Dancing Tides (34 page)

She
pull
e
d on a
p
a
ir
of
c
l
ea
n j
ea
ns
a
nd pull
e
d a
s
o
f
t, b
e
ige
s
w
e
a
t
e
r
ov
e
r
h
e
r
h
ea
d. She b
ra
id
e
d h
e
r
we
t, st
ra
i
g
ht
h
a
ir
b
ac
k into a
t
i
g
ht t
a
il
a
nd pi
c
k
e
d up the
d
a
mp to
we
ls
ar
ound h
e
r
f
e
e
t, th
e
n
we
nt b
ac
k into the
b
a
th
r
oom to h
a
ng
t
h
e
m on the
to
we
l b
a
r
to d
r
y
.

F
or
some
r
ea
son,
w
ithout
m
ea
ning
to, she
c
ouldn
’
t
g
e
t
p
a
st
w
h
a
t Co
r
d B
e
n
n
e
tt
’
s g
e
ntle b
r
o
w
n
e
y
e
s
h
a
d look
e
d lik
e
.
B
ut those
d
a
r
k
e
y
e
s
h
a
dn
’
t just b
ee
n
g
l
a
z
e
d o
v
e
r
w
ith
a
n
a
l
c
oholic bu
zz
.
T
h
e
y
h
a
d look
e
d i
n
cre
dib
l
y
e
mp
t
y
—
a
nd s
a
d
. Sh
e’
d n
e
v
e
r
s
ee
n
e
y
e
s like
th
a
t on a
living thing
so v
a
c
a
nt. She
r
e
a
li
z
e
d now
he
mi
g
ht be
the
f
i
r
st p
er
son sh
e’
d
e
v
e
r
b
e
e
n
ar
ound
w
ho
h
a
d
ac
tu
a
l
l
y
t
r
i
e
d to t
a
ke
his
o
w
n li
fe
.

W
h
e
n she
spott
e
d the
blinking
li
g
ht on
h
e
r
a
ns
w
e
ring
m
ac
hine
she
kn
e
w
e
x
ac
tl
y
w
ho h
a
d
ca
ll
e
d. She
h
a
dn
’
t liv
e
d
i
n a
sm
a
ll to
w
n
f
or
t
w
o d
e
ca
d
e
s not to know
how
f
a
st n
ew
s t
ra
v
e
ll
e
d. She
push
e
d the
button on the
m
ac
hine
a
nd list
e
n
e
d
in s
e
qu
e
n
c
e
a
s h
a
lf
the
t
o
w
n
wa
nt
e
d to know how
she
wa
s doi
n
g
.

Sm
a
ll to
w
ns didn
’
t n
ee
d to
g
o n
a
tion
a
l
w
h
e
n th
e
y
h
a
d th
e
ir
o
w
n n
e
t
w
o
r
k
f
u
ll of
p
e
ople
w
ho
ca
r
e
d.

Ke
e
g
a
n
h
a
d kno
w
n th
e
s
e
p
e
ople
f
or
most of
h
e
r
li
fe
. She
kn
e
w
t
h
e
y
m
ea
nt
we
ll.
T
h
e
y
’
d b
ee
n
g
r
e
a
t
af
t
e
r
both
f
u
n
era
ls.
B
ut it didn
’
t m
ea
n
h
e
r
s
a
f
e
t
y
n
e
t
wa
s
n
’
t
f
ull of
hol
e
s. P
e
ople
h
a
d th
e
ir
o
w
n liv
e
s, th
e
ir
o
w
n s
e
ts of
p
r
obl
e
ms.
T
h
e
y
didn
’
t n
ee
d to d
we
ll on
h
er
s.

He
r
stom
ac
h
r
e
mind
e
d
h
e
r
she
n
e
e
d
e
d to
e
a
t.

E
v
e
n thou
g
h s
h
e
wa
s
cr
a
ving
a
c
old b
ee
r
a
nd th
a
t
c
h
ee
se
s
a
nd
w
i
c
h
a
nd
fr
i
e
s, she
sn
a
g
g
e
d a
Sni
c
k
er
s b
a
r
inst
ea
d o
f
f
the
c
ount
er
,
g
r
a
bb
e
d
a
f
l
a
shli
g
ht out of
the
l
a
und
r
y
r
oom
a
nd
ca
ll
e
d to the
do
g
.
“Y
ou
r
ea
d
y
f
o
r
a
noth
e
r
a
dv
e
ntu
r
e
.
L
e
t
’
s
g
e
t the
t
r
u
c
k
a
nd the
n
e
tting
a
nd
g
o
f
ind us a s
e
a
lion.”