Dancing Tides (216 page)

H
e
c
ount
e
d the
bills in his
wa
ll
e
t.

W
h
e
th
e
r
it
wa
s the
d
r
u
g
s
o
r
t
h
e
f
a
c
t he
h
a
d l
e
ss t
h
a
n t
we
n
t
y
-f
ive
doll
a
r
s, he
d
ec
id
e
d the
c
onv
e
ni
e
n
c
e
sto
r
e
h
e’
d
p
a
ss
e
d t
e
n mil
e
s b
ac
k
w
o
u
ld h
a
ve
to do.
I
t
wa
s
r
e
mote
a
nd didn
’
t h
a
ve th
a
t mu
c
h s
ec
u
r
i
t
y
ar
ou
n
d it.
H
e
kn
e
w
b
e
ca
use
h
e
’
d
a
l
r
e
a
d
y
c
h
e
c
k
e
d.

H
e
pull
e
d out a
sto
c
ki
n
g
ca
p
fr
om his b
a
g
,
re
a
c
h
e
d to m
a
ke
su
r
e
he
h
a
dn
’
t
l
ef
t the
g
un b
e
hind,
a
nd shot a
qui
c
k
U-
tu
r
n.

H
e
st
re
t
c
h
e
d the
knitt
e
d
f
a
b
r
ic
ov
e
r
his h
ea
d
a
nd
p
re
p
a
r
e
d to do
w
h
a
t he
h
a
d to do.

T
o m
a
ke
his
w
a
y
to Co
r
d
B
e
nn
e
tt he
n
ee
d
e
d mon
e
y
f
o
r
g
a
s.

A
nd h
e’
d do
a
n
y
thi
n
g
to
g
e
t it.

Ke
e
g
a
n
d
r
a
g
g
e
d C
o
r
d
to S
a
nta
C
r
uz
und
e
r
the
g
u
i
se
of
shopping
f
or
J
o
r
d
a
n
’
s b
a
b
y sho
we
r
g
i
f
t. She
r
e
a
l
l
y
w
a
nt
e
d to g
e
t him out
f
or
a
n
e
v
e
ni
n
g
, hop
ef
ul
l
y
g
e
t
him to
re
l
a
x
f
or lon
g
e
r
t
h
a
n a
c
oup
l
e
of
h
ou
r
s.

T
he
g
u
y
h
a
d b
e
e
n a
w
a
lking
bundle
of
n
er
v
e
s sin
c
e
h
e’
d
f
ound out Rob
b
y
M
ac
k
wa
s on the
loos
e
.
H
e
n
e
e
d
e
d a
b
r
ea
t
he
r
a
nd
K
ee
g
a
n
w
a
s
d
e
t
er
min
e
d to m
a
ke
the
o
u
ting
f
un.

E
v
e
n thou
g
h
g
u
y
s us
u
a
lly
a
voi
d
e
d shopping
like
t
he
pl
a
g
u
e
, unl
e
ss it
wa
s
f
or
a
bigg
e
r
f
l
a
t-s
cree
n
T
V
, th
e
ir
f
i
r
st st
o
p
wa
s a
b
a
b
y
boutique
d
o
w
nto
w
n th
a
t sp
ec
i
a
li
z
e
d in p
r
oviding
e
v
e
r
y
thi
n
g
f
or
moth
e
r
s
-
t
o
-
b
e.

Ke
e
g
a
n
b
r
o
w
s
e
d kno
w
i
n
g
e
x
ac
t
l
y
w
h
a
t she
wa
nt
e
d, a
knitt
e
d bl
a
nk
e
t
f
or
a
b
a
b
y
b
o
y
t
h
a
t look
e
d h
a
ndm
a
d
e
.
I
t
w
o
u
ldn
’
t of
c
ou
r
se
b
e
done
b
y
M
a
r
y
F
a
nnin
g
, but if
s
h
e
f
ound
w
h
a
t she
wa
s looking
f
o
r
, s
h
e
thou
g
ht
i
t mi
g
ht be
a
n
a
ddition to
a
n
y
n
u
r
s
e
r
y
t
h
a
t
c
ould be
h
a
nd
e
d do
w
n
f
r
om one
g
e
n
era
tion to the
n
e
x
t.