Dancing Tides (59 page)

“
I
a
pp
r
ec
i
a
t
e
the
o
f
f
er
,
W
a
l
l
y
, but
I
do
n
’
t think the
bug
w
ill
w
o
r
k
f
or
a
r
e
s
c
u
e
.
I
n
e
e
d som
e
thing
big
e
no
u
g
h to
hold
a
nd s
ec
u
r
e
a
n inju
r
e
d m
a
mm
a
l.
B
e
sid
e
s,
I
w
o
uldn
’
t
wa
nt to stink up
y
our
little
c
a
r
.”

H
e
l
a
u
g
h
e
d
a
nd
r
ubb
e
d
h
is
c
hin.
“T
he
thing
is
I
d
o
n
’
t think
y
our
p
a
ti
e
nts
w
ould hu
r
t it non
e
.
L
il
l
y
s
a
y
s it
a
l
r
ea
d
y
h
a
s
a
‘
ni
c
e
liv
e
d in’
sm
e
ll
g
oi
n
g
f
or
it. R
e
m
e
m
b
e
r
w
h
e
n
w
e
took it up the
c
o
a
st to su
r
f
in Mont
er
e
y
a
nd
b
r
o
u
g
ht b
ac
k s
o
me
kind of
stin
k
y
s
e
a
u
r
c
hin.
I
think it still liv
e
s th
ere
—in spi
r
it.”

Ke
e
g
a
n sn
o
r
t
e
d
a
t the
m
e
mo
r
y
,
a
n
oth
e
r
e
x
a
mple
o
f
th
e
ir
time
sp
e
nt
a
s bud
d
i
e
s.
“O
h,
m
y
G
od,
I
c
ouldn
’
t h
a
v
e
b
e
e
n mo
r
e
th
a
n
f
i
f
t
e
e
n.
Y
ou
wer
e
a
l
w
a
y
s a
b
e
tt
e
r
su
rf
e
r
th
a
n
I
w
a
s.
Y
ou
wer
e
d
a
tin
g
,
w
ho
wa
s it
?
”
She
sn
a
pp
e
d
h
e
r
f
i
n
g
er
s.
“De
bbie
H
ar
kn
e
ss.
Y
o
u
a
nd
De
bbie
l
e
t me t
a
g
a
long
w
ith
y
ou
.
”

“
L
i
k
e
a
p
e
s
k
y
, kid sist
er
.
Yea
h,
I
re
m
e
mb
e
r
.
W
e
c
ouldn
’
t
g
e
t th
a
t ho
r
r
ible
s
m
e
ll out of our
c
loth
e
s
f
or
w
ee
ks
.
”

“Gra
n th
r
ea
t
e
n
e
d to s
cr
u
b me
in tom
a
to jui
c
e
w
h
e
n
I
g
ot b
a
c
k,
y
ou too
a
s
I
reca
ll.”
She pun
c
h
e
d him in the
ar
m
pl
a
y
f
ul
l
y
a
nd jo
k
e
d,
“
I
n
oti
c
e
y
ou didn
’
t
o
ff
e
r
me
y
our
c
l
a
ssic Ch
e
v
e
ll
e
.”

“N
ow
K
ee
g
a
n,
y
ou kno
w
, th
a
t
car’
s
m
y
p
r
i
d
e
a
nd
j
o
y
.
I
f
y
ou
we
r
e
n
’
t
c
ar
r
y
i
ng
a
r
ound a sm
e
l
l
y
s
ea
l or
t
w
o
—
”

She
l
a
u
g
h
e
d.
“
I
g
e
t it.
T
h
a
nks
W
a
l
l
y
,
f
or
the
o
ff
e
r
.
I
f
y
ou
’
r
e
su
r
e
it
’
ll be
o
k
a
y
,
I
’
ll t
a
ke the
bu
g
.
W
h
e
n
a
r
e
y
ou
a
nd
L
il
l
y
m
a
king
it o
f
f
i
c
i
a
l
a
n
y
w
a
y
?
”

“
Sh
e’
s m
a
ki
n
g
me
wa
it
u
ntil
J
un
e
.
Y
ou
’
ll
g
e
t
y
our
invit
a
tion n
e
x
t
month. I
don
’
t s
e
e
w
h
y
w
e
ca
n
’
t just
r
un o
f
f
to
—
”

“
M
e
n,”
K
e
e
g
a
n int
e
r
j
ec
t
ed
,
ro
lling
h
e
r
e
y
e
s.
“
L
illy
d
e
s
er
v
e
s
a
ni
c
e
ce
r
e
m
on
y
not a qui
c
kie
in
fr
ont of
a
just
i
c
e
of
the
p
ea
c
e
. She
h
a
d
t
o put up
w
ith th
a
t j
ac
k
a
ss husb
a
nd of
h
er
s hitting
h
e
r
a
ll those
y
e
ar
s
. She
n
ee
ds the
lou
s
y
m
a
r
r
i
a
ge
a
ll the
w
a
y
b
e
hind
h
e
r
a
nd a
f
o
r
m
a
l
affa
ir
is just the
ti
c
k
e
t.
I
h
ear
d
J
o
r
d
a
n
’
s
a
l
r
ea
d
y
p
l
a
nning a
b
r
id
a
l sho
w
e
r
f
o
r
M
a
y
out
a
t the Cov
e
.”