Dancing Tides (60 page)

She
ca
u
g
ht the
c
o
n
cer
n
o
n his
face
.
“Ar
e
y
o
u
w
o
r
r
i
e
d
a
bout h
e
r
e
x
g
e
tting
o
ut of
j
a
il this summ
er
?
”

“Ear
l
y
r
e
l
ea
s
e
.
Na
h,
h
e’
s
a
l
rea
d
y
g
ot some
oth
e
r
w
om
a
n d
a
n
g
ling
on the
li
n
e
, int
ere
st
e
d in m
ar
r
y
i
n
g
him.
H
e’
s b
e
e
n
c
o
r
r
e
spondi
n
g
w
ith h
e
r
th
r
ou
g
h his sist
er
.
A
nd
he
do
e
sn
’
t s
ee
m th
a
t int
ere
st
e
d in little
K
y
r
a
a
nd
J
o
e
y
e
ith
er
.”
W
a
l
l
y
s
h
ook his h
ea
d.
“
I
do
n
’
t und
er
st
a
nd the
w
a
y some
m
e
n t
rea
t th
e
ir
kid
s
.
O
r
w
h
y
some
w
om
e
n
a
r
e
so h
ar
d up th
e
y
’
ll s
e
ttle
f
or
som
e
one
b
ea
ting th
e
m up on a
r
e
g
ul
a
r
b
a
s
i
s
?
”

“
I
t
’
s one
of
li
f
e’
s
m
y
st
er
i
e
s.”

“
I
’
m just
g
l
a
d s
h
e
g
ot out of
th
ere
.
”

“Yea
h,
m
e
too.
O
k
a
y
,
w
h
a
t
’
s
ea
ti
n
g
a
t
y
ou
?
”

“H
ow
lo
n
g
h
a
ve
w
e
kn
o
w
n
eac
h ot
h
er
,
K
ee
g
a
n
?
”

“E
v
e
r
sin
c
e
y
ou b
ea
t up
L
a
r
r
y
G
lov
e
r
f
or
m
e
af
t
e
r
he
stole
m
y
lun
c
h mon
e
y
.
”

W
a
l
l
y
g
r
inn
e
d.
“
L
a
r
r
y
w
a
s a
bul
l
y
w
ho lik
e
d pi
c
k
ing
on little
g
i
r
ls.”

“Y
ou bust
e
d his nose
a
s
I
reca
ll.”
She
tilt
e
d h
e
r
h
e
a
d
a
nd studi
e
d him.
“O
k
a
y
,
spill.” 
“
I
’
m
w
o
r
r
i
e
d
a
bout
y
ou.”

H
e
wa
v
e
d his
ar
ms in the
a
i
r
.
“T
his pl
a
c
e
is ov
e
r
w
h
e
lming
y
ou.
Y
ou n
ee
d a
f
und
ra
i
s
er
.
O
r
I
c
ould m
a
ke
a
noth
e
r
d
on
a
tion—”

“N
o.
Y
ou
’
r
e
g
e
tti
n
g
m
ar
r
i
e
d in th
re
e
months to a
w
om
a
n
w
ith t
w
o
c
hild
r
e
n
w
ho
a
do
r
e
y
o
u.
Y
o
u
’r
e
t
a
ki
n
g
on
a
hu
g
e
re
sponsibili
t
y
.
Y
ou
’
ll n
ee
d
a
ll the
do
u
g
h
y
ou
ca
n s
c
r
a
pe
t
o
g
e
t
h
er
.
Y
ou don
’
t n
ee
d to be
do
n
a
ting
y
our
v
a
st
f
o
r
tune
to
this pl
ace
. B
e
sid
e
s,
I
p
r
o
mis
e
d
I
w
ould
n
’
t m
e
ntion
y
our
l
a
st don
a
t
i
on to
L
il
l
y
.
A
nd
I
didn
’
t.
B
ut
I
’
m not going
to let you keep
doi
n
g
th
a
t,
W
a
l
l
y
.
I
t isn
’
t
r
i
g
ht.”

H
e
shook his h
ea
d.
“
W
h
y
is it
y
o
u
’r
e
so stubbo
r
n,
a
n
y
w
a
y
?
A
don
a
tion
fr
o
m a
fr
i
e
nd isn
’
t
g
oi
n
g
to
c
omp
r
omise
Ke
e
g
a
n F
a
nni
n
g
’
s d
e
t
e
r
min
a
tion to do thin
g
s h
e
r
w
a
y
.”

“O
h, shut up.”

“
I
f
y
ou
w
o
n
’
t l
e
t me
don
a
te
th
e
n how
a
bout doi
n
g som
e
thing
sp
ec
i
a
l du
r
ing
the
st
r
ee
t
fa
i
r
,
y
ou kno
w
, like
a
n
o
p
e
n hous
e
.
I
t
’
s in th
r
e
e
w
ee
ks, th
a
t
’
s pl
e
n
t
y
of
ti
m
e
to s
e
t thin
g
s up.”