Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (154 page)

J
or
d
an
w
as
enjo
y
i
n
g
the
bro
w
s
i
n
g
when
she
suddenly came
t
o
an
a
b
r
u
p
t
hal
t
.
S
he
t
u
r
ned
t
o
face
N
ic
k
,
who
w
as pushi
n
g
the
double
stroller
w
ith
J
oey
and
K
yra
asleep
in
s
id
e
.
“
Y
ou
must
be
bored
out
of
y
our
mind.
Th
i
s
i
s
a
l
l
such
g
irly s
t
uff.
W
ould
y
ou
l
i
ke
t
o
go
home?”

H
ome,
now
t
h
a
t
w
as
a new
conce
p
t
,
he
tho
u
g
h
t
,
as
he s
t
ared
at
the
woman
h
e
’
d
been
w
at
chi
n
g
w
a
l
k
.
“
A
c
t
ua
l
l
y
,
I
’
m
h
a
v
i
n
g
f
un.
The
k
i
d
s
are
aslee
p
.
I
t
’
s
a
nice
d
a
y
.
W
e
’
re
get
t
i
n
g plen
t
y
of
f
r
e
sh
air
and
su
n
.
W
h
at
could
be
bet
t
er?”

A
t
that
momen
t
,
he
s
a
w
J
or
d
a
n
’
s
face
go
whi
t
e
at
s
om
e
thi
n
g or
s
omeone behind hi
m
.
H
e did
n
’t
e
ven h
a
ve time
t
o
t
u
r
n
around
before
S
is
s
y
s
t
omped
up
t
o
J
or
d
an
in
a
fit
of
s
omethi
n
g
j
u
st
sho
r
t
of
r
a
ge
and
s
t
ood
inch
e
s
f
rom
her
fac
e
.
J
or
d
an
s
t
epped
bac
k
.
S
i
s
s
y
shook
a
f
i
n
ger
in
her
fac
e
.
“
I
k
now
wha
t
y
o
u
did
.
Y
o
u
pai
d
fo
r
tha
t
woma
n
t
o
h
a
v
e
a
bo
o
t
h
here,
g
o
t
M
u
r
p
h
y
t
o
mak
e
a
n
e
x
ce
p
t
io
n
e
ve
n
thoug
h
sh
e
m
i
s
s
ed
the
dea
d
lin
e
.
A
nd
that
i
s
j
u
st
w
ro
n
g
,
w
ro
n
g
,
w
ro
n
g!
S
he m
iss
ed
the
dea
d
line!
S
he
should
n
’t
be
her
e
.
”

“W
ha
t
p
oss
i
bl
e
ha
r
m
coul
d
i
t
d
o
,
S
i
s
s
y
?
L
il
l
y
’
s
hu
r
ti
ng
n
o
on
e
.
”

“
S
he
did
n
’t
fo
l
low
the
r
ul
e
s
and
neither
did
y
ou!
Y
ou ca
n
’t
j
u
st
come
in
t
o
t
o
w
n
when
e
ver
y
ou
feel
l
i
ke
it
and
do thi
n
g
s
y
our
w
a
y!”
S
i
s
s
y
s
c
reeched
at
the
t
op
of
her
lu
n
g
s.

“
O
h,
and
y
ou
al
w
a
y
s
fo
l
low
the
r
ul
e
s,
do
y
ou?
S
i
s
s
y
,
ta
ke
a
look
around,
th
i
s
fair
i
s
for
the
t
o
w
nspeople
of
P
elican
P
o
in
te
.
L
il
ly
i
s
pa
r
t
of
that
whether
y
ou
l
i
ke
it
or
n
ot
.
So
what if
she
g
o
t
a
l
at
e
s
t
a
r
t
.
”

S
i
s
s
y
c
u
t
he
r
off
.
“
T
h
i
s
i
s
n
’
t
a
b
ou
t
m
e
.
T
her
e
were
o
the
r
peopl
e
wh
o
wan
t
e
d
a
bo
o
th
,
o
the
r
s
tha
t
woul
d
h
a
ve pai
d
mor
e
mone
y
fo
r
th
e
p
r
i
v
i
lege
,
bu
t
w
e
t
u
r
n
e
d
them
do
w
n
beca
u
s
e
the
y
m
i
ss
e
d
th
e
dea
d
lin
e
.
Y
o
u
an
d
M
u
r
p
hy
w
il
l
p
a
y
fo
r
th
i
s
.
Y
o
u
b
i
t
ch!
”
Wit
h
tha
t
S
i
s
s
y
s
t
omped
he
r
fo
o
t
an
d
s
t
o
r
me
d
of
f
,
fo
l
lowe
d
o
n
he
r
hee
l
s
b
y
K
ent
S
p
r
i
n
ge
r
i
n
h
o
t
pu
r
sui
t
.