Dancing Tides (35 page)

Sitting
in the
b
ac
k s
ea
t of
E
th
a
n
’
s poli
c
e
c
r
uis
er
,
C
o
r
d
wa
sn
’
t
w
o
r
r
i
e
d.
T
his
wa
sn
’
t his
f
i
r
st
r
ide
to the
d
r
unk t
a
n
k,
a
nd
cer
t
a
in
l
y
not sp
e
n
ding
the
n
i
g
ht
a
t the
c
ou
nt
y
’
s
e
x
p
e
ns
e
.
N
o
r
wa
s he
too
c
on
c
e
r
n
e
d
a
bout
t
he
p
s
y
c
h
e
v
a
l
u
a
tion.
He
’
d s
ee
n
a
t l
ea
st
h
a
lf
a
do
ze
n p
s
y
c
hi
a
t
r
ists
af
t
er
h
e’
d b
ee
n
re
l
e
a
s
e
d
f
r
om the
hospit
a
l
a
nd kn
e
w
a
ll
the
bu
z
z
w
o
r
ds
b
y
h
e
a
r
t,
a
ll those
k
e
y
p
h
ra
s
e
s th
a
t
w
ould t
e
ll the
sh
r
ink he
wa
s
a
s
s
a
ne
a
s th
e
y
w
ere
.
H
e
kn
e
w
e
x
ac
t
l
y
w
h
a
t to s
a
y
to push
a
ll the
r
i
g
ht buttons.
He’
d
d
one
it b
ef
o
re
.

“Y
ou
g
onna
l
e
t me
h
a
ve
a
phone
c
a
ll,
E
th
a
n
?
”
C
o
r
d g
r
umbl
e
d.
“
I
g
otta
ca
ll
N
i
c
k
a
nd
J
o
r
d
a
n, l
e
t th
e
m know
th
e
y
’
ll
n
ee
d to
g
e
t som
e
o
n
e
to do
m
y
c
h
o
re
s.”

“
I
h
a
ve
so
m
e
thing
b
e
tt
e
r
th
a
n th
a
t in mind.
W
e’r
e
m
a
king
a
stop
a
t the
Co
v
e
.
Y
ou
ca
n
t
e
ll
N
i
c
k
y
o
u
r
s
e
l
f
,
f
a
c
e-
to
-
fa
ce
, m
a
n
-
to
-
m
a
n.
I
f
w
e
d
o
n
’
t stop,
N
i
c
k will just m
a
ke
a
point to d
r
ive
a
ll the
w
a
y
to S
a
nta
C
r
uz
to p
a
y
y
ou
a
visit.
T
his
w
a
y
,
I
’
m
g
ivi
n
g
him the
op
p
o
r
tuni
t
y
w
ithout h
a
ving
to l
e
a
ve
his
fa
mi
l
y
on a
F
r
i
d
a
y
ni
g
ht to
g
e
t
in
y
our
f
a
c
e
.
Y
ou n
e
e
d
h
e
lp, Co
r
d.
T
h
a
t
’
s
w
h
a
t
I
’
m s
a
y
i
n
g
a
nd th
a
t
’
s
w
h
a
t
N
i
c
k
’
s
g
on
n
a
s
a
y
.
T
his is
y
our
c
h
a
n
c
e
to
g
e
t it.”

Co
r
d
wa
t
c
h
e
d
a
s
E
th
a
n
m
a
de
the
tu
r
n do
w
n a
lo
n
g
d
r
iv
e
w
a
y
,
p
a
st
a
n
a
pple
-
g
r
ee
n s
i
g
n th
a
t
rea
d P
r
omise
Cove
B
e
d
an
d
B
rea
k
fa
st
a
nd
p
ull
e
d up b
e
side
a
n old
V
i
c
to
r
i
a
n.

A
t th
a
t mom
e
nt, Co
r
d didn
’
t know
he
c
ould
f
ee
l
a
n
ymo
r
e
c
h
a
stis
e
d.
B
ut
a
t
this point he h
a
d no doubt th
a
t if
y
ou
g
a
v
e
E
th
a
n Co
d
y
t
we
n
t
y
minut
e
s
w
ith a
nun h
e’
d
f
ind a
w
a
y
to m
a
ke
t
h
e sist
e
r
fee
l
g
uil
t
y
a
s h
e
ll
a
bout som
e
thin
g
.

I
t didn
’
t h
e
lp
a
n
y
th
a
t he
kn
e
w
he
d
e
s
er
v
e
d it. So the
minute
N
i
c
k op
e
n
e
d
t
he
door
a
nd
E
th
a
n
ca
me
ar
ound to the
b
ac
k
a
nd pull
e
d him out
of
the
c
a
r
, Co
r
d p
re
p
are
d
to
g
o into
a
pol
og
y mod
e
.