Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (141 page)

“
O
k
a
y
,
s
o
th
e
k
ids
w
ill
h
a
v
e
a
nic
e
su
g
ar hig
h
tha
t
might
p
oss
ibly
prevent
them
from
t
a
k
i
n
g
a
nap
a
n
y
time
s
oon.
B
ut what
the
he
y
,
they
’
re
h
a
v
i
n
g
a
grand
tim
e
.
”

“T
hey
are
,
”
Lilly
a
greed
as
she
t
ook
another
bi
t
e
of browni
e
.
“
The
s
e
are
delicious.
I
mean,
well,
eve
r
y
thi
n
g
w
as good,
but
the
s
e
…
y
ou
’
re
a
fan
t
astic
coo
k
.
”

“
M
y
mother
spent
y
ea
r
s
as
a
ca
t
ere
r
.
S
h
e
’
s
bet
t
er
than
I am
at
main
d
i
sh
e
s
though.
I
man
a
ged
t
o
pick
up
a
few
pointe
r
s
from
her
over
the
y
ea
r
s
and
can
only
hope
that
w
ill
be enough
t
o
r
un
a
B
&
B
.
B
ut
m
y
cont
r
ibution
t
o
Mo
m
’
s
busine
s
s
w
as
mainly
d
ess
e
r
ts.
I
’
m
good
at
d
e
s
s
e
r
ts.
I
wo
n
’t
lie, though,
I
’
m
ne
r
vous
a
bout
openi
n
g
m
y
home
t
o
people
w
ith pa
r
ticu
l
ar
t
as
t
e
buds.
I
k
now
I
’
m
not
the
world
’
s
b
e
st
coo
k
. O
k
a
y
,
m
a
ybe
ne
r
vous
i
s
n
’t
the
r
ight
word,
a
c
t
ually
I
’
m
more like
s
cared
t
o
death.
W
h
at
if—the
g
u
e
sts
d
r
ive
up
and
do
n
’t like
the
loo
k
s
of
the
p
l
ace?
W
h
at
if—they
w
ant
their
money back?
W
h
at
if—they
do
n
’t
like
the
rooms,
or
the
food?
The food
might
be
the
least
of
m
y
wo
r
r
i
e
s
.
”

Lilly
smiled.
“
B
ut
what
if
they
like
the
w
a
y
the
p
l
ace loo
k
s
and
what
if
they
like
the
rooms,
and
ther
e
’
s
no
what
if
a
bout
i
t
,
they’ll
love
the
food
.
”

“
I
w
an
t
t
o
beli
e
v
e
tha
t.
I
w
an
t
t
o
thin
k
tha
t
it
’
s
g
ot
t
o
wo
r
k
.
B
u
t
,
it
’
s
j
u
st—wha
t
i
f I
ope
n
o
n ti
me
,
bu
t I
ca
n
’
t
make
a
go
of
it?
Y
ou
need
s
ecu
r
i
t
y
more
than
I
can
offer
r
ight
no
w
, Lill
y
.
T
h
at
’
s
w
h
y
I
h
a
ve
n
’
t
brough
t
y
o
u
o
n
boar
d
y
et.
Y
ou
’
d h
a
ve
t
o
g
ive up
y
our a
s
s
i
s
t
ance from the coun
t
y
.
”

“
I
though
t
i
t
migh
t
b
e
s
o
methi
n
g
l
i
k
e
tha
t
,
bu
t
I
j
u
st
w
as
n
’t
sur
e
.
I
though
t
,
y
ou
k
no
w
,
m
a
ybe
y
ou
did
n
’t
t
r
ust
me or
s
omethi
n
g
s
ince
m
y
ex
i
s
in
p
r
is
on
.
”

“T
h
a
t
i
s
n
’
t
it—a
t
a
l
l
.
I
do
n
’
t
w
an
t
y
o
u
t
o
g
iv
e
u
p
y
ou
r
only
s
ource
of
income
on
a
r
i
s
k
.
”

“
Y
ou
k
now
J
or
d
an
I
could
still
come
out
and
help
y
ou get
the
p
l
ace
ready
t
o
open,
dus
t
,
do
l
aund
r
y
,
y
ou
k
no
w
,
as a
f
r
iend.
I
’
d
b
r
i
n
g
the
k
ids
w
ith
me
and
m
a
ybe
if
y
ou
just pro
v
ided
us
w
ith
lunch
.
”