca
ll h
e
r
in.”

A
nd
w
ith th
a
t,
Dra
ke
pu
n
c
h
e
d in
E
th
a
n
’
s numb
e
r
.

Co
r
d h
a
d s
e
v
e
r
a
l
issu
e
s to d
ea
l
w
ith
a
t the
f
a
r
m, issu
e
s he
c
ouldn
’
t
a
void b
e
f
o
r
e
he h
ea
d
e
d to
K
e
e
g
a
n
’
s
f
or
t
h
e
ni
g
ht.
W
hile
he
st
ra
i
ght
e
n
e
d out a
p
r
obl
e
m
w
i
t
h a
suppli
e
r
via
e
m
a
il, the
im
a
ge
of
K
ee
g
a
n,
a
n
d
w
h
a
t th
e
y
h
a
d done
to
eac
h oth
e
r
the
n
i
g
ht b
ef
o
re
, popp
e
d into his h
ea
d.

L
a
t
e
l
y
,
h
e
didn
’
t s
ee
m to
be
a
ble
to
g
o
a
n hour
w
ithout thinking
a
bout h
er
.
H
e
didn
’
t doubt
f
or
a
minute
th
e
y
wer
e
movi
n
g
f
a
st
e
r
th
a
n
J
ef
f
G
o
r
don in a
r
a
c
e
to
c
a
ptu
r
e
the
c
h
ec
k
ere
d
f
l
a
g
a
t
D
a
y
ton
a
.
B
ut th
e
y
were
n
’
t hu
r
ting
a
n
y
on
e
.
H
e
n
ee
d
e
d h
er
.
A
nd she
n
ee
d
e
d him.
I
t
wa
s
a
s simple
a
s th
a
t.

A
s he
list
e
n
e
d to the
ra
in
b
ea
t do
w
n on the
b
a
r
n
r
o
o
f
—he
h
a
dn
’
t un
d
er
stood
w
h
a
t a
d
ar
k pl
ac
e
h
e
’
d b
ee
n in—not
until
e
s
ca
ping
it.
H
e
c
e
r
t
a
in
l
y
h
a
d
n
’
t kno
w
n just how
c
lose
he
h
a
d v
e
ntu
re
d to the
e
d
ge
w
ithout
e
v
e
r
c
omi
n
g
b
a
c
k. Th
a
t is, until h
e’
d m
e
t
Ke
e
g
a
n. She
m
a
de
him
wa
nt to k
ee
p th
a
t l
i
g
ht
g
l
o
w
ing
inside
h
e
’
d thou
g
h
t
wa
s
g
o
n
e
f
o
r
e
v
er
a
nd
n
e
v
e
r
lose
it
a
g
a
in.