Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (52 page)

A
s
M
u
r
p
h
y
t
a
l
k
ed,
J
or
d
an
loaded
her
groce
r
i
e
s
in
t
o
the bac
k
.
A
s
the
ca
r
t
emptied,
a
thought
occurred
t
o
he
r
.
On impul
s
e,
she
dug
in
t
o
one
of
the
sac
k
s,
pulled
out
a
box
of Lor
n
a
Doon
e
’
s
and a
couple of
juice bo
x
es.

W
hen
M
u
r
p
h
y hu
n
g u
p
, he
t
urned
t
o Lilly and held up a
hand
when
she
s
t
a
r
t
ed
t
o
pro
t
e
st
at
what
sh
e
’
d
overheard.
“
W
ally
can
put
a
pa
t
ch
on
the
tir
e
.
I
t
c
o
sts
alm
o
st
nothi
n
g
.
”
H
e
w
as
n
’t
a
bs
olu
t
ely
ce
r
t
ain
of
that
fa
c
t
,
but
in
the
event
he could
n
’t
pa
t
ch
the
tire
they
’
d
f
i
x
her
up
w
ith
a
retread.
H
e had
no
in
t
entions
of
le
a
v
i
n
g
Lilly
stranded.

J
or
d
a
n
p
icke
d
u
p
h
is
in
t
en
t.
W
it
h
a
chee
rf
u
l
t
one
,
she
p
i
pe
d
u
p
,
“
T
h
at
’
s
g
rea
t.
A
pa
t
c
h
is
alm
o
s
t
a
s
goo
d
a
s
a
new
t
ir
e
.
A
n
d
I
k
n
o
w
fo
r
a
fa
ct
W
a
l
l
y
nee
ds
t
o
ge
t
r
i
d
o
f
tha
t
s
t
ack o
f
ol
d
t
ir
es
h
e
’
s
g
ot
ove
r
ther
e
.
”
S
h
e
k
ne
w
n
o
suc
h
thi
n
g.
B
u
t
M
u
r
p
h
y
an
d
J
or
d
a
n
e
x
cha
n
ge
d
a
k
no
w
i
n
g
g
l
anc
e
befor
e
she m
ot
ione
d
t
o
th
e
gr
a
s
s
y
commo
n
are
a
n
e
x
t
doo
r
an
d
said b
r
ightl
y
,
“
M
u
r
p
h
y
,
w
e
’
r
e
g
o
i
n
g
t
o
w
a
lk
ove
r
t
o
tha
t
par
k
bench ther
e
an
d
t
a
k
e
th
e
k
i
d
s
,
ge
t
the
m
ou
t
o
f
th
e
par
k
i
n
g
l
ot
and th
e
t
r
affic
.
”
T
h
e
onl
y
mo
v
in
g
ca
r
s
a
ny
w
her
e
nea
r
th
e
par
k
i
n
g
l
ot
wer
e
th
e
on
es
d
o
i
n
g
a
slo
w
t
wen
t
y-f
i
v
e
do
wn
M
ai
n.
A
s
sh
e
s
n
a
t
che
d
H
u
t
t
o
n
ou
t
o
f
th
e
shop
p
i
n
g
ca
r
t
,
sh
e
sai
d
casu
a
l
l
y
ove
r
he
r
shoulde
r
,
ho
p
in
g
L
il
l
y
woul
d
fo
l
lo
w
,
“
C
om
e
on,
L
il
l
y
.
G
r
a
b
th
e
k
i
d
s
.
H
ut
t
o
n
’
s
read
y
fo
r
he
r
s
nac
k
an
d
ther
e
’
s
plen
ty
her
e
fo
r
K
y
ra
an
d
J
oe
y
.
”

L
il
ly
looked
wo
r
r
ied
a
bout
le
a
v
i
n
g
her
only
means
of transpo
r
t
atio
n
.
N
o
one
in
th
i
s
t
o
w
n
had
been
nice
t
o
her
e
x
ce
p
t
for
C
ar
l
a
V
ar
g
as
and
she
had
t
o
be
beca
u
s
e
she
w
a
s the
coun
t
y
s
o
c
i
al
worke
r
.
B
ut
she
fo
l
lowed
J
or
d
an
holdi
n
g
K
yra
by
the
hand
and
ca
r
r
y
i
n
g
J
oey
on
her
slim
hip a
c
r
os
s
the
par
k
i
n
g
l
o
t
t
o
the
g
ra
s
s
y
park
where
one
an
c
ien
t
, wooden
bench
had
been
bol
t
ed
t
o
a
poured
cement
s
quare bloc
k
.
S
he
s
ettled
K
yra
and
J
oey
on
the
bench
and
s
t
ood ne
r
vously
over
them
as
if
she
already
regret
t
ed
the
de
c
is
ion
t
o
le
a
ve
her
ca
r
.