Dancing Tides (99 page)

B
e
c
a
use
h
e’
d sp
e
nt
f
o
u
r
of
the
b
e
st hou
r
s in a
v
er
y
lo
n
g
time
in the
c
omp
a
n
y
of
a b
ea
uti
f
ul
w
om
a
n, he
w
h
i
stl
e
d
w
hile
he
we
nt
a
bout
his t
a
sks.

W
hile
in the
refr
ig
era
t
e
d
ware
hou
s
e
, he
c
h
ec
k
e
d
a
nd
c
l
ea
n
e
d t
h
e
p
ac
k
a
g
i
n
g m
ac
hin
e
s, inv
e
nto
r
i
e
d the
c
ont
a
in
er
s,
a
nd th
e
n h
ea
d
e
d b
ac
k
t
o the
o
ff
i
c
e
a
nd his l
a
ptop to pl
ac
e
a
n o
r
d
e
r
f
o
r mo
re.

A
ll the
w
hile
he
w
o
r
k
e
d
he
c
ouldn
’
t
g
e
t his mind o
f
f
the
re
d
h
ea
d.
H
is
b
ra
i
n skitt
ere
d on ov
er
lo
a
d
w
ith im
a
g
e
s of
h
e
r
f
a
ce
,
h
e
r
bo
d
y
,
e
v
e
n
h
e
r
w
it
t
y
c
om
e
b
a
c
ks. She
mi
g
ht be
l
i
g
ht
y
e
a
r
s out of
his l
ea
g
u
e
, but…

“
She
is
a
n
a
m
a
z
ing
indi
v
idu
a
l.”

Cord turned his head to look at Scott.
“
J
e
sus.
D
o
y
ou h
a
v
e
to sn
ea
k up on p
e
ople
like
t
h
a
t?
Couldn
’
t
y
ou shout
o
ut a
war
ni
n
g
f
i
r
st,
a
nnoun
c
e
y
o
u
r
s
e
lf
i
n some
w
a
y
?
M
a
y
b
e
so
m
e
thing
lik
e
,
g
host on d
e
c
k
a
bout to m
a
t
er
i
a
li
z
e out of
thin
a
i
r
, or
som
e
thin
g
.”

“D
o
y
ou
r
e
a
li
z
e
y
ou
’
r
e
w
histling
tod
a
y
?
Y
ou h
a
v
e
n
’
t done
th
a
t sin
c
e
y
ou
got h
ere
.”

“
W
h
a
t, now
y
o
u
’r
e
k
ee
p
i
ng
t
r
a
c
k o
f
—?
O
h h
e
ll, n
e
v
e
r
mind.
W
h
a
t
’
s the
p
oint in
a
sking
y
o
u
a
n
y
thi
n
g
?
I
n
e
v
e
r
g
e
t
a
n
y
a
ns
w
e
r
s.”

“
I
h
a
ve
no i
d
ea
.
Y
o
u
’r
e
t
he
one
ra
nti
n
g
.
I
u
s
e
d to
c
ome
ov
e
r
h
er
e
a
s a
kid.”

“
L
e
t me
g
u
e
ss,
y
ou p
e
s
t
e
re
d the
h
e
ll out of
old m
a
n
Ta
gg
er
t
e
v
e
n th
e
n.
F
igu
re
s.
Y
ou
’
r
e
a p
a
in in the
a
ss,
y
ou kn
o
w
th
a
t, C
a
pt
a
i
n
?
G
o h
a
unt
N
i
c
k
a
nd
J
o
r
d
a
n.
I
sn
’
t t
h
er
e
som
e
o
n
e
ov
e
r
a
t P
r
omise
Cove
y
ou
c
ould
s
car
e
t
h
e
h
e
ll out o
f
, m
a
y
be
a
not
-
so
-
v
e
r
y
-
ni
c
e
g
u
e
st th
a
t n
ee
ds
a
n
e
ar
l
y
Ha
llo
wee
n jolt
?
”

“Na
h,
y
ou
’
r
e
mo
r
e
of
a
c
h
a
ll
e
ng
e
. B
e
sid
e
s,
I
like
pissing
y
ou
o
ff
.”

“
So
I
’
ve
noti
ce
d
.
”

“
W
h
y
a
r
e
y
ou so bit
c
h
y
?
M
a
n up.
I
t
’
s
a
n
A
A
m
ee
t
ing
not a
f
i
r
i
n
g
squ
a
d
.
”

“
I
’
m n
er
vous.
I
’
ve
n
e
v
e
r
b
ee
n
g
ood
a
t sp
e
a
king
in
fr
ont of
a
c
r
o
w
d.”