Dancing Tides (26 page)

Sh
e’
d
fe
lt th
a
t, too,
w
h
e
n
sh
e’
d
g
ott
e
n him onto the
b
e
a
c
h.

Co
r
d put his h
a
nds out on the
r
o
c
k
y
g
r
a
v
e
l
a
nd st
r
ug
g
l
e
d to
g
e
t to his
f
e
e
t.
B
ut in the midst of
st
a
ndin
g
, he
st
o
pp
e
d d
ea
d
still. His
e
y
e
s l
a
nd
e
d on the
mout
h
y
r
e
dh
ea
d.

A
s if
h
e’
d just noti
ce
d t
h
e
g
od
d
e
ss
f
or
the
v
e
r
y
f
i
r
st tim
e
, he
blink
e
d
a
nd su
c
k
e
d in a
r
a
g
g
e
d b
r
ea
th.
J
e
sus.
L
o
n
g
, st
ra
i
g
ht,
w
e
t t
re
ss
e
s s
k
imm
e
d do
w
n to h
e
r
should
er
s
a
nd
c
lu
n
g
to the
crea
m
y
skin
a
lo
n
g
h
e
r
n
e
c
k.
T
he
d
a
mp lo
c
ks
c
u
r
v
e
d so
f
t
l
y
ar
ound a
c
l
a
ssic
n
arr
ow
fa
c
e
topp
e
d
w
ith s
a
u
cer-
si
z
e
d, st
r
iki
n
g
c
o
b
a
lt
e
y
e
s. A
c
ut
e
, p
a
t
r
i
c
i
a
n nose
tu
r
n
e
d up sl
i
ght
l
y
a
t the
e
nd.

De
spite
the
f
a
c
t she
wa
s
piss
e
d, she
look
e
d like
his id
e
a
of
w
h
a
t
a
m
er
m
a
id
mi
g
ht look like
if
su
c
h thin
g
s
e
x
ist
e
d.
A
tt
rac
tion h
a
d his b
e
l
l
y
ti
g
ht
e
ni
n
g
.

L
ust
a
side
tho
u
g
h, Co
r
d
c
u
r
s
e
d und
e
r
his b
r
e
a
th
a
nd th
re
w
a
look of
disd
a
i
n
a
t the d
re
n
c
h
e
d
w
om
a
n b
e
f
o
r
e
f
in
a
l
l
y
tu
r
ni
n
g
to
f
a
c
e
E
t
h
a
n—
a
nd li
e
d th
r
o
u
g
h h
i
s t
ee
th.
“
I
b
r
o
u
g
ht the
g
un
w
ith me
f
o
r
p
r
ot
ec
ti
o
n.
I
t
’
s just a
little
ol’
.22,
E
th
a
n.
Y
ou know
how
r
o
w
d
y
M
c
C
rea
d
y
’
s
ca
n
g
e
t on
F
r
id
a
y
n
i
g
hts.
I
wa
nt
e
d to be
p
re
p
a
re
d.”

E
th
a
n
’
s
e
y
e
s
n
arr
o
w
e
d to
slits. R
ea
li
z
ing
h
e’
d
b
e
e
n su
c
k
ere
d not thi
r
t
y
minut
e
s
ear
li
er
,
E
th
a
n h
a
d h
e
a
r
d
e
no
u
g
h.
H
e
qui
c
k
l
y
tu
r
n
e
d Co
r
d
a
r
ound
a
nd
c
u
f
fe
d his h
a
n
ds b
e
hind his b
ac
k.
H
e
p
a
tt
e
d him do
w
n,
re
t
r
i
e
v
e
d the
.22
fr
om his
w
e
t p
a
nts po
c
k
e
t.

“
P
re
p
a
r
e
d
f
or
w
h
a
t
e
x
ac
tl
y
?
W
e
ll, p
re
p
ar
e
f
or
this,”
E
th
a
n st
a
t
e
d
e
mp
h
a
ti
c
a
l
l
y
.
“
I
’
m t
a
king
y
ou into
c
usto
d
y
f
or
a
w
e
a
pons viol
a
tion
a
nd th
e
n
rec
omm
e
ndi
n
g
t
o the
jud
g
e
y
ou
g
e
t a p
s
y
c
h
e
v
a
lu
a
tion
a
s soon
a
s possibl
e
.”
T
o m
a
ke
a
point, he
st
ar
t
e
d
r
e
a
ding Co
r
d his Mi
ra
nda
r
i
g
hts.

“Y
ou
a
r
e
n
’
t s
er
ious?
W
h
o
w
ill
N
i
c
k
g
e
t to milk the
c
o
w
s in the
mo
r
ni
n
g
,
d
o
a
ll
m
y
c
ho
re
s
a
nd stu
f
f
?
S
i
l
a
s
a
nd S
a
m
m
y
h
a
d a
we
ddi
n
g to
g
o to this
wee
k
e
nd,
d
r
a
gg
e
d th
e
ir
c
ousins M
ar
t
y
a
nd
B
e
n
a
lo
n
g
w
i
t
h th
e
m to
V
is
a
li
a
.
E
v
e
n thou
g
h the
Mill
e
r
b
o
y
is
d
oing
the
e
v
e
ni
n
g milking
do
e
sn
’
t m
ea
n
h
e
’
ll sti
c
k
ar
ound
f
or
lo
n
g
t
oni
g
ht.
T
h
a
t l
ea
v
e
s
N
i
c
k
sho
r
th
a
nd
e
d.”