Dancing Tides (240 page)

“
Ro
g
e
r
th
a
t. Be
c
ar
e
f
ul t
a
king
the
M
oonlight
M
ile
out in this sto
r
m.
O
v
er
.”

Ke
e
g
a
n
c
hu
c
kl
e
d.
O
k
a
y
,
m
a
y
b
e
A
b
b
y
wa
s mo
r
e
like
a
moth
e
r
h
e
n t
h
a
n
a
n
i
rr
it
a
tion.
“
C
a
n
’
t be
h
e
l
p
e
d.
Y
ou
g
e
t
a
n
y mo
r
e
d
e
t
a
ils,
ra
dio
m
e
.
O
v
er
.”

“
Co
p
y
th
a
t.
W
ill t
r
y
a
nd
g
e
t mo
r
e
in
f
o to
y
ou.
O
v
er
.”

“
Ro
g
e
r
.”

Ke
e
g
a
n
g
ra
bb
e
d
h
e
r
ce
ll
phon
e
, di
a
l
e
d Co
r
d
’
s n
u
mb
er
.
W
h
e
n she
r
e
ac
h
e
d
his voi
ce
m
a
il, she
c
li
c
k
e
d ov
e
r
to the
m
e
ss
a
g
e
i
c
on inst
ea
d
a
nd
t
y
p
e
d in the
t
e
x
t:
P
an
c
a
ke
s will ha
v
e
to wait.
O
ff to r
e
s
c
ue
harbor s
e
al
at
W
ild
e
r
R
an
c
h.
BB
L. ♥
K

She
d
r
opp
e
d the
phone
d
o
w
n into the
po
c
k
e
t of
h
e
r
m
ac
kin
aw
, th
r
e
w
on h
e
r
r
ubb
e
r
boots,
a
nd stu
c
k h
e
r
R
a
id
e
rs
c
a
p
on h
e
r
h
ea
d.
W
h
e
n
G
uinn
e
ss stood up
a
ll
rea
d
y
to
b
ea
t h
e
r
out the
do
o
r
, she
shook h
e
r
h
e
a
d
a
nd
c
omm
a
nd
e
d,
“N
o
w
a
y
.
Y
ou
’r
e
st
a
y
i
n
g
home
this tim
e
, out of
the
wea
th
er
.
”

She
d
a
sh
e
d do
w
nst
a
i
r
s,
o
p
e
n
e
d the
f
r
ont door
a
nd
st
e
pp
e
d out into a
C
a
li
f
o
r
nia
g
a
l
e
,
w
hipping
in o
f
f
the
wa
t
e
r
.

T
he
M
oonlight
M
ile
st
a
y
e
d moo
re
d in Smug
g
l
e
r’
s
B
a
y
st
e
ps
f
r
om the
ce
n
t
e
r
f
or
just this
rea
son.
G
e
tting
und
e
rw
a
y
usu
a
l
l
y
took no mo
r
e
t
h
a
n
f
i
f
t
ee
n minut
e
s.
B
ut tod
a
y
w
ith the
w
ind building
into
g
usts, it took h
e
r
lo
n
g
e
r
to
w
o
r
k the
lin
e
s
fr
om bow
to st
er
n.
B
y
the
time
she
f
in
a
l
l
y
h
ea
d
e
d out of
the
b
a
y
into op
e
n
wa
t
er
, t
h
e
bl
ac
k
e
ning
c
louds on the
ho
r
i
z
on look
e
d do
w
n
r
i
g
ht ominous. She
c
oul
d
n
’
t h
e
lp it—a
c
hill
craw
l
e
d up h
e
r
spi
ne.

She
m
a
de
the
tu
r
n south,
a
ll the
w
hile
k
ee
pi
n
g
one
e
y
e
on the
m
e
n
ac
i
n
g
s
k
y
.

B
y
the
time
she
r
eac
h
e
d
W
ild
e
r
R
a
n
c
h St
a
te
P
ar
k, the
s
we
lls
fr
om the
a
pp
r
o
ac
hi
n
g
sto
r
m b
a
tt
ere
d the
b
o
a
t.
T
he
w
i
nd pun
c
h
e
d like
a
bo
x
e
r
f
i
g
hting
f
or
his li
f
e
in the
f
i
f
t
ee
nth
r
ound.
B
e
c
a
use
she
h
a
dn
’
t b
e
e
n
a
ble
to
lo
ca
te
the
s
ea
l
fr
o
m the
M
oonlight
M
il
e
, she
lo
were
d t
h
e
din
g
h
y
. Sh
e’
d use
it to motor
ov
e
r
to the
sh
a
llo
we
r
inl
e
t
w
h
er
e
she
c
ould dis
e
mb
ar
k
ea
si
e
r
in the
h
i
g
h tid
e
.