Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (184 page)

“
Y
ou
look
hap
p
ier
than
I
’
ve
s
een
y
ou
look
in—a
lo
n
g tim
e
—and
s
o
r
t of
moo
n
y
.
”

“
Y
ou
’
re
conce
r
ned
beca
u
s
e
I
look
happy
and
in
y
our o
p
inion
moo
n
y?
I
ca
n
’t
w
in
w
ith
y
ou,
E
l
le
n
.
”

“
H
e
wo
n
’t
s
t
a
y
,
J
or
d
a
n
.
I
do
n
’t
w
ant
y
ou
hu
r
t
ag
ai
n
.
”

J
or
d
an
s
ighed
and
put
her
elbo
w
s
on
the
t
a
bl
e
.
“
W
h
y would
an
i
n
v
e
stment
banker
w
ant
t
o
s
t
a
y
in
a
r
undo
w
n
B &
B
wor
k
i
n
g
as
a
ca
r
pen
t
er?
H
e
do
e
s
n
’t
think
a
n
y
bet
t
er
of the
t
o
w
n
than
I
do
eithe
r
.
They
y
anked
the
welcome
mat
out
f
rom
under
h
i
s
feet
j
u
st
l
i
ke
they
did
min
e
.
Of
cou
r
s
e,
I
k
now he
wo
n
’t
s
t
a
y
s
omewhere
he
do
e
s
n
’t
l
i
ke,
or
do
e
s
n
’t
feel welcom
e
.
H
e
l
l,
no
one
would.
W
e
l
l,
e
x
ce
p
t
m
a
ybe
for
Sc
o
t
t
.
”

“
I
wo
r
r
y
a
bout
y
ou
alone
out
her
e
.
I
f
Sc
o
t
t
were
alive
I
’
d
g
ive
him
a
p
iece
of
m
y
mind
for
dr
a
g
g
i
n
g
y
ou
out
t
o
th
i
s p
l
ace
and
then
le
a
v
i
n
g
y
ou
.
”

J
or
d
a
n
g
a
v
e
he
r
s
i
s
t
e
r
a
d
i
sbeli
e
v
i
ng
loo
k
.
“
Y
o
u
do
realiz
e
ho
w
r
i
di
c
ulo
u
s
tha
t
s
oun
d
s
,
do
n
’
t
y
ou
?
W
he
n
Sc
o
tt
wen
t
to
I
r
a
q
h
e
ha
d
e
ve
r
y
in
t
en
t
io
n
o
f
comi
ng
bac
k
.
I
t
i
s
n
’
t
h
i
s
faul
t
h
e
did
n
’
t
.
”

E
l
len
looked
apologetic.
“
O
k
a
y
I
d
e
s
e
r
ved
tha
t
.
B
ut
y
ou
k
n
o
w
wha
t
I
mea
n
.
”

J
or
d
an
s
m
i
led.
“
U
nfo
r
t
una
t
el
y
,
I
d
o
.
”

Three and a
half hours later, Tom dug a twenty out of his wallet as he and Nick stood in the kitchen. “I never did like the Dodgers,” Tom admitted without rancor.

“T
h
at
’
s
t
oo
bad.
I
n
e
ver
l
i
ked
the
Gi
ants.
I
d
o
,
how
e
ve
r
, l
i
ke
ta
k
i
n
g
y
our
mone
y
,
”
N
ick
a
s
sured
j
u
st
as
e
venl
y
,
as
he dumped
their
em
pt
y
beer
b
o
ttl
e
s
in
t
o
the
re
c
y
cli
n
g
b
in.

“
Gi
ants
w
il
l
rebound
t
omo
r
row
nigh
t
,
y
ou
w
at
ch
.
”

“
S
ure
they
w
il
l
,
”
N
ick
said
ro
l
li
n
g
h
i
s
e
y
e
s.
G
r
inni
n
g
,
he
t
ook
T
o
m
’
s
t
wen
t
y
and
headed
out
the
back
doo
r
.