Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (161 page)

T
wo
nigh
t
s
in
a
row
they
had
e
ven
necked
on
the
s
ofa l
i
ke
a
couple
of
randy
t
een
a
ge
r
s,
g
o
i
n
g
at
each
o
ther
h
o
t
and he
a
v
y
.
B
ut
each
time
j
u
st
when
thi
n
g
s
s
t
a
r
t
ed
t
o
lean
t
o
w
ard the
bedroom,
N
ick
made
up
s
ome
e
x
cu
s
e
t
o
le
a
ve,
pu
l
li
n
g
a
w
a
y
f
rom
he
r
.
H
i
s
beh
a
v
ior
w
as
s
t
a
r
ti
n
g
t
o
annoy
J
or
d
a
n
.

On
W
edn
e
s
d
a
y
mo
r
ni
n
g
af
t
er
the
street
fai
r
,
j
u
st
af
t
er brea
k
fas
t
,
J
or
d
an
packed
a
cooler
w
ith
sand
w
ich
e
s
and
beer and
w
at
ched
N
ick
head
off
on
h
i
s
m
o
t
or
c
y
cle
t
o
meet
up
w
ith
M
u
r
p
h
y
and
W
ade
at
the
w
at
e
r
f
ron
t
.

J
or
d
a
n
ha
d
to
admi
t
th
e
f
i
shi
n
g
t
r
i
p
could
n
’
t
h
a
v
e
come
a
t
a
bet
t
e
r
tim
e
.
N
o
t
onl
y
di
d
N
ic
k
nee
d
a
breathe
r
f
rom a
l
l
th
e
p
h
ys
ica
l
l
abo
r
,
bu
t
th
e
s
e
x
ua
l
t
en
s
io
n
be
t
wee
n
the
t
w
o
o
f
the
m
w
a
s
reachi
n
g
ca
t
acl
y
s
mi
c
propo
r
tio
n
.
A
n
d
h
i
s
pu
l
li
n
g
bac
k
e
ve
r
y
tim
e
w
a
s
ma
k
i
n
g
b
o
t
h
o
f
the
m
ed
g
y
. T
he
y
’
d
alm
o
s
t
ha
d
a
t
e
s
t
y
ar
g
u
men
t
tha
t
ve
r
y
mo
r
ni
n
g
ove
r
th
e
r
unnin
es
s
o
f
eg
g
s
.
A
ny
o
the
r
tim
e
i
t
migh
t
h
a
ve bee
n
l
augh
a
bl
e
i
f
th
e
s
e
x
ua
l
f
r
u
st
r
a
tio
n
had
n
’
t
bee
n
get
ti
n
g to
b
o
t
h
o
f
the
m
.

S
he
w
a
s
n
’t
sure
what
t
o
do
a
bout
it
eithe
r
,
j
u
st
as
she
w
a
s
n
’t
sure
what
t
o
do
or
think
a
bout
N
ic
k
.
A
t
tim
e
s,
it
w
as
as
if
he
were
t
wo
dif
f
erent
peopl
e
.
H
e
could
be
hel
p
f
ul,
cha
r
mi
n
g
,
con
s
ide
r
a
t
e,
but
the
minu
t
e
she
t
r
ied
t
o
amp up
the
cl
o
s
en
e
s
s,
h
e
’
d
pu
l
l
bac
k
,
e
ven
if
he
had
t
o
le
a
ve
the ho
u
s
e
t
o
do
i
t
.
S
he
w
as
ponde
r
i
n
g
th
os
e
though
t
s,
when
the doo
r
be
l
l
ra
n
g
a
little
af
t
er
nine
in
the
mo
r
ni
n
g
.
J
or
d
an
s
et
H
ut
t
on
do
w
n
t
o
go
an
s
wer
the
door
and
w
as
su
r
p
r
is
ed
t
o
s
ee
C
ar
l
a
V
ar
g
as
s
t
andi
n
g
on
the
porch
w
ith
an
an
x
io
u
s
look
on her
fac
e
.

“
C
ar
l
a
what
a
nice
su
r
p
r
is
e
.
”
B
ut
C
ar
l
a
did
n
’t
look
l
i
ke it
w
as
nice
at
a
l
l,
in
fa
c
t
she
a
c
t
ed
ne
r
vo
u
s.
A
nd
she
w
as dr
e
ss
ed
in
a
sui
t
,
ca
r
r
y
i
n
g
a
he
a
v
y-loo
k
i
n
g
b
r
iefca
s
e
.
H
er
s
t
omac
h
f
l
ut
t
ere
d
a
s
i
t
fl
it
t
e
d
throug
h
J
or
d
a
n
’
s
min
d
tha
t
th
i
s early
mo
r
ni
n
g
v
i
s
it
looked
offi
c
i
al
.
A
f
t
e
r
a
l
l
thei
r
precau
t
ions
had
they
put
L
il
l
y
’
s
stipend
in
jeopardy?