Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (173 page)

S
he
blew
out
a
breath.
“
W
e
l
l,
I
need
t
o
get
over
i
t
.
I
do
n
’
t
h
a
v
e
ti
m
e
t
o
dwe
l
l
o
n
pet
t
y
s
tuf
f
l
i
ke
tha
t
.
C
ar
l
a
s
a
y
s
it
’
s over
and
I h
a
ve
t
o
beli
e
ve he
r
,
othe
r
w
is
e
—”

“
G
oo
d
beca
u
s
e
I
h
a
v
e
s
omethi
ng
tha
t
migh
t
mak
e
y
o
u
fee
l
bet
t
e
r
.
”

S
h
e
wa
l
k
e
d
ove
r
t
o
wher
e
h
e
s
t
ood
,
t
ouche
d
he
r
hand
t
o
h
i
s
fac
e
.
“
D
o
y
o
u
e
ve
r
.
A
n
d
i
t
ce
r
t
ainl
y
di
d
mak
e
me fee
l
bet
t
e
r
.
”

H
i
s
li
p
s
c
u
r
ved.
“
Get
y
our
mind
out
of
the
g
ut
t
e
r
.
I
t
’
s a
su
r
p
r
is
e
,
”
he
said
casua
l
ly
as
he
sat
down
at
the
ta
ble
and dug
in
t
o
h
i
s
food.
H
e
pushed
the
p
l
at
t
er
of
eg
g
s
t
o
w
ard
he
r
.
“
H
ere eat
y
our
eg
g
s
before
they
get
cold
.
”

“
Y
ou
’
r
e
g
o
i
n
g
t
o
mak
e
m
e
w
ait?
”
Scoo
p
i
n
g
u
p
eg
g
s
on
t
o her
p
l
a
t
e,
she
chewed
at
her
li
p
.

H
e
g
r
inned
.
“
A
w
w
,
I
did
n
’
t
k
n
o
w
y
o
u
wer
e
s
o
impa
t
ien
t
.
”

“
V
e
r
y
f
un
n
y
.
”
B
u
t
sh
e
ni
b
ble
d
a
t
he
r
baco
n
clearly
con
t
emp
l
a
t
in
g
wha
t
i
t
migh
t
b
e
.
“
I
s
i
t
a
goo
d
su
r
p
r
is
e
o
r
a
…
”

“
D
ef
i
ni
t
ely
good
,
”
he
said
as
he
t
ook
a
mouth
f
ul
of
eg
g
s, and
then
slowly
but
t
ered
h
i
s
t
oast
ob
v
iously
enjo
y
i
n
g
the
ide
a
o
f
ma
k
i
n
g
he
r
w
ai
t
.

“So
I
’
l
l
l
i
ke
i
t
,
becau
s
e
I
really
do
n
’t
w
ant
a
bad
su
r
p
r
is
e th
i
s
early
in the
mo
r
ni
n
g
.
W
h
y
do
n
’t
y
ou
j
u
st―
g
ive it
t
o m
e
.
N
o
w
.
”
S
he
s
m
i
le
d
a
t
he
r
o
wn
jok
e
.

“
I
t
’
s more
f
un
th
i
s
w
a
y
,
y
ou
sau
c
y
wench,
a
s
ide
benefit
t
o
w
a
t
c
h
y
o
u
s
o
—impa
t
ien
t
.
”

J
u
s
t
the
n
s
omeon
e
k
n
ocke
d
o
n
th
e
bac
k
doo
r
.
W
hen
N
ic
k
looke
d
u
p
,
h
e
s
a
w
M
u
r
p
h
y
s
t
andi
ng
o
n
th
e
back s
t
oo
p
.
N
ic
k
le
t
hi
m
i
n
an
d
n
o
tice
d
th
e
ma
n
looke
d
u
ps
e
t
.
“
I
though
t
y
o
u
wer
e
f
i
shi
n
g
.
”

“
C
ar
l
a
ca
l
le
d
m
e
l
a
s
t
nigh
t
.
L
e
f
t
a
m
es
s
a
g
e
o
n
m
y
ce
l
l
,
whic
h
I
did
n
’
t
f
i
n
d
un
t
i
l
th
i
s
mo
r
ni
n
g
.
I
w
a
s
t
o
o
u
p
s
e
t
t
o
f
i
s
h
.
W
ad
e
an
d
I
b
o
t
h
cam
e
bac
k
i
n
.
T
hough
t
I
’
d
s
t
o
p
by an
d
t
e
l
l
J
or
d
a
n
wha
t
a
r
o
t
t
e
n
thi
n
g
i
t
w
a
s
the
y
did
.
T
e
l
l
he
r
I
’m
i
n
he
r
co
r
n
e
r
.
”