Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (176 page)

B
y
the
time
J
or
d
an
reached
the
p
ic
k
u
p
,
it
had
pu
l
led
t
o a
s
t
op
and
the
female
pa
ss
e
n
ge
r
,
a
woman
in
her
mid-thi
r
ti
e
s
w
ith
the
same
d
ark
blonde
hair
colo
r
i
n
g
but
wo
r
n
in
a
sho
r
t bo
b
,
popped
open
the
door
and
slipped
ou
t
.
J
u
st
before
the
t
wo
women
s
t
a
r
t
ed
t
o
hu
g
,
E
l
len
p
o
in
t
ed
t
o
J
or
d
a
n
’
s
cl
o
th
e
s and
said,
“
W
h
y
are
y
ou
s
o
f
i
lt
h
y?”

“
I
’
ve
been
dig
g
i
n
g
in
the
g
arde
n
.
I
’
m
s
o
g
l
ad
t
o
s
ee
y
ou
.
”
I
g
no
r
i
ng
th
e
di
r
t
,
E
l
le
n
pu
l
le
d
J
or
d
a
n
in
t
o
he
r
a
r
ms,
w
r
ap
p
i
n
g
he
r
u
p.
J
u
s
t
then
,
th
e
ma
n
wh
o
ha
d
bee
n
d
r
i
v
i
n
g
th
e
t
r
uc
k
cam
e
aroun
d
to
th
e
o
the
r
s
id
e
.

“
D
o
n
’
t
I
ge
t
a
hu
g
t
oo?”

“
Of
cou
r
s
e,
I
’
m
s
o
g
l
ad
t
o
s
ee
y
ou
b
o
th.
I
thought
y
ou were
comi
n
g
do
w
n
n
e
xt
weekend.
W
h
y
did
n
’t
y
ou
ca
l
l?”

“
Beca
u
s
e
S
am
m
y
’
s
s
occer
le
a
g
ue
s
t
a
r
ts
and
it
w
as
either now
wh
i
le
Mom
and
D
ad
could
w
at
ch
the
k
i
d
s
or
n
o
t
at
a
l
l
.
S
o
w
e
de
c
ide
d
t
o
b
r
i
n
g
do
w
n
th
e
l
a
s
t
o
f
A
un
t
Soph
i
a
’
s antiqu
e
s.
A
nd
when
M
om
and
D
ad
of
f
ered
t
o
let
the
bo
y
s spend
the
nigh
t
,
we
jumped
at
the
chance
t
o
get
a
w
a
y
.
The
C
ove
i
s
al
w
a
y
s
s
o
beau
t
i
f
ul
th
i
s
time
of
y
ea
r
.
”

“
A
n
d
E
l
le
n
w
an
t
e
d
to
su
r
p
r
i
s
e
y
ou
.
L
oo
k
s
l
i
k
e
w
e
did
.
”
T
u
r
ni
ng
to
N
ic
k
wh
o
w
a
s
holdi
ng
H
u
t
t
o
n
i
n
h
i
s
a
r
ms
,
he reache
d
ou
t
a
hand
.
“
I
’
m
T
o
m
Do
w
n
e
y
,
J
or
d
a
n
’
s
br
o
ther-in-
l
a
w
.
”
S
p
o
t
ti
ng
th
e
do
g
a
t
th
e
ma
n
’
s
fee
t
,
T
o
m
asked
,
“
W
e
l
l, wha
t
h
a
v
e
w
e
g
o
t
here
?
L
oo
k
s
l
i
k
e
H
u
t
t
o
n
’
s
g
o
t
he
r
s
el
f
a
ne
w
pupp
y
.
”

A
s
the
men
shook
han
d
s,
N
ick
introduced
him
s
elf.
“
N
ick
H
a
r
r
i
s.
A
nd
the
puppy
i
s
Q
uak
e
.
”

Behind
the
men,
E
l
len
wh
i
spered
t
o
J
or
d
an,
“
O
h,
m
y God,
that
’
s
N
ick?
W
h
at
a
hun
k
.
N
o
t
hard
on
the
e
y
e
s,
i
s
he?
I s
til
l
ca
n
’t
beli
e
ve
y
ou
’
re
let
t
i
n
g
a
st
r
a
n
ger
live
w
ith
y
ou
.
”

“
D
o
n
’t
s
t
a
r
t
.
H
e
’
s
li
v
i
n
g
over
the
g
ar
a
ge
and
y
ou
k
now
i
t
. B
es
id
e
s,
h
e
’
s
been
a
pe
r
f
e
c
t
gentleman
.
”