Dancing Tides (221 page)

“
I
w
ouldn
’
t s
a
y
th
a
t.”

She
g
r
in
n
e
d.
“
I
’
m not su
r
e
I
’
m so
r
r
y
this h
a
p
p
e
n
e
d
or
g
l
a
d.
I
h
a
d no id
e
a
C
a
ssie
wa
s so—
c
ont
r
ollin
g
.”

“
Could
w
e
t
a
lk
a
bout s
o
m
e
thing
e
ls
e
?
”

“
Su
re
.”
She
s
i
g
n
a
l
e
d t
h
e
wa
it
re
ss.
“
I
wa
nt a
h
u
ge
sli
c
e
of
th
a
t
c
ho
c
o
l
a
te
c
a
ke
a
nd do
n’
t be stin
g
y
.
A
nd
c
ould
y
ou l
o
a
d it do
w
n
w
ith
c
ho
c
ol
a
t
e
i
c
e
c
rea
m?
W
h
a
t
a
bout
y
o
u, Co
r
d?
W
h
a
t do
y
o
u s
a
y
w
e
h
a
v
e
our
d
e
s
s
er
t
c
ou
r
se
f
i
r
st
?
”

“A
bsolut
e
l
y
not,”
N
i
c
k
b
a
r
k
e
d
f
or
the
thi
r
d time
in
a
sp
a
n of
f
i
f
t
ee
n minut
e
s.

P
a
t
r
i
c
k Mu
r
p
h
y
stood in the
kit
c
h
e
n
a
t P
r
omise
Cove
a
nd did his b
e
st to t
a
lk
N
i
c
k
Ha
r
r
is into th
r
o
w
ing
his h
a
t in the
r
ing
f
or
Sis
s
y
C
a
rr’
s
o
ld s
ea
t on the
to
w
n
c
oun
c
il. Sin
c
e
the
m
a
tt
e
r
of Sis
s
y
’
s
re
s
i
g
n
a
tion h
a
d
b
ee
n
s
e
ttl
e
d, the
sp
e
c
i
a
l
e
l
ec
tion to
re
pl
a
c
e
the
w
o
m
a
n
ha
d
b
een
s
c
h
e
dul
e
d
f
or
J
un
e
.
Murphy wa
s running out of time to t
a
lk
N
i
c
k into
g
e
tti
n
g
on the
b
a
llot.

“
I
t
w
ouldn
’
t t
a
ke
a
ll th
a
t mu
c
h,”
Mu
r
p
h
y
c
l
a
im
e
d.
“
I
t
w
ould
r
ea
l
l
y
b
e
mo
r
e like
a
n hono
ra
r
y
position
a
n
y
w
a
y
.”

N
i
c
k s
e
nt him a
disb
e
li
e
v
ing
look.
“
Come
on, Mu
r
p
h
y
.
I
didn
’
t
r
ide
into to
w
n
y
e
st
er
d
a
y
. I
kn
o
w
d
a
mn
we
ll
y
ou
g
u
y
s
f
ind a
rea
son to m
e
e
t
e
v
e
r
y
time
the
w
ind
c
h
a
n
g
e
s di
r
ec
tion.
I
’
v
e
g
ot a
b
a
b
y
due
in und
e
r
t
w
o
months,
w
hi
c
h
I
m
i
g
ht
p
oint out is the
busi
e
st t
im
e
of
the
y
e
a
r
f
o
r
the
B &
B, too
.
I
don
’
t h
a
v
e
time
to
ca
mp
a
i
g
n
ar
ound to
w
n
.
”

“Y
ou
’
d be
a
shoo
-
in, no
ca
mp
a
i
g
ni
n
g
re
qui
r
e
d.”

“N
o.”

A
bout th
a
t tim
e
, the
b
e
ll
c
him
e
d th
e
y
h
a
d inst
a
ll
e
d
a
t the
fr
ont door
to indi
ca
te
a
g
u
e
st.
T
he
b
e
ll didn
’
t
ac
tu
a
l
l
y
r
i
n
g
, it bu
zz
e
d so it
w
oul
d
n
’
t
wa
ke
a
n
a
ppi
n
g
t
w
o
-
y
ear-
old.

W
h
e
n
J
o
r
d
a
n st
ar
t
e
d to move
to
a
ns
we
r
the
do
o
r
,
N
i
c
k
wa
v
e
d
h
e
r
o
f
f
.
“N
o
,
I
’
ll g
e
t it.
Y
ou
’
ve
b
e
e
n on
y
our
f
ee
t
too long
a
s it is tod
a
y
.
”

A
s soon
a
s Nick
wa
s out of
the
r
oom,
J
o
r
d
a
n l
ea
n
e
d
ov
e
r
to Mu
r
p
h
y
.
“
I
’
ll t
a
lk to him.
He’
d m
a
ke
a
n
e
x
ce
ll
e
nt
c
a
ndid
a
te
f
or
the
c
i
t
y
c
oun
c
il.”

“N
ot on
l
y
th
a
t, but the
b
o
ar
d of
di
r
e
c
to
r
s h
a
s
f
in
a
lly
f
o
rce
d old m
a
n C
a
r
r
o
u
t
a
t the
b
a
nk.
A
ll those
b
a
d lo
a
ns
f
in
a
lly
took th
e
ir
toll on his
r
e
p.”

“N
ot to m
e
ntion his d
a
ught
er’
s sn
ea
ki
n
g
o
f
f
to be
w
ith
Ke
nt. P
e
ople
mi
g
ht
not h
a
ve
b
een
su
r
p
r
is
e
d
a
t h
e
r
ac
tions
b
ut th
e
y
w
er
e
up
s
e
t she
stole
mon
e
y
.
N
ow
th
a
t
E
t
h
a
n h
a
s positiv
e
l
y
I
D
’
d h
e
r
re
m
a
ins
a
nd kno
w
s
s
he
didn
’
t d
r
o
w
n, it
’
s looking
mo
r
e
a
nd mo
r
e
like
Ke
nt mi
g
ht
’
ve
kill
e
d h
er
.”