Dancing Tides (223 page)

“D
id
y
ou
n
ee
d som
e
thi
n
g
?
”
N
i
c
k
a
sk
e
d a
little
w
a
r
y
of
the
st
r
a
n
g
er
.

“
I
kno
w
.
I
kno
w
.
I
don
’
t
h
a
ve
a
r
e
s
er
v
a
tion.
B
ut
t
he
g
u
y
in to
w
n
s
e
nt me
h
ere
, s
a
id th
e
r
e
wer
e
no mot
e
l
r
ooms to
be
h
a
d
w
ithin
f
i
f
t
y
mil
e
s.
Y
our
pl
ac
e
is it.”

N
i
c
k not
e
d the
m
a
n
’
s
n
e
r
vous ti
c
ks
a
nd
rec
o
g
ni
ze
d a
d
r
u
g
a
ddi
c
t
w
h
e
n he
s
a
w
on
e
.
H
e
we
i
g
h
e
d the
p
r
os
a
nd
c
o
n
s of
l
e
tting
this
g
u
y
into
t
h
e
ir
hom
e
.
F
in
a
l
l
y
, p
r
ac
t
i
ca
li
t
y
w
o
r
e
out.
W
ho
wa
s he
to ju
d
g
e
w
h
a
t a
lod
g
e
r
look
e
d lik
e
?

B
ut th
er
e
we
r
e
mo
r
e
w
a
y
s th
a
n one
to g
e
t
r
id of
t
h
e
uns
a
vo
r
y
t
y
p
e
.
“T
his is our
p
ea
k s
ea
son.
T
he
r
a
t
e
s
a
r
e
t
w
o
-
nin
e
t
y
-
f
ive
a
n
i
g
ht.”

T
he
g
u
y
w
histl
e
d th
r
ough his t
ee
th.
“Y
ou
’
r
e
kiddin
g
?
T
h
a
t
’
s a
little
p
r
i
c
e
y
f
or
m
y
t
a
st
e
s.”
E
v
e
n thou
g
h
h
e
h
a
d the
c
re
dit
car
d
h
e’
d stol
e
n
f
r
o
m some
g
u
y
n
a
m
e
d
J
er
r
y
M
a
son, it
wa
s on
l
y
a m
a
tt
e
r
of
time
b
ef
o
r
e
the
iss
ue
r
ca
u
g
ht on
a
nd
ca
n
ce
ll
e
d the
c
ar
d.
N
ow
t
h
a
t he
wa
s this
c
lose
to Co
r
d
B
e
n
n
e
tt, Rob
b
y
di
d
n
’
t d
ar
e
t
a
k
e
the
r
isk.

N
i
c
k
e
y
e
d the
m
a
n
’
s n
e
r
vous d
e
m
ea
no
r
. He decided t
h
er
e
w
a
s no
w
a
y
he
w
ould
c
o
m
e
o
f
f
the
r
oom
ra
t
e for this guy.

“
B
ut
y
ou h
a
v
e
a
v
a
ca
n
c
y
,
r
i
g
ht
?
”

“
I
h
a
ve
o
n
e
r
oom l
ef
t
a
n
d it
’
s book
e
d th
r
ou
g
h the
wee
k
e
nd.
T
h
a
t m
ea
ns it
w
ould be
a
v
a
il
a
ble
f
o
r
one
n
i
g
ht
o
n
l
y
,
w
hi
c
h is toni
g
ht
.
”

“
I
’
d su
r
e
like
to t
a
ke
a
h
o
t sho
we
r
but t
w
o
-
nin
e
t
y
-
f
ive
is hi
g
h
w
a
y
r
obb
e
r
y
.
W
h
a
t do
y
ou
g
u
y
s h
a
v
e
in th
ere
,
g
old
pl
a
t
e
s or
som
e
thin
g
?
”

T
his
g
u
y
’
s
c
re
dibili
t
y
d
r
o
pp
e
d to a
n
e
g
a
tiv
e
.
N
i
c
k
wa
nt
e
d to
g
e
t
r
id of
him
now
e
v
e
n mo
r
e
th
a
n he
h
a
d
w
h
e
n
h
e’
d
f
i
r
st op
e
n
e
d the
doo
r
.
“T
he
p
r
i
c
e
is p
re
t
t
y
mu
c
h in line
w
ith
a
ll the oth
e
r
B &
B
s up
a
nd d
o
w
n the
c
o
a
st
w
ith a
vi
e
w
of
the
o
c
e
a
n.
T
his is a
tou
r
ist to
w
n,
w
hi
c
h m
ea
ns tou
r
ists
ar
e
our
b
r
ea
d
a
nd butt
er
.
W
h
a
t did
y
o
u s
a
y
y
o
u
r
n
a
me
w
a
s
?
”