Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (172 page)

“T
h
ank
y
ou
.
”
J
or
d
an e
y
ed him over her
c
u
p
.
S
he wondered
if
they
were
back
on
an
e
ven
keel.
F
or
s
ome rea
s
on
it
did
n
’t
feel
a
w
k
w
ard
af
t
e
r
l
a
s
t
nigh
t
.
S
he
sucke
d
up
her
cou
r
a
ge
and
fi
na
l
l
y
said
,
“
Y
o
u
shoul
d
h
a
v
e
s
t
a
y
e
d
l
a
st nigh
t
,
N
ic
k
.
”

H
e
l
a
ughed
.
“
I
wan
t
e
d
to
,
bu
t
y
o
u
wer
e
sauced
.
E
ven
a
p
la
y
e
r
k
n
o
w
s
th
e
r
ul
e
s
.
”
H
e
con
t
inue
d
w
it
h
brea
k
f
as
t
,
let
t
i
n
g
th
e
baco
n
coo
l
a
s
h
e
c
r
acke
d
eg
g
s
in
t
o
a
s
k
il
l
e
t
t
o
s
c
r
ambl
e
.
T
r
y
i
n
g
fo
r
a
de
t
ache
d
mood
,
h
e
calml
y
asked,
“
H
o
w
’
d
y
o
u
sleep?”

O
k
a
y
,
s
o
he
w
an
t
ed
t
o
p
l
a
y
it
cold,
she
could
do
tha
t
.
“
L
i
k
e
a
roc
k
.
”

“
Good.
Y
ou
needed
i
t
.
”

S
he
s
ipped
her
cof
f
ee
,
w
an
t
i
n
g
d
e
spe
r
a
tel
y
t
o
reca
p
t
ure
the
ea
s
y
ban
t
er
they
once
had
be
t
ween
the
t
wo
of
the
m
.
“
C
a
t
c
h
a
n
y
f
i
sh?”

“
A
coupl
e
.
I
had
no
idea
a
bout
C
ar
l
a
’
s
v
is
i
t
,
but
I
w
an
t
ed
t
o
get
back
her
e
.
I
m
i
s
s
ed
bei
n
g
here,
m
i
s
s
ed
y
ou
and
H
ut
t
o
n
.
”
A
s
he
b
u
s
ied
him
s
elf
dum
p
i
n
g
s
ome
of
the
eg
g
s
on
t
o
a p
l
a
t
e
and
ta
k
i
n
g
it
over
t
o
H
ut
t
on,
he
let
h
i
s
wor
d
s
ha
n
g
for ef
f
e
c
t
.
W
hen
he
looked
up
at
J
or
d
an,
their
e
y
e
s
locked.
S
he
could
n
’t
keep
up
w
ith
h
i
s
moo
d
s
or
g
auge
how
she
w
as
supp
o
s
ed
t
o
r
e
spond
s
o
she
went
w
ith
the
t
r
uth.
“
I
’
m
s
o
g
l
a
d
y
o
u
cam
e
bac
k
l
a
s
t
nigh
t
.
Y
o
u
m
u
s
t
h
a
v
e
k
n
o
wn
I needed
y
ou.
I
’
m
s
o
r
r
y
I
feel
aslee
p
.
”

“
H
e
y
,
y
o
u
neede
d
a
shoulde
r
,
I
w
a
s
ther
e
.
”
G
r
a
b
b
i
ng
bread
,
h
e
s
t
uf
f
e
d
fou
r
p
iec
e
s
in
to
th
e
t
oas
t
e
r
.
F
il
le
d
u
p
t
w
o
g
l
a
sse
s
w
it
h
o
ra
n
g
e
juic
e.
“
A
n
d
I
neede
d
to
b
e
her
e
w
ith
y
ou
,
t
o
o
.
”

“
L
ast
night
I
w
as
ready
t
o
g
ive
u
p
,
j
u
st
pack
up
and
g
o
, bu
t
…
”

“
Y
ou
did
n
’t
mean
i
t
.
”

S
he
s
m
i
led
shee
p
i
shl
y
.
“
I
w
as
a
n
g
r
y
.
”

“
I
t
w
as
a
r
o
t
t
e
n
thi
n
g
fo
r
s
o
meon
e
t
o
d
o
,
ca
l
l
s
o
c
i
al
s
e
r
v
ic
e
s
l
i
k
e
tha
t
.
”