Dancing Tides (55 page)

L
o
c
a
t
e
d a
bl
o
c
k o
f
f
M
a
in on C
re
s
ce
nt St
ree
t, the
S
ulliv
a
n house
stood out
fr
om the
oth
er
s b
eca
use
o
f
its b
r
i
g
ht blue
-
p
a
st
e
l p
a
int job
a
nd the
f
ac
t th
er
e
were
a
l
w
a
y
s
c
a
r
s
in the
d
r
iv
ew
a
y
a
nd th
eref
o
r
e
, a
p
ar
ki
n
g
p
r
ob
l
e
m.

T
he
minute
Ke
e
g
a
n pull
e
d h
e
r
t
r
u
c
k into the
c
r
o
w
d
e
d
ar
e
a
a
nd
ca
me
to a
s
t
op,
Jo
y Sulliv
a
n popp
e
d out the
fr
ont door
to g
ree
t h
e
r
.
T
h
e
c
h
er
ub
i
c
w
om
a
n
w
ith
h
e
r
re
d
h
a
ir
tu
r
ni
n
g
a s
t
y
lish
g
r
a
y
put a
h
a
nd to
h
e
r
b
r
e
a
st
a
nd s
a
id,
“
Ar
e
w
e
g
l
a
d to s
e
e
y
o
u
!
W
e
wer
e
af
r
a
id t
ha
t s
ea
ott
e
r
w
ould
wa
ke
up
a
nd
we’
d h
a
v
e
to s
e
d
a
te
him
a
g
a
in.”

“
I
g
ot h
e
r
e
a
s soon
a
s
I
c
ould.
I
s he
t
h
a
t b
a
d o
ff
?
”

Jo
y
m
a
de
a
f
ace
.
“H
is h
e
a
d
’
s
a
ll
c
ut up
a
nd
—
I
’
ll l
e
t
B
r
a
n
g
ive
y
ou the
lo
w
do
w
n on the m
e
di
ca
l d
e
t
a
ils.”

Ke
e
g
a
n
’
s h
e
a
r
t s
a
nk.
T
h
i
s sound
e
d mo
r
e
s
er
ious
t
h
a
n sh
e’
d b
e
e
n l
e
d to b
e
l
i
e
v
e
.
“
W
e
ll, l
e
t
’
s s
e
e
w
h
a
t
we’
v
e
g
ot
.
”

T
h
e
y
wa
lk
e
d into a
cr
o
w
d
e
d
re
c
e
ption
a
r
e
a
a
nd
J
oy
l
e
d
h
e
r
b
a
c
k to the
op
e
r
a
ting
r
oom
w
h
er
e
th
e
r
e
on the
t
a
ble
l
a
y
a
v
e
r
y
still s
e
a
ott
e
r
,
we
i
g
hi
n
g
no mo
r
e
th
a
n
t
we
n
t
y
-
f
ive
pounds
w
ith a
b
a
nd
a
ge
ar
ound his little
h
ea
d.

Ke
e
g
a
n
a
lso noti
ce
d his st
o
m
ac
h
wa
s
w
r
a
pp
e
d.
“W
h
a
t h
a
pp
e
n
e
d th
e
r
e
?
B
ra
n didn
’
t m
e
ntion th
a
t.”

“Ga
sh
e
s
ar
ound his middle
th
a
t took
f
o
r
t
y
stit
c
h
e
s.
T
hose
w
ill lik
e
l
y
g
ive
h
i
m some p
a
in.”

“O
k
a
y
, th
e
n l
e
t
’
s
g
e
t this little
g
u
y
ho
m
e
b
ef
o
r
e
he
wa
k
e
s up.”

T
he
th
re
e
o
f
th
e
m lo
a
d
e
d
t
h
e
p
a
ti
e
nt into a
dog
ca
r
r
i
e
r
a
nd
car
t
e
d him out to
the
F
o
r
d
w
h
er
e
th
e
y
ea
s
e
d him into the
b
e
d of
the
t
r
u
c
k, still un
c
ons
c
ious.
“T
h
a
nks
g
u
y
s.”

“
C
a
ll us if
he
n
ee
ds
a
n
y
t
hi
n
g
e
ls
e
.
”

“
W
ill do.”
W
ith
th
a
t she
craw
l
e
d
b
e
hind the
w
h
ee
l
a
nd b
ac
k
e
d out to h
e
a
d
f
or
hom
e
.

Sh
e’
d
a
lmost m
a
de
it b
a
c
k to M
a
in St
ree
t
w
h
e
n s
h
e
noti
ce
d t
h
e
t
e
mp
e
ra
tu
r
e
g
a
u
ge in
c
hing
into the
re
d
z
on
e
.
I
t s
e
e
m
e
d stu
c
k in the
t
w
o
-f
o
r
t
y
ra
n
ge
a
nd
w
ould
n
’
t bud
g
e
.
A
nd th
e
n
a
ll of
a
sudd
e
n, the
e
n
g
ine
li
g
ht
c
a
me
on,
a
nd
w
ith
it the
sound of
hissing
a
nd sp
ew
in
g
.