Dancing Tides (12 page)

A
ll of
th
e
m di
e
d b
eca
u
s
e
the
b
r
ide
h
a
d a
v
e
r
y
j
e
a
l
ous, v
e
r
y
c
r
a
z
y
,
f
o
r
m
e
r
bo
y
f
r
i
e
nd.

Co
r
d h
a
d
c
ome
v
e
r
y
c
lo
s
e
to b
e
ing
o
n
e
of
those
s
ix
.
B
ut
r
i
g
ht no
w
, he
w
a
s
h
ea
d
e
d do
w
n a
p
a
th th
a
t
wa
s qui
c
k
l
y
l
e
a
ding
no
w
h
e
r
e
.

Af
t
e
r
a
fe
w
minut
e
s, Co
r
d
ca
me
stumbling
b
a
c
k.
“
I
’
ve
c
h
a
n
g
e
d
m
y
mind,
E
th
a
n.
I
t
’
s a ni
c
e
ni
g
ht,
g
on
n
a
be
a
d
e
ce
nt-looking
suns
e
t, too.
I
think
I
’
ll t
a
k
e
a
w
a
lk on the
b
eac
h to
c
l
ea
r
m
y h
ea
d
f
i
r
st.”

E
th
a
n took the
time
to s
i
z
e
up the
m
a
n
w
ho stood in
fr
ont of
him on unst
e
a
d
y
f
ee
t. Co
r
d
B
e
nn
e
tt h
a
d
a
dish
e
v
e
l
e
d
look
a
bout him th
a
t spo
k
e
volum
e
s.
I
t m
i
g
ht h
a
v
e
b
ee
n due
to the
f
ac
t he
w
o
r
e
his should
e
r-
l
e
n
g
th h
a
ir
loose
in
a
f
u
c
k
-
y
ou
-
s
t
y
le
th
a
t s
c
r
e
a
m
e
d,
“
I
’
m no lo
n
g
e
r
in the milit
a
r
y
a
nd not
g
ov
e
r
n
e
d
b
y
a
n
y
o
n
e’
s
r
u
l
e
s but
m
y
o
w
n.”

H
e
wa
sn
’
t su
r
e
w
h
y
, but
it s
ee
m
e
d to
E
th
a
n
a
s if
t
he
m
a
n d
e
sp
e
ra
t
e
l
y
w
a
nt
e
d him to b
e
li
e
ve
h
e’
d
s
w
it
c
h
e
d
g
e
ar
s
a
nd
w
a
s now
the
e
pi
t
ome
of
c
o
r
di
a
l
a
nd
c
oop
e
ra
tiv
e
.

“O
k
a
y
.
B
ut h
a
nd ov
e
r
y
o
ur
k
e
y
s.”
E
th
a
n
g
e
stu
re
d
w
ith his h
a
nd
f
or
Co
r
d to
g
ive
th
e
m up.

“Da
mn it, how
the
h
e
ll
a
m
I
suppos
e
d to
g
e
t b
ac
k
to the
far
m
?
”

“Y
ou t
a
ke
th
a
t
w
a
lk,
c
l
ea
r
y
o
u
r
h
ea
d so
m
e
a
nd th
e
n
c
ome
b
y
m
y
hou
s
e
,
I
’
ll
d
r
ive
y
o
u hom
e
.”

“
W
e
ll
f
or
c
h
r
iss
a
k
e
s.
I
d
on
’
t
nee
d a
b
a
b
y
sitt
er
.”

“
Co
r
d, if
y
ou don
’
t
g
e
t
y
our
ac
t t
o
g
e
th
e
r
,
e
ith
e
r
y
ou
’r
e
g
onna
e
nd up
g
e
tt
i
ng
hu
r
t or som
e
one
e
lse
w
ill.”
E
th
a
n point
e
d a
f
ing
e
r
a
t his
c
h
e
st to m
a
ke
his point.
“A
nd it
w
ill not h
a
pp
e
n on
m
y
wa
t
c
h.
Y
ou
g
ot th
a
t.
N
ow
y
ou t
a
ke
th
a
t
wa
lk,
e
nj
o
y
the
suns
e
t
a
nd look me
up
w
h
e
n
y
o
u
’
r
e
r
ea
d
y
to h
e
a
d h
o
m
e
.
Y
ou know
w
h
e
r
e
I
l
i
v
e
.”

Co
r
d
re
lu
c
t
a
nt
l
y
re
linqu
i
sh
e
d his t
r
u
c
k k
e
y
s.
H
e
s
e
t o
f
f
in a
hu
f
f
do
w
n the
st
ree
t to
war
d the
pi
er
,
w
ond
e
r
ing
a
ll the
w
hile
w
h
y
p
e
ople
c
ou
l
dn
’
t just l
ea
ve
him the
h
e
ll
a
lon
e
.
I
t
h
a
d b
ee
n
a m
a
jor
mist
a
ke
on his p
ar
t
g
e
tti
n
g
d
r
a
gg
e
d to this m
ea
s
l
y
little
to
w
n in the
f
i
r
st pl
ace
.
E
v
e
n
w
o
r
s
e
, h
e’
d hu
n
g
ar
ound n
o
w
f
o
r
f
our
months.
H
e
shoul
d
’
ve
t
a
k
e
n
o
f
f
on his o
w
n,
l
ef
t
f
or
g
r
ee
n
e
r
hills som
ew
h
ere
,
a
n
y
w
h
e
re
,
s
om
e
pl
ac
e
no o
n
e
kn
e
w
h
i
m, or
kn
e
w
a
bout his mis
era
ble
p
a
st.