Dancing Tides (243 page)

“
I
ca
n
’
t
ca
ll.
I
l
e
f
t
m
y
ce
l
l phone
b
ac
k on the
b
o
a
t.”
W
hi
c
h
wa
s a
li
e
, but he
didn
’
t n
ee
d to know
th
a
t. She
slipp
e
d h
e
r
h
a
nd inside
the
m
ac
kin
a
w
a
nd
g
r
o
p
e
d
f
or
s
e
v
era
l buttons, hoping like
h
e
ll she
re
m
e
mb
e
re
d
the
lo
ca
tion of
e
a
c
h i
c
on
on h
e
r
displ
a
y
. She
r
e
ca
l
l
e
d how
spot
t
y
c
e
ll s
er
vi
c
e
w
a
s h
e
r
e
e
v
e
n u
n
de
r
the
b
e
st of
c
i
rc
umst
a
n
ce
s.
B
ut m
a
y
b
e
she
m
i
ght
g
e
t lu
c
k
y
a
nd som
e
one
w
ould pi
c
k up a
wea
k s
i
g
n
a
l.

But
she
w
ould not lu
r
e
Co
r
d to his d
ea
th.
T
h
a
t mu
c
h she
h
a
d
a
l
rea
d
y
d
ec
i
d
e
d. She
st
a
ll
e
d
f
or
time
but Rob
b
y
imm
e
di
a
t
e
l
y
ca
u
g
ht on.

“
L
ook,
d
on
’
t m
e
ss
w
ith m
e
.
I
’
ve
h
a
d a
r
o
u
g
h
c
o
u
ple
of
d
a
y
s.
I
’
v
e
b
e
e
n living
r
i
g
ht
a
cr
oss the
st
ree
t
fr
om th
a
t
f
u
c
k
i
ng
z
oo
y
ou
ca
ll a
hom
e
.
”

“Acr
oss the
st
r
ee
t?
W
e
ll
f
o
r…f
o
r
how
lo
n
g
?
”

“T
h
r
e
e
mis
era
ble
d
a
y
s.”

P
e
li
ca
n Pointe
didn
’
t
h
a
ve
the
g
r
e
a
t
e
st
ce
ll phone
s
er
vi
ce
.
B
e
ca
use
o
f
th
a
t,
Co
r
d didn
’
t
g
e
t
K
e
e
g
a
n
’
s t
e
x
t m
e
ss
a
ge
until he
re
a
c
h
e
d the
c
ity
limits si
g
n no
r
th of
to
w
n. Sin
c
e
h
e’
d
c
ome this
far
, he
d
e
c
id
e
d he
m
i
g
ht
a
s
w
e
ll h
e
lp h
e
r
w
ith
the
s
ea
l.

H
e
pull
e
d ov
e
r
to the
sh
o
uld
e
r
of
the
r
o
a
d so he
c
o
uld t
e
x
t b
ac
k.
N
ee
d h
e
lp?
O
n
m
y
way now.

H
e
pun
c
h
e
d in the
c
oo
r
d
i
n
a
t
e
s
f
or
W
ild
e
r
R
a
n
c
h
S
t
a
te
P
ar
k into his
G
PS
a
nd v
eere
d
b
ac
k onto the
hi
g
h
w
a
y
.
H
e
h
a
d just d
r
iv
e
n p
a
st the
H
illtop
D
in
e
r
on M
a
in
w
h
e
n
he
spott
e
d
E
th
a
n
’
s poli
c
e
cr
uis
er
,
m
a
king a
r
i
g
ht h
a
nd tu
r
n o
f
f
B
e
a
c
h
St
ree
t, li
g
hts
f
l
a
shi
n
g
.

E
th
a
n spott
e
d Co
r
d
a
bout the
s
a
me
time
a
nd motion
e
d
f
or
him to pull ov
er
.

T
he
minute
Co
r
d
g
ot out
a
nd
wa
lk
e
d up to
E
th
a
n
’
s p
a
t
r
ol
car
, t
h
e
look on the
d
e
pu
t
y
’
s
fac
e
told him som
e
thing b
a
d h
a
d h
a
p
p
e
n
e
d.

E
th
a
n blu
r
t
e
d out,
“
L
oo
k
s like
Rob
b
y
M
ac
k
h
a
s
K
e
e
g
a
n
.
”