Dancing Tides (37 page)

“Y
ou don
’
t m
ea
n th
a
t
.
”

“Yea
h,
I
do.
I
t p
a
ins me
but
y
ou
g
e
t into g
r
i
e
f
c
o
u
ns
e
ling
a
nd
a
p
r
o
g
r
a
m like
AA
, m
a
y
be
re
h
a
b or
so
h
e
lp me
w
e
’
r
e
don
e
.
Y
ou h
a
v
e
to
wa
nt
to h
e
lp
y
ou
r
s
e
l
f
. M
a
y
be
J
o
r
d
a
n
a
nd
I
ca
n
’
t m
a
ke
y
ou
g
o.
B
ut
a
s
y
o
u
r
e
mpl
o
y
e
r
,
I
ca
n,
a
nd
w
ill.
A
s the
o
w
n
e
r
of
T
a
g
g
e
r
t
F
ar
ms,
w
e
ha
v
e
a li
a
bili
t
y
if
y
ou
h
a
ve
a
d
r
inking
p
r
obl
e
m on the
job
a
nd now
it s
ee
ms
y
ou
’
r
e
sui
c
id
a
l.”

“
Come
on,
N
i
c
k,
I
do not
d
r
ink on the
job
a
nd
y
ou
know
it.
T
he
Mill
e
r
b
o
y
wa
nt
e
d to m
a
ke
a
f
e
w
e
x
t
r
a
bu
c
ks
t
oni
g
ht to t
a
ke
his
g
i
r
l o
v
e
r
to S
a
nta
C
r
uz
n
e
x
t
wee
k
e
nd.
I
g
a
v
e
him
w
o
r
k, the
e
v
e
ning
milking
a
nd so
m
e
oth
e
r
c
h
o
re
s.
H
e
g
a
ve
m
e
a
little
fr
e
e
time
toni
g
ht.
I
w
o
r
k
m
y
a
ss o
f
f
du
r
i
n
g
the
we
e
k. A
g
u
y
’
s
g
ot a
r
i
g
ht to
a
n
e
v
e
ni
n
g
out
w
h
e
r
e
he
ca
n blow
o
f
f
a
little st
ea
m on
c
e
in a
w
hil
e
.
”

“A
nd
y
ou h
ea
d
e
d st
ra
i
g
h
t to M
c
C
rea
d
y
’
s,
g
ot d
r
u
nk
a
nd th
e
n d
ec
i
d
e
d to
w
h
a
t?
E
nd
it
a
l
l
?
J
o
r
d
a
n invit
e
d
y
ou to di
n
n
e
r
toni
g
ht. R
e
m
e
m
b
er
?
Y
ou didn
’
t h
a
ve
to
g
o
a
n
y
w
h
er
e
e
x
ce
pt
r
i
g
ht h
ere
.
I
nst
e
a
d of
h
ea
di
n
g ov
e
r
h
e
r
e
f
or
din
n
e
r
tho
u
g
h,
y
ou
c
ho
s
e
to
g
e
t d
r
u
n
k.
W
e
ll,
I
g
e
t it no
w
, Co
r
d.
T
h
a
nks
f
or
l
e
tti
n
g us know
w
h
er
e
J
o
r
d
a
n
a
n
d
I
f
it into the
g
r
a
nd s
c
h
e
me
of
thin
g
s.
Y
ou
are
n
’
t
g
e
tting
b
e
tt
e
r
.
N
o,
y
o
u
’
r
e
h
e
a
di
n
g
to
war
d
r
o
c
k bottom
a
s
fa
st
a
s the
w
ino in the
g
utt
e
r
a
nd I
w
on
’
t st
a
nd
ar
ound
wa
t
c
hing
it h
a
p
p
e
n.”

Co
r
d si
g
h
e
d,
r
a
n his cuffed
h
a
nds th
r
ou
g
h his still
-
d
a
mp, s
h
ould
e
r
l
e
n
g
th lo
c
ks. For
the
f
i
r
st time
he
b
e
g
a
n to s
e
e
the
s
er
i
ousn
e
ss of
it
a
ll.
“
L
ook,
I
h
a
d
f
ive
w
hisk
e
y
s.
U
p to
a
bout th
re
e
hou
r
s
a
g
o,
I
h
a
dn
’
t
h
a
d a
d
r
ink
a
ll
wee
k.”

“A
nd
w
h
e
n
y
ou do
y
ou
d
on
’
t know
w
h
e
n to stop.”
N
i
c
k l
e
t out a
si
g
h
o
f
his o
w
n in
fr
ust
ra
tion.
“
I
ca
r
e
a
bout
y
o
u, Co
r
d, so do
e
s
J
o
r
d
a
n.
Y
ou
a
nd
I
,
w
e’
ve
b
ee
n
th
r
ou
g
h
a
lot to
g
e
th
e
r
, som
e
thing
w
e
s
h
are
d
w
hile
w
e
t
ra
i
n
e
d,
a
nd on
c
e
w
e
g
ot to
I
r
a
q t
h
a
t bond
g
ot st
r
o
n
g
e
r in
war
.
B
ut
I
n
ee
d
y
ou to
und
er
st
a
nd
y
ou
c
a
n
’
t t
r
ea
t p
e
ople
like
cra
p
w
h
e
r
e
v
e
r
a
nd
w
h
e
n
e
v
e
r
y
ou
wa
nt.
W
e
und
er
st
a
nd
y
o
u
’
ve
h
a
d a
r
o
u
g
h t
w
o
y
e
a
r
s.
B
ut until
y
ou d
e
c
ide
w
e
are
n
’
t the
e
n
e
m
y
…”
N
i
c
k
’
s voi
ce
d
t
ra
il
e
d o
f
f
a
s
h
e
st
ar
t
e
d to
p
ac
e
up
a
nd do
w
n the
w
ood
e
n po
rc
h.