Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (41 page)

That
e
veni
ng
af
ter
suppe
r
N
ic
k
wa
l
k
e
d
into
the
k
i
t
c
hen
to
ge
t
a
bee
r
out
o
f
the
f
r
idge
,
an
d
ta
k
e
a
brea
k
f
ro
m
the
p
l
as
ter
jo
b
that
ha
d
consume
d
hi
m
fo
r
the
better
pa
r
t
of
t
w
o
hou
r
s
.
T
h
e
s
oun
d
s
o
f
U2
’
s
W
i
th
o
r
W
i
t
hou
t
Y
o
u
d
r
if
t
ed
f
ro
m
the
CD
p
l
a
yer
on
the
k
i
t
c
hen
counte
r
.
J
ord
a
n
ha
d
her
hea
d
do
w
n
at
the
k
i
t
c
hen
ta
bl
e
loo
k
i
ng
through
v
a
r
io
u
s f
l
ower
cata
lo
g
s
.

Remembe
r
i
n
g
the
d
am
a
ge
the
sander
had
done
t
o
her flowe
r
s,
he
asked
casuall
y
,
“
W
hat
are
th
os
e
red
fl
owe
r
s
?
The ones
y
ou
left
in
the
s
t
udio
by
the
bed
.
”

“
Red
f
l
owe
r
s
?
Oh,
y
ou
mean
the
c
r
im
s
on
s
t
ar
ga
ze
r
s
.
”
S
he smiled
when
she
s
a
w
the
baffled
look
cr
o
ss
his
fac
e
.
“
Lili
e
s
.
”

“T
hey
smell
great
.
”

“T
hey
’
re
m
y
f
a
vo
r
i
te
.
B
ut
I
thought
I
’
d
p
l
ant
red
t
uli
p
s out
front.
Ma
ybe
put
in
s
ome
whi
t
e
and
y
ellow
d
affodi
l
s
for contras
t
, lini
n
g
the
w
a
l
k
w
a
y
up
t
o
the
porch
which,
by
the
w
a
y
,
loo
k
s
one
hundred
percent
bet
t
er
pain
t
ed
and
sanded.
A
nd
I
w
as
wonde
r
i
n
g
,
s
ince
the
porch
loo
k
s
s
o
much
bet
t
e
r
, m
a
ybe
y
ou
could
help
me
ha
n
g
a
porch
s
w
i
n
g
I
bought
online
l
ast
summe
r
.
I
f we
ha
n
g
the s
w
i
n
g
it might
make
the p
l
ace loo
k
—I
do
n
’t
k
no
w
,
homie
r
,
more
i
n
v
iti
n
g
.
”

“
S
ure,
I
’ll
t
a
ke
care
of
it.
B
ut
the
p
l
ace
i
s
plen
t
y
home
y
,
J
or
d
an.
Th
i
s
ho
u
s
e
mak
es
a
nic
e
B
&
B
.
”

Some
of
the
wor
r
y
left
her
fac
e
.
“
Y
ou
think
s
o?
Really? The
past
y
ear
I
’ve
had
s
o
ma
n
y
doubts.
Sometimes
I
feel
like it
’
s
just
an
old
hou
s
e
that
’
s
w
a
y
past
its
p
r
im
e
.
”

“
I
t
ha
s
a
s
o
li
d
foun
da
tio
n
.
W
h
o
e
ve
r
bu
i
l
t
the
p
l
ace did
n
’
t
c
ut
co
r
ne
r
s
on
quali
t
y
,
quali
t
y
l
a
s
t
s
.
I
t
j
u
s
t
nee
d
s
s
om
e
sp
r
u
c
i
ng
u
p
,
a
littl
e
TL
C
.
W
e
’
l
l
ge
t
the
p
l
ac
e
read
y
for
opening
d
a
y
.
”

“
Y
o
u
h
a
v
e
n
o
ide
a
ho
w
muc
h
I
neede
d
t
o
hea
r
tha
t
,
N
ic
k
. T
h
an
k
s.
I
t
’
s
good
t
o
hear
s
omethi
n
g
p
o
sitive
for
a
cha
n
g
e
.
I
t
’
s li
k
e
v
a
li
d
a
tion
.
”

“
Do
y
ou h
a
ve money
budge
t
ed
t
o hire roofe
r
s
? That roof
w
ill
only
l
ast
until
the
next
big
P
acific
s
t
orm
.
”