Dancing Tides (231 page)

“G
ood
ca
ll,”
Co
r
d
a
g
r
e
e
d
a
s he
tu
r
n
e
d the
p
i
c
kup south
war
d.
O
ne
p
a
ss, th
e
n
t
w
o, slo
w
l
y
a
long
the
h
i
g
h
w
a
y
a
nd t
h
e
y
f
ound nothin
g
.
B
ut t
h
e
n Co
r
d sn
a
pp
e
d his
f
i
n
g
er
s.

“
W
e
n
ee
d to
c
h
ec
k out t
h
e
s
ce
nic
o
v
er
look.
I
’
v
e
s
e
e
n tou
r
ists stop th
er
e
to t
a
ke
photos
fr
om the
p
a
no
r
a
mic
vi
e
w
.”

“A
nd
w
h
a
t?
T
od
a
y
th
e
y
b
r
ing
a
gun
?
”
S
a
m
m
y
re
m
ar
k
e
d.

“
M
a
y
be
th
e
y
we
r
e
hunting
som
e
thi
n
g
,”
Sil
a
s point
e
d out.

“N
othing
do
w
n on t
h
a
t s
ec
tion of
r
o
c
ks
e
x
ce
pt the
o
c
c
a
sion
a
l s
ea
l,”
S
a
m
m
y
r
e
v
ea
l
e
d.

“
W
h
a
t did
y
ou s
a
y
?
”
Co
r
d
a
sk
e
d.

“
S
ea
ls g
e
t st
ra
nd
e
d t
h
er
e
af
t
e
r
b
a
d sto
r
ms som
e
tim
e
s, like
the
kind
we’
v
e
b
e
e
n h
a
vi
n
g
.”

“
J
e
sus.
W
h
y
didn
’
t
I
thi
n
k to
c
h
ec
k the
c
li
ff
s
f
i
r
st
?
”
W
ith th
a
t, Co
r
d b
ra
k
e
d, shot a
U
,
a
nd h
ea
d
e
d
f
o
r
the
ov
e
r
h
a
n
g
.

T
h
e
y
pull
e
d into the
d
e
s
e
r
t
e
d lot
a
nd
c
r
aw
l
e
d out
of
the
v
e
hi
c
le
a
t the
s
a
me
tim
e
.
B
ut it
wa
s Co
r
d
w
ho m
a
de
his
w
a
y
to the
ra
ili
n
g
f
i
r
st
a
n
d l
ea
n
e
d ov
e
r
to s
ca
n the
r
o
c
ks.
“
Shit,”
he utt
ere
d.
“
Some
son of
a
b
it
c
h shot a
s
ea
l.
L
ook, th
ere
.
I
t
’
s
a
m
e
ss.
I
n
ee
d to
l
e
t
E
th
a
n kno
w
.”

“Yea
h.
A
nd
y
ou should
c
a
ll
Ke
e
g
a
n. Sh
e
’
s h
e
lp
e
d
out a
time
or
t
w
o
w
h
e
n
o
th
e
r
p
e
ople h
a
ve
kill
e
d m
ar
ine
li
f
e
a
r
ound h
ere
,”
S
a
m
m
y
s
u
gg
e
st
e
d.

“Da
mn.”
Co
r
d d
u
g
out h
i
s
ce
ll phon
e
,
f
i
r
st to di
a
l
911,
a
nd th
e
n pun
c
h
e
d in
Ke
e
g
a
n
’
s numb
e
r
a
t the
c
e
nt
er
.

H
is instin
c
ts
wa
nt
e
d to p
r
ot
ec
t
a
nd sh
e
lt
er
.
B
ut he
kn
e
w
K
ee
g
a
n
w
ould h
a
v
e
none
of th
a
t
a
t l
ea
st not until l
a
t
e
r
w
h
e
n
h
e
c
ould
g
e
t h
e
r
a
lon
e
.
H
e
g
utt
e
d it out
a
s
he
re
l
a
y
e
d
w
h
a
t th
e
y
’
d di
s
c
ov
e
r
e
d on a
p
r
istine
st
re
t
c
h of
sho
re
line
m
ea
nt
f
or
b
e
a
u
t
y
not
ca
r
n
a
g
e
.

Som
ew
h
er
e
out th
e
r
e
a
c
o
war
d
l
y
shoot
e
r
w
a
s
w
illing
to t
a
ke
out a
wea
pon
in b
r
o
a
d d
a
y
l
i
g
ht
a
nd kill a
s
e
a
l
f
o
r
no
g
ood
rea
son
w
ithout b
a
tting
a
n
e
y
e
.

Twe
n
t
y
minut
e
s l
a
t
e
r
he
spotted Keegan
pull up b
e
hind h
i
s t
r
u
c
k h
e’
d l
e
f
t p
ar
k
e
d
o
n the
side
of the
r
o
a
d.
I
t didn
’
t
r
ea
l
l
y
su
r
p
r
ise
him th
a
t sh
e’
d m
a
n
a
ge
to b
ea
t both
E
th
a
n
a
nd St
e
ve
Childs, the p
ar
k
ra
n
g
er
, to the
s
c
e
n
e
.