Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (155 page)

“T
h
at
woman
i
s
a
p
iece
of
wor
k
,
”
N
ick
said
as
he
w
at
ched the
pair
tromp
off
in
a
fi
t.

J
or
d
an
shook
her
head.
“
I
think
we
should
go
check
on L
il
l
y
,
make
sure
S
is
s
y
do
es
n
’t
make
trouble
for
her
in
f
ront of
e
ve
r
y
on
e
.
”

B
ut
when
they
g
o
t
t
o
the
t
en
t
,
L
il
ly
w
as
fin
e
.
M
uch
t
o
J
or
d
a
n
’
s
deligh
t
,
her
tip
j
ar
w
as
ove
r
flo
w
i
n
g
.
W
a
l
l
y
,
she no
t
ed,
w
as
nowhere
in
s
igh
t
.

W
ith
the
k
i
d
s
s
til
l
nap
p
i
n
g
,
N
ick
and
J
or
d
an
t
ook an
o
ther
s
w
i
n
g
by
the
food
cou
r
t
ag
ain
g
i
v
i
n
g
in
t
o
the
t
em
p
ta
tion
of
a
f
unnel
cake,
covered
in
a
genero
u
s
po
r
tion
of powdered
su
g
ar
and
c
innamo
n
.
A
f
t
er
w
at
chi
n
g
N
ick
d
e
vour
t
w
o
a
t
on
e
s
i
t
t
i
n
g
,
J
or
d
a
n
de
c
ide
d
sh
e
shoul
d
t
r
y
t
o
make
on
e
o
f
he
r
o
w
n
,
m
a
yb
e
d
r
iz
zled
w
ith
a
combo
of
choco
l
a
t
e and
c
innamo
n
i
c
i
n
g
.

B
y
the
time
they
fin
i
shed
the
cake,
the
k
i
d
s
were
sti
r
r
i
n
g
. They
spent
an
hour
in
s
ide
the
fenced
-
off
area
where
B
ran
and
J
oy
had
s
et
up
a
petti
n
g
zo
o
.
I
n
s
ide
were
four
new
l
am
b
s,
a couple
of
calv
e
s,
a
ch
e
stnut
-
brown
po
n
y
and
s
i
x
s
t
a
r
ved-for-at
t
ention
f
r
i
s
k
y
pup
p
i
e
s.
W
ith
the
help
of
N
ic
k
,
who
never left
her
s
ide
the
entire
time,
H
u
t
t
o
n
t
ouched
,
pet
t
ed
,
o
r
sat
on
e
ve
r
y
animal
ther
e
.
A
s
she
ran
around
af
t
er
a
l
amb
alm
o
st as
b
ig
as
she
w
as,
N
ick
commen
t
ed,
“
S
he
has
the
same
d
i
sp
o
s
ition
as
her
m
o
the
r
.
”

“
W
hat
’
s
that
supp
o
s
ed
t
o
mean?”
J
or
d
an
asked,
t
r
y
i
n
g
t
o ba
l
ance
J
oey
and
K
yra
s
imul
t
aneo
u
sly
on
the
same
po
n
y
.

“
I
t
means
,
”
he
said,
as
he
t
u
r
ned
t
o
meet
J
or
d
a
n
’
s
e
y
e
s, “
y
ou
b
o
th
h
a
ve
such
s
weet
t
empe
r
amen
t
s,
n
o
thi
n
g
much
p
isse
s
either
of
y
ou
off
.”

J
or
d
a
n
’
s
hea
r
t
lurched.
Little
by
little
th
i
s
man
w
as slowly
chip
p
i
n
g
a
w
a
y
at
her
hea
r
t
,
rep
l
a
c
i
n
g
d
e
spair
w
ith
s
omethi
n
g
ve
r
y
cl
o
s
e
t
o
lov
e
.
I
f
it
had
n
’t
been
for
t
u
r
ni
n
g
her at
t
ention
back
t
o
J
oey
and
K
yra
who
were
s
qui
r
mi
n
g
w
a
y
t
oo
much
for
their
o
w
n
good
on
the
po
n
y
,
she
w
as
sure
the s
t
u
p
id
look
on
her
face
w
as
enough
t
o
r
e
veal
her
though
t
s.
S
he did
n
’t
d
are let
him
k
now how
she
fel
t
. Beca
u
s
e
a man l
i
ke
N
ick
w
as
a
love
’
em
and
le
a
ve
’
em
k
i
nd
of
g
u
y
.
I
f
he
k
new how
she
felt
h
e
’
d
ta
ke
off
back
t
o
L
.A
.
before
she
could
fin
i
s
h
. Ben
L
a
tham
had
la
beled
him
a
major
p
l
a
y
e
r
.
Lo
g
ica
l
l
y
,
she did
n
’t
unde
r
s
t
and
how
she
c
ould
h
a
ve
fa
l
len
for
him
in
such a
sho
r
t
amoun
t
o
f
ti
m
e
.
B
u
t
i
t
did
n
’
t
h
a
v
e
t
o
mak
e
s
en
s
e
.