Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (120 page)

U
nt
i
l
no
w
.

W
hen
J
or
d
an
g
o
t
back
t
o
the
li
v
i
n
g
room,
she
realized she
did
n
’t
w
ant
him
t
o
le
a
v
e
.
A
b
it
ne
r
vo
u
s,
she
t
r
ied
t
o
think of
s
omethi
n
g
t
o
s
a
y
.
“
I
’
ve
g
o
t
a
b
o
ttle
of
w
ine
f
rom
the
A
le
x
ander
V
a
l
le
y
.
W
ould
y
ou
l
i
ke
a
g
l
a
s
s
?
I
t
might
help
y
ou
slee
p
.
”

“Soun
d
s
good
.
”
H
e
tra
i
led af
t
er
her
in
t
o the
k
i
t
chen.

“
L
et
me
hel
p
.
”

“T
hen
pop
the
cor
k
.
”
S
he
handed
him
a
cor
k
s
c
rew
and pu
l
led
the
w
ine
out
of
the
coole
r
.
H
e
worked
the
b
o
ttle
open,
pou
r
i
n
g
t
w
o
g
l
a
s
se
s
o
f
chardonn
a
y
.

They
t
ook
their
w
ine
back
in
t
o
the
li
v
i
n
g
room.
A
s
J
or
d
an g
o
t
comfo
r
ta
ble
on
the
s
ofa,
N
ick
l
aid
a
f
i
r
e
.
A
s
s
oon
as
the lo
g
s
caugh
t
,
N
ick
t
u
r
ned
t
o
her
and
said,
“
I
’
ve
been
thin
k
i
n
g
, I
g
u
es
s
I
coul
d
h
a
v
e
han
d
le
d
thi
n
g
s
bet
t
e
r
a
t
M
c
C
read
y
’
s
.
”

“
K
no
w
i
n
g
the
t
o
w
n
l
i
ke
I
d
o
,
it
w
a
s
n
’t
y
our
faul
t
.
I
admit I
made
a
b
ig
deal out
of n
o
thi
n
g
.
A
nd j
u
st
the
o
ther
d
a
y I
ran
in
t
o
S
is
s
y
a
t
th
e
s
t
or
e
.
S
he
mad
e
m
e
s
o
ma
d
I
w
an
t
e
d
t
o
s
p
i
t
.
S
he
made
me
feel
s
o
…l
i
k
e
a
fa
i
lur
e
.
”

“
W
h
y
,
becau
s
e
d
addy
’
s
handed
her
e
ve
r
y
thi
n
g
she
e
ver
w
an
t
ed
a
l
l
her
life?
Y
ou
should
n
’t
let
her
get
t
o
y
ou
or
make
y
ou
feel
bad.
S
h
e
’
s
prob
a
bly
n
e
ver
had
t
o
overcome
a
n
y
thi
n
g in
her
lif
e
.
”

J
or
d
an
s
m
i
led.
“Sc
o
tt
said
alm
o
st
e
xa
c
tly
the
same
thi
n
g when
I
comp
l
ained
a
bout
her
t
o
hi
m
.
A
t
one
time
du
r
i
n
g high
s
chool
I
think
sh
e
’
d
co
n
v
inced
he
r
s
elf
Sc
o
t
t
would
ma
r
r
y
he
r
.
”

N
ic
k
’
s
e
y
e
s
g
re
w
w
id
e
.
“
I
could
n
’
t
im
a
g
in
e
g
o
i
n
g
throug
h
ma
r
r
ie
d
lif
e
l
i
s
t
eni
n
g
t
o
tha
t
v
o
ic
e
o
f
he
r
s
.
”
H
e
mimicke
d
he
r
lin
e
f
ro
m
th
e
ba
r.
“
‛I
’
v
e
j
u
s
t
bee
n
d
y
i
n
g
t
o
g
o
fo
r
a
r
id
e
o
n
a
H
arle
y
.
’
”

J
or
d
an
l
aughed,
thin
k
i
n
g
of
S
i
s
s
y
’
s
s
quea
k
y
v
o
ic
e
.
“
I thought
it
w
as
j
u
st
m
e
.
W
e
are
s
o
mean
.
”

“
H
ar
d
l
y
.
Somethi
n
g
t
e
l
l
s
me
that
woman
w
r
o
t
e
the boo
k
.
”