Dancing Tides (70 page)

“
So m
ee
ting
w
ith a
bu
n
c
h of
st
ra
n
g
er
s put
y
ou on
the
p
a
th to sob
r
i
e
t
y
?
I
g
o
tta
t
e
ll
y
ou, Mu
r
p
h
y
,
I
’
m mo
r
e
th
a
n
a
little
sk
e
pti
ca
l.
I
don
’
t
m
ind t
e
lling
p
e
ople
m
y
sto
r
y
o
r
s
a
y
i
n
g
a
p
r
a
y
e
r
e
v
e
r
y
now
a
nd th
e
n, but
I’
m t
r
y
i
n
g
to pi
c
tu
r
e
h
o
w
e
ith
e
r
on
e’
s
g
oi
n
g
to h
e
lp
me
g
e
t
r
id of
the p
a
st.”

“
I
und
er
st
a
nd.
B
ut on
c
e
I
took th
a
t st
e
p,
I
g
ot
a
w
a
y
f
r
om
m
y
e
nvi
r
onm
e
nt,
st
ar
t
e
d
f
r
e
sh h
er
e
in P
e
li
ca
n Point
e
.
Y
ou
ca
n, too.
I
w
a
sn
’
t looking
f
or
a
s
er
mon
o
r
a
l
ec
t
u
r
e
e
ith
er
, but
m
y sponsor
w
ho
wa
s P
e
te
a
t
the
tim
e
,
g
ot me
th
r
o
u
g
h
the
cra
vi
n
g
s. P
e
te
a
nd
I
a
r
e
h
e
r
e
to do th
a
t
f
or
y
o
u.”

“
C
ra
vi
n
g
s?
I
do
n
’
t h
a
ve
t
o t
a
ke
a
d
r
ink, Mu
r
p
h
y
.
I
d
r
ink to
g
e
t
r
id of
t
h
e
m
e
mo
r
i
e
s of C
a
ssie
a
nd th
a
t d
a
y
w
h
e
n
I
c
ouldn
’
t s
a
ve
h
er
.”

“A
h,
I
s
e
e
.
W
h
e
n is
y
our
f
i
r
st th
era
p
y
s
e
ssion
?
”

“
Mond
a
y
.
I
’
v
e
b
e
e
n do
w
n th
a
t
r
o
a
d b
ef
o
re
, too.
I
’
m not looking
f
or
a
mi
r
a
c
le
h
e
r
e
, Mu
r
p
h
y
.
I
’
d just like
to g
e
t
m
y
li
f
e
b
ac
k on t
r
ac
k.
I
’
m not
a
b
a
d p
e
r
son,
a
l
t
hou
g
h
w
h
e
n
I
d
r
ink
I t
e
nd to b
ec
ome
a
di
f
fe
r
e
n
t p
er
son
e
nti
re
l
y
,
g
e
t lots
of
cra
z
y
tho
u
g
hts
a
nd id
e
a
s
r
unning
t
h
r
o
u
g
h
m
y
h
e
a
d to
g
o
w
ith
m
y
i
n
e
b
r
i
a
t
e
d p
e
r
son
a
.”

“N
o one
thinks
y
ou
’
r
e
c
r
a
z
y
.”

“O
h,
I
don
’
t kno
w
, l
a
st
n
i
g
ht
K
ee
g
a
n
F
a
nni
n
g
lo
o
k
e
d
a
t me
like
I
w
a
s nuts.”
H
e
r
a
k
e
d his
f
in
g
e
r
s th
r
o
u
g
h his blondish h
a
i
r
.
“
F
un
n
y
, but t
w
o
d
a
y
s
a
g
o
I
didn
’
t
g
ive
a
shit
w
h
a
t
a
n
y
o
n
e thou
g
ht
a
bout m
e
.
N
o
w
—
I
think
I
w
a
nt to—g
e
t
on
w
ith
m
y
li
fe
.”

Mu
r
p
h
y
l
e
t out a
h
u
ge
si
g
h.
“
G
ood to kno
w
.
N
o
mo
r
e
thinking
sui
c
ide
th
e
n.
T
h
a
t
’
s a st
ar
t.
W
h
a
t
ar
e
y
our
pl
a
n
s toni
g
ht
?
”

Co
r
d s
cra
t
c
h
e
d his
c
hin.
“
I
h
a
ve
no p
l
a
ns to t
a
ke
a
noth
e
r
jump in the
o
cea
n
if
th
a
t
’
s
w
h
a
t
y
o
u
’
r
e
hinting
a
t.”