Dancing Tides (75 page)

“
W
a
nt to
c
om
e
?
”

“
Mi
g
ht be
aw
k
w
ar
d.
B
e
s
id
e
s,
I
’
ve
g
ot to
we
ls to
f
o
ld.
N
ot to m
e
ntion,
a
s of
f
our
o
’c
lo
c
k this
af
t
er
noon,
w
e
h
a
ve
t
h
re
e
p
a
ti
e
nts
.
”

P
e
te
shook his h
ea
d.
“
P
a
t
h
e
ti
c
.
W
h
e
n
I
wa
s t
wen
t
y
-
six
y
e
ar
s old
I
n
e
v
e
r
o
n
c
e
s
a
t home
on a
S
a
tu
r
d
a
y
n
i
g
ht to
f
old to
we
ls.
A
nd
I
su
r
e
a
s h
e
ll
took the
time
to h
a
ve
f
un
e
v
e
r
y
now
a
nd
a
g
a
in.
W
h
e
n
’
s the
l
a
st time
y
ou
ha
d a
d
a
t
e
,
Ke
e
g
a
n
?
”

“
I
h
a
ve
f
un
a
ll the
tim
e
.
A
nd
I
d
a
t
e
d
—
”
She
stopp
e
d
a
s she
t
r
i
e
d to
r
e
m
e
mb
e
r
the
l
a
st time
sh
e’
d
g
o
n
e
out.
E
y
e
ing
the
c
y
n
i
ca
l look on his
face
, s
h
e
toss
e
d out,
“
I
’
ve
put d
a
ting
on hold.
A
nd don
’
t look
a
t me
like
th
a
t.
I
h
a
ve
ot
h
e
r
mo
r
e
p
re
ssing
m
a
tt
er
s to d
ea
l
w
ith
r
i
g
ht now
th
a
n to sp
e
nd
m
y
time
in pu
r
suit of
a
g
ood time
w
ith the
opposite
s
e
x
.”

“Y
ou don
’
t
g
e
t
a
w
a
y
f
r
o
m this pl
ac
e
long
e
no
u
g
h
to m
ee
t the
opposite
s
e
x
l
e
t
a
lone
h
a
ve a
g
ood tim
e
.
T
h
er
e
’
s no
f
i
g
u
r
i
n
g
y
ou
n
g
p
e
ople
t
h
e
se
d
a
y
s,”
P
e
te
g
r
ous
e
d b
e
f
o
r
e
t
a
ki
n
g
a
g
e
n
er
ous sl
u
g
of
Coke
a
n
d
w
iping
his mouth
w
ith the
b
ac
k of
his h
a
nd.

“
I
’
ll t
e
ll
y
ou
w
h
a
t th
a
t b
o
y
n
e
e
ds
w
ithout
e
v
e
n m
e
e
ting
h
im
f
or
the
f
i
r
st tim
e
.
H
e
n
e
e
ds a
rea
son to
wa
k
e
up in the
mo
r
nin
g
.”

“E
v
e
r
y
bo
d
y
n
ee
ds th
a
t.
D
o
y
ou know
w
h
y
h
e’
s
s
o s
cre
w
e
d up?
D
id
a
n
y
o
n
e
both
e
r
to
c
lue
y
o
u in?
H
a
y
d
e
n
d
e
s
cr
ib
e
d the
w
hole
sp
r
e
e
shooting
thi
n
g
to me
l
a
st ni
g
h
t
—in d
e
t
a
il. Sounds like the
in
c
id
e
nt is som
e
thing h
e’
s h
a
vi
n
g
t
r
ouble
g
e
tt
i
ng
p
a
st—in a
b
i
g
w
a
y
,
e
s
p
ec
i
a
l
l
y
si
nc
e
he
was
st
a
nding
a
t the
a
lt
a
r
a
bo
u
t to m
ar
r
y
t
h
e
w
om
a
n
w
h
o
g
o
t kill
ed
.”

“Yea
h,
I
know
w
h
a
t h
a
p
p
e
n
e
d.
T
he
w
hole
to
w
n
k
no
w
s.
I
n
f
a
c
t, if
y
ou
a
sk
me
d
r
inking
is the
l
ea
st of
his
w
o
rr
i
e
s.
I
t
m
e
ss
e
d
w
ith his h
ea
d.
T
h
e
y
ca
ll it P
T
SD
th
e
se
d
a
y
s
.
D
idn
’
t h
a
v
e
a
fa
n
c
y
n
a
m
e
f
or
it b
a
c
k
w
h
e
n
I
hit st
a
t
e
side
fr
om
’
Na
m.
N
ow
th
e
y
stu
d
y
it.
T
he
Int
er
n
e
t is
f
ull of sit
e
s th
a
t d
ea
l
w
ith it.”