Dancing Tides (7 page)

A
s he
we
nt do
w
n, Co
r
d
s
a
w
C
a
ssi
e’
s d
r
e
ss tu
r
ning
fr
om the
sil
k
y
, shimm
er
i
ng
g
o
w
n
o
f
w
hite
to a
blood
-re
d spl
a
t
t
e
r
bo
r
n of
ra
g
e
a
nd h
a
te
a
nd j
ea
lou
s
y
.

T
he
l
a
st thing
he
re
m
e
m
b
ere
d
w
a
s the
si
c
k
e
ni
n
g
s
wee
t sm
e
ll of
bloss
o
ms
a
s t
h
e
a
ir
ar
ound him
c
h
a
n
g
e
d to t
h
e
put
r
id i
r
on odor
of
blo
o
d.

He’
d su
r
viv
e
d th
r
e
e
tou
r
s
of
du
t
y
in
I
r
a
q.
B
ut a
g
u
nm
a
n h
a
d t
a
k
e
n him do
w
n in a subu
r
b
a
n
c
hu
r
c
h in the
middle
of
a
qui
e
t,
re
sid
e
nt
i
a
l n
e
i
g
hb
o
r
hood.

A
nd
w
ith it, h
a
d
e
nd
e
d t
h
e
li
f
e
h
e’
d
d
rea
m
e
d of
s
p
e
nding
w
ith C
a
ssie
A
n
n
e
Sp
ear
m
a
n
.

P
r
e
s
e
nt day

Pe
li
c
an
P
oint
e
, Californ
i
a

T
he
dive
a
lo
n
g
the
do
c
ks
kno
w
n
a
s M
c
C
r
e
a
d
y
’
s
r
o
c
k
e
d
a
nd shook
w
ith the
af
t
e
r
w
o
r
k
cr
o
w
d.
T
he
p
l
ac
e
j
a
mm
e
d
w
ith p
e
ople
d
e
t
er
min
e
d
to
ca
p o
f
f
the
e
nd of
th
e
i
r
f
o
r
t
y
-
plus hour
wee
k in t
r
i
e
d
a
nd
t
r
ue
f
a
s
hion—h
a
p
p
y
ho
u
r
d
r
u
m
m
e
d
a
long
in
f
ull s
w
i
n
g
.

F
r
id
a
y
a
f
t
er
noon
b
a
r
p
a
t
r
ons
wer
e
a
mix
of
kh
a
ki
wea
r
er
s, most
l
y
m
e
m
b
e
r
s of
the
to
w
n
c
oun
c
il, sitting
a
mid the
j
ea
ns
-c
l
a
d lo
ca
l
f
ish
e
r
m
e
n
a
nd do
c
k
w
o
r
k
er
s.
E
a
c
h
g
r
oup
h
a
d th
e
ir
fa
vo
r
ite
thi
n
g
to g
r
ipe
a
b
out.
T
he
lou
s
y
e
c
ono
m
y
h
a
d th
e
m stump
e
d.
T
he
r
idi
c
ulous
c
ost of
f
u
e
l h
a
d th
e
m piss
e
d. Still ot
h
er
s bit
c
h
e
d
a
bout the
g
i
r
l
fr
i
e
nd or
spouse
t
h
e
y
’
d
i
g
no
r
e
d b
ac
k
a
t hom
e
.

T
h
e
y
e
x
plo
re
d a
v
ar
i
e
t
y
of
solutions—m
a
in
l
y
how
to m
a
ke
it th
r
ou
g
h the
e
n
d of
the month—
g
r
ous
ing
a
bout the
wee
k
’
s so
r
r
y
c
a
t
c
h,
a
nd
a
g
ree
d t
h
a
t li
f
e
w
ould
g
e
t
in
f
init
e
l
y
b
e
tt
e
r
if th
e
y
e
v
e
r
h
a
d the
g
ood
f
o
r
tune
to hit the
lott
e
r
y
.

B
e
c
a
use
th
e
y
a
ll
wa
nt
e
d
nothing
mo
r
e
a
t the
mo
m
e
nt th
a
n to l
ea
ve
th
e
ir
t
r
o
ubl
e
s b
e
hind
f
or
a
n hour
o
r
mo
re
, no
o
ne
d
are
d
m
e
ntion the
i
r
on
y
of
blo
w
i
n
g
th
e
ir
p
rec
i
ous doll
ar
s on boo
z
e
.
O
r
th
a
t M
c
C
r
e
a
d
y
’
s
wa
s
n
’
t su
ffer
i
n
g
f
r
om
a
n
y
t
y
pe
of
ec
onomic
slump.

A
t the
lon
g
, s
c
ar
r
e
d, m
a
h
o
g
a
n
y
b
ar
,
c
ra
bbin
e
ss li
n
k
e
d th
e
m in
ca
m
a
r
a
d
er
i
e
.
N
o
m
a
tt
er w
h
a
t the
subj
ec
t m
a
tt
er
,
f
e
llo
w
ship m
ea
nt t
a
king
a
dv
a
nt
a
g
e
of
the
h
a
p
p
y
h
o
ur
sp
ec
i
a
ls,
w
hi
c
h h
a
pp
e
n
e
d to be
e
ith
e
r
t
w
o doll
a
r
bottl
e
d b
ee
r
or
t
h
re
e
-
doll
a
r
we
ll d
r
inks.

T
he
music
on the
a
n
c
i
e
nt juke
wa
s loud
a
nd
c
oun
t
r
y
, the
smo
k
e
thi
c
k
a
nd
s
m
e
l
l
y
, the
f
ood g
rea
s
y
a
nd
t
y
pi
ca
l
b
a
r
f
a
re
.
B
ut on a
F
r
id
a
y
n
i
g
ht the
lo
ca
l
f
a
ith
f
ul
w
o
uldn
’
t h
a
ve
d
r
e
a
m
e
d of
blo
w
ing
th
e
ir
h
ar
d
e
a
r
n
e
d
ca
sh or
g
e
tting
ston
e
-
blind d
r
unk
a
n
y
w
h
e
r
e
e
l
se
e
x
ce
pt the
pl
ace
th
a
t p
a
ss
e
d
f
or
a
n
I
r
ish
p
ub in P
e
li
ca
n Point
e
.