Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (113 page)

H
ut
t
on
re
t
u
r
ned
the
f
a
vo
r
,
an
s
we
r
i
n
g
him
w
ith
a
st
r
i
n
g
of b
a
by-spea
k
.
G
ra
t
e
f
ul
for
H
ut
t
o
n
’
s
e
x
cha
n
ge,
he
f
i
x
ed
him
s
elf a
g
l
a
s
s
of
iced
t
ea.
W
hen
the
phone
ra
n
g
it
broke
s
ome
of
the
t
en
s
io
n
.
D
u
r
i
n
g
the
ca
l
l,
J
or
d
an
went
f
rom
p
i
s
s
ed
off
t
o
jo
v
i
a
l h
o
s
t
es
s
in
a
mat
t
er
of
s
econ
d
s.
S
ince
the
ca
l
ler
w
as
an
o
ther r
e
s
e
r
v
a
t
ion,
it
t
ook
s
ome
of
the
b
i
t
e
out
of
her
t
empe
r
, b
r
igh
t
eni
n
g
her
mood.

Af
t
er
she
hu
n
g
u
p
,
they
sat
down
at
the
ta
ble
t
ogethe
r
.
A
lthough
in
a
bet
t
er
f
rame
of
mind,
J
or
d
an
a
t
e
her
s
oup
in s
t
o
n
y
si
lence
unt
i
l
N
ick
decided
t
o
meet
the
battle
head
-
on.
H
e
pu
r
p
os
e
f
u
l
ly
asked,
“
H
ow
w
as
the
t
r
ip
in
t
o
t
o
w
n?”

J
or
d
a
n
g
l
are
d
a
t
hi
m
.
W
it
h
on
e
quic
k
loo
k
a
t
H
u
t
t
on,
be
t
ween
clenched
t
eeth,
she
said
s
t
iff
l
y
,
“
Y
ou
k
now
pe
r
f
e
c
tly we
l
l
how
it
wen
t
.
A
nd
w
e
’
l
l
ta
l
k
a
bout
th
i
s
l
at
e
r
,
af
t
er
I
get
H
u
t
t
o
n
do
w
n
fo
r
he
r
na
p
.
”

A
s
if
on
c
ue
H
ut
t
on
held
out
a
spoon
f
u
l
l
of
pas
t
a
and prom
p
tly
dropped
it
on
the
floo
r
.
W
hen
Dog
ran
over
t
o
lick up
the
u
n
w
an
t
ed
food,
H
ut
t
on
f
ound
that
e
x
tremely
f
un
n
y
.
S
he
be
g
an
t
o
c
l
ap
her
han
d
s
and
drop
more
on
the
floo
r
.

W
hen
she
n
o
ticed
N
ick
l
aughi
n
g
,
she
g
iggled
e
ven
more and
s
t
a
r
t
ed
chan
t
i
n
g
,
“
Do
g
.
Do
g
.
Do
g
.
”
N
o
t
one
t
o
l
o
s
e the
oppo
r
t
uni
t
y
of
the
momen
t
,
N
ick
t
u
r
ned
t
o
J
or
d
an
and p
o
in
t
ed
ou
t
,
“
H
ut
t
o
n
’
s
ta
l
k
i
n
g
t
o
m
e
.
”

“
O
h,
I
’
m
ta
l
k
i
n
g
t
o
y
ou.
I
j
u
st
do
n
’t
think
y
ou
’
re
gonna
l
i
k
e
wha
t
I
h
a
v
e
t
o
s
a
y
.
”
W
it
h
tha
t
,
sh
e
t
u
r
n
e
d
he
r
at
t
en
t
ion
t
o
cleani
n
g
u
p
H
u
t
t
o
n
.

L
a
t
e
r
af
t
e
r
J
or
d
a
n
g
ot
he
r
do
wn
fo
r
a
na
p
,
sh
e
w
a
l
ked
in
t
o
on
e
o
f
th
e
g
u
e
s
t
room
s
t
o
s
e
e
N
ic
k
s
t
andi
n
g
o
n
a
l
adde
r
,
ins
t
a
l
li
n
g
a
ce
i
li
n
g
fa
n
w
it
h
a
ligh
t
in
g
f
i
x
t
ur
e
.
H
e
r
hea
r
t
s
o
f
t
ene
d
a
littl
e
j
u
s
t
s
eei
n
g
hi
m
wor
k
s
o
har
d
an
d
k
n
o
w
i
n
g
what
h
e
’
d
don
e
fo
r
th
e
p
l
ace
,
fo
r
he
r
.
B
u
t
d
e
s
p
i
t
e
tha
t
the
y
ha
d
t
o
clea
r
th
e
ai
r
.

O
u
t
o
f
th
e
co
r
ne
r
o
f
h
i
s
e
y
e
,
h
e
s
a
w
he
r
w
a
l
k
in
to
the
roo
m
holdi
ng
th
e
b
a
b
y
moni
t
o
r
i
n
he
r
han
d
tha
t
sh
e
ca
r
r
ied
e
ve
r
y
w
her
e
sh
e
wen
t
,
nigh
t
o
r
d
a
y
,
when
e
ve
r
H
ut
t
o
n
sle
pt
.
W
he
n
h
e
s
a
w
he
r
s
e
t
i
t
do
w
n
o
n
th
e
dr
e
ss
e
r
,
h
e
climbed
do
w
n
of
f
th
e
l
adde
r
,
prepare
d
to
d
o
battl
e.
H
e
w
a
t
c
he
d
her
c
r
os
s
he
r
a
r
m
s
i
n
a
def
i
an
t
s
t
anc
e.
“
T
h
at
’
s
w
h
y
y
o
u
of
f
ered
to
g
o
in
to
t
o
w
n
,
w
as
n
’
t
it
?
S
o
,
I
would
n
’
t
f
i
n
d
ou
t
what
y
ou
’
d
don
e
.
”

“
W
ha
t
I
did
?
M
e
?
I
do
n
’
t
k
n
o
w
wha
t
ve
r
s
io
n
y
o
u
g
o
t
f
rom
th
os
e
nut
jo
b
s
in
t
o
w
n
but
I
w
as
mindi
n
g
m
y
o
w
n
b
u
s
in
e
s
s,
h
a
v
i
n
g
a
bee
r
,
and
s
ome
g
uy
I
do
n
’t
e
ven
k
now
thro
w
s a
punch
at
me,
and then
insul
t
s
y
ou
.
”

T
r
y
i
n
g
t
o
keep
her
v
o
ice
l
e
vel,
she
t
oss
ed
bac
k
,
“
A
nd
w
h
y did
that
happen?
I
do
n
’t
need
y
ou
t
o
defend
me,
N
ic
k
.
”
S
he
w
as
paci
n
g
no
w
,
buildi
n
g
up
a
new
head
of
s
t
eam.
“
Y
ou
’
ve made
thi
n
g
s
t
en
tim
e
s
wo
r
s
e
.
U
sua
l
l
y
,
they
j
u
st
i
g
nore
m
e
.
N
o
w
,
the
whole
t
o
w
n
i
s
l
aughi
n
g
at
me
and
t
a
l
k
i
n
g
behind
m
y
bac
k
.
”

“
P
lea
s
e
.
”
H
e
ro
l
le
d
h
i
s
e
y
e
s
.
“
L
i
k
e
the
y
were
n
’
t
d
o
i
n
g
tha
t
before?”