Dancing Tides (86 page)

“
I
still don
’
t
fee
l
r
i
g
ht
a
b
out this.”

“Ge
tting
in the
t
r
u
c
k
w
i
t
h me
or
m
y
l
e
ndi
n
g
it to
y
o
u?
W
hi
c
h
?
”

“
L
e
ndi
n
g
me
y
our
t
r
u
c
k is
e
x
t
re
m
e
l
y
g
e
n
er
ous.”

H
e
op
e
n
e
d t
h
e
d
r
iv
e
r
’
s side
door
f
or
h
er
—
a
nd
wa
i
t
e
d.
A
s soon
a
s she
c
raw
l
e
d b
e
hind the
w
h
ee
l he
w
e
nt
ar
ound to
the
p
a
ss
e
n
g
e
r
si
d
e
,
wa
t
c
h
e
d t
h
e
d
o
g
jump into the
fr
ont s
ea
t
a
s if
h
e
wer
e
r
i
g
ht
a
t home
r
iding shot
g
un
a
nd s
c
oo
t
e
d him ov
er
, s
e
ttl
e
d in n
e
x
t to h
i
m.

N
ot on
l
y
did it s
ee
m st
r
a
n
g
e
to
b
e
sitting
on this side
of
his o
w
n t
r
u
c
k but
h
a
ving
the
w
om
a
n
a
nd h
e
r
d
o
g
inv
a
de
his dom
a
in
fe
lt like
h
e
’
d
cr
oss
e
d some
lin
e
.
M
a
y
b
e
s
h
e
wa
s
r
i
g
ht. M
a
y
b
e
this h
a
d b
ee
n
a
n
i
n
cre
dib
l
y
b
a
d id
e
a
.

B
ut
w
h
e
n
h
e
g
l
a
n
ce
d o
v
e
r
a
t the
w
om
a
n
a
s s
h
e
stu
c
k the
k
e
y
into the
i
g
nition, he
sti
f
l
e
d a
c
hu
c
kl
e
.
E
v
e
n in the
d
ar
k
he
c
ould s
e
e
s
h
e
h
a
d the
most int
e
nse
c
on
ce
nt
ra
ti
o
n on h
e
r
f
a
ce
. She took the
time
to
a
djust t
h
e
re
a
r
vi
e
w
mi
rr
o
r
, the
si
d
e
mi
rr
o
r
,
f
i
d
g
e
t
e
d
w
ith the
s
ea
t s
e
tti
n
g
s to g
e
t it
a
s
c
om
f
o
r
t
a
ble
a
s poss
i
ble
a
nd th
e
n shot him a
lost look.

“Ar
e
y
ou
g
on
n
a
d
r
ive
th
i
s thing
or
h
a
v
e
a
r
e
l
a
tionship
w
ith i
t
?
”

She
g
r
in
n
e
d.
“
H
e
y
, d
r
iving
som
e
o
n
e
e
ls
e’
s
v
e
hi
c
l
e
is a
huge
r
e
sponsibili
t
y
.
A
nd
y
o
u
r
s is so n
e
w
w
ith
a
ll th
e
se
fa
n
c
y
g
a
d
g
e
ts
I
’
m not us
e
d
t
o.
I
h
a
ve
to know
w
h
er
e
t
he
w
indshi
e
ld
w
ip
er
s
ar
e
a
nd t
h
e
h
ea
dl
i
g
hts
a
n
d—”

“
I
s
e
e
t
h
a
t.
I
t
’
s just a
t
r
u
c
k,
Ke
e
g
a
n
—
a
nd
f
ul
l
y
insu
re
d
a
t th
a
t.”

F
in
a
l
l
y
s
h
e
tu
r
n
e
d the
k
e
y
a
nd
f
i
re
d up the
e
n
g
in
e
.
W
h
e
n she
pull
e
d
aw
a
y
f
r
om the
c
u
r
b she
s
a
id,
“
W
o
w
!
N
i
c
e
w
h
ee
ls.
I
t d
r
iv
e
s like
a
d
r
e
a
m, not like
m
y
old tub
a
t
a
ll.”

“
I
’
ve
s
ee
n th
a
t
a
n
c
i
e
nt
w
hite
t
r
u
c
k
w
ith the
F
M
R
C lo
g
o on the
doo
r
s
a
r
o
u
nd to
w
n.
F
un
n
y
, but b
ef
o
r
e
tod
a
y
,
I
didn
’
t
e
v
e
n know
w
h
a
t
F
MRC m
ea
nt, n
e
v
e
r
e
v
e
n
a
sk
e
d.
T
h
a
t t
r
u
c
k
’
s
g
ot to be
a
t l
e
a
st t
we
n
t
y
y
ea
r
s old.”