Dancing Tides (238 page)

“
I
t
’
ll be
ok
a
y
,
”
she
r
ea
s
s
u
re
d him
a
s she
r
eac
h
e
d
ov
er
, s
c
r
a
t
c
h
e
d his h
e
a
d
a
nd tu
r
n
e
d on the
ra
dio hoping
to
ca
t
c
h
the
wea
th
e
r
f
o
r
eca
st
f
o
r
t
h
e
imm
e
di
a
te
a
r
ea.

She
shi
f
t
e
d h
e
r
f
o
c
us b
a
c
k to h
e
r
t
a
sk
a
nd the
e
m
a
il she
h
a
d to
wr
it
e
. B
ef
o
r
e
long
the
re
mind
e
r
to dono
r
s took
sh
a
pe
a
nd she
ho
p
e
d it
w
ould be
e
no
u
g
h to k
ee
p
FMRC
a
t the
f
o
refr
ont if
th
e
y
h
a
pp
e
n to
g
e
t the
u
r
ge
to op
e
n th
e
ir
c
h
ec
k
b
ooks.

Som
e
tim
e
s it su
c
k
e
d t
r
y
i
ng
to soli
c
it don
a
tions. But it
w
ouldn
’
t hu
r
t to k
ee
p in tou
c
h on a
r
e
g
ul
a
r
b
a
sis
w
ith the
ce
n
t
er’
s
c
o
r
e
b
e
n
ef
a
c
to
r
s.

She
sil
e
nt
l
y
w
ond
e
r
e
d if
h
e
r
g
ra
n
d
fa
th
e
r
e
v
e
r
ti
re
d
of
the
c
ho
r
e
a
nd t
r
i
e
d to
think
w
h
e
th
er
or
not she
re
m
e
mb
e
re
d h
i
m
g
r
umbling
a
bout it.

She
d
ec
id
e
d it
c
ouldn
’
t
b
e
h
e
lp
e
d tho
u
g
h. Cont
r
ibutions
wer
e
vit
a
l.

T
he
op
e
n house
h
a
d b
ee
n
a
huge
su
c
c
e
ss, mo
r
e
so
th
a
n sh
e’
d
e
v
e
r
d
r
ea
m
e
d.
T
h
e
y
’
d
ra
is
e
d
e
no
u
g
h to k
e
e
p the
ce
nt
e
r
o
p
e
n th
r
o
u
g
h
A
u
gust.
I
n
f
ac
t, the
w
hole
st
r
ee
t-
fa
ir
e
x
p
er
i
e
n
ce
h
a
d sold h
e
r
on m
a
ki
n
g
t
he
e
v
e
nt
a
n
e
v
e
r
y
y
ea
r
o
c
c
u
rre
n
ce
.

W
h
e
n thund
e
r
r
umbl
e
d
a
g
a
in in the
dist
a
n
c
e
, she
g
l
a
n
ce
d out the
w
indow
t
o s
e
e
a m
ea
n
-
looking
m
ar
ine
l
a
y
e
r
f
o
r
mi
n
g
on the
ho
r
i
z
o
n.

W
h
e
n h
e
r
ce
ll phone
c
him
e
d, she
pivot
e
d to
c
h
e
c
k out the
displ
a
y
.
A
nd g
r
inn
e
d
w
h
e
n s
h
e
s
a
w
it
wa
s Co
r
d. She
f
ou
g
ht the
f
un
n
y
f
e
e
ling
in h
e
r
stom
a
c
h
a
nd
w
ond
ere
d if
sh
e
’
d
e
v
e
r
g
e
t
ti
re
d of
th
a
t little
e
xt
r
a
thud of
the
h
e
ar
t.
“H
i.”

“He
llo
g
o
r
g
e
ous.
H
o
w
a
b
out
I
t
a
k
e
y
ou out to a
l
a
t
e
b
r
un
c
h, som
e
pl
a
c
e
e
x
o
t
i
c
, like
the
D
in
er
, th
e
y
s
e
r
ve
b
r
ea
k
fa
st
a
ll d
a
y
.
W
e’
ll both o
r
d
e
r
a
st
a
c
k of
p
a
n
ca
k
e
s six
in
c
h
e
s hi
g
h.
H
o
w’
s th
a
t soun
d
?
”

“O
n
l
y
if
y
o
u o
r
d
e
r
blu
e
b
er
r
y
a
nd
I
g
e
t p
e
ca
n.
T
h
a
t
w
a
y
—
”

“
W
e
ea
t o
f
f
e
a
c
h oth
er’
s
p
l
a
t
e
s.
G
ot it.”