Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (133 page)

J
or
d
an
motioned
t
o
N
ick
they
needed
a
high
chair
for
H
ut
t
on
and
he
went
t
o
ret
r
i
e
ve
one
from
the
s
t
ack
next
t
o
th
e
cashie
r
.
J
or
d
a
n
s
e
ttle
d
H
u
t
t
o
n
in
t
o
a
hig
h
chai
r
wh
i
le
N
ick
slid
in
ahead
of
her
in
the
bo
o
th
g
i
v
i
n
g
her
the
outside
s
eat
s
o
that
she
could
deal
w
ith
the
b
a
b
y
.
About
that
time Eileen
F
ara
d
a
y
,
wea
r
i
n
g
a
hot
-
pink
w
aitr
es
s
unifo
r
m,
s
et
t
wo s
t
eami
n
g
p
l
a
t
e
s
of
food
in
front
of
M
u
r
p
h
y
and
C
ar
l
a.
A
u
t
o
maticall
y
,
she
gr
a
bbed
t
wo
menus,
and
handed
them
t
o
N
ick and
J
or
d
an.
“
W
hat
can
I
get
y
ou
t
wo
t
o
d
r
ink?”

“
I
’ll
h
a
ve
iced
t
ea
.
”

“
M
ake
it
t
w
o
,
”
N
ick added as he picked up his menu.

“
H
o
w
’
s
it
goi
n
g
,
J
or
d
an?
M
u
r
p
h
y
t
el
l
s
me
it
’
s
just
a mat
t
er of time before w
e
’ve got us a bed and breakfast in the area
,
”
C
ar
l
a
said,
as
she
dug
in
t
o
the
T
ue
s
d
a
y
spec
i
a
l,
t
wo chee
s
y
enchi
l
a
d
as
w
ith
r
ice
and
beans.

“
N
ic
k
’
s
been
wor
k
i
n
g
like
a
f
i
end
.
H
e
’
s
mad
e
s
o
much
progre
s
s
in
such
a
sho
r
t
amount
of
time
I
think
we
might
a
c
t
u
a
l
l
y
pu
ll
i
t
of
f
.”

C
ar
l
a
g
l
anced
up
f
rom
her
p
l
a
t
e
lo
n
g
enough
t
o
n
o
tice the
look
on
J
or
d
a
n
’
s
fac
e
.
T
h
e
woman
rad
i
a
t
ed
w
ith
hap
p
in
e
s
s
for
the
fi
r
st
time
s
ince
sh
e
’
d
k
nown
he
r
.
W
as
there
s
omethi
n
g
g
o
i
n
g
on be
t
ween
th
e
s
e
t
wo?
she
wondered, as
she
t
ook
a
s
ip
of
her
t
ea.
C
ar
l
a
had
heard
a
bout
N
ic
k
’
s encoun
t
er
at
M
c
C
ready
’
s
as
we
l
l
as
the
o
ther
g
oss
ip
around
t
o
w
n.
B
ut a blind woman could
p
ick up on the
v
ib
e
s pa
s
s
i
n
g be
t
ween
them.
S
he
wondered
if
N
ick
e
ven
realized
how
h
i
s e
y
e
s
lit
up
a
n
y
time
he
g
l
anced
over
at
J
or
d
an.

S
mili
n
g
M
u
r
p
h
y
added,
“
T
h
at
’
s
good
ne
w
s.
Y
ou
t
wo
mak
e a
t
er
r
ifi
c
t
eam
.
”

N
ick
noticed
J
or
d
a
n
’
s
chee
k
s
redden.
H
e
wondered
if she
might
be
thin
k
i
n
g
a
bout
l
ast
night
and
how
they
had gone
af
t
er
each
other
w
ithout
much
effo
r
t.
God,
how
he
had
w
an
t
e
d
he
r
.
I
t
ha
d
t
ake
n
e
ve
r
y
thi
n
g
i
n
hi
m
t
o
w
a
lk
ou
t
of
that
li
v
i
n
g
room
w
ithout
t
a
k
i
n
g
her
t
o
bed.
Loo
k
i
n
g
over
at her
no
w
,
as
the
sun
d
r
if
t
ed
through
the
front
w
indo
w
s
and
s
e
ttle
d
i
n
he
r
hai
r
ma
k
i
n
g
i
t
gl
i
st
en
golden,
his
hea
r
t
did
a
f
un
n
y
lurch.