Dancing Tides (83 page)

“H
e
y
, s
a
v
e
d
m
y
li
f
e
h
e
re
…
g
r
a
t
ef
ul, v
e
r
y
.
I
h
a
v
e
a
ll m
a
nn
e
r
of
t
ra
nspo
r
t
a
tion like
d
e
liv
e
r
y t
r
u
c
ks
a
t
m
y
dispos
a
l
c
o
u
r
t
e
s
y
o
f
the
f
ar
m.
N
ot only
th
a
t, s
e
v
era
l months b
a
c
k,
I
bo
u
g
ht
N
i
c
k
’
s
Har
l
e
y
.”

“N
i
c
k sold his
Har
l
e
y
?
”

“He’
s
a
n old m
arr
i
e
d
g
u
y
no
w
, a
fa
th
e
r
,
w
ith
a
no
t
h
e
r
b
a
b
y
on the
w
a
y
.
I
t
w
a
s sitting
ar
ound
g
a
th
e
r
ing
dust so
I
bo
u
g
ht it.
I
’
m
w
illing
to
l
e
t
y
ou bo
r
r
ow
m
y
t
r
u
c
k
until
y
ou
g
e
t
y
ou
r
s b
ac
k.
I
t
’
s simpl
e
.
I
sn
’
t t
h
a
t
w
h
a
t sm
a
ll to
w
ns do, look out
f
or
e
a
c
h oth
er
?
I
’
m just b
e
ing n
e
i
g
hbo
r
l
y
.
”

“
B
ut…you
’
r
e
w
illing
to
l
e
t a
st
ra
n
g
e
r
d
r
ive
y
our
t
r
u
c
k.
W
h
a
t if
I
’
m a
lou
s
y
d
r
iv
e
r
?
”

“
I
’
ve
g
ot
f
ull
c
o
v
e
ra
g
e
.”
H
e
c
o
c
k
e
d his h
ea
d, stu
d
i
e
d h
e
r
in
g
e
n
e
ra
l b
e
f
o
r
e
t
e
lling
h
er
,
“Y
ou don
’
t look like
y
o
u
’
d be
a
w
h
ac
k job b
e
hind
the
w
h
ee
l.”

“
I
’
m not.
I
’
m a
v
e
r
y
g
o
o
d,
c
ons
c
i
e
ntious d
r
iv
er
.
I
d
r
ive
a
ll ov
e
r
S
a
nta
C
r
uz
Coun
t
y
a
nd up
a
nd do
w
n the
c
o
a
st, n
e
v
e
r
so mu
c
h
a
s h
a
d a
s
p
ee
di
n
g
ti
c
k
e
t.”

“
W
om
e
n. S
ee
…no p
r
obl
e
m th
e
n.”

A
g
a
in, Co
r
d
extende
d the
k
e
y
s out to h
e
r
.
“
I
t
’
s
a
t
w
o
-
y
e
a
r
-
old, silv
e
r bi
r
c
h-m
e
t
a
llic
G
MC Si
err
a
p
ar
k
e
d on the
st
r
ee
t n
ea
r
the
pi
e
r
.
Y
ou
c
a
n
’
t
miss it.”

B
ut
Ke
e
g
a
n shook h
e
r
h
e
a
d.
“T
his is
r
idi
c
ulous;
I
’
m not t
a
king
y
our
t
r
u
c
k
.
”

“T
h
e
n
y
ou h
a
v
e
a
r
e
pl
a
ce
m
en
t v
e
hi
c
le
a
l
r
ea
d
y
?
”

“N
o.
Ye
s.
I
b
o
rr
o
w
e
d
W
a
l
l
y
’
s
V
W
.”

“
A
b
u
g
?
”
H
e
r
o
are
d
w
ith l
a
u
g
ht
e
r
.
“Y
ou pl
a
n to
m
a
ke
y
our
r
ounds
s
a
ving m
ar
ine m
a
mm
a
ls in a
bu
g
?
W
h
a
t
do
y
ou int
e
nd to do, sto
r
e
th
e
m in the
boot
f
or
t
r
a
nspo
r
t
?
D
o
e
s th
a
t s
ee
m
w
o
r
k
a
b
l
e
to
y
ou
?
”

I
t did s
e
e
m
fa
i
r
l
y
r
idi
c
ul
o
us.
“H
mm.
O
k
a
y
,
I
’
ll
bo
r
row
y
our
t
r
u
c
k but just
f
or
a
c
ouple
o
f d
a
y
s.
U
ntil
W
a
l
l
y
f
i
x
e
s min
e
.
T
he
g
u
y
’
s
r
e
a
l
l
y
a
g
en
ius
w
ith a
moto
r
.
I
’
m
hoping
h
e
’
ll be
a
ble
to
re
p
a
ir
it
a
nd
I
w
on
’
t h
a
v
e
to p
a
y
f
o
r
a
n
e
w
e
n
g
in
e
.
Ar
e
y
ou
c
er
t
a
in
y
ou
c
a
n
use
the
t
r
u
c
ks
f
r
om
Ta
gg
er
t
O
r
g
a
nic
F
ar
ms
a
f
t
er
—
?”