Dancing Tides (244 page)

“
Shit. Son of
a
bit
c
h us
e
d h
e
r
w
ith a
b
o
g
us
c
a
ll.”

“A
b
b
y
ov
er
h
ear
d t
h
e
e
nt
i
r
e
e
x
c
h
a
n
g
e
. St
e
v
e
ns
w
a
nts
y
ou.”

“T
h
e
n
w
h
a
t
ar
e
w
e
w
a
iting
f
o
r
?
”
Co
r
d sn
a
pp
e
d
a
s he
cr
a
w
l
e
d into the
p
a
s
s
e
ng
e
r
s
e
a
t.

“
I
don
’
t h
a
v
e
time
to
a
r
gu
e
.
B
ut this is
a
n o
ff
i
c
i
a
l
poli
c
e
m
a
tt
er
, Co
r
d. R
e
m
e
mb
e
r
th
a
t
w
h
e
n
w
e
g
e
t th
ere
. P
r
o
m
ise
me
y
ou
w
on
’
t do
a
n
y
t
hing
stupid.”

“
W
ho m
e
?
Su
re
,
E
th
a
n,
w
h
a
t
e
v
e
r
y
ou
s
a
y
.”
Co
r
d
w
ould h
a
ve
a
g
ree
d to
a
n
y
t
hi
n
g
a
t th
a
t point b
eca
use
a
ll he
wa
n
t
e
d to do
wa
s m
a
ke
s
u
r
e
Ke
e
g
a
n
wa
s ok
a
y
.
“E
ith
e
r
w
a
y
,
I
’
d just
f
ollow
y
o
u.”

“Yea
h, t
h
a
t
’
s
w
h
a
t
I
tho
u
g
ht
y
ou
’
d s
a
y
.
”

T
he
ra
in pou
r
e
d
do
w
n
a
s
Rob
b
y
shov
e
d
K
e
e
g
a
n i
n
to the
wa
t
er
sh
e
d.
T
h
e
y
s
l
osh
e
d th
r
ou
g
h the
pounding
su
r
f
a
s it
c
o
ntinu
e
d to
cra
sh up
a
g
a
inst the
r
o
c
ks.

“
W
h
er
e
a
r
e
w
e
g
oin
g
?
”
Ke
e
g
a
n shou
t
e
d.
“T
his is
cra
z
y
.
W
e
st
a
y
h
ere
,
we
’
ll d
r
o
w
n.
T
he tid
e’
s
c
oming
in
a
nd t
h
e
ra
in
’
s pi
c
ki
n
g
up.
D
on
’
t
y
o
u s
e
e
th
a
t
?
”

“
Shut up.
Y
ou
’r
e
a
mou
th
y
bit
c
h.”
H
e
shook his
h
ea
d.
“
W
h
y
is it
y
ou
w
o
m
e
n
ca
n
’
t
k
ee
p
y
o
ur
mouths shut
f
or
f
i
v
e
d
a
mn minut
e
s to l
e
t a
m
a
n think?”

A
bout th
a
t time
he
h
ear
d
the
unmist
a
k
a
ble
sound of
a
ce
ll phone
di
n
g
c
oming
f
r
om h
e
r j
ac
k
e
t po
c
k
e
t.

“Ha
nd ov
e
r
the
c
e
ll phon
e
.
N
o
w
!
”

E
v
e
n thou
g
h
h
e
h
a
d a
m
a
dn
e
ss in his
e
y
e
s t
h
a
t g
a
v
e
h
e
r
the
w
illi
e
s, she
re
ac
h
e
d in, dug out the
phon
e
.
W
ithout
w
inding
up, she
th
r
e
w
it
a
s
fa
r
into the
wa
t
e
r
a
s she
c
ould.

“Y
ou bit
c
h
!
”
h
e
s
c
r
ea
m
e
d
.

T
his time
she
took his
f
i
s
t st
ra
i
g
ht on.
I
t kno
c
k
e
d
h
e
r
b
ac
k
a
st
e
p
a
nd
f
or
a
minute
she s
a
w
st
ar
s. She
t
r
i
e
d to s
h
a
ke
it o
f
f
b
e
ca
use
s
h
e
n
e
e
d
e
d to k
ee
p
h
e
r
w
its
a
nd
hold it to
g
e
th
er
. She h
a
d to
re
m
e
mb
e
r
this m
a
n h
a
d
a
l
r
e
a
d
y
t
a
k
e
n the
l
i
v
e
s of
six
p
e
opl
e
, s
e
v
e
n if
he
wa
s t
e
lli
n
g
h
er
the
t
r
uth
a
bout the
l
a
st
w
om
a
n.