Dancing Tides (24 page)

T
h
e
y
still h
a
dn
’
t sho
w
n
u
p.

B
ut
G
uinn
e
ss h
a
d.
H
e
imm
e
di
a
t
e
l
y
st
a
r
t
e
d li
c
ki
n
g the
m
an’
s
f
a
ce
.

She
push
e
d the
d
o
g
b
ac
k
long
e
no
u
g
h to l
e
a
n ov
e
r
the
g
u
y
’
s
c
h
e
st, put h
e
r
e
a
r
to his h
ear
t, list
e
n
e
d,
a
nd t
h
e
n
r
ea
li
z
e
d he
wa
sn
’
t b
r
ea
th
i
n
g
.

She
sm
e
ll
e
d
w
hisk
e
y
, st
r
on
g
, ov
e
r
po
w
e
r
in
g
.

B
ut she
op
e
n
e
d his mouth
a
n
y
w
a
y
, m
a
d
e
su
r
e
his
a
i
rw
a
y
w
a
s
c
l
e
ar
. She
tilt
e
d his h
ea
d b
ac
k, li
f
t
e
d his
c
hin up,
a
nd pin
c
h
e
d his nose
c
los
e
d. She
bl
e
w
a
ir
into his mouth
a
nd b
e
g
a
n CPR.

F
o
c
us
e
d on
h
e
r
e
ff
o
r
t,
K
e
e
g
a
n didn
’
t
e
v
e
n h
e
a
r
t
h
e
a
mbul
a
n
c
e
s
c
r
eec
h to a
h
a
lt up
a
bove th
e
m on the
pi
er
.

B
ut
af
t
e
r
a
lmost a
hund
r
e
d
re
ps, the
m
a
n still
wa
s
n
’
t b
rea
thi
n
g
.
A
s she
c
ontinu
e
d to
c
ount,
G
uinn
e
ss k
e
pt up
his o
w
n st
ea
d
y
li
c
k to the
m
a
n
’
s
f
o
re
h
ea
d
o
r
w
h
a
t
e
v
e
r
he
c
ould
re
a
c
h.

J
ust
w
h
e
n sh
e’
d
a
bout
g
i
v
e
n up, the
g
u
y
c
o
u
g
h
e
d
a
nd shot out a
ton of
s
e
a
wa
t
e
r
onto his o
w
n
a
l
rea
d
y
s
o
a
k
e
d
T
-
s
h
i
r
t.
T
he
minute
he
took his
f
i
r
st
f
ull b
rea
th,
K
ee
g
a
n
r
oll
e
d him to his side
a
nd b
e
g
a
n
r
ubbing
h
is b
ac
k.

Ke
e
g
a
n
h
ear
d him mutt
e
r
,
“
C
a
ssi
e
,
m
y
C
a
ssi
e
.
”

G
uinn
e
ss
w
oo
fe
d
n
ea
r
t
h
e
g
u
y
’
s
e
a
r
a
nd th
e
n
g
ot
up
c
lose
a
nd p
e
r
son
a
l, m
a
king
the
m
a
n blink in su
r
p
r
is
e
.
O
n
c
e
t
h
e
dog
h
a
d his
a
tt
e
ntion,
G
uinn
e
ss g
a
ve
him a
c
o
u
ple
mo
r
e
li
c
ks to the
fac
e
f
or
g
ood m
e
a
su
re.

St
re
t
c
h
e
d out on the
s
a
n
d
, the
m
a
n put a
big
h
a
nd
on the
dog
’
s snout
a
s if
h
e
n
ee
d
e
d the
c
ont
ac
t.
W
ith his oth
e
r
h
a
nd he
shov
e
d his m
a
ss
o
f
long
h
a
i
r
b
ac
k
o
f
f
his
f
a
ce.

A
bout th
a
t time
the
p
ar
a
m
e
di
c
s
ca
me
r
unning
up.

O
v
e
r
the
top of
G
uin
n
e
ss’
h
ea
d, his
w
a
r
y
e
y
e
s
d
ar
t
e
d to
Ke
e
g
a
n
’
s
a
nd
h
e
ld.
Gr
u
ff
l
y
, he
w
hisp
ere
d,
“
G
odd
a
mn it
w
h
y
,
w
h
y
c
ouldn
’
t
y
ou
h
a
ve
just l
ef
t me
out th
er
e
in the
d
a
mn
e
d
wa
t
er
.”

H
e
m
a
de
a
w
e
a
k
a
tt
e
mpt
to
g
e
t up.

Ta
k
e
n
a
b
ac
k
b
y
his
w
o
r
d
s,
Ke
e
g
a
n pus
h
e
d to h
e
r
f
ee
t
a
nd
g
r
a
bb
e
d
G
uinn
e
s
s’
c
oll
a
r
th
e
n
wa
t
c
h
e
d
D
e
a
c
on
J
on
e
s, one
of
the
E
M
T
s out of
S
a
n S
e
b
a
sti
a
n, t
a
ke
ov
e
r
b
y
a
tt
e
mpting
to
g
e
t the m
a
n
’
s vit
a
ls,
wra
ppi
n
g
h
i
s
ar
m in a
c
u
f
f
to t
a
ke
his
blood p
re
ssu
re.