Dancing Tides (207 page)

O
n the
oth
e
r
h
a
nd,
h
e’
d
f
ound
c
o
ca
ine
a
nd m
e
th
r
ea
di
l
y
a
v
a
il
a
ble
to
a
n
y
o
n
e
w
ith the bu
c
ks to p
a
y
the
g
oing
r
a
te
on the
st
ree
t.

N
o
w
ond
e
r
h
e’
d
g
one
th
r
ou
g
h
T
e
rr
i
L
y
n
n
’
s
s
a
ving
acc
ounts in l
e
ss th
a
n th
r
e
e
w
e
e
ks.
B
e
c
a
use
of
t
h
a
t, tod
a
y
w
a
s the
d
a
y
to
e
x
it
D
od
g
e
.
O
r
in this
ca
se
g
e
t the
h
e
ll out of
R
e
no, put the
c
i
t
y
a
nd his
e
x
p
e
r
i
e
n
c
e
in his
r
e
ar
vi
e
w
mi
r
r
or
f
or
g
ood.
I
t
wa
s p
a
st
t
ime
f
or
him to
f
ind this b
ac
k
wa
t
e
r
to
w
n
ca
ll
e
d
P
e
li
ca
n Pointe
a
nd t
a
ke
car
e
o
f
Co
r
d
B
e
nn
e
tt.

B
ut
f
i
r
st he
h
a
d to
g
e
t
r
id of
C
a
n
d
y
.
H
e
ki
c
k
e
d
a
t
h
e
r
butt a
c
ouple
o
f
tim
e
s b
ef
o
r
e
s
h
e
g
r
o
a
n
e
d in
a
nn
o
y
a
n
ce
.

“
W
h
a
t
?
W
h
a
t
t
ime
is i
t
?

“T
ime
to g
e
t
y
o
u
r
a
ss out
of
m
y
r
oom, th
a
t
’
s
w
h
a
t.
N
o
w!
”
h
e
holl
ere
d
w
h
e
n
she
c
ontinu
e
d to lie there.

He’
d m
a
n
a
g
e
d to b
u
y
a
n
old S
a
tu
r
d
a
y
n
i
g
ht sp
e
c
i
a
l, a
.25
ca
lib
e
r
B
r
y
c
o o
f
f
C
a
n
d
y
’
s pimp
f
or
f
i
f
t
y
bu
c
ks.

A
s lu
c
k
w
ould h
a
ve
it, Rob
b
y
w
a
s
ar
m
e
d, motiv
a
t
e
d
a
nd
r
e
a
d
y
f
or
a
lo
n
g
,
ov
er
due sho
w
do
w
n.

M
arc
h
w
e
nt out like
a
l
a
mb
a
nd g
a
ve
w
a
y
to the
r
o
a
r
of
A
p
r
il sho
wer
s. Sp
r
ing
sto
r
ms
a
l
rea
d
y
a
ssu
re
d th
a
t the
month
g
ot a
jump on
ra
i
n
fa
ll.
A
s a
re
sult the
l
a
nd
s
ca
pe
ar
ound to
w
n
ca
me
to li
fe
, m
a
ki
n
g
e
v
e
r
y
t
hi
n
g
pop
w
ith
a
n
a
r
r
a
y
of
c
olo
r
s.
W
ild
f
lo
wer
s bloom
e
d in m
a
jor dos
e
s of
I
ndi
a
n p
a
intb
r
u
s
h, poppi
e
s,
a
nd pu
r
ple
th
i
stl
e
.

E
v
e
n the
s
a
nd dun
e
s
s
e
e
m
e
d to
c
ome
a
live
w
ith
f
re
sh
cr
ops
o
f
th
r
iving
b
e
a
c
h g
ra
ss.
T
h
er
e
w
a
s still no si
g
n of
Rob
b
y
M
ac
k St
e
v
e
ns.

Co
r
d b
e
g
a
n to think the
g
u
y
h
a
d
h
ea
d
e
d south, do
w
n to M
e
x
i
c
o
a
nd
a
void
e
d C
a
li
f
o
r
nia
a
lto
g
e
t
h
er
.

H
e
st
a
y
e
d bu
s
y
a
s
h
e
wa
t
ere
d do
w
n the
t
r
o
u
g
hs,
d
ump
e
d
g
r
a
in into the
f
ee
d
er
s,
c
l
e
a
n
e
d the
st
a
lls.
I
t
wa
s
g
ood,
s
wea
t
y
w
o
r
k t
h
a
t k
e
pt his mind
fr
om
w
o
r
r
y
.

Af
t
e
r
f
inishi
n
g
in the
b
a
r
n, he
we
nt to
wa
sh up
a
n
d noti
ce
d his
ce
ll phone
din
g
e
d
w
ith a n
e
w
t
e
x
t m
e
ss
a
g
e
a
nd v
o
i
ce
m
a
il.

O
ne
g
l
a
n
c
e
a
t the
d
i
g
it
a
l
rea
dout told him it
wa
s
f
r
om
Ga
be
B
e
nn
e
tt.
T
he
g
u
y
h
a
d
k
e
pt his p
r
omise
to k
ee
p in tou
c
h.
I
n
f
a
c
t, h
e
a
r
ing
fr
om
him h
a
d b
ec
ome
a
wee
k
l
y
o
c
c
u
r
r
e
n
c
e
.
I
t
wa
s tou
g
h
e
no
u
g
h
g
e
tting
us
e
d to the
id
e
a
of
h
a
vi
n
g
a
fa
th
er
, l
e
t
a
lone
one
w
ho
insist
e
d on k
ee
ping him in the
loop.

Co
r
d
c
ouldn
’
t s
a
y
he
mi
n
d
e
d thou
g
h.
H
e
ll, on some
l
e
v
e
l it g
a
ve
him a
ki
c
k
.
Her
e
h
e
was
in his mid
-
thi
r
ti
e
s
a
nd he
c
ould
a
dmit a
th
r
ill
e
v
e
r
y
time
his
p
hone
r
a
n
g
a
n
d it
wa
s
Ga
b
e
.

W
h
a
t a
di
ffere
n
c
e
thi
r
t
y
d
a
y
s
c
ould m
a
ke
in a
m
a
n
’
s li
fe.

H
e
h
a
d a
w
om
a
n he
ca
re
d d
ee
p
l
y
a
bout in his li
fe
.
F
or
the
f
i
r
st time he
h
a
d a
fa
t
h
er
, a
c
onn
ec
tion to
fa
mi
l
y
, s
o
m
e
one
w
ho s
e
e
m
e
d like
he
g
e
nuin
e
l
y
c
are
d
f
or
h
i
m d
e
spite
the
wa
st
e
d
y
ea
r
s of
not kno
w
i
n
g
ea
c
h oth
er
.
B
ut
w
ith
e
v
e
r
y
p
hone
ca
ll,
e
v
e
r
y
t
e
x
t m
e
ss
a
ge
fr
om
G
a
b
e
,
fa
th
e
r
a
nd son s
ee
m
e
d to
g
r
o
w
just a
little
c
los
er
, a
little
ea
si
e
r
w
ith
eac
h o
t
h
er
.
T
h
e
y
’
d
go ov
e
r th
e
ir
d
a
y
, or
e
x
c
h
a
n
ge
a
w
o
r
k-
re
l
a
t
e
d in
c
id
e
nt,
e
v
e
n a
joke
or
t
w
o.