Dancing Tides (188 page)

Cord and Keegan
s
t
a
y
e
d
f
o
r
supp
e
r
a
nd took the
s
a
nd
w
i
c
h
e
s
Ga
be
h
a
d
f
i
x
e
d outside
in the
b
ac
k
y
a
r
d to the
pi
c
nic
t
a
bl
e
.

W
h
e
n Co
r
d s
a
w
Ke
e
g
a
n
pi
c
k o
f
f
the
h
a
m
f
r
om b
e
t
wee
n the
pi
e
ce
s of
b
r
ea
d
, he
smil
e
d
a
nd told
Ga
b
e
,
“
Y
ou
e
v
e
r
m
e
t a
v
e
g
e
t
ar
i
a
n, a
p
er
s
on
w
ho
n
eve
r
l
e
ts m
ea
t
p
a
ss th
e
ir
lip
s
?
”

“
I
’
ve
h
ear
d
o
f
th
e
m. C
a
n
’
t s
a
y I
e
v
e
r
m
e
t one
tho
u
g
h.”
Ga
b
e
’
s
e
y
e
s t
w
inkl
e
d just
a
s Co
r
d
’
s did in ps
e
udo s
c
o
r
n.

Co
r
d
g
r
in
n
e
d.
“
K
e
e
g
a
n is
on
e
.
T
h
a
t
’
s
w
h
y
sh
e
’
s t
a
king
o
f
f
t
h
e
h
a
m
a
nd l
ea
ving
nothing but the
c
h
ee
se
a
nd b
r
ea
d.
S
he
d
o
e
sn
’
t
ea
t
r
e
d m
ea
t
.”

“A
t
a
ll?
W
e
ll
I
’
ll be
d
a
m
n
ed
,”
Ga
b
e
s
a
id in
c
onti
n
u
e
d
a
mus
e
m
e
nt.

“A
t
a
ll.
I
’
m thinking
she
h
a
s the
r
i
g
ht id
ea
.”
A
nd
w
ith th
a
t, Co
r
d pi
c
k
e
d the
m
ea
t o
f
f
his s
a
nd
w
i
c
h,
a
s
w
e
ll
a
nd took a
huge
bit
e
.
“
Mmm, tu
r
ns out,
I
lo
v
e
c
h
e
e
se
s
a
nd
w
i
c
h
e
s.”

“Y
our
son is not a
v
e
g
e
t
a
r
i
a
n.
I
n
f
a
c
t—”
K
e
e
g
a
n
s
t
ar
t
e
d to
e
x
pl
a
in.

“
B
ut
I
’
m
re
thinking
t
h
a
t
w
hole
re
d m
e
a
t
fr
om
a
n
i
m
a
ls thin
g
,”
Co
r
d
a
dmitt
e
d
a
nd
w
ink
e
d in
Ke
e
g
a
n
’
s d
i
rec
tion.

D
u
r
ing
t
h
e
m
ea
l, Co
r
d list
e
n
e
d to his
fa
th
e
r
a
s he
we
nt on
a
nd on
a
bout
T
a
m
m
y
L
y
n
n
B
e
nn
e
tt,
w
ho th
r
e
e
w
ee
k
s s
h
y
of
h
e
r
s
e
v
e
nt
ee
nth
bi
r
thd
a
y
,
h
a
d di
e
d
a
t the
h
a
nds of
a
m
a
n
n
a
m
e
d C
ar
l M
a
nnin
g
.

“A
nd h
e’
s in j
a
il,
r
i
g
ht
?
”
Co
r
d
a
sk
e
d.

Ga
be
nodd
e
d.
“
L
o
c
k
e
d
u
p in S
a
n
Q
u
e
ntin, s
a
me
pl
ac
e
I
s
p
e
nt t
we
n
t
y
-f
our
y
ea
r
s.”

“A
n inno
ce
nt m
a
n
,
”
Co
r
d
f
inish
e
d.
H
e
look
e
d o
v
e
r
into
e
y
e
s so like
his
o
w
n.
“
W
h
a
t is it
y
o
u do
f
o
r
a
livin
g
?
”

“
W
e
ll, no
w
,
I
s
u
e
d those
p
e
ople
in S
a
n
D
i
e
g
o th
a
t
wr
o
n
g
l
y
h
a
d me
lo
c
k
e
d
u
p.
T
h
e
y s
e
ttl
e
d
w
ith me
f
or
a
si
ze
a
ble
c
hunk of
mon
e
y
.
I
t
ook it
a
nd st
ar
t
e
d a
c
ont
r
ac
ting
c
omp
a
n
y
.
I
h
e
lp put up o
ff
i
c
e
buildin
g
s
a
r
ound to
w
n.”