Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (238 page)

Out
of
s
t
eam,
spen
t
,
he
dropped
down
on
the
g
ra
s
s.
H
e sat
there
t
ea
r
s
rolli
n
g
down
h
i
s
chee
k
s.
“
I
’
m
s
o
r
r
y
I
could
n
’t
ge
t
y
o
u
ou
t
o
f
tha
t
d
amne
d
Humme
r
.
S
o
,
d
am
n
s
o
r
r
y
.
I
w
a
s
n
’t
quic
k
enoug
h.
I
f
I
’
d
rea
c
t
e
d
s
o
one
r
…
W
ha
t
i
s
i
t
y
o
u
w
ant
f
ro
m
me
?
I
’
m
d
o
i
n
g
a
l
l
I
k
n
o
w
t
o
d
o
.
W
ha
t
i
s
i
t
y
o
u
w
ant?”

Sc
o
tt
sa
t
do
w
n
o
n
th
e
g
ra
s
s
b
e
s
id
e
h
i
s
f
r
iend
.
“
C
ome
on
,
N
ic
k
.
Y
ou
’
r
e
a
goo
d
ma
n
.
On
e
o
f
th
e
b
e
s
t
s
o
ldie
r
s
I
’
ve
e
ve
r
s
ee
n
i
n
comba
t
.
Y
o
u
k
no
w
exa
c
tl
y
wha
t
to
d
o
.
Y
o
u
alw
a
y
s
h
a
ve
.
”

“
N
ot
th
i
s
tim
e
.
D
id
n
’t
y
ou
hear
what
I
said?
God
d
amn i
t
,
I
’
m
in
love
w
ith
J
or
d
an
.
”

“
I
k
new
y
ou
would
b
e
.
T
ook
y
ou
a
little
lo
n
ger
than
I
though
t
i
t
would
.
L
et
g
o
,
N
ic
k
.
”
Sc
o
t
t
pu
t
a
han
d
o
n
N
ic
k
’
s
shoulde
r
.
“
Y
o
u
nee
d
t
o
r
e
v
i
s
i
t
wha
t
happene
d
tha
t
d
a
y
,
br
o
.
Y
ou
’
re
a
l
l
m
i
x
ed
up
in
s
id
e
.
L
et
go
of
the
g
u
i
lt
y
ou
’
ve
been ca
r
r
y
i
n
g
around.
I
t
’
s
eati
n
g
y
ou
u
p
.
Y
ou
’
re
w
asti
n
g
th
e
s
e
d
a
y
s
w
ith
J
or
d
an,
sp
oi
li
n
g
them.
L
et
go
of
the
g
u
i
l
t
,
N
ic
k
,
before
y
ou
r
uin
e
ve
r
y
thi
n
g
.
”

A
nd
w
it
h
tha
t
,
Sc
o
t
t
w
as
gon
e
.

F
or
t
wen
t
y
lo
n
g
minu
t
e
s,
N
ick
sat
there,
t
ea
r
y
e
y
ed unt
i
l
suddenly
he
w
iped
h
i
s
n
os
e
and
jumped
t
o
h
i
s
fee
t
.
F
or the
s
econd
time
that
mo
r
ni
n
g
,
h
e
realize
d
wha
t
h
e
ha
d
t
o
d
o
.

H
e
climbed
on
h
i
s
bi
ke
and
roared
off
t
o
w
ard
t
o
w
n.

A
s
he
pa
s
s
ed
the
P
elican
P
o
in
t
e
c
i
t
y
limi
t
s
s
i
g
n
N
ick drove
l
i
ke
a
man
p
osse
s
s
ed.
S
un
d
a
y
mo
r
ni
n
g
half
the
t
o
w
n m
u
st
s
til
l
be
aslee
p
.
B
ut
he
looked
up
and
sp
o
tt
ed
a
l
l
the
ca
r
s parked
in
the
church
par
k
i
n
g
l
o
t
.
P
e
r
f
e
c
t
.
J
u
st
the
people he
w
an
t
ed
t
o
ta
l
k
t
o
.
H
e
t
u
r
ned
the
m
o
t
or
c
y
cle
in
t
o
the
l
o
t and
k
il
led
the
e
n
g
in
e
.
Get
t
i
n
g
off
the
bi
ke,
he
removed
h
i
s helmet
and
s
t
ared
up
at
the
s
t
ained
-
g
l
a
s
s
w
i
ndo
w
s,
the
huge, colo
r
f
ul
im
a
g
e
s
of
J
e
s
u
s
and
the
c
r
o
s
s.