Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (235 page)

H
e
realized
they
were
n
’t
t
a
l
k
i
n
g
a
bout
the
loan.
“
Y
ou’
l
l do
fine
here,
J
or
d
an
.
”

T
o
J
or
d
a
n
tha
t
pret
t
y
muc
h
sai
d
i
t
a
l
l
.
N
ic
k
w
as
t
e
l
li
n
g
her
the
only
w
a
y
he
could
that
he
did
n
’t
p
l
an
on
bei
n
g around
much
lo
n
ge
r
.
S
he
fought
off
the
sadn
e
s
s
that
g
r
a
bbed at
her
hea
r
t
.
W
h
y
did
it
s
eem
l
i
ke
e
ve
r
y
man
she
fe
l
l
in
love
w
ith
could
n
’t
s
t
a
y
w
ith
her?
There
had
t
o
be
s
omethi
n
g
m
is
si
n
g
in
s
ide
her
that
pr
e
ven
t
ed
them
f
rom
s
t
ic
k
i
n
g
thi
n
g
s
ou
t
.
S
he
p
u
shed
off
the
porch
and
said
quietl
y
,
“
I
need
t
o
go
s
t
a
r
t suppe
r
.
”

“
J
or
d
an
.
”

B
ut
she
no
lo
n
ger
cared
t
o
d
is
cu
s
s
i
t
.
I
f
he
could
n
’t
s
ee what
w
as
s
t
andi
n
g
r
ight
in
f
ront
of
him,
she
ce
r
t
ainly
w
a
s
n
’t g
o
i
n
g
t
o
p
o
int
it
ou
t
…ag
ai
n
.
S
he
re
f
u
s
ed
t
o
be
g
.
I
n
a
huf
f
,
she
w
a
l
k
ed
past
him
in
t
o
the
ho
u
s
e
.

N
ick
k
new
h
e
’
d
u
ps
et
he
r
.
H
er
demeanor
did
n
’t
improve over
dinne
r
.
D
u
r
i
n
g
the
meal
when
H
ut
t
on
threw
her
food on
the
floo
r
,
s
omethi
n
g
h
e
’
d
s
een
her
do
t
wo
dozen
tim
e
s before,
in
an
un
u
sual
d
i
sp
l
a
y
of
i
r
r
i
t
a
bi
li
t
y
,
he
w
at
ched
as
J
or
d
an
l
o
st
patience
and
s
colded
he
r
.
W
hen
they
fin
i
shed the
meal
ins
t
ead
of
cleani
n
g
up
the
supper
d
i
sh
e
s
t
o
gethe
r
,
J
or
d
an
d
i
sappeared
w
ith
H
ut
t
on
t
o
get
her
ready
for
bed alon
e
.
A
s
s
t
o
r
y
time
approached,
when
a
f
us
s
y
H
ut
t
on would
n
’t
s
it
s
til
l
lo
n
g
enough
for
N
ick
t
o
read
t
o
he
r
,
J
or
d
an
s
imply
g
a
thered
her
up
w
ithout
s
a
y
i
n
g
a
word,
and
left
the room,
t
uc
k
i
n
g
her
in
t
o
bed
w
ithout
hi
m
.
H
e
w
ai
t
ed
a
good thi
r
t
y
minu
t
e
s
before
he
realized
she
did
n
’t
in
t
end
t
o
r
e
j
o
in him
in
the
li
v
i
n
g
roo
m
.
H
e
w
a
s
n
’t
sure
what
t
o
d
o
.
S
hould
he go
in
t
o
her
bedroom,
barge
in
and
c
r
a
wl
in
t
o
bed
w
ith
her?
S
h
e
’
d
g
iven
him
the
cold
shoulder
a
l
l
e
veni
n
g
.
H
e
w
ai
t
ed around
for
an
o
ther
t
wen
t
y
minu
t
e
s
before
f
i
na
l
l
y
g
i
v
i
n
g
u
p
.

T
h
at
nigh
t
,
for
the
fi
r
st
time
in
three
wee
k
s,
N
ick
sle
p
t alone
in
the
s
t
udio
apa
r
tmen
t
.