Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (6 page)

S
he
con
t
emp
l
at
ed
a
l
l
the
work
she
s
til
l
had
left
t
o
d
o
. The
d
i
la
p
i
dat
ed
porch
needed
sp
r
u
c
i
n
g
u
p
.
S
h
e
’
d
put
that off
lo
n
g
enoug
h
.
T
o
d
a
y
w
as
the
d
a
y
.
S
he
did
n
’t
w
ant
p
o
t
ent
i
al
g
u
e
sts
d
r
i
v
i
n
g
up
t
o
their
anti
c
ipa
t
ed
lod
g
i
n
g
only
t
o
get a
good
look
at
the
porch
and
de
c
ide
the
y
’
d
made
a
t
e
r
r
ible m
i
s
t
ak
e
.
I
f
the
porch
looked
sh
a
bby
they
might
think
the whole
p
l
ace
did.
N
o
w
a
y
did
she
w
ant
unhappy
g
u
e
sts
as
k
i
n
g for
their
money
bac
k
.
S
he
did
n
’t
w
ant
t
o
s
t
a
r
t
out
w
ith
a ha
s
sle
r
ight
up
f
ron
t
.
S
ucc
es
s
depended
on
kee
p
i
n
g
r
e
venue comi
n
g
in
and
g
u
e
sts
happ
y
…
and
w
il
li
n
g
t
o
come
bac
k
.

S
h
e
coul
d
h
a
v
e
ea
s
i
l
y
lef
t
an
d
heade
d
bac
k
to
S
a
n
F
r
an
c
i
s
c
o
to
th
e
comfo
r
t
o
f
he
r
f
am
il
y
an
d
le
t
th
e
ban
k
h
a
ve
th
e
ho
u
s
e.
S
h
e
k
ne
w
he
r
fam
i
l
y
woul
d
mak
e
roo
m
fo
r
her
an
d
H
ut
t
o
n
.
B
u
t
th
e
be
d
a
n
d
brea
k
f
as
t
ha
d
bee
n
Sc
o
t
t
’
s
v
i
s
io
n
.
S
h
e
would
n
’
t
a
bando
n
h
i
s
dream
,
thei
r
dream,
sh
e
co
r
re
c
t
ed
,
beca
u
s
e
sh
e
w
a
s
a
f
r
ai
d
o
f
wha
t
th
e
n
ext fe
w
month
s
migh
t
b
r
i
n
g
.
Sc
o
tt
ha
d
prob
a
bl
y
bee
n
s
cared
i
n
I
r
a
q
,
sh
e
rea
s
oned
,
an
d
w
it
h
j
u
s
tifi
ca
t
io
n
.
Sc
o
tt
had
n
’t
g
ive
n
u
p
an
d
neithe
r
woul
d
sh
e.

H
er
r
e
s
olve
t
o
make
th
i
s
work
g
re
w
.

“
W
e
’
l
l
b
e
c
u
t
t
i
n
g
i
t
cl
o
s
e
,
H
u
t
t
o
n.
B
u
t
w
e
ca
n
’
t
g
iv
e
up
no
w
.
M
ama
has
t
o
get
th
i
s
old
porch
sanded
t
o
d
a
y
,
and
then r
e
-s
t
ained
s
o
the
g
u
e
sts
w
il
l
s
ee
a
nice
p
l
ace
t
o
s
it
out
s
ide, a
p
l
ace
t
o
enjoy
the
v
ie
w
.
I
t
ook
four
new
r
e
s
e
r
v
ations
th
i
s wee
k
.
T
ha
t
mak
e
s
s
i
x
i
n
a
l
l
.
O
k
a
y
,
i
t
i
s
n
’
t
much
,
bu
t
openi
n
g
d
a
y
i
s
st
il
l
a
w
a
y
s
of
f
.
W
e
’
v
e
g
o
t
ti
m
e
t
o
mak
e
th
i
s
wor
k
.
I
t
’
s
a s
t
a
r
t
.
W
e h
a
ve
t
o
s
t
a
y p
o
s
itiv
e
.
”

A
s
she
reached
do
w
n
t
o
H
ut
t
on
and
s
wu
n
g
the
b
a
by
up
t
o
her
hi
p
,
she
s
w
iped
at
the
b
a
b
y
’
s
r
un
n
y
n
os
e
ag
ain,
t
e
l
li
n
g the
t
oddle
r
,
“
Y
our
d
addy
would
be
s
o
proud
of
h
i
s
g
ir
l
s
.
”