Dancing Tides (11 page)

“H
u
r
t
m
y
s
e
l
f
?
W
h
a
t do
y
ou know
a
bout it
a
n
y
w
a
y
?
I
t
’
s F
r
id
a
y
n
i
g
ht
f
or
c
h
r
iss
a
k
e
s.
I
’
m
e
ntitl
e
d to a
d
r
ink now
a
nd
a
g
a
in just like
the
re
st
of
the
to
w
n.
Y
ou think M
c
C
rea
d
y
’
s is st
a
ndi
n
g
r
oom on
l
y
toni
g
ht
b
eca
u
s
e
I
’
m the
on
l
y
one
in to
w
n h
a
ving a
d
r
ink. Shit. S
i
x
d
a
y
s
a
w
e
e
k
I
bust
m
y
a
ss out
a
t th
a
t
f
ar
m.
W
h
e
n
I
’
m not th
e
r
e
I
’
m
doing
c
h
o
re
s
a
t the
B
&
B
.
I
don
’
t sl
a
c
k o
ff
.
I do
m
y
sh
a
r
e
of
the
w
o
r
k.
Y
ou don
’
t b
e
li
e
ve
m
e
,
a
sk
N
i
c
k.
He
ll, Sil
a
s
a
nd S
a
m
m
y
w
ill vou
c
h
f
or m
e
, too.
I
’
m a
d
a
mn
g
o
o
d m
a
n
a
g
er
.
”

I
t h
a
d
b
ee
n Co
r
d
’
s boss,
N
i
c
k
Ha
r
r
is,
w
ho h
a
d
c
a
l
l
e
d
a
nd s
e
nt him in to pull Co
r
d out of M
c
C
rea
d
y
’
s.

“
So long
a
s
y
ou don
’
t
d
r
ive
in this
c
ondition, or
s
t
ar
t a
f
i
g
ht,
y
ou
c
a
n do
w
h
a
t
y
ou
w
a
nt.
B
ut
I
f
ind
y
ou d
r
unk
o
r
d
iso
r
d
er
l
y
on the
st
ree
t
o
r
the
b
eac
h
o
r
a
n
y
oth
e
r
p
u
blic
pl
ac
e
ton
i
g
ht, Co
r
d,
a
nd
I
’
m lo
c
ki
n
g
y
o
ur
a
ss up.
Y
ou
g
ot th
a
t
?
”

“Yea
h,
I
g
ot it.
I
’
m not th
a
t d
a
mn
e
d d
r
unk.”
B
ut
h
e’
d b
ee
n
h
ea
di
n
g
th
e
re
.
I
f
he
c
ouldn
’
t d
r
ive
how
wa
s
h
e
suppos
e
d to g
e
t hom
e
?

“
B
ullshit.
Y
ou
’r
e
imp
a
i
r
e
d.
A
nd in no sho
r
t o
r
d
e
r
y
ou
’
d
b
e
th
r
e
e
sh
ee
ts to
the
w
ind.
D
on
’
t
e
v
e
n think
a
bout
d
r
ivin
g
.
Y
ou
n
ee
d a
w
a
y
h
om
e
,
I
’
ll g
e
t
y
ou th
ere
.
”

“
F
in
e
.
L
e
t
m
e
lo
c
k up
m
y
t
r
u
c
k
.
”

E
th
a
n
wa
t
c
h
e
d
a
s Co
r
d st
a
gg
ere
d
o
f
f
to
w
a
r
d the
l
o
t
a
t the
side
of
the
building
a
nd to M
c
C
rea
d
y
’
s
d
e
si
g
n
a
t
e
d
p
ar
ki
n
g
a
r
ea
.
H
e
wa
t
c
h
e
d
Co
r
d op
e
n the
door
to a
s
ilv
er-
bi
rc
h m
e
t
a
llic pi
c
kup p
ar
k
e
d th
e
re
.

E
th
a
n shook his h
ea
d
a
nd
wa
it
e
d.

I
t
w
a
s a
d
a
m
n
e
d sh
a
me
a
soldi
e
r
like
Co
r
d,
w
ho h
a
d b
ee
n
w
oun
d
e
d in
c
o
m
b
a
t
a
nd
e
v
e
n su
r
viv
e
d th
re
e
tou
r
s
o
f
d
u
t
y
in
I
r
a
q, h
a
d to
c
ome
b
ac
k home
on
l
y
to
g
e
t s
h
ot du
r
ing
a
s
p
re
e shooting
inside
a
c
hu
r
c
h.
S
i
x
p
e
ople
h
a
d di
e
d th
a
t
d
a
y
, o
n
e
of
th
e
m Co
r
d
’
s
b
r
id
e-
to
-
b
e
, shot d
e
a
d
r
i
g
ht th
e
r
e
in
fr
ont of
h
i
m
a
s h
e’
d
wa
t
c
h
e
d h
e
r
slip
aw
a
y
.