Dancing Tides (129 page)

W
ith a
cer
t
a
in p
r
o
fe
ssio
n
a
l
c
u
r
iosi
t
y
she
u
s
e
d to si
z
e
up
a
ll of
h
e
r
n
e
w
ca
s
e
s, she
e
y
e
d Co
r
d
B
e
n
n
e
tt ov
e
r
the
f
o
l
d
e
r
a
nd the
d
a
ta
sh
e
e
t h
e
’
d
f
ill
e
d out.

De
spite
the
m
a
n
’
s
D
a
vid
B
eck
h
a
m
f
a
c
i
a
l
f
e
a
tu
re
s,
she
d
e
t
ec
t
e
d
a
n int
e
nse
s
e
t to his j
aw
, not to m
e
ntion the
“
I
w
a
nt
to
be
a
n
y
w
h
er
e
e
ls
e
l
ook.”

A
s she
a
l
w
a
y
s did, she
p
er
us
e
d the
in
f
o Co
r
d
h
a
d
p
r
ovid
e
d
a
nd th
e
n
a
s
k
e
d
the
usu
a
l b
ac
k
g
r
ound q
u
e
stions.

T
he
y
e
s or
no
a
ns
wer
s s
h
e
g
ot
w
er
e
fa
i
r
l
y
t
y
pi
ca
l
f
r
om a
re
lu
c
t
a
nt m
a
n
w
ho
did not
wa
nt to be
sitting
in
fr
ont of
h
e
r
a
ns
w
e
r
ing
w
h
a
t he
c
onsid
ere
d dumb qu
e
stions
a
bout a
v
e
r
y
sti
c
k
y p
r
obl
e
m.

B
ut
w
h
e
n she
loo
k
e
d into his
e
y
e
s, s
h
e
s
a
w
rea
l u
n
ea
sin
e
ss.

A
nd b
eca
u
s
e
she
w
a
s a
n
o
-
nons
e
nse
t
y
pe
w
o
m
a
n,
the
e
y
e
s
g
ot h
e
r
a
tt
e
ntion.
“Y
ou su
r
viv
e
d a
sp
r
e
e
shooting
w
h
er
e
y
ou lost the
w
o
m
a
n
y
ou lo
v
e
d just
e
i
g
ht
ee
n months
ear
li
er
, is th
a
t
c
o
rr
e
c
t, M
r
. B
e
nn
e
t
t
?
”

“Yea
h
.
”

She
not
e
d his l
e
g
boun
c
i
ng
up
a
nd d
o
w
n n
er
vous
l
y
a
nd st
a
t
e
d,
“Y
o
u
’r
e
v
e
r
y
a
n
x
ious tod
a
y
,
are
n
’
t
y
ou
?
”

“Yea
h
.
”

“
W
h
y
?
”

“
I
don
’
t
r
e
a
l
l
y
wa
nt to be
h
ere
.”

A
l
a
u
g
h sn
u
c
k out in spite
of
the
s
er
ious
n
e
ss of
t
h
e
topic
a
nd the
p
r
o
fe
ssi
o
n
a
l d
e
m
ea
nor
T
oni so
wa
nt
e
d to
c
onv
e
y
.
“
N
o kiddin
g
.
B
ut M
r
.
B
e
nn
e
tt su
r
e
l
y
y
ou un
d
e
r
st
a
nd th
a
t jumping
in the
o
cea
n
w
ith the
int
e
nt of
d
r
o
w
ni
n
g
isn
’
t
e
x
ac
t
l
y
no
r
m
a
l b
e
h
a
vio
r
, is it?
N
ot on
l
y
th
a
t, but the s
a
me
ni
g
ht
y
ou
w
er
e
ar
re
st
e
d
f
or
public
into
x
i
ca
t
i
on
and
in poss
e
ssion of
a
wea
pon.
Y
ou und
er
st
a
nd th
a
t
’
s a
h
u
ge
re
d
f
l
a
g
f
o
r
l
a
w
e
n
f
o
r
ce
m
e
nt,
f
or
the
p
e
op
l
e
w
ho
c
ar
e
a
bout
y
ou, those
w
ho
ar
e
w
o
rr
i
e
d
a
bout
y
ou,
r
i
g
ht
?
”

“Ye
s.”

“
F
r
id
a
y
, t
h
e
ni
g
ht
y
ou
d
e
c
id
e
d to
ac
t on
y
our
d
e
p
r
e
ss
e
d st
a
t
e
,
y
ou h
a
d
b
ee
n
d
r
inking h
ea
vi
l
y
?
”

T
his time
he
simp
l
y
nod
d
e
d.