Dancing Tides (225 page)

O
n this side
of
to
w
n thou
g
h, he
g
ot lu
c
k
y
.
T
h
e
r
e
wer
e
s
e
v
e
r
a
l
r
undo
w
n s
t
o
refr
onts
a
lo
n
g the
do
c
ks.
I
f
h
e
c
ould
g
e
t
into one
of
those
h
e’
d h
a
ve
hims
e
lf
a
pl
a
c
e
to st
a
y
, m
a
y
b
e
e
v
e
n
f
or
a
c
ouple
of
d
a
y
s until he
f
i
g
u
r
e
d out the
b
e
st
w
a
y
to
g
e
t to
B
e
nn
e
tt.

H
e
tu
r
n
e
d the
ca
r
into the
f
i
r
st n
arr
ow
o
p
e
ni
n
g
a
t the
e
nd of
the
blo
c
k t
h
a
t l
e
d to the
b
ac
k lot of
a
d
ere
li
c
t buildin
g
.
L
ooki
n
g
a
r
ound, it
wa
s
o
bvious the
on
l
y
ac
tion t
h
e
b
r
i
c
k st
r
u
c
tu
r
e
h
a
d s
ee
n in d
e
c
a
d
e
s
w
a
s
a
n
a
c
ti
v
e
t
a
g
g
e
r
b
e
nt on l
ea
v
i
ng
a
st
r
i
n
g
o
f
g
r
a
ff
iti th
a
t didn
’
t m
a
ke
a
bit of s
e
ns
e
.
T
h
e
r
e
w
e
r
e
b
r
o
k
e
n
w
indo
w
s on
a
ll th
re
e
f
l
o
o
r
s but som
e
one
h
a
d sto
p
p
e
d
a
t the
f
i
r
st
a
f
t
e
r d
ec
iding
it
w
a
s a
wa
s
t
e
o
f
p
l
y
w
ood.

U
n
ea
s
y
, Rob
b
y
look
e
d
ar
ound
f
or
the
b
e
st spot to hide
the
car
.
W
h
e
n
h
e
d
e
c
id
e
d p
ar
ki
n
g it b
e
hind a
D
umpst
e
r
wa
s
his b
e
st b
e
t, he
e
d
g
e
d t
h
e
v
e
hi
c
le
f
ar
th
e
r
do
w
n t
h
e
d
ea
d
e
nd,
a
s
c
lose to the
g
a
r
b
a
g
e
c
ont
a
in
e
r
a
s he
c
ould
g
e
t
w
ithout
p
utting
s
cra
t
c
h
e
s on the
p
a
int.

T
he
p
a
v
e
m
e
nt
w
a
s
r
a
gg
e
d
w
ith bumps
a
nd b
r
ok
e
n
a
sph
a
lt, so mu
c
h so he
h
a
d t
r
ouble m
a
n
e
uv
er
i
n
g
the
Must
a
n
g
into position.

Still p
i
ss
e
d o
f
f
a
bout not b
e
ing
a
ble
to sp
e
nd the
n
i
g
ht
a
t the
c
om
f
y
B &
B
,
he
cr
a
w
l
e
d out of
the
ca
r
w
ith a
c
on
s
id
era
ble
c
hip on his sho
u
ld
er
.
H
e
d
e
c
id
e
d to lo
c
k
his b
a
g
in the
t
r
unk until he
dis
c
ov
ere
d
w
h
a
t the
pl
ac
e
o
f
fe
r
e
d in the
wa
y
o
f
lo
d
g
in
g.

H
e
st
e
pp
e
d
a
r
ound the
p
o
thol
e
s,
wa
lk
e
d do
w
n the
a
ll
e
y
w
a
y
a
nd
rea
li
z
e
d h
e
’
d h
a
ve
to pil
fe
r
a
f
l
a
shl
i
g
ht
f
or
l
a
t
e
r
w
h
e
n it
g
ot d
ar
k.

Ri
g
ht now
thou
g
h,
h
e
m
a
de
g
ood u
s
e
of
the
l
i
g
ht
h
e
h
a
d.
W
h
e
n he
push
e
d
o
p
e
n a
door
in the
b
ac
k he
w
ond
e
r
e
d
w
h
a
t kind of
p
e
ople
didn
’
t
e
v
e
n h
a
ve
the
g
ood
s
e
nse
to lo
c
k up a
buildin
g
.
B
ut
g
l
a
n
c
i
n
g
a
r
ound
w
h
a
t look
e
d like
a
f
o
r
m
e
r
n
e
w
sp
a
p
e
r
o
ff
i
ce
, t
h
e
e
mptin
e
ss
a
ns
we
r
e
d his qu
e
stion.