Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (138 page)

Af
t
er
all,
what
exa
c
tly
w
as
she
supp
o
s
ed
t
o
feel
when
the man
bought
a
b
a
by
ca
r
r
ier
and
put
it
on
the
back
of
a
bi
c
y
cle
s
o
he
could
ta
ke
her
d
augh
t
er
for
a
r
ide,
s
o
they
could
b
o
th go
for
a
bike
r
ide?
S
he
k
new
w
ith
ce
r
t
ain
t
y
that
he
had
never done
such
a
thi
n
g
for
a
n
y
one
e
ls
e
.

D
e
s
p
i
t
e
r
idi
n
g
a
H
arle
y
,
it
had
been
a
ve
r
y
lo
n
g
time
s
ince
N
ick
H
ar
r
i
s
had
r
idden
a
nin
e
-speed
moun
t
ain
bik
e
.
H
e
w
as
n
’t
e
ven
sure
he
could
keep
it
up
r
ight
w
ithout
falli
n
g
off,
s
o
he
t
r
ied
it
out
a
couple
of
tim
e
s,
s
t
oppi
n
g
and
s
t
a
r
ti
n
g
,
befor
e
t
r
usti
n
g
him
s
el
f
enoug
h
t
o
h
a
v
e
H
u
t
t
o
n
on
board.
B
ut the old a
d
a
ge that once
y
ou lea
r
n how
t
o
r
ide a bike
y
ou
never
forg
o
t
how
t
urned
out
t
o
be
t
r
u
e
.
Af
t
er
N
ick
g
ot
H
u
t
t
o
n
st
r
appe
d
in
t
o
th
e
s
e
a
t
,
aft
er
he
made
sure
she
g
o
t comfo
r
t
a
ble
w
ith
the
s
w
a
y
and
g
ive
of
the
movemen
t
,
he
t
ook
off
down
the
d
r
ive
w
a
y
.
W
ith
J
or
d
an
follo
w
i
n
g
on
her bike,
they
rode
up
and
down
the
lo
n
g
d
r
ive
from
the
g
ar
a
ge down
t
o
the
road.

T
en t
r
i
p
s
back
and fo
r
th
and
N
ick forgot
all
a
bout
bad dreams
and
w
ar
and
forgot
a
bout
how
Sco
t
t
had
died
and focu
s
ed
on
H
u
t
t
o
n
’
s
joy
at
r
i
di
n
g
on
the
back
of
the
bik
e
.
H
e l
i
s
t
ened
t
o
H
ut
t
o
n
’
s
s
quea
l
s
of
delight
on
the
t
urns,
l
i
s
t
ened
t
o
her
c
l
ap
p
i
n
g
her
little
han
d
s
in
sheer
delight
from
the movement
of
the
r
ide
and
the
w
ind
in
her
fac
e
.

A
s
he
pe
da
led
alo
n
g
the
d
r
ive
w
a
y
,
he
could
n
’t
help
but think
that
this
w
as
s
omethi
n
g
eve
r
y
man
should
expe
r
ience, this
feeli
n
g
a
k
in
t
o
comple
t
e
peac
e
.

W
as
it
p
oss
ible
N
ick
H
ar
r
i
s
had
found
his
own
piece
of he
a
ven
r
ight
here?

U
p
o
n
th
e
h
i
l
l
overloo
k
ing
the
Ph
il
l
i
p
s’
prope
r
t
y
,
Kent
pu
l
led
h
i
s
S
e
v
il
l
e
into
the
clea
r
ing
and
shif
ted
into
P
A
R
K
.

Befor
e
h
e
’
d
e
ven
tu
r
ned
the
ke
y
in
the
i
g
ni
t
ion
S
i
s
s
y
c
r
a
wled
over
the
con
s
ole
and
st
r
ad
d
led
h
i
s
la
p
.
P
u
l
l
ing
up
her
s
k
i
r
t
to
r
e
vea
l
her
bare
but
t
,
she
l
a
nded
a
wet
ki
s
s
on
Kent
’
s
mouth
complete
w
ith
ton
g
ue
do
w
n
h
i
s
throa
t
.
H
e p
u
shed
the
s
eat
bac
k
,
unzipped
h
i
s
tro
u
s
e
r
s
,
and
w
ithout
preamble
plunged
into
S
i
s
s
y
’
s
m
o
i
st
hea
t
.
T
h
eir
j
o
ining l
a
sted
a
l
l
o
f
three
minut
e
s
and
it
w
a
s
ove
r
.
B
reathing
hard,
they
b
o
th
r
i
ghted
their
cl
o
th
e
s
before
S
i
s
s
y
moved
back
to
the
pa
s
s
enger
s
ea
t
,
f
l
ipped
do
w
n
the
v
i
s
or
to
check
her
hair
and
r
e
apply
her
li
p
stic
k
.
U
p
to
th
i
s
p
o
in
t
,
they
had
n
’t sai
d
a
word
to
each
o
the
r
.
B
ut
now
a
s
Kent
packed
him
s
elf
back
into
h
i
s
pan
t
s
he
stared
out
over
the
r
i
s
e,
and
t
o
ld
he
r
,
“
N
ine
t
y
d
a
y
s
,
j
u
st
nine
t
y
more
d
a
y
s
and
th
i
s
l
a
nd
w
il
l belong
to
S
p
r
i
nger
D
e
velopmen
t
.
”