Dancing Tides (117 page)

A
nd th
a
t
wa
s the
p
r
obl
e
m,
wa
sn
’
t i
t
?
H
ow
c
ould she
tu
r
n do
w
n a
r
e
qu
e
st
l
ike
th
a
t
a
nd sl
ee
p toni
g
ht?
Sh
e’
d s
ee
n h
e
r
g
ra
n
d
fa
th
e
r
g
o out l
a
t
e
r
th
a
n this, in
r
a
g
ing
st
o
r
ms, pl
e
n
t
y
of
tim
e
s to m
a
ke
a
s
a
v
e
.
“
W
h
a
t
a
b
out li
g
ht?
I
’
ll n
e
e
d pl
e
n
t
y
of
li
g
ht
w
ithout s
car
i
n
g
t
he
b
e
j
ee
z
us out of him.”

“
I
’
m h
e
r
e
no
w
.
I
’
ll
h
e
lp
w
ith the
li
g
ht.”

“T
h
e
n
I
g
u
e
ss
I
’
ll s
e
e
y
o
u in
t
we
n
t
y
.”

“
R
e
s
c
u
e
?
”
Co
r
d
a
sk
e
d
w
h
e
n she
hu
n
g
up.

“
L
ooks like
a
st
ra
n
d
e
d b
a
b
y
s
e
a
l. So
r
r
y
, Co
r
d.
I
’
v
e
g
ot to
g
o.”

“
I
’
ll
g
o
w
ith
y
ou
.
”

“Y
ou su
re
?
I
t
c
ould t
a
ke
a
w
hil
e
,
e
sp
e
c
i
a
l
l
y
i
f
h
e’
s
on the
r
o
c
ks,
g
e
tti
n
g
to him
a
nd
a
ll.
I
t mi
g
ht t
a
ke
s
e
v
era
l hou
r
s
f
or
me
to
e
v
e
n
g
e
t
c
lose
t
o him
e
nou
g
h to n
e
t.”

“Ar
e
y
ou kiddi
n
g
?
I
w
o
u
ldn
’
t miss this. I
w
a
nt to s
e
e
y
ou in
ac
tion.”

“G
ood thing
I
sp
e
nt the
mo
r
ning
lo
a
di
n
g
up
y
our
t
r
u
c
k
w
ith the
c
a
g
e
s, n
e
ts
a
nd g
ear
.
L
e
t
’
s
r
oll th
e
n.”

W
h
e
n she
g
r
a
bb
e
d
h
e
r
R
a
id
e
rs
c
a
p, tugg
e
d it do
w
n
ov
e
r
h
e
r
h
a
i
r
, Co
r
d s
c
o
w
l
e
d.
“
A
R
a
id
e
rs
fa
n?
J
ust
m
y
lu
c
k.
I
’
v
e
r
o
ot
e
d
f
or
the
Ch
a
r
g
er
s
m
y
w
hole
li
fe
.”

“A
nd
f
or
w
h
a
t
?
”
she
t
ea
s
e
d
a
s she
c
raw
l
e
d into t
h
e
p
a
ss
e
n
g
e
r
side
of
Co
r
d
’
s t
r
u
c
k
w
hile he
g
ot
b
e
hind the
w
h
e
e
l.
“A
t l
ea
st
m
y
t
ea
m
’
s
w
on
Sup
e
r
B
o
w
ls.”

H
e
g
r
inn
e
d.
“
O
u
c
h. A
p
e
r
son
ca
n on
l
y
t
a
ke
so m
u
c
h.
B
ut sl
a
mming
m
y
f
a
v
o
r
ite
f
ootb
a
ll t
ea
m mi
g
ht be
the
d
ea
l b
r
ea
k
er
.
”

“H
e
y
, not sl
a
mmin
g
, it
’
s
a
fac
t.
H
a
ve
y
ou
g
u
y
s
e
v
e
n
w
on a
c
h
a
mpionship g
a
me
in the t
we
n
t
y
-
f
i
r
st
ce
ntu
r
y
?
”

“
L
i
k
e
y
ou
g
u
y
s h
a
ve
b
e
e
n bu
r
ning
the
hou
s
e
do
w
n l
a
t
e
l
y
.
”

“Yea
h, sin
c
e
both h
a
d
e
i
g
ht
a
nd
e
i
g
ht s
e
a
sons l
a
st
y
e
ar
,
I
g
u
e
ss it
’
s a
d
r
a
w
a
s to
w
hi
c
h t
ea
m su
c
ks mo
re
.”

W
ith th
a
t s
e
ttl
e
d,
Kee
g
a
n
di
rec
t
e
d him th
r
o
u
g
h t
o
w
n
a
nd up the
c
o
a
st to
w
a
r
d a
s
ce
n
i
c ov
er
h
a
n
g
.