Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (135 page)

T
h
ank
f
ull
y
,
Eileen
appeared
w
ith
their
food,
the
T
ues
d
a
y
spec
i
a
l
for
N
ick
and
a
club
sand
w
ich
w
ith
f
r
i
e
s
for
J
or
d
an
whic
h
sh
e
immed
i
a
tel
y
share
d
w
it
h
H
u
t
t
o
n.

W
hile
M
u
r
p
h
y
s
t
opped
t
o
t
a
lk
t
o
M
argie,
the
owne
r
,
and p
a
y
the
chec
k
,
C
ar
l
a
hu
n
g bac
k
,
putti
n
g
her hand
on
J
or
d
a
n
’
s shoulde
r
.
“
I
t
’
s
good
t
o
s
ee
y
ou
loo
k
i
n
g
s
o
well,
J
or
d
an
.
”
T
o
N
ic
k
,
she
w
inked
and
said,
“
K
eep
up
the
good
wor
k
,
N
ic
k
.
Ma
ybe
I
can
t
a
lk
M
u
r
p
h
y
in
t
o
sp
r
i
n
g
i
n
g
for
a
romantic
wee
k
end
once
y
ou open u
p
.
”
A
nd
w
ith
tha
t
, she
t
urned
t
o meet up
w
ith
M
u
r
p
h
y
at
the
coun
t
e
r
.

F
rom
the
booth
by
the
w
indo
w
,
N
ick
and
J
or
d
an
w
at
ched the
couple
w
a
lk
hand in hand
acr
o
ss
the
street
until
N
ick said
f
l
atl
y
,
“
I
did
n
’t
s
ee
that
comi
n
g
.
”
H
e
looked
eve
r
y
bit
like a
ma
n
hooke
d
o
n
a
b
i
g
d
os
e
o
f
s
ma
ll
t
own
g
o
ssi
p
.
C
h
om
p
i
n
g at
the
pr
o
spe
c
t
of
a
r
umo
r
,
he
added,
“
T
h
at
sl
y
,
old
fo
x
.
”

“
W
h
o
’
d
h
a
ve
thought
M
u
r
p
h
y
and
C
ar
l
a
as
a
couple?
I did
n
’t
k
no
w
.
The
s
oc
i
al
worker
from
S
an
t
a
C
r
uz.
C
om
e
s
t
o
t
own
e
ve
r
y
now
and
then
t
o
check
up
on
a
couple
of
famili
e
s
in
the
area
wh
o
’ve
had
s
ome
dom
e
stic
v
iolence
i
ssu
e
s.
I did
n
’t
e
ven
k
now
they
k
new
each
o
the
r
.
C
ome
t
o
think
of
i
t
, I
wondered
where
she
s
t
a
y
ed
when
e
ver
sh
e
’
d
come
t
o
t
own for
a
couple
of
d
a
y
s
.
”

N
ic
k
l
a
ughed
.
“
M
y
s
t
e
r
y
s
o
lved
.
”

Th
e
y
a
t
e
thei
r
mea
l
quickl
y
,
t
r
y
i
n
g
t
o
an
t
i
c
ipa
t
e
H
u
t
t
o
n
’
s cha
n
g
i
n
g
mood.
The
mea
l
coul
d
h
a
v
e
bee
n
ten
s
e
bu
t
w
as a
n
y
thi
n
g
but.
W
hen
H
ut
t
on
grew
cran
k
ier
and
loude
r
,
in public
no
l
es
s,
J
or
d
an
s
imply
s
cooped
her
d
augh
t
er up
out
o
f
th
e
hig
h
chai
r
,
c
ud
d
li
n
g
he
r
cl
o
s
e
ma
k
i
n
g
a
k
i
n
d
o
f
g
a
me
out
of
her
cr
o
ss
mood
until
they
left
the
res
t
aurant
and
g
o
t back
t
o
the
ca
r
.

On
the
r
ide
home,
H
ut
t
on
fell
asleep
and
did
n
’t
w
a
ke
up even
when
N
ick
lif
t
ed
her
out
of
her
car
s
eat
as
if
h
e
’
d
been handli
n
g
her
s
ince
bi
r
th.
J
or
d
an
s
t
ood
back
and
w
a
t
ched, impre
ss
ed.
A
s
he
car
r
ied
H
ut
t
on
in
t
o
the
hou
s
e
she
followed him
in
t
o
the
nu
r
s
e
r
y
.
W
hen
they
got
t
o
the
c
r
i
b
,
N
ick
w
ai
t
ed patiently
as
J
or
d
an
removed
the
b
a
by
’
s
sho
e
s
as
if
they
’
d
put her
down
as
a
t
eam
ma
n
y
tim
e
s
before
t
o
d
a
y
.
S
he
let
N
ick
do the
hono
r
s
of
gently
l
a
y
i
n
g
her
in
the
c
r
i
b
.