Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (229 page)

One
-
h
anded,
he
p
l
a
t
ed
s
crambled
e
g
gs
then
s
cooped
up
H
u
t
t
o
n
f
ro
m
th
e
floo
r
.
Af
t
er
st
r
uggli
n
g
t
o
get
her
in
t
o
the high
chair
w
ith
one
hand,
he
poured
milk
in
t
o
her
sippy
cu
p
.
T
wo
months
a
go
if
a
n
y
one
had
d
ared
t
o
sugg
e
st
he
could make
a
t
oddler
happy
or
k
new
her
routine
alm
o
st
as
well
as her
mothe
r
,
he
would
h
a
ve
l
aughed
in
their
fac
e
.
B
ut
s
om
e
how
this
whole
dom
e
stic
pi
c
t
ure
worked.

W
hen
J
or
d
an
hu
n
g
up
the
phone,
N
ick
went
over
t
o
where
she
s
t
ood,
leaned
in
and
k
iss
ed
her
hard
on
the mouth.
W
ith
h
i
s
one
good
hand,
he
tipped
her
chin
up
for bet
t
er
acc
es
s
and
just
for
good
measure
becau
s
e
he
could,
he
k
i
s
s
ed
her
ag
ain.

“
W
ha
t
w
as
tha
t
for?”

“T
h
at
w
as
for
m
e
.
”

“
Y
ou
need
slee
p
.
”

“
I
’ve gone
w
ithout sleep befor
e
.
”

J
or
d
an
sighed
and
res
t
ed
her
head
on
N
ic
k
’
s
ch
e
st.
“
I
ha
t
e
t
o
thin
k
wha
t
migh
t
h
a
v
e
happene
d
i
f
y
o
u
had
n
’
t
g
o
t
t
en
up
when
y
ou
did.
Y
ou
must
h
a
ve
heard
him,
N
ic
k
.
That
’
s
the
onl
y
thi
n
g
tha
t
mak
e
s
s
en
s
e
.
”

H
e
’
d
spent
the
mo
r
ni
n
g
thin
k
i
n
g
the
same
thi
n
g
.
B
ut then
he
remembered
h
e
’
d
heard
Sc
o
t
t
’
s
v
o
ice
just
before h
e
’
d
gone
af
t
er
S
p
r
i
n
ge
r
.
Ma
ybe
Sco
t
t
had
s
omehow
prodded
him
t
o
get
up
and
go
out
s
id
e
.
“
I
do
n
’t
w
ant
t
o
think
a
b
ou
t
wha
t
woul
d
h
a
v
e
happene
d
i
f
tha
t
s
o
n
o
f
a
bi
t
ch
…
”
H
e
g
l
anced
quickly
in
H
ut
t
o
n
’
s
dire
c
tion,
k
no
w
i
n
g
she
w
as prone
t
o
repeati
n
g
e
ve
r
y
thi
n
g
that
came
out
of
h
i
s
mouth. T
h
an
k
f
ull
y
,
she
s
eemed
t
o
be
e
n
gr
o
s
s
ed
in
her
food.
“So
r
r
y
. I
need
t
o
w
at
ch
m
y
mouth
.
”

“
N
ic
k
,
w
h
y
do
y
ou
supp
o
s
e
S
p
r
i
n
ger
did
this
now?
I
’ve been
out
here
alone
for
alm
o
st
t
wo
y
ea
r
s.
W
h
y
did
n
’t
he
do
s
omethi
n
g
before
now?”

Th
in
k
i
n
g
a
b
ou
t
wha
t
S
p
r
i
nge
r
ha
d
sai
d
t
o
him
,
N
ick
v
i
sibly
paled,
but
he
k
new
she
d
es
e
r
ved
the
t
r
uth.
“
S
p
r
i
n
ger
w
an
t
ed
the
l
and,
J
or
d
an, since before
y
ou
g
uys bought the p
l
ac
e
.
The
cl
o
s
er
it
got
t
o
y
ou
openi
n
g
the
B
&
B
,
ma
k
i
n
g
it
a reali
t
y
,
the
more
d
e
spera
t
e
he
g
o
t
.
”

“
H
e
w
an
t
ed
our
l
and?
I
’
m
s
o
g
l
ad
y
ou
were
here,
N
ic
k
.
”

“
S
he
r
iff
C
ody
hopes
t
o
put
him
a
w
a
y
for
a
lo
n
g
whil
e
.
T
r
y
not
t
o
wo
r
r
y
a
bout
i
t
.
”