Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (150 page)

N
ick
had
n
e
ver
w
a
t
ched
a
n
y
thi
n
g
s
o
ama
t
eu
r
i
sh.
Or
s
o much
f
un.

“T
her
e
’
s
s
omethi
n
g
I
h
a
v
e
to
d
o
,
”
J
or
d
a
n
t
o
l
d
him suddenl
y
a
s
sh
e
pu
l
le
d
hi
m
alo
n
g
throug
h
th
e
c
rowd
.
H
e
fo
l
lowed
,
ca
r
r
y
i
n
g
H
u
t
t
o
n
i
n
h
i
s
a
r
m
s
wh
i
l
e
sh
e
p
ushe
d
an em
p
t
y
stro
l
le
r
t
o
w
ar
d
a
ro
w
o
f
bo
o
th
s
s
e
t
u
p
a l
o
ng
Beach
S
tree
t
.

A
s
the
y
pa
s
s
e
d
th
e
foo
d
cou
r
t
,
N
ic
k
s
ni
f
fe
d
th
e
ai
r
l
i
ke
a
hun
t
e
r
o
n
a
s
c
en
t
.
T
h
e
s
me
l
l
o
f
mea
t
coo
k
i
n
g
ove
r
a
g
r
il
l
w
a
s
t
o
o
t
em
p
ti
n
g
.
“W
h
i
l
e
w
e
’
r
e
here
,
let
’
s
ge
t
a
burge
r
.
I
’
m
s
t
a
r
v
i
n
g
.
”

“
I
n
a
minu
t
e
,
”
J
or
d
an
said
a
bs
ently
as
she
hu
r
r
ied
alo
n
g at
a
fast
cli
p
.
W
hen
they
reached
a
whi
t
e
-
cano
p
ied
t
ent
at the
ve
r
y
end
of
the
row
w
ith
the
f
l
ap
open,
J
or
d
an
pu
l
led
the stro
l
ler
t
o
a
s
t
op
and
s
t
epped
in
s
ide
s
til
l
pu
l
li
n
g
N
ick
alo
n
g
w
ith
he
r
.
S
itti
n
g
in
a
foldi
n
g
chai
r
,
w
ith
a
ske
t
ch
pad
on
her
lap
,
L
il
ly
looked
up
at
them
and
s
m
i
led
ne
r
vo
u
sl
y
.
K
yra
sat
in the
em
p
t
y
chair
wh
i
le
J
oey
p
l
a
y
ed
w
ithin
a
r
m
’
s
reach
in
s
ide the
m
e
sh
P
ack
’
N
P
l
a
y
J
or
d
an
had
pro
v
ided.
There
w
as
n
o
thi
n
g
e
ls
e
in
the
t
ent
e
x
ce
p
t
a
s
ma
l
l
ped
e
s
t
al
t
a
ble
l
arge
enough
t
o
hold
a
g
l
a
s
s
tip
j
a
r
.

N
ick
s
m
i
led
at
J
or
d
a
n
.
“Son
of
a
g
un,
y
ou
did
i
t
.
”
H
e
’
d n
e
ver
been
more
proud
of
a
n
yone
before
in
h
i
s
lif
e
.
K
now
i
n
g
wha
t
k
i
n
d
o
f
a
f
i
x
L
il
ly
and
her
k
i
d
s
were
in,
the
fa
c
t
that
J
or
d
a
n
ha
d
pu
l
le
d
th
i
s
of
f for
L
il
ly
said
more
a
bout
J
or
d
an
P
h
il
l
i
p
s
tha
n
a
n
y
thi
n
g
e
ls
e
coul
d
h
a
v
e
.
H
i
s
hea
r
t
s
we
l
le
d
w
ith
s
ome
undefined
em
o
tion
h
e
’
d
n
e
ver
felt
for
an
o
ther
woma
n
.
H
e
w
an
t
ed
t
o
reach
out
and
k
is
s
he
r
.
B
ut
he
held
bac
k
.

“
M
u
r
p
h
y
pu
l
led
s
ome
st
r
i
n
g
s.
A
nd
C
ar
l
a
approved
it
as lo
n
g
as
L
il
ly
dr
a
w
s
for
ti
p
s
and
do
e
s
n
’t
a
c
t
ua
l
ly
charge
a
n
y
one for
the
po
r
trai
t
s.
T
h
at
w
a
y
,
she
i
s
n
’t
emplo
y
ed
by
a
n
y
one
and she
can
keep
a
l
l
the
money
in
the
tip
j
ar
as
a
dona
t
io
n
.
”