Dancing Tides (21 page)

A
s of
l
a
st
N
ov
e
mb
er
,
K
e
e
g
a
n h
a
d inh
e
r
it
e
d the
c
o
mpound south of
the
pi
e
r
on
Ocea
n St
ree
t
w
h
e
r
e
the
re
s
c
ue
c
e
nt
e
r
m
a
de
its hom
e
.
T
h
a
t in
c
lud
e
d
a
n old t
w
o
-
sto
r
y
b
r
i
c
k building
a
nd the
little
house
a
dj
ace
nt
t
o the
t
e
n
-a
c
r
e
p
r
o
p
er
t
y
.

T
o
Ke
e
g
a
n,
b
oth pl
ace
s
s
ee
m
e
d lon
e
l
y
a
nd
e
mp
t
y
w
ithout M
a
r
y
a
nd Po
r
t
e
r
F
a
nni
n
g bustling
ar
ound, hov
e
r
ing
in th
e
ir
o
w
n
w
a
y
, to t
a
ke
ca
r
e
of
e
v
e
r
y
o
n
e
.

Ke
e
g
a
n
h
a
d dis
c
ov
e
re
d
t
he
h
ar
d
w
a
y
ov
e
r
t
h
e
p
a
s
t
fe
w
months th
a
t the
a
n
i
m
a
ls, mu
c
h like
the
ce
nt
er
, did not
w
a
it
f
or
g
r
i
e
f
to
p
a
ss.
A
nd
st
re
ssing
a
bout
e
x
p
e
nditu
re
s
a
nd st
re
t
c
hing a doll
a
r
w
ouldn
’
t
c
h
a
n
ge
a
thin
g
.

She
squint
e
d out into the
ho
r
i
z
on
a
nd d
ec
id
e
d th
a
t
e
v
e
n if
it look
e
d like
she
h
a
d
a
noth
e
r hour
or
so b
ef
o
r
e
the
m
ar
ine
l
a
y
e
r
r
oll
e
d in
f
o
r
r
ea
l, sh
e’
d
c
onsid
e
r
ca
lling
i
t a
ni
g
ht—
a
t l
e
a
st on the
wa
t
er
. She
c
ould
a
l
wa
y
s
h
ea
d
f
o
r
sho
r
e
a
nd
w
a
it th
er
e
to s
e
e
if
t
h
e
pup
h
ea
d
e
d inl
a
nd.
W
ound
e
d
a
nim
a
ls,
b
y
in
s
tin
c
t, t
e
nd
e
d to know
it
wa
s d
a
n
g
er
ous
f
or
th
e
m to
st
a
y
in the
w
a
t
er w
h
er
e
p
re
d
a
to
r
s
c
ould m
ak
e
a
n
ea
s
y
m
ea
l out of
t
h
e
m.

R
ea
li
z
ing
h
e
r
stom
ac
h
r
u
mbl
e
d
w
ith hun
g
e
r
p
a
ins,
she
b
e
g
a
n jon
e
si
n
g
f
o
r
a
g
r
ea
s
y
g
r
ill
e
d
c
h
ee
se
a
nd s
a
l
t
y
fr
i
e
s
fr
o
m t
h
e
D
in
er
. Sin
c
e
the
p
e
a
nut butt
e
r
a
nd st
raw
b
er
r
y
j
a
m s
a
n
d
w
i
c
h sh
e’
d
ea
t
e
n
a
r
ound noon s
ee
m
e
d like
a
dist
a
nt m
e
mo
r
y
n
o
w
, g
e
tting
f
ood soun
d
e
d
like
a
solid pl
a
n. She
c
ould
a
l
w
a
y
s d
a
sh i
n
,
g
r
a
b a
qui
c
k m
e
a
l
a
nd
t
h
e
n
ea
t it on the
pi
e
r
w
hi
l
e
she
k
e
pt
a
n
e
y
e
out
f
or
the
pup
w
ith h
e
r
bin
o
c
ul
ar
s.

B
e
c
a
use
p
r
e
t
t
y
soon t
h
e
li
g
ht
w
ould be
g
one
a
n
y
wa
y
a
nd sh
e’
d
h
a
ve
to
r
e
s
o
r
t to using
the s
earc
hl
i
g
hts,
w
hi
c
h t
e
n
d
e
d to m
a
ke
s
e
a
lions skittish.

R
e
lu
c
t
a
nt
l
y
K
e
e
g
a
n
we
nt
to the
h
e
lm, push
e
d the
button to st
ar
t the
a
n
c
i
e
nt
e
n
g
i
n
e
—or t
r
i
e
d to. She
h
ear
d the
g
r
inding
noise
th
a
t
a
l
w
a
y
s
m
a
de
h
e
r
g
r
im
ace
.
T
h
e
y
mi
g
ht
’
ve
sp
a
re
d no
e
x
p
e
nse
on the
l
a
t
e
st
e
q
u
ipm
e
nt onboard, but
Ke
e
g
a
n k
n
e
w
the
e
n
g
ine
on
t
he
M
oonlight
M
ile
w
ould lik
e
l
y
n
e
e
d a
m
a
j
o
r
ov
er
h
a
ul
b
ef
o
r
e
summ
er
.