Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (178 page)

“
D
o
n
’t
be
s
il
l
y
,
T
om
,
”
J
or
d
an
remarked
t
r
y
i
n
g
t
o
make
T
om
feel
bet
t
e
r
.

T
o
m
sucke
d
i
n
a
breat
h
.
“
W
e
l
l
,
w
e
ca
n
’
t
h
a
v
e
th
e
g
u
e
sts
u
s
i
n
g
a
bathroom
w
ith
a
broken
w
indo
w
,
now
can
we?
I
f
y
ou
order
the
g
l
a
s
s,
I
’
l
l
help
y
ou
put
it
i
n
.
”
H
e
g
a
ve
h
i
s
w
ife
a quick
look
as
if
t
o
s
a
y
,
“
H
elp
me
out
here,
dea
r
.
”

E
l
le
n
t
oo
k
th
e
hin
t
.
“
I
n
o
tic
e
y
ou
’
r
e
t
a
k
i
n
g
on
e
room
a
t
a
time
,
f
in
i
shi
n
g
i
t
befor
e
mo
v
i
n
g
o
n
t
o
th
e
n
ex
t
.
T
h
at
mak
e
s
s
en
s
e
.
”

“
N
ic
k
p
o
in
t
e
d
tha
t
ou
t
r
i
gh
t
af
t
er
he
g
o
t
her
e
.
Before,
I
w
as
a
l
l
over
the
p
l
ac
e
.
I
n
e
ver
s
eemed
t
o
be
a
ble
t
o
fin
i
sh
one thi
n
g
before
I
’
d
move
on
t
o
s
omethi
n
g
e
ls
e
.
”

“
Y
ou
were
stre
t
ched
t
oo
thi
n
.
”

T
om
t
ook
a
d
r
ink
of
iced
t
ea
and
said
w
i
st
f
u
l
l
y
,
“
I
w
as ho
p
i
n
g
t
o
get
in
s
ome
su
r
f
i
n
g
before
g
o
i
n
g
back
t
omo
r
ro
w
. Do
y
ou
su
r
f,
N
ick?”

“
I
d
o
.
”

“T
hen
m
a
ybe
J
or
d
an
w
il
l
let
us
u
s
e
Sc
o
t
t
’
s
boar
d
s.
W
h
at do
y
ou
s
a
y
,
J
or
d
an?”

“
T
om
,
ho
w
ca
n
y
o
u
s
a
y
suc
h
a
thi
n
g?
”
E
l
le
n
aske
d
in
a
huff
.

J
or
d
an
reached
over
and
put
her
hand
on
t
op
of
E
l
le
n
’
s.
“
I
t
’
s
o
k
a
y
.
Sc
o
t
t
’
s
boar
d
s
are
n
’t
a
sh
r
in
e
.
A
nd
it
i
s
n
’t
a
fede
r
al
c
r
ime
t
o
b
r
i
n
g
up
Sc
o
t
t
’
s
nam
e
.
”
S
he
t
u
r
ned
t
o
T
o
m
.
“
Go ahead
and
u
s
e
wha
t
e
ver board
y
ou cho
o
s
e
.
Sc
o
t
t would
n
’t
w
ant
them
s
itti
n
g
there
g
a
the
r
i
n
g
d
u
s
t
.
N
ic
k
’
s
already
su
r
f
ed.
A
nd
when
we
h
a
ve
g
u
e
sts
the
y
’
l
l
be
u
s
i
n
g
them
as
we
l
l.
Sc
o
t
t bought
them
and
w
an
t
ed
them
u
s
ed
.
”

E
l
len
t
u
r
ned
t
o
s
t
are
at
her
s
i
s
t
e
r
.
S
i
lentl
y
,
she
wondered if
m
a
ybe
there
might
be
s
omethi
n
g
g
o
i
n
g
on
be
t
ween
th
e
s
e
t
w
o
.
T
o
E
l
len,
J
or
d
an
did
n
’t
look
as
m
is
er
a
ble
as
she
had
at
C
h
r
i
stmas.
C
ould
it
be
sh
e
’
d
already
be
g
un
t
o
heal?
A
s
s
oon as
she
heard
N
ic
k
’
s
next
commen
t
,
she
w
as
sure
of
one
thi
n
g
, th
e
s
e
t
wo defini
t
ely had a
v
ibe g
o
i
n
g
.

“
J
or
d
an
and
I
p
icked
up
one
of
th
os
e
b
a
by
s
ea
t
s
for
H
ut
t
o
n
.
W
e
’
ve
been
ta
k
i
n
g
bi
ke
r
id
e
s
do
w
n
t
o
the
road
and bac
k
.
Y
ou
should
s
ee
H
ut
t
on
get
in
t
o
the
r
id
e
.
”