Dancing Tides (39 page)

J
o
r
d
a
n l
a
u
g
h
e
d.
“D
on
’
t
k
no
c
k it.
W
h
e
n it
’
s
g
r
a
y
a
nd
c
hil
l
y
a
nd
y
ou
n
ee
d
s
om
e
thing
to p
a
ss the
time
just to k
ee
p
fr
om
g
oi
n
g
cra
z
y
,
y
ou
’
ll
g
e
t
cr
e
a
tiv
e
.
D
o
y
ou think Co
r
d
’
s
cra
z
y
,
N
i
c
k
?
”

“
I
hon
e
st
l
y
don
’
t kno
w
.
T
h
e
y
s
a
y
P
T
SD
ca
n do
a
numb
e
r
on a
p
e
r
son.
I
k
n
ow
it did on m
e
.
B
ut th
a
t
wa
s b
e
f
o
r
e
I
m
e
t
y
ou.”
H
e
g
a
v
e
h
e
r
a
qui
c
k kiss
a
nd
we
nt on,
“
W
h
a
t if
h
e’
d done som
e
thing
like
th
a
t ov
e
r
a
t the
far
m,
J
o
r
d
a
n?
W
h
a
t if
y
ou or
I
h
a
d
g
one
in
t
o the
b
ar
n or
the
hou
s
e
a
nd
f
ound him…like
th
a
t
?
”

N
i
c
k shook his h
ea
d
a
t t
h
e
thou
g
ht
a
nd
c
ouldn
’
t
f
i
nish.
“
I
’
ll h
a
ve
to
c
a
ll
B
e
n
L
a
t
h
a
m
a
nd
le
t him kno
w
. M
a
y
be
h
e
ca
n m
a
ke
a
t
r
ip to S
a
nta
C
r
uz
w
hile
Co
r
d
’
s lo
c
k
e
d up, t
a
lk some
s
e
nse into him.
G
od kno
w
s,
I
’
v
e
t
r
i
e
d—
a
nd
f
a
il
e
d.”

She
l
a
id a
h
a
nd on his h
e
ar
t.
“
I
t
’
s o
k
a
y
,
y
ou
’
r
e
u
p
s
e
t
a
nd
y
o
u
’r
e
af
r
a
id
f
or
y
o
ur
fr
i
e
nd.
B
ut
r
e
a
l
l
y
,
N
i
c
k,
I
doubt
Co
r
d
w
ill be
lo
c
k
e
d up th
a
t lon
g
.
I
think
E
th
a
n
’
s
d
e
t
er
min
e
d to
g
e
t him some
h
e
lp.
E
th
a
n mi
g
ht
wa
nt to be
a
f
a
mous
a
ut
h
or
one
d
a
y
, but he
t
a
k
e
s
his duti
e
s h
er
e
a
s d
e
pu
t
y
v
e
r
y
s
e
r
ious
l
y
.
H
e
ca
r
e
s
f
or
t
h
e
to
w
n.”

“Tr
u
e
, but
I
’
ve
a
lso
g
ot a
re
sponsibili
t
y
to
y
ou, to
m
y
fa
mi
l
y
.
I
don
’
t think
Co
r
d
w
ould hu
r
t
a
n
y
o
ne
but th
e
n
I
d
i
dn
’
t think h
e’
d g
e
t d
e
sp
e
ra
te
e
no
u
g
h to t
r
y
a
nd kill hims
e
lf
e
ith
er
.”

H
e
l
ea
n
e
d ov
e
r
kiss
e
d
h
e
r
c
h
ee
k.
“
B
e
sid
e
s, thinking
a
bout o
u
r
kids g
r
o
w
i
n
g
up, th
e
y
’
ll be p
erf
e
c
t
a
nd not
g
ive
us a
d
a
y
o
f
dist
re
ss.”

J
o
r
d
a
n
w
h
ee
z
e
d out a
l
a
u
g
h.
“
Y
ou just k
ee
p thinking
like
th
a
t, d
a
d
d
y
.
L
e
t
’
s
not sp
e
nd time
d
we
lling
on the
t
e
r
r
ible
t
w
os or
w
h
a
t
w
e
h
a
ve
to look
f
o
rwar
d to du
r
i
n
g
th
e
ir
t
e
e
n
y
e
ar
s do
w
n the
r
o
a
d.
W
ith kids,
y
ou do
y
our
b
e
st
a
nd h
o
pe
it
’
s
e
no
u
g
h
f
or
the
r
ight out
c
om
e
.
T
he s
a
me
h
a
s to be
t
r
ue
f
or
C
o
r
d
B
e
n
n
e
tt.
D
o
y
ou think h
e’
ll g
e
t out tomo
rr
o
w
?
”