Dancing Tides (84 page)

“
M
y
sui
c
i
d
e
a
tt
e
mpt?
Yea
h.
I
’
m squ
a
r
e
w
ith
N
i
c
k
—
f
or
no
w
.
I
use
t
h
e
g
r
ee
n one
w
ith the lo
g
o on the
side
to m
a
ke
r
uns into to
w
n
a
ll the
ti
m
e
.
I
t
’
s no b
i
g
d
ea
l.”

“
I
t is. A
v
e
r
y
b
i
g
d
e
a
l.
I
’
m
g
ra
t
ef
ul.”

“N
ow
wa
s t
h
a
t so h
ar
d
?
”

“
I
g
u
e
ss not.”

“T
h
e
n l
e
t
’
s
g
o.”
H
e
jum
p
e
d do
w
n o
f
f
the
r
o
c
k.

“G
o
w
h
e
re
?
”

“
I
n
ee
d
a
r
ide
b
ac
k to the
far
m
.
”

H
e
s
a
w
h
e
r
h
e
sit
a
t
e
,
s
a
w
a
war
in
e
ss
c
ome
into h
e
r
e
y
e
s, he
didn
’
t lik
e
.
“
W
e
l
l, h
e
ll.
F
or
G
od
’
s
s
a
k
e
s
I
’
m not
g
oi
n
g
to
g
e
t
y
ou into
m
y
t
r
u
c
k
a
nd—h
ar
m
m
y
s
e
l
f
—or
y
ou
e
ith
e
r
f
or
th
a
t m
a
tt
er
.
T
h
e
r
e’
s nothing
t
o be
af
r
a
id o
f
.”

She
s
wa
llo
we
d the
lump in h
e
r
th
r
o
a
t.
“
I
’
m so
r
r
y
.
”
She
ra
n a
h
a
nd th
r
o
u
g
h
h
e
r
h
a
ir
r
i
g
ht b
ef
o
r
e
s
h
e
g
ig
g
l
e
d
a
t the
r
idi
c
ulousn
e
ss of
it
a
ll.
“
I
b
e
t th
a
t
’
s
w
h
a
t
e
v
e
r
y
T
e
d
B
un
d
y
s
er
i
a
l kill
e
r t
e
lls his pot
e
nti
a
l vi
c
tim
.
”

H
e
f
in
a
l
l
y
g
r
inn
e
d, stu
c
k
his h
a
nds in the
a
ir
a
nd l
e
t out a
lo
w
, spoo
k
y
l
a
u
g
h
like
one
of those
fr
om a
c
h
ee
s
y
ho
rr
or
f
li
c
k.
“
M
w
a
h
a
h
a
h
a
h
a
.
” P
re
t
e
nding
to be
Dr
a
c
ula
w
ith
a
n im
a
g
in
a
r
y
ca
p
e
,
he
took a
c
ouple
of
s
t
e
ps to
war
d h
e
r
a
nd
a
dd
e
d in a
low
m
e
n
a
c
ing
voi
c
e
,
“
Come
into
m
y
we
b,
m
y
p
re
t
t
y
.
I
’
ll
s
how
y
ou
a
ll m
a
nn
e
r
of thin
g
s ho
rr
i
f
i
c
.
M
wa
h
a
h
a
h
a
h
a
.”

I
t
c
r
a
c
k
e
d h
e
r
up.
“Y
ou
a
r
e
s
er
ious
l
y
w
h
a
c
k
e
d
.
”
W
h
e
n she
rea
li
z
e
d h
e
r
sl
i
p, on
c
e
a
g
a
in, she
f
umbl
e
d
w
ith h
e
r
re
g
re
t.
“
I
’
m so
r
r
y
.
I
didn
’
t
m
ea
n—”

“
B
ut
I
a
m
w
h
ac
k
y
,
a
l
w
a
y
s h
a
ve
b
ee
n.
I
’
m not su
r
e
I
’
ve
e
v
e
r
b
e
e
n
w
h
a
t
y
ou
w
ould
ca
ll no
r
m
a
l.”

I
n spite
o
f
his o
ff
b
e
a
t s
e
n
se
of
humo
r
, he
h
a
d a
s
e
l
f-c
on
f
id
e
n
c
e
th
a
t
s
a
id,
“
I
’
m
co
m
f
o
r
t
a
ble in
m
y
o
w
n skin no m
a
tt
e
r
w
h
a
t,
a
nd
I
do
n
’
t
g
ive
a
d
a
mn
a
bout
w
h
a
t oth
e
r
p
e
ople
think of
m
e
.”