Dancing Tides (54 page)

“O
h, no
y
ou don
’
t,
I
’
v
e
got dibs on
a
n
y
v
e
t
w
ho
r
e
pli
e
s
f
i
r
st.”

B
ra
n
g
u
ff
a
we
d.
“
T
h
e
n
y
o
u b
e
tt
e
r
ra
mp up the
eff
o
r
t b
eca
u
s
e
I
’
m s
e
r
ious
l
y
t
hinking
of
ca
lling
it quits
b
y
the
e
nd
of
the
y
ea
r
.”

“T
h
a
nks
f
or
t
h
e
w
a
r
nin
g
.
I
’
ll
ca
ll one
of
those
s
er
v
i
ce
s out of
the
B
a
y
a
nd
s
e
e
if
w
e
m
i
g
ht
g
e
t lu
c
k
y
—
m
a
y
be
f
ind
s
om
e
one
looking
to
r
e
lo
c
a
te
to—M
a
y
b
er
r
y
…
we
st
c
o
a
st s
t
y
l
e
.”

Af
t
e
r
a
fe
w
mo
r
e
minut
e
s of
c
onv
er
s
a
tion,
Ke
e
g
a
n hung
up
a
nd
we
nt to look
f
or
A
b
b
y
. She
f
ound h
e
r
in the
nu
r
s
e
r
y
w
ith
D
o
d
g
er
, bottle
f
ee
di
n
g
him
a
g
a
in.
“
I
’
ve
got to
r
un ov
e
r
to
B
ra
n
’
s
a
nd pi
c
k up
a
noth
e
r
s
e
a
ott
e
r
.”

“
W
a
nt me
to
g
o
?
”

“Na
h, looks like
y
ou
a
nd
D
odg
e
r
h
a
v
e
bond
e
d
.
”

“He’
s
a
do
ra
bl
e
,
Ke
e
g
a
n.
D
o
y
ou think
w
e
’
ll be
a
b
le
to
re
l
ea
s
e
him b
ac
k into the
w
ild
w
ith his t
a
il
c
ut to
r
ibbo
ns
?
”

“De
p
e
nds on h
o
w
st
r
o
n
g it h
ea
ls.
B
ra
n did
a
n
e
x
c
e
ll
e
nt job
w
ith
w
h
a
t he
h
a
d to
w
o
r
k
w
ith but l
e
t
’
s
fac
e
it,
w
i
t
hout the
t
a
il st
r
ong
a
nd
w
ithout b
e
ing
a
hund
r
e
d p
e
rce
nt...h
e
’
ll h
a
ve p
r
obl
e
ms k
ee
pi
n
g
up
a
nd
f
o
r
a
g
i
n
g
.
D
on
’
t
w
o
r
r
y
.
W
e’
ll
g
e
t
D
o
d
g
e
r
into ni
c
e
d
i
g
s
a
t a
z
oo or
a
n
a
qu
ar
ium.
I
should be
b
a
c
k in h
a
lf
a
n hour
o
r
so.
W
ill
y
ou
g
e
t one
o
f
the
r
ooms
rea
d
y
in h
e
r
e
f
or a
rec
o
v
e
r
y
?
He’
s
s
e
d
a
t
e
d
,
but
ap
p
are
nt
l
y
he
h
a
s a
h
ea
d inju
r
y
ar
ound t
h
e
e
y
e
.”

“O
h, poor
b
a
b
y
.
D
on
’
t
w
o
r
r
y
.
I
’
ll
g
e
t
e
v
e
r
y
thi
n
g
r
ea
d
y
.”

H
ous
e
d in a
t
w
o
-
sto
r
y
C
r
af
tsm
a
n-s
t
y
le
hou
s
e
, the
P
e
li
ca
n Pointe
An
im
a
l C
l
inic
h
a
d a
lot in
c
ommon
w
ith
F
MRC
i
n th
a
t both h
a
d b
ee
n built in the
1940s
a
nd both
wer
e
r
e
nov
a
t
e
d to s
e
r
ve
a
s a
c
lini
c.

B
ut th
er
e
t
h
e
simil
ar
i
t
y
e
nd
e
d.
B
r
a
n
a
nd
Jo
y
Sulliv
a
n h
a
d lo
n
g
us
e
d th
e
ir
r
e
sid
e
n
c
e
a
s a
w
o
r
kpl
ace
.
W
h
e
r
e
Po
r
t
e
r
a
nd M
a
r
y
h
a
d
t
r
i
e
d to k
e
e
p th
e
ir
p
r
o
f
e
ssion s
e
p
a
r
a
te
fr
om th
e
ir
homeli
fe
,
B
r
a
n
a
nd
Jo
y
s
e
e
m
e
d to
f
use
th
e
i
r
s tog
e
th
e
r
a
nd m
a
ke
it
w
o
r
k.