Dancing Tides (237 page)

“H
mm, th
a
t m
ea
ns
I
’
ll h
a
ve
to
g
ive
up som
e
thi
n
g
f
or
y
ou
.
”

“
W
h
y
?
”

“
I
t
s
ee
ms on
l
y
fa
i
r
. Som
e
thing I
lov
e
.
I
t
ca
n
’
t be
c
ho
c
ol
a
te
tho
u
g
h.
O
r
i
c
e
c
rea
m.”

“
Cho
c
ol
a
t
e’
s a
f
ood
g
r
o
u
p, it
’
s d
ef
init
e
l
y
o
f
f
the
t
a
bl
e
.
A
nd i
c
e
c
rea
m is a
n
ece
ss
a
r
y
p
ar
t of
li
fe
.”

“H
ow
a
bout b
r
ea
d
?
”

“
B
r
ea
d
’
s u
n
rea
listi
c
.
L
o
o
k,
Ke
e
g
a
n,
y
ou
h
a
v
e
n
’
t tou
c
h
e
d a
d
r
op
of
a
l
c
ohol
sin
c
e
y
ou
m
e
t m
e
.”

“
B
ut th
a
t
’
s just so
y
o
u
w
on
’
t be
t
e
mpt
e
d.
I
’
m not
th
a
t big
a
d
r
in
k
er
.
I
do
n
’
t
e
v
e
n like
b
e
e
r
a
ll th
a
t mu
c
h,”
she
li
e
d.

“U
h huh,
r
i
g
ht.
I
’
m
g
iving
up b
a
c
on,
y
ou
’
r
e
g
iving
up
a
l
c
ohol.
T
his
re
l
a
ti
o
nship is one
f
or
the
books.”

“G
ive
a
nd t
a
k
e
, th
a
t
’
s
w
h
a
t Po
r
t
e
r
a
nd M
a
r
y
F
a
nning
b
e
li
e
v
e
d. Comp
r
omise
r
ul
e
d the d
a
y
.
”

“
Comp
r
omis
e
, hu
h
?
H
ow
a
bout
I
n
e
g
oti
a
te
y
ou
i
nto b
e
d
?
”

“
I
thou
g
ht
y
o
u
’
d n
e
v
e
r
t
a
ke
the
hint.”

O
n his thi
r
d
d
a
y
in P
e
li
c
a
n Point
e
, Rob
b
y
w
oke
to
the
sound of
a
noth
e
r
b
ar
k
ing
s
ea
l.

H
is b
ac
k hu
r
t. Som
e
thing inside
his h
ea
d h
a
mm
er
e
d t
r
y
i
n
g
to
g
e
t out.
I
f
the
thing
didn
’
t shut up…he
g
r
a
bb
e
d
f
or
his pistol on
l
y
to
r
e
a
li
z
e
the
rac
k
e
t
ec
h
o
e
d
fr
om
c
l
ea
r
a
cr
oss the
st
r
ee
t.

H
ow
did
a
n
y
one
put up
w
ith th
a
t
f
u
c
king
noise
a
l
l the
tim
e
?

H
e
r
oll
e
d on his
c
a
r
dbo
a
r
d b
e
d
a
nd d
e
c
id
e
d to h
e
ll
w
ith this, no mo
r
e
sl
ee
ping
on the
f
loo
r
, no mo
r
e
f
ilt
h
y
living
c
onditions.
H
e
wa
s
re
a
d
y
to
g
e
t out of
this sti
n
king
to
w
n,
w
hi
c
h on
l
y m
ea
nt one
thin
g
.

T
od
a
y
h
a
d to be
the
d
a
y
.

A
s thund
e
r
boom
e
d
ov
er
h
ea
d, sign
a
ling
a
noth
e
r
s
p
r
ing
sto
r
m
f
o
r
ming
o
f
f
s
ho
re
,
K
ee
g
a
n sp
e
nt h
e
r
mo
r
ni
n
g
squi
r
r
e
ll
e
d
aw
a
y
a
t hom
e
, in h
e
r
g
ra
nd
f
a
th
er’
s
o
ff
i
c
e
,
w
h
i
c
h doubl
e
d
a
s a
thi
r
d sp
ar
e
b
e
d
r
oom.
G
uinn
e
ss
sp
raw
l
e
d
a
t
h
e
r
f
ee
t. She
noti
ce
d the
d
o
g
shudd
e
r
a
t the
sound.
T
he
ca
nine
did not like
thund
er
.