Dancing Tides (242 page)

“T
h
a
t
’
s
r
i
g
ht.
A
nd
w
e’
r
e
g
oi
n
g
to st
a
y
in this spot until
f
u
c
k-bud
d
y
B
e
n
n
e
tt
g
e
ts h
e
re
.
”

“T
h
e
r
e
wa
s n
e
v
e
r
a
n
y
s
e
a
l
?
”

“O
f
c
o
u
r
se
not.
Af
t
e
r
B
e
nn
e
tt joins us h
e’
s
g
oi
n
g to
wa
t
c
h
y
ou
a
nd
m
e
,
w
hile
w
e
g
e
t to know
eac
h ot
h
e
r
in
the
bibli
ca
l s
e
ns
e
.”

A
t
F
MRC,
A
b
b
y
ea
v
e
s
d
r
opp
e
d on the
e
nti
r
e
e
x
c
h
a
ng
e
. Som
e
how
K
ee
g
a
n
h
a
d m
a
n
a
g
e
d to k
ee
p the
r
e
ce
iv
e
r
op
e
n
long
e
no
u
g
h
f
or
h
e
r
to d
e
t
er
mine
the
boss
wa
s in
t
r
oubl
e
.

W
ith h
e
r
h
a
nds sh
a
kin
g
,
A
b
b
y
pi
c
k
e
d up the
w
a
ll phone
in the
e
x
a
m
r
oom
a
nd di
a
l
e
d
E
th
a
n Co
d
y
di
r
e
c
t.

“Y
ou
’
r
e
d
e
lusion
a
l.”

“
J
ust d
r
op the
ra
dio
a
nd
I’
ll show
y
ou how
d
e
lusion
a
l
I
a
m.”

Ke
e
g
a
n
l
e
t the
h
a
ndh
e
ld
d
e
vi
c
e
slo
w
l
y
slip th
r
ough h
e
r
f
i
n
g
er
s.
I
t l
a
nd
e
d
a
t
h
e
r
f
e
e
t. She
c
ould on
l
y
hope
t
h
e
r
e
ce
i
v
e
r
still
w
o
r
k
e
d to t
ra
n
s
mit h
e
r
lo
ca
tion. She
kn
e
w
sh
e’
d k
e
pt h
e
r
f
i
n
g
e
r p
re
ss
e
d to the
s
w
it
c
h lo
n
g
e
no
u
g
h
f
or
A
b
b
y
to di
s
cer
n th
a
t she
n
ee
d
e
d h
e
l
p
.

B
ut th
a
t id
e
a
c
ra
sh
e
d
a
nd
bu
r
n
e
d
w
h
e
n Rob
b
y
ki
c
k
e
d the
d
e
vi
c
e
onto the
r
o
c
ks b
e
lo
w
.

“
W
h
a
t do
y
ou
w
a
nt
?
”

“
I
wa
nt
y
ou to
c
a
ll
B
e
n
n
e
tt, t
e
ll him
y
ou
n
ee
d h
e
l
p
w
ith the
a
nim
a
l
y
ou
’
v
e
b
ee
n looking
f
o
r
.”

“N
o.”

W
h
e
n he
st
ar
t
e
d to b
ac
k
h
a
nd h
er
, she
s
a
w
the
ar
m
st
ar
t to
c
ome
do
w
n
a
nd
d
od
g
e
d t
h
e blo
w
,
w
hi
c
h in
f
u
r
i
a
t
e
d t
h
e
m
a
n
a
ll the
mo
re
.

B
ut th
e
n he
simp
l
y
poin
t
e
d the
g
un
a
t h
e
r
h
ea
d
a
n
d
c
o
c
k
e
d the
h
a
mm
er
.
“
T
he
l
a
st
w
om
an w
ho d
ef
i
e
d m
e
,
I
put in the
g
r
ound.
W
ould
y
ou like
to m
a
ke
it t
w
o
f
or
t
w
o
?
I
don
’
t h
a
v
e
to k
ee
p
y
o
u
a
liv
e
.
I
ca
n
g
e
t B
e
n
n
e
tt h
er
e
w
ithout
y
ou.
B
ut
I
’
ve
s
e
e
n
y
ou t
w
o t
o
g
e
t
h
er
. Sin
c
e
he
ca
r
e
s
f
or
y
o
u,
y
ou
’
r
e
the
b
a
it.”