Dancing Tides (16 page)

W
ith th
a
t, Co
r
d u
n
z
ipp
e
d his j
ac
k
e
t, toss
e
d it on the
r
o
c
k th
e
n ki
c
k
e
d o
f
f
his
w
o
r
k boots,
re
mov
e
d his so
c
ks
a
nd s
t
ood up.
H
e
st
ar
t
e
d to
wa
de
out into the
c
old, mu
r
k
y
w
a
t
er
, still
wear
i
n
g his j
ea
ns
a
nd
Tee.

F
ar
th
e
r
a
nd
f
ar
th
e
r
Co
r
d
s
wa
m out until
f
in
a
l
l
y
S
c
ott shook his h
ea
d.
“
B
ut
i
t isn
’
t
y
our tim
e
, Co
r
d.
I
t simp
l
y
is
n
ot
y
our
time
to
g
o.
W
h
e
n
w
ill
y
ou und
er
st
a
nd t
h
a
t
?
”

O
n the
d
ec
k
o
f
the
f
i
f
t
y-
f
o
ot
re
s
ea
r
c
h v
e
ss
e
l,
M
o
o
nlight
M
il
e
, a
re
nov
a
t
e
d
f
ishing
t
raw
l
e
r
, m
ar
ine
biolo
g
ist
K
ee
g
a
n
F
a
nni
n
g
stood looking
o
ut to s
ea
.
I
t
wa
s one
o
f
those
g
e
ntle
e
v
e
ni
n
g
s she
e
nj
o
y
e
d so mu
c
h just b
ef
o
r
e
sun
s
e
t
a
s the
bo
a
t
bobb
e
d
a
nd
r
o
c
k
e
d up
a
nd do
w
n on the
wa
t
e
r
.

B
e
c
a
use
the
d
ar
k
e
ni
n
g
s
k
i
e
s spl
a
sh
e
d
w
ith bu
r
sts of
pu
r
ple
a
nd
g
old st
r
e
a
ks
it
wa
s tim
e
s like
th
e
se
she
c
ould
e
nj
o
y
the
s
e
tti
n
g
sun. She
c
o
u
ld
f
o
r
g
e
t h
e
r
t
r
oub
l
e
s
f
or
a
little
w
hil
e
,
wa
t
c
h the
f
i
r
st
e
v
e
ni
n
g
st
ar
s p
o
p out,
a
nd
re
lish the
r
e
a
s
on she
wa
s out h
e
r
e
in the
f
i
r
st pl
ace.

T
oni
g
ht,
a
s the
w
int
e
r
p
a
r
t of
M
arc
h
ref
u
s
e
d to l
e
t
g
o
a
nd
g
i
v
e
w
a
y
to sp
r
i
n
g
, she
wa
s on the
hunt to
f
ind a
s
e
a
lion
pup.
N
ot
f
our
hou
r
s
e
ar
l
i
er
, the
o
w
n
e
r
of
a
p
a
ssi
n
g
y
a
c
ht on its
w
a
y
to S
a
nta
C
r
uz
h
a
d
ca
ll
e
d in
to
s
a
y
the
b
a
b
y
m
a
mm
a
l
wa
s in some
kind of
dist
re
ss due
to
w
h
a
t look
e
d like
a
n op
e
n
f
l
e
sh
w
ound.

B
y
f
our
o
’c
lo
c
k th
a
t
af
t
e
r
noon she
h
a
d bo
ar
d
e
d the
M
oonlight
M
il
e
, the
bo
a
t
F
a
nni
n
g M
ar
ine
R
e
s
c
u
e
us
e
d
r
ou
t
in
e
l
y
f
o
r
wa
t
e
r
s
a
v
e
s,
a
n
d hop
e
d like
h
e
ll she
c
o
u
ld
f
ind the
pup b
ef
o
r
e it su
cc
umb
e
d to the
e
l
e
m
e
nts.
S
he
ha
d
a
l
r
e
a
d
y
m
a
de
s
e
v
e
r
a
l up
a
nd do
w
n
s
earc
h
e
s
a
lo
n
g
the
c
o
a
st
a
l
wa
t
e
r
s, but so
far
,
sh
e’
d
c
ome
up
e
mp
t
y
.

A
fe
w
hund
r
e
d
y
a
r
ds o
f
f
Smu
gg
l
er’
s
B
a
y
, the
b
o
a
t
r
ose
in the
tid
e
s
a
s h
e
r
i
n
di
g
o
e
y
e
s
c
ontinu
e
d to s
ca
n the
w
a
t
e
r
n
e
a
r
the
sho
r
e
line
th
r
o
u
g
h h
e
r
bino
c
ul
ar
s.
B
e
c
a
use
of
the
c
hill in the
a
ir
she
w
o
r
e
a
g
r
a
y
w
ool
m
ac
kin
a
w
th
a
t h
a
d o
n
c
e
b
e
long
e
d to h
e
r
b
e
lo
v
e
d
g
r
a
nd
fa
t
h
er
, Po
r
t
e
r
F
a
nni
n
g
, the
o
r
i
g
in
a
l
fo
u
nd
e
r
of
the
r
e
s
c
u
e
ce
n
t
e
r
w
h
er
e
s
h
e
now
w
o
r
k
e
d
p
rac
ti
ca
l
l
y t
we
n
t
y
-
f
ou
r-
s
e
v
e
n.