Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (167 page)

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,
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w
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in
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r
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ti
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ut
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on
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r
a
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r
.
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h
e
y
…
the
y
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d
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.
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a
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,
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n
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c
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v
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s
i
t
.
T
he
y
said
…
the
y
t
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d
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ic
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r
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r
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r
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s
o
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he
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littl
e
bod
y
.
W
h
y
woul
d
they
d
o
tha
t
,
N
ick?”

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n
g
at
the
ne
w
s,
he
w
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ed
spe
c
if
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c
s.
“
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ar
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a
w
as here?
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o
d
a
y?
W
h
at
exa
c
tly
did
she
s
a
y?”

“T
h
i
s
mo
r
ni
ng
j
u
s
t
af
t
e
r
y
o
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lef
t
.
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t
r
ie
d
to
pu
t
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t
behind me
,
t
r
ie
d
to
ge
t
s
om
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wor
k
done
,
bu
t
I
…
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do
n
’
t
l
i
k
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t
here a
n
ymore
,
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ic
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.
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do
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t
w
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t
to
s
t
a
y
.
I
…
th
e
s
e
peopl
e
are mea
n
.
T
h
e
whol
e
t
o
w
n
m
u
s
t
ha
te
m
e
to
d
o
s
omethi
ng
l
i
ke
th
i
s
.
I
ca
n
’
t
liv
e
her
e
a
n
ymor
e
.
”

“
W
hoa,
come
on,
let
’
s
get
y
ou
in
s
id
e
.
Y
ou
’
re
shive
r
i
n
g
.
I
’
l
l
build
a
f
i
re,
f
i
x
y
ou
s
ome
t
ea,
and
w
e
’
l
l
t
a
l
k
a
bout
th
i
s
.
”

H
e
pu
l
le
d
he
r
ou
t
o
f
th
e
s
w
i
n
g
,
kee
p
i
ng
h
i
s
han
d
on
he
r
shoulde
r
wh
i
l
e
h
i
s
o
the
r
han
d
slippe
d
in
to
he
r
s
.
Once in
s
ide
,
h
e
s
t
a
r
t
e
d
to
hea
d
to
th
e
k
i
t
c
he
n
to
mak
e
th
e
t
e
a
whe
n
sh
e
said
,
“
T
h
er
e
’
s
b
rand
y
i
n
th
e
liquo
r
c
a
b
i
ne
t
.
I
think
I
’
d
prefe
r
tha
t
ins
t
ead
.
”

N
ick
poured
a
genero
u
s
amount
in
t
o
t
wo
s
nif
t
e
r
s,
and brought
the
g
l
a
s
se
s
over
t
o
where
she
sat
on
the
s
ofa.
H
e
t
ook
a
s
eat
n
e
xt
t
o
he
r
.
S
t
a
r
i
n
g
in
t
o
the
fi
re
,
N
ic
k
st
r
uggled
t
o
cal
m
do
w
n.
H
e
g
l
ance
d
ove
r
a
t
J
or
d
a
n
s
i
t
t
i
n
g
n
e
x
t
t
o
him,
w
at
chi
n
g
the
fire
j
u
st
as
in
t
entl
y
.
T
h
e
woma
n
ha
d
e
ve
r
y
r
i
ght
t
o
be
u
ps
e
t
.
W
ithout
thin
k
i
n
g
,
he
t
ouched
her
a
r
m,
r
ub
b
i
n
g h
i
s
hand
up
and
do
w
n
t
r
y
i
n
g
t
o
get
her
w
a
rm
.
S
he
s
niffled and
r
ubbed
her
n
os
e
.
E
ven
w
ith
e
y
e
s
r
immed
red,
her
n
os
e
r
un
n
y
,
the
woman
looked
ado
r
a
bl
e
.
“
T
a
l
k
t
o
m
e
.
”