Dancing Tides (226 page)

T
h
er
e
w
a
s nothing
o
f
v
a
l
ue
a
n
y
w
h
e
re
. Ch
e
c
king
o
ut
eac
h
r
oom,
a
ll he
f
ou
n
d
wer
e
b
ar
e
wa
lls,
a
n
a
bund
a
n
c
e
of
t
r
a
sh litt
er
ing
the
c
on
c
r
e
te
f
loo
r
s, p
ee
li
n
g
p
a
int,
a
nd
r
otting
w
ood.

A
b
ac
k st
a
i
r
ca
se
o
ff
e
re
d
t
he
on
l
y
w
a
y
up, but he
h
a
d to m
a
ke
his
w
a
y
a
r
o
u
nd dis
car
d
e
d
c
ondoms, S
t
y
r
o
f
o
a
m
f
o
o
d
c
ont
a
in
er
s,
a
nd ot
h
e
r
d
i
s
g
usting
d
e
b
r
is to
g
e
t th
e
re
.

F
in
a
l
l
y
w
h
e
n he
re
a
c
h
e
d
the
top, he
pi
c
k
e
d out a
c
o
r
n
e
r
w
h
er
e
the
w
indo
w
s
face
d
we
st
w
ith a
p
er
f
ec
t vi
e
w
of
t
h
e
oc
e
an
.

W
h
e
n hun
g
e
r
got the
b
e
tt
e
r
of
him, he
w
e
nt looking
f
o
r
a
pl
a
c
e
to
e
a
t
a
nd d
i
s
c
ov
ere
d th
er
e
w
e
r
e
no
f
a
st-
f
ood
j
oints.
W
h
a
t kind of
stup
i
d
-a
ss to
w
n didn
’
t h
a
ve
a
g
old
e
n
arc
h
e
s?
he
w
ond
ere
d
b
ef
o
r
e
spotting
T
he
H
illtop
D
in
er
.
I
f
h
e
o
r
d
ere
d t
h
e
c
h
e
a
p
e
st thing
on the
m
e
nu,
h
e
c
ould st
re
t
c
h the
th
r
e
e-
h
u
nd
re
d doll
ar
s he
h
a
d in his
wa
ll
e
t until he
c
ould st
ea
l
w
h
a
t he
n
e
e
d
e
d.

T
he
D
in
e
r
look
e
d like
a
m
a
lt shop
r
i
g
ht out of
the
sit
c
om
H
appy
D
a
y
s
.
I
n
f
ac
t, the
e
nti
r
e to
w
n look
e
d like
it h
a
dn
’
t s
ee
n a
n
e
w
i
d
e
a
sin
c
e
N
i
x
on h
e
ld o
ff
i
ce
.

Rob
b
y
took a
s
e
a
t
a
t the
c
ount
e
r
a
nd noti
c
e
d a
fe
w
st
are
s
f
r
om the
oth
e
r
p
a
t
r
ons.
I
t s
ee
m
e
d he
h
a
d ov
e
r
e
stim
a
t
e
d
his
“
C
a
li
f
o
r
ni
a
”
look.
I
t didn
’
t
e
x
ac
t
l
y
m
a
ke
him bl
e
nd in
w
ith th
e
se
stu
ffe
d shi
r
ts.

I
t
w
a
sn
’
t until he
pi
c
k
e
d
up a
m
e
nu th
a
t he
spott
e
d his mug
shot h
a
n
g
ing
b
e
hind the
c
ount
e
r
t
ape
d to the
mi
r
r
o
r
.
A
utom
a
ti
ca
l
l
y
, he
d
r
opp
e
d his h
ea
d.
O
ut of
t
h
e
c
o
r
n
e
r
of
his
e
y
e thou
g
h, he
studi
e
d his
r
ef
l
ec
tion
a
nd th
e
n the
pho
t
o th
e
y
’
d
t
a
k
e
n the
n
i
g
ht
t
h
e
y
’
d book
e
d him into the
L
e
e
sbu
r
g
j
a
il.

T
he
t
w
o im
a
g
e
s of
the
s
a
me
m
a
n look
e
d tot
a
l
l
y
d
i
ffe
r
e
nt.

H
e
re
l
a
x
e
d
a
nd
o
r
d
e
r
e
d the
dinn
e
r
sp
e
c
i
a
l, t
w
o
f
i
s
h t
ac
os
w
ith
r
i
c
e
a
nd b
e
a
ns.
H
is
ear
s p
r
i
c
k
e
d up
w
h
e
n he
noti
c
e
d the
t
a
ble
to his l
ef
t, a
c
i
rc
le
of
old m
e
n,
s
ee
m
e
d
c
ont
e
nt to dis
c
uss the
to
w
n
’
s hott
e
st
c
oupl
e
, Co
r
d
a
nd som
e
one
th
e
y
ca
ll
e
d
K
ee
g
a
n.