Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (108 page)

U
nbeli
e
v
a
bly
moved
that
he
would
think
of such
a
thi
n
g
,
J
or
d
an
s
a
w
the
s
e
r
iou
s
n
es
s
on
h
i
s
face
and
wondered
w
h
y
he
w
as
t
r
y
i
n
g
so
hard.
“
Y
eah,
they
d
o
.
”

P
lea
s
e
d
w
it
h
th
e
k
n
owledge
,
a
s
h
e
wa
l
ke
d
he
r
back
u
p
th
e
t
ra
i
l
,
h
e
said
,
“
I
’
l
l
s
e
e
i
f
F
er
g
u
s
o
n
’
s
ha
s
on
e
n
ext ti
m
e
I
g
o
in
to
t
o
wn
.
”

T
he
next
d
a
y
,
N
ick
w
as
s
t
andi
n
g
in
the
bath
t
ub
ins
t
a
l
li
n
g a
new
shower
head
when
J
or
d
an
w
a
l
k
ed
in,
a
l
l
s
m
i
l
e
s,
ca
r
r
y
i
n
g
H
u
t
t
o
n.
“
I
r
a
n
ou
t
o
f
Deli
c
io
us
M
elo
n
.
”

H
e
slowly
t
u
r
ned
t
o
s
t
are
at
her
as
if
sh
e
’
d
g
rown
ho
r
ns
s
ince
brea
k
fas
t
.
“
E
x
c
u
s
e
m
e
.
”

“
D
eli
c
ious
M
elon,
the
paint
color
for
the
co
r
ner
room
w
ith
the
b
a
y
w
indo
w
.
I
need
an
o
ther
g
a
l
lon.
I
j
u
st
w
an
t
ed
t
o let
y
ou
k
now
I
’
l
l
be
gone
for
half
an
hou
r
.
”

A
n
a
l
a
r
m
wen
t
off
.
A
ft
e
r
l
a
s
t
night
’
s
al
t
erca
t
io
n
at
M
c
C
read
y
’
s
,
i
t
w
a
s
boun
d
to
b
e
a
l
l
ove
r
t
o
w
n
wha
t
had
happened
.
A
n
d
the
n
ther
e
w
a
s
F
er
g
u
s
o
n
him
s
elf
.
H
o
w
coul
d
h
e
b
e
sur
e
h
e
would
n
’
t
ha
s
sl
e
J
or
d
a
n
a
b
ou
t
her
accoun
t
.
T
h
e
urg
e
to
pr
o
t
e
c
t
he
r
f
ro
m
a
n
y
mor
e
o
f
P
e
lican
P
o
inte
’
s
s
t
i
n
g
s
ha
d
hi
m
of
f
e
r
i
n
g
,
“
T
h
e
paint
’
s
a
t
F
er
g
u
s
o
n
’
s
,
r
i
ght
?
H
o
w
a
b
ou
t
i
f
I
go
?
C
hec
k
o
n
th
e
b
a
b
y
ca
r
r
ie
r
thi
ng
fo
r
th
e
b
i
k
e
w
e
wer
e
t
a
l
k
i
ng
a
b
ou
t
.
”

“
N
o
,
that
’
s
o
k
a
y
.
Y
ou
’
re
in
the
middle
of
s
omethi
n
g
.
I
’
l
l look
for
the
b
a
by
s
eat
wh
i
le
I
’
m
ther
e
.
A
n
y
thi
n
g
e
ls
e?”

R
e
s
i
g
ned
t
o
h
i
s
fa
t
e,
he
sugg
e
s
t
ed,
“
Y
ou
might
check
the
amoun
t
o
f
pain
t
colo
r
s
w
e
h
a
v
e
o
n
h
and
for
the
other
rooms
.
”
H
e
could
n
’t
think
of
a
n
y
o
ther
rea
s
on
t
o
s
t
op
her
f
rom
headi
n
g
in
t
o
the
m
i
s
er
a
ble
e
x
c
u
s
e
for
a
t
o
w
n.
So
he
did
h
i
s
b
e
st
t
o
a
c
t
as
if
n
o
thi
n
g
were
am
is
s
when
he
l
amely
added,
“
M
ake sure
we
h
a
ve
enough
of
each
color
t
o
fin
i
sh
the
jo
b
.
”

“
Good
idea.
Y
ou
k
no
w
,
I
w
as
thin
k
i
n
g
a
bout
that
theme idea
for
each
room.
W
e
should
name
them,
the
rooms
I
mea
n.
Som
e
B
&
B
s
d
o
tha
t
.
Think
a
bout
i
t
,
if
each
room had
a
name,
it
’
d
be
ea
s
ier
t
o
keep
them
straight
when
the r
e
s
e
r
v
ations
are
booked,
each
room
could
be
booked
by
its
d
es
i
g
na
t
e
d
nam
e
.
”

“
G
oo
d
idea
,
bu
t
nami
n
g
th
e
room
s
a
f
t
e
r
f
r
ui
t
might
n
o
t
wor
k
.
”