Dancing Tides (202 page)

“A
h.
I
’
m so
r
r
y
, hon
e
y
.
G
o on.
G
o h
a
ve
a
s
u
c
c
e
ss
f
ul op
e
n hous
e
.
I
’
ll
g
e
t the
dish
e
s.”

“Ar
e
y
ou
c
oming
in l
a
t
er
?
”

“
Su
re
.
H
ow
ca
n the
n
ew
c
om
e
r
aff
o
r
d to miss his
f
i
r
st P
e
li
ca
n Pointe
p
ara
d
e
?
”

“
B
ut
y
ou
w
er
e
h
er
e
a
t Ch
r
istm
a
s.
W
e
p
ut
o
n a
h
e
lluva
Ch
r
istm
a
s p
ara
d
e
.
”

“
I
don
’
t know
w
h
a
t
I
wa
s
thinkin
g
but som
e
how
I
m
a
n
a
g
e
d to miss th
a
t.”

She
l
a
u
g
h
e
d
a
nd kiss
e
d
h
is
c
h
ee
k.
“
A
w
, it
’
s just a
m
a
tt
e
r
of
time
b
ef
o
r
e
y
ou
g
e
t us
e
d to the
ins
a
nd outs of
sm
a
ll to
w
ns. M
a
ke
su
r
e
y
ou
m
a
ke
it
b
y
t
e
n.
I
’
ll s
a
ve
y
o
u a
fr
ont-
r
ow
s
ea
t. Plus,
I
’
ll b
u
y
y
ou lun
c
h.
W
e’r
e
s
e
lling
b
a
g
lun
c
h
e
s don
a
t
e
d
fr
om the
D
in
er
.”

“
Sounds
y
um
m
y
.”

“A
n
y
thi
n
g
f
or
a
b
u
c
k,”
K
e
e
g
a
n t
e
a
s
e
d
a
s s
h
e
called to Guinness before
d
a
s
hing
out the
door,
a
l
r
ea
d
y
going
ov
e
r
in h
e
r
h
ea
d t
h
e
do
z
e
ns of
thin
g
s she
h
a
d to do to ki
c
k
o
f
f
the
op
e
n hou
s
e
.

B
ut
w
h
e
n she
g
ot to h
e
r
t
r
u
c
k, she
a
utom
a
ti
c
a
l
l
y
s
ca
nn
e
d the
g
r
ounds
f
or
S
c
ott Phillips.
A
nd
c
ouldn
’
t h
e
lp
w
ond
e
r
ing
w
h
y
t
h
e
m
a
n
’
s spi
r
it
ref
us
e
d to l
e
a
ve
this pl
a
c
e
or
the
to
w
n.

I
t
w
a
sn
’
t until
Ke
e
g
a
n
g
o
t to
w
o
r
k that she
h
e
a
r
d the
b
u
z
z
a
bout how
Har
old
a
nd
Dra
ke
B
o
e
d
e
c
k
e
r
h
a
d
f
ound
w
h
a
t th
e
y
b
e
li
e
v
e
d
w
a
s Sissy
C
a
r
r’
s bo
d
y
f
lo
a
ti
n
g
in
the
b
a
y
.

“
W
o
w
,
w
h
er
e
’
s the
bo
d
y
b
ee
n
a
ll this tim
e
?
”
Ke
e
g
a
n
a
sk
e
d.

“
Sounds like
m
a
y
be
o
l
’
Ke
nt
a
nd Sis
s
y
didn
’
t
g
e
t
a
long
a
s
we
ll
a
s p
e
op
l
e
thou
g
ht th
e
y did.
I
a
l
w
a
y
s s
a
id th
e
y
c
o
uldn
’
t l
a
st too long
w
ithout one
of
th
e
m killing
the
oth
er
.”

“Y
ou s
er
ious
l
y
think
K
e
nt h
a
d som
e
thing
to do
w
ith killing
h
er
?
”

“
Sis
s
y
h
a
d a
mouth on h
e
r
.
Ke
nt h
a
d a
t
e
mp
er
.
B
a
d
c
ombo,”
P
e
te
st
a
t
e
d.

“D
o
e
s
E
th
a
n think
Ke
nt
did i
t
?
”

“E
th
a
n
’
s b
e
e
n ti
g
htlipp
e
d
.
B
ut he
do
e
s
w
a
nt to t
a
lk to
y
ou
w
h
e
n
y
ou
g
e
t a
m
inut
e
.”