Dancing Tides (230 page)

H
e
mi
g
ht not be
a
ble
to
g
e
t inside
the
re
s
c
u
e
ce
n
t
e
r
w
ithout a
big
p
r
od
u
c
tion, but he
w
ould lu
r
e
B
e
nn
e
tt out into his t
ra
p
w
ith som
e
thi
n
g
he
s
ee
m
e
d to
c
a
r
e
a
bo
u
t no
w
.
T
he
re
d
h
ea
d told him
w
h
a
t h
e’
d
a
l
r
ea
d
y
f
i
g
u
r
e
d out
a
bout Co
r
d
’
s l
o
y
a
l
t
y
to his b
e
lov
e
d
C
a
ssi
e
.
T
he
m
a
n obvious
l
y
didn
’
t h
a
ve
a
c
lue
t
w
o
y
e
ar
s
a
g
o
a
nd still didn
’
t tod
a
y
.

G
ood thing
he
int
e
n
d
e
d to
f
ix
th
a
t l
i
ttle
nu
g
g
e
t
a
s
we
ll.

O
n the
wa
lk b
a
c
k to the
Must
a
n
g
, Rob
b
y
h
e
ar
d
o
ne
of
those
n
a
s
t
y
b
e
a
sts th
a
t
craw
l
e
d
a
long
the
g
r
ound on
f
lip
p
er
s
ca
usi
n
g
a
r
u
c
kus on
t
he
b
e
a
c
h b
e
lo
w
.
H
e
wa
s
su
r
e
of
it.
H
e
f
ollo
w
e
d the
din,
cra
n
e
d his
n
ec
k
o
v
e
r
the
side
of
the
ra
ili
n
g to s
e
e
w
h
a
t
w
a
s so noi
s
y
. Su
r
e
e
no
u
g
h the thing
s
a
t on the
r
o
c
ks, b
a
r
king
f
o
r
a
ll it
wa
s
w
o
r
th.
E
v
e
n
fr
om this h
e
i
g
ht, he
c
ould sm
e
ll the st
e
n
c
h.

H
e
took out the
.25
fr
om
his
c
o
a
t po
c
k
e
t, l
ea
n
e
d
o
v
e
r
a
bit
f
a
r
th
er
, took
a
im
a
nd
f
i
re
d.

A
mid the
k
a
le
a
nd the
r
o
w
s of
l
e
ttu
ce
, S
a
m
m
y
’
s
h
ea
d li
f
t
e
d
a
t the
sound of
t
w
o shots.
“
W
a
s th
a
t
g
un
f
i
r
e
?
”
he
shout
e
d to Sil
a
s
w
ho sto
o
d
a
t the
opposite
e
nd of
t
he
v
e
g
e
t
a
b
l
e
p
a
t
c
h.

“
Sound
e
d like
th
a
t to m
e
,”
Sil
a
s
re
tu
r
n
e
d.

“
W
e
sh
o
uld
g
o
g
e
t Co
r
d.”

B
ut Co
r
d h
a
d
a
l
r
ea
d
y
h
e
a
r
d
a
nd
ca
m
e
out of
the
m
ilking
st
a
tion on the
r
un.
“D
id
y
ou
h
ea
r th
a
t
?
”

“Yea
h, it sound
e
d like
it
ca
me
f
r
om out on the
r
o
a
d,”
Sil
a
s not
e
d.

A
ll th
re
e
m
e
n hustl
e
d t
o
war
d Co
r
d
’
s t
r
u
c
k. Co
r
d
took o
f
f
do
w
n the
d
r
iv
ewa
y
s
e
ndi
n
g
g
r
a
v
e
l
f
l
y
i
n
g
e
v
e
r
y
w
hi
c
h
w
a
y.

W
h
e
n th
e
y
r
eac
h
e
d the
e
nd of
the
l
a
n
e
, Co
r
d loo
k
e
d l
ef
t th
e
n
r
i
g
ht.
“T
his
i
s nuts.
W
e don
’
t
e
v
e
n know
w
h
er
e
t
he
shots o
r
i
g
in
a
t
e
d
.
”

“Ta
ke
a
r
i
g
ht,”
Sil
a
s di
r
e
c
t
ed
.
“
W
e
should
a
t l
ea
st
c
h
ec
k out the
imm
e
di
a
te
area
.
”