Dancing Tides (194 page)

H
e
took
ca
r
e
of
oth
e
r
w
o
r
k,
c
h
ec
k
e
d on d
e
liv
e
r
y
s
c
h
e
dul
e
s, m
a
de
s
u
r
e
o
r
d
e
r
s
we
r
e
upd
a
t
ed
.
T
he
c
a
l
e
nd
a
r
on his d
e
sk
re
mind
e
d him he
h
a
dn
’
t h
a
d a
d
r
op of
a
l
c
o
h
ol in th
re
e
wee
ks.

H
e
h
a
dn
’
t miss
e
d
a
n
A
A
m
ee
ting
or
a
t
r
ip to s
e
e
t
h
e
sh
r
ink.
He’
d
g
o
n
e
th
r
e
e
f
or
th
re
e
eac
h Sund
a
y
af
t
er
noon
a
nd six
f
or
s
i
x
e
v
e
r
y
Mo
n
d
a
y
a
nd
T
hu
r
s
d
a
y
to h
a
s
h out his p
a
st
w
ith
Dr
. Pont
a
d
era
.
H
e
’
d k
e
pt
e
v
er
y
a
ppointm
e
nt
a
nd his p
r
omise
to the
jud
g
e
.
He’
d
b
ee
n on his n
e
w m
e
di
ca
tion now
f
or
t
w
o
wee
ks
w
ithout
a
n
y
ho
r
r
ible
side
ef
f
ec
ts, no h
e
a
d
a
c
h
e
s, no n
er
vousn
e
ss,
a
nd no d
r
op in libido.

H
e
h
a
d to
a
dmit the
s
e
x
c
ouldn
’
t
g
e
t
a
n
y
b
e
tt
er
.
A
nd how
in the
w
o
r
ld h
a
d
he
g
o
n
e
a
y
e
a
r
a
nd h
a
lf
w
ithout i
t
?
A
n
ear
li
e
r
visit to a
g
r
i
e
f
c
ou
n
s
e
lor
w
ould
’
ve
p
r
o
b
a
b
l
y
b
ee
n the
ti
c
k
e
t.
I
t
w
a
s his b
a
d lu
c
k h
e’
d p
a
s
s
e
d
th
a
t up.
I
nst
e
a
d h
e’
d op
t
e
d to
wa
ste
a
lot of
v
a
lu
a
b
le
time
h
e’
d n
e
v
e
r
g
et
b
ac
k, time
h
e’
d s
p
e
nt pi
c
king
f
i
g
hts
w
ith
a
n
y
one
w
illing
to slug
it out,
a
nd
g
e
n
era
l
l
y
f
ee
li
n
g so
r
r
y
a
bout his situ
a
tion.

Ha
ving
Ke
e
g
a
n in his li
f
e
wa
s nothi
n
g
sho
r
t of
a
mi
rac
l
e
.

W
h
e
n he
h
ear
d
a
c
a
r
d
r
i
v
e
into the
c
ommon
ar
e
a
o
utside
the
b
ar
n, he
w
e
nt
on imm
e
di
a
te
a
l
er
t.
H
e
pi
c
k
e
d up the
p
i
t
c
h
f
o
r
k
fr
om
b
e
side
the
d
oor
a
nd p
ee
k
e
d outsid
e
.

T
o his su
r
p
r
ise
he
s
a
w
K
e
e
g
a
n m
a
k
e
a
r
un
f
or
the
po
rc
h in the
ra
in.
H
e
c
a
ll
e
d out to h
e
r so sh
e’
d know
he
w
a
s
in
the
b
ar
n instead.

“H
e
y
,
w
h
a
t
’r
e
y
ou doi
n
g
here
?
”
he
y
e
l
l
e
d.

She
w
h
ee
l
e
d on
h
e
r
h
e
e
ls
w
ith
G
uinn
e
ss in tow
a
nd he
c
ould t
e
ll
e
v
e
n
f
r
om
this dist
a
n
c
e she
wa
s ups
e
t.
W
h
e
n she
st
ar
t
e
d
r
unni
n
g
to
war
d h
i
m, he
d
r
opp
e
d the
m
a
k
e
s
hi
f
t
wea
pon
a
nd took o
ff.

She
a
ll but
c
oll
a
ps
e
d in his
ar
ms.
T
he
d
o
g
c
i
rc
l
e
d th
e
m t
w
i
c
e
a
nd th
e
n lo
p
e
d o
f
f
f
or
the sh
e
lt
e
r
of
the
po
r
c
h.

“
W
h
a
t
’
s
wr
o
n
g
,
K
ee
g
a
n?
D
id
y
ou s
e
e
Rob
b
y
M
a
c
k
?
”
H
e
not
e
d the
look of
dist
re
ss on h
e
r
fac
e
a
nd shook h
e
r
should
er
s a
little
to g
e
t h
e
r
to
a
ns
we
r
him.