Dancing Tides (66 page)

O
r
g
a
nic
F
ar
ms
k
e
pt p
ac
e
w
ith the
c
omp
e
tition, up to this point he
h
a
dn
’
t
e
x
ac
t
l
y
g
i
v
e
n the
job a hund
re
d p
e
r
ce
nt.
N
i
c
k
a
n
d
J
o
r
d
a
n h
a
d to know
th
a
t.
A
nd
y
e
t, th
e
y
h
a
d t
r
us
t
e
d him
w
ith the
far
m.
I
t sh
a
m
e
d him how
h
e’
d
t
a
k
e
n
a
dv
a
n
t
a
g
e
of
the
v
er
y
p
e
ople
w
ho
h
a
d
g
iv
e
n
him a
c
h
a
n
c
e
w
h
e
n no one
e
lse
w
ould.

Su
re
, h
e’
d bust
e
d his
a
ss
h
ere
, but his h
e
a
r
t h
a
dn
’
t
rea
l
l
y
b
ee
n in it.
H
e
wa
nt
e
d to
c
h
a
n
g
e
t
h
a
t, too.

H
e
wa
nt
e
d to
p
r
ove
to
N
i
c
k
a
nd
J
o
r
d
a
n th
e
y
h
a
dn
’
t m
a
de
a
mist
a
ke
b
y
t
a
k
i
ng
him in
a
nd
g
ivi
n
g
him a
job
a
nd a
s
e
c
ond
c
h
a
n
ce
.
O
r
m
a
y
be
t
his
wa
s his thi
r
d.

W
ho
wa
s he
kiddin
g
?
H
e
wa
nt
e
d to p
r
ove
to him
s
e
lf
he
c
ould m
a
k
e
c
h
a
n
g
e
s
f
or
the b
e
tt
er
, a
lot b
e
tt
er
.

H
e
a
lso
wa
nt
e
d to invite
Ke
e
g
a
n
F
a
nni
n
g
out to t
h
e
far
m
f
o
r
dinn
er
.
E
v
e
n
t
he
thou
g
ht of th
a
t thou
g
h h
a
d his h
e
ar
t
rac
i
n
g
.
T
he
a
skin
g
, t
h
e
c
h
a
n
c
e
a
t
re
j
e
c
tion m
a
de
h
is mouth
g
o d
r
y b
eca
use
h
e
h
a
d
n
’
t
c
ont
e
mpl
a
t
e
d dipping
his toe
in the
d
a
ting
pool
a
g
a
in.
E
v
er
.
W
hi
c
h, he
h
a
d to
c
on
fe
ss, sound
e
d
fa
i
r
l
y
r
i
di
c
ulous no
w
.
D
id he
r
ea
l
l
y
int
e
nd to
re
m
a
in
c
e
lib
a
te
f
o
r
e
v
er
?
B
e
c
a
use th
er
e
wa
s so
m
e
thing
a
b
o
ut the
re
dh
ea
d t
h
a
t m
a
de
him it
c
h in th
a
t
w
a
y
a
nd
m
a
de
him
wa
nt to g
e
t to know
h
e
r
b
e
tt
er
.

I
t
w
a
s a
f
i
r
st
f
o
r
him, a
f
i
r
st in
a
lmost a
y
e
a
r
a
nd
a
ha
l
f
.
He’
d put
a
n
y
f
e
e
lin
g
s
f
o
r
the opposite
s
e
x
on the
b
ac
kbu
r
n
er
.
U
ntil no
w
,
a
ll he
wa
nt
e
d
wa
s to
b
e
punish
e
d
f
or
not h
a
vi
n
g h
e
lp
e
d C
a
ssie
th
a
t d
a
y
w
h
e
n sh
e’
d n
e
e
d
e
d him the
most.

Ear
li
er
,
w
hile
h
e’
d stu
f
fe
d his
fac
e
w
ith
J
o
r
d
a
n
’
s
b
a
k
e
d
c
hi
c
k
e
n, h
e’
d hin
t
e
d
a
t a
“
w
h
a
t i
f
”
s
ce
n
ar
io
f
or
a
supp
e
r
m
e
nu.
I
f
he
c
ould s
wee
t
t
a
lk
J
o
r
d
a
n into p
r
oviding
a
fe
w
side
dis
h
e
s he
c
ould
a
l
w
a
y
s th
r
ow
som
e
thing
on the
g
r
ill
f
or
the
m
a
in
c
ou
r
s
e
.
H
e
wa
sn
’
t
e
v
e
n su
r
e
he
c
ould pull it o
ff.

“
Su
r
e
y
ou
ca
n
,”
a
voi
c
e
s
a
id
fr
om the
oth
e
r
side
o
f
the
milking
st
a
tion.
“Y
o
u
’r
e
just out of
p
rac
ti
c
e
.”