Dancing Tides (13 page)

Here
, it s
e
e
m
e
d to him, som
e
one
wa
s
f
o
re
v
e
r
t
r
y
i
ng
to
f
ix
him.
A
nd he
didn
’
t like
it, not one
bit.

T
he
bit
c
h of
it
wa
s he
re
a
l
l
y
didn
’
t h
a
ve
a
n
y
oth
e
r
pl
ac
e
to
g
o. P
e
li
ca
n Pointe
wa
s it, the bottom of
the
b
arre
l,
w
h
i
c
h m
ea
nt Co
r
d B
e
nn
e
tt
h
a
d hit
r
o
c
k bottom
r
i
g
ht
h
er
e
a
lo
n
g
w
ith this
cra
p
p
y
little
to
w
n.

O
n
c
e
he
g
ot to the
w
h
arf
,
he
f
ollo
we
d the
w
oo
d
e
n
st
e
ps do
w
n to the
r
o
c
k
y
b
eac
h.
H
e spott
e
d a
d
r
y
bould
e
r
jutting
out
w
h
e
r
e
the
w
a
v
e
s
wer
e
a
t low
tide
a
nd plo
p
p
e
d his butt on the
f
l
a
t su
rf
a
ce
.
H
e
look
e
d
o
ut into the
s
e
tting
sun
a
s it d
r
opp
e
d ov
e
r
the
wa
t
e
r
—
a
nd d
ec
id
e
d
m
a
y
be it
wa
s time
to quit kiddi
n
g
hims
e
l
f
.

E
th
a
n
wa
s
r
i
g
ht.
H
e
e
ith
e
r
n
ee
d
e
d to
c
h
a
n
g
e
his
wa
y
s
o
r
m
a
ke
some
c
h
a
n
g
e
s.

H
e
int
e
nd
e
d to m
a
ke
a
c
h
a
nge
a
ll
r
i
g
ht, a
b
i
g
on
e
,
a
p
er
m
a
n
e
nt on
e
.
T
he
p
a
i
n
w
ould
a
t l
ea
st
f
in
a
l
l
y
e
nd.

H
e
stu
c
k his h
a
nd in his j
ea
ns po
c
k
e
t,
re
mov
e
d the
shi
n
y
bl
ac
k .22
-
ca
lib
e
r
S
mith
a
nd
W
e
sson h
e’
d t
a
k
e
n
f
r
om the
g
love
box
of
his t
r
u
c
k.
G
ood thing
E
th
a
n h
a
d
n
’
t
fe
lt the
n
ee
d to
p
a
t him do
w
n or
ar
r
e
st him
f
or
some
idiotic
rea
son li
k
e
public
into
x
i
ca
tion.
He’
d
a
l
rea
d
y
b
ee
n do
w
n th
a
t
r
o
a
d b
ef
o
re
, too.

B
ut
e
ndi
n
g
it m
ea
nt th
er
e
w
ould be
no mo
r
e
d
r
unk
a
nd diso
r
d
er
l
y
, no mo
r
e
hu
r
ting insid
e
, no mo
r
e
t
err
ible
guilt, no mo
r
e
nothin
g
.

T
h
er
e
w
er
e
so
m
a
n
y
oth
e
r
tim
e
s ov
e
r
the
p
a
st
y
e
a
r
a
nd a
h
a
lf
h
e’
d b
e
e
n
r
i
g
h
t h
er
e
in this s
a
me
spot.
N
ot sitting
on the
b
eac
h,
o
f
c
ou
r
s
e
, but it didn
’
t
rea
l
l
y
m
a
tt
e
r
a
t
t
he
mom
e
nt
w
h
e
th
e
r he
wa
s b
a
c
k in his b
e
d
r
o
om
a
t the
far
m or
not, o
nl
y
th
a
t h
e’
d
f
in
a
l
l
y
f
ound
the
c
ou
r
a
ge
to m
a
ke up his mind to do it, on
c
e
a
nd
f
or
a
ll.

O
k
a
y
, m
a
y
be
it didn
’
t t
a
ke
b
ra
v
e
r
y
.
H
e
’
d b
ee
n in
c
omb
a
t
a
nd kn
e
w
h
o
w
it
fe
lt to
fa
c
e
the
e
n
e
m
y
.
T
his
fe
lt di
ff
e
re
n
t
.
H
e
c
ouldn
’
t
g
e
t a
h
a
nd
l
e
on this. M
a
y
b
e
h
e’
d
f
in
a
l
l
y
d
r
unk
e
no
u
g
h
w
hisk
e
y
,
e
no
u
g
h boo
z
e
to know
he
didn
’
t
c
a
r
e
a
n
y
m
o
r
e
a
bout the
f
i
g
ht.