Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (65 page)

S
h
e
g
o
t
ou
t
Sc
o
tt
’
s
let
t
e
r
s,
on
e
aft
e
r
an
o
the
r
.
S
h
e
reread each
on
e.
T
ea
r
s
streamed
do
w
n
he
r
chee
k
s.
B
u
t
af
t
e
r
the
fou
r
t
h
let
t
e
r
,
she
could
n
’t
t
a
ke
it
a
n
ymore.
De
c
iding
she
neede
d
f
r
e
sh ai
r
, she quickly
threw
o
n a pair
of jeans and pu
l
led
o
n
an
old
s
weat
e
r
over
he
r
pajama
t
o
p
.
G
ra
b
b
ing
th
e
baby
monit
o
r
which
she
rou
tinely
left
b
es
ide
th
e
bed
at
nigh
t
,
she
headed
for
th
e
doo
r
.

U
nder
the
half
light
of
the
moon,
J
or
d
an
fo
l
lowed
the tra
i
l
down
t
o
the
cov
e
.
T
onight
she
needed
t
o
hear
the
soun
d
s of
the
su
r
f.
I
t
might
make
her
feel
bet
t
e
r
.
I
t
had
ce
r
t
ainly wor
k
ed
in
the
pas
t
.

Once
she
reached
the
beac
h
,
she
plopped
down
on
a rock
nea
r
by
and
lis
t
ened
as
the
a
n
g
r
y
w
a
ves
s
m
ashed
up
ag
ainst the
roc
k
s.
T
h
e
w
ind
blew
st
r
aight
in off
the
w
at
e
r
.
S
he
shivere
d
in
s
id
e
he
r
s
wea
t
e
r
an
d
realize
d
sh
e
shoul
d
h
a
ve
g
r
a
bbed
a
j
acket.

S
h
e
’
d
been
there
no
more
than
t
en
minu
t
es
when
she spo
tt
ed
a
shado
w
y
fi
g
ure
in
the
dis
t
ance,
slowly
ma
k
i
n
g
his
w
a
y
t
o
w
ard
her
in
the
moonlight
alo
n
g
the
w
at
e
r
’
s
edg
e
.
A
l
armed
at
the
sigh
t
,
sh
e
’
d
alm
o
st
decided
t
o
climb
do
w
n
off the
rock
and
make
a
r
un
for
it
when
she
reco
g
nized
N
ic
k
.
A
t
a
bout the same
time she
s
a
w him,
he g
l
anced
up and
spot
t
ed
her
s
itti
n
g
on
the
roc
k
.
H
e
headed
her
w
a
y
.
C
au
t
io
u
s in
h
i
s
approach,
he
ke
p
t
h
i
s
han
d
s
j
ammed
in
h
i
s
pockets.
“
C
ould
n
’t
sleep?”

“
N
o
.
I
see
y
ou
could
n
’t
eithe
r
.
T
hat
’
s
get
t
i
n
g
t
o
b
e
qui
t
e a
h
a
b
i
t
.
W
h
y
do
n
’
t
y
o
u
t
e
l
l
m
e
what
’
s
troubli
n
g
y
o
u
,
N
ick
?
I
t hel
p
s
t
o
ta
l
k
.
Or
so
I
’
ve
heard
.
”

H
e
did
n
’t
e
ven
look
at
he
r
.
I
ns
t
ead,
he
fo
c
used
h
i
s
e
y
e
s on
the
w
a
t
e
r
,
lis
t
eni
n
g
t
o
the
w
a
ves
as
they
c
rashed
over
the jutti
n
g roc
k
s.
“
I
t
’
s
beauti
f
ul her
e
. Quie
t
.
P
eace
f
ul
.
”

“Sc
o
t
t
loved
th
i
s
place.
H
e
moved
back
here
beca
u
s
e he
though
t it w
a
s
th
e
pe
r
f
e
c
t place to ra
i
s
e h
i
s fam
i
l
y
,
the
place
where
h
e
’
d
been
ra
i
s
ed.
F
rom
th
e
time
I
me
t
him
a
l
l he
t
a
l
k
ed
ab
ou
t
w
a
s
mo
v
ing
back
to
P
elican
P
o
in
te,
li
v
ing here,
bu
y
ing
th
i
s
place,
tu
r
ning
it
in
to
a
B
&
B.
H
e
had
th
i
s idea
we could
r
u
n it t
o
gethe
r
and make a li
v
ing
a
t
s
omething where
h
e
’
d
be
around
e
ve
r
y d
a
y
to
help
ra
i
s
e
h
i
s
fam
i
l
y
.
I
t w
a
s
a
c
t
u
a
l
ly
a
b
r
il
li
an
t
idea
.
I
f
onl
y
…
”