Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (18 page)

“
I
did
.
”
P
lea
s
ed
he
l
i
ked
the
food,
she
added,
“
Des
s
e
r
ts are
m
y
spec
i
a
l
t
y
.
”

“
B
e
s
t
coo
k
i
e
I
e
ve
r
a
te
.
W
h
a
t
a
l
l
nee
d
s
d
o
i
n
g
around
here?”

T
h
a
t
mad
e
he
r
l
a
ug
h
.
“
H
o
w
muc
h
ti
m
e
d
o
y
o
u
h
a
ve?
A
nd
where
do
I
s
t
a
r
t?
U
p
t
o
no
w
,
I
’
ve
been
concent
r
a
t
i
n
g on
the
in
s
ide,
get
t
i
n
g
the
g
u
e
st
rooms
ready
u
p
s
t
ai
r
s
.
”
W
hen she
s
a
w
the
w
il
li
n
g
look
on
h
i
s
face,
she
relu
c
t
antly
added the
bad
ne
w
s,
“
B
ut
the
bathr
o
oms,
they
need
a
l
o
t
of
wor
k
.
O
l
d
plum
b
i
n
g
.
I
’
v
e
pu
t
tha
t
of
f
t
oo
lo
n
g
.
I
k
n
o
w
tha
t
w
as
a m
i
s
t
ak
e
.
Do
y
ou
k
now
a
n
y
thi
n
g
a
bout
plum
b
i
n
g?”

“Som
e
.
”
A
n
o
ther
whi
t
e
li
e
.
W
h
at
he
k
new
a
bout
plum
b
i
n
g
would
f
il
l
a
thimbl
e
.

“
I
f
y
o
u
thin
k
i
t
woul
d
hel
p
,
I
h
a
v
e
a
how-
t
o
boo
k
on plum
b
i
n
g
.
A
n
d
e
ve
r
y
o
t
he
r
boo
k
o
n
d
o
-it-
y
ou
r
s
el
f
pr
o
je
c
ts
k
n
o
wn
t
o
man
,
”
sh
e
sai
d
w
it
h a
ne
r
vo
us
l
aug
h.

N
ic
k
d
raine
d
h
i
s
s
econ
d
g
l
a
s
s
o
f
lemonade
,
suddenly
c
r
a
v
i
ng
a
col
d
bee
r
.
T
h
e
li
e
s
,
h
e
though
t
,
coul
d
mak
e
a
man
thi
r
s
t
y
.
K
n
o
w
i
ng
h
e
shoul
d
kee
p
h
i
s
mout
h
shu
t
,
h
e
asked a
n
yw
a
y
,
“
D
i
d
y
o
u
h
a
v
e
a
p
l
a
n
whe
n
y
o
u
s
t
a
r
t
e
d
a
l
l
th
i
s
?
”

J
or
d
an
looked
a
w
a
y
,
drew
in
a
breath
then
calmly
blew
it ou
t
.
“
The
p
l
an
w
as...for
Sc
o
t
t
,
m
y husband,
the
p
l
an
w
as
for
us
t
o
t
u
r
n
th
i
s
p
l
ace
in
t
o
a
B
&
B
.
B
ut
that
only
l
as
t
ed
un
t
i
l
h
i
s
uni
t
g
o
t
ca
l
le
d
u
p
t
o
I
r
aq
.
F
ro
m
tha
t
p
o
in
t
,
f
ro
m
the
time
I
found
ou
t
…he
w
a
s
n
’t
comi
n
g
bac
k
…
thi
n
g
s
g
ot
…
”
S
he
t
ook
another
deep
breath.
“
S
ince
Sc
o
t
t
died,
I
h
a
ve
n
’t
had a
p
l
an.
B
u
t
,
if
I
do
n
’t
get
th
i
s
p
l
ace
up
and
r
unni
n
g
by
Ma
y
f
i
r
s
t
,
get
p
a
y
in
g
g
u
e
s
ts
in
here,
get
a
cash
f
l
ow
comi
n
g
in
t
o
show
the
bank
th
i
s
i
s
a
real
bu
s
in
es
s,
I
’
l
l
l
o
s
e
e
ve
r
y
thi
n
g that
meant
a
n
y
thi
n
g
t
o
Sc
o
t
t
.
T
h
e
bank
has
g
iven
me
s
e
ve
r
al e
x
t
en
s
ion
s
alread
y
.
Y
o
u
migh
t
s
a
y
I
’
v
e
hi
t
th
e
prove
r
b
i
al
b
r
ick
w
a
l
l
.
”