Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (69 page)

“Scare
d
t
e
n
y
ea
r
s
of
f
me
,
”
N
ick
mut
t
ered
as
he
relin
qu
i
she
d
H
u
t
t
o
n
t
o
J
or
d
a
n.

S
he
g
r
a
bbed his hand.
“
T
h
an
k
s
N
ic
k
.
I
’
m
g
r
a
te
f
u
l
y
ou
caught
her
before
she
g
o
t
t
o
the
s
t
ai
r
s
.
”

So
w
as
h
e
.
God,
if
sh
e
’
d
fa
l
len…
H
e
did
n
’t
even
w
ant
t
o
thin
k
l
i
k
e
tha
t
.

T
h
e
H
il
l
t
op
D
i
ne
r
w
a
s
old
,
s
omethi
n
g
ou
t
of
a
1950s
mal
t
sho
p
.
I
t
ha
d
a
b
l
ack
an
d
whi
t
e
checkere
d
f
l
oo
r, a faux
b
l
ack
ma
rbl
e
coun
t
e
r
w
it
h
eight
padded
re
d
s
t
oo
l
s,
a
l
l
of
which
had
s
een
thei
r
fair
share of
fanni
e
s
over
th
e
y
ea
r
s.
A
W
urlitzer
jukebox
s
t
oo
d
at
th
e
en
d
of
th
e
coun
t
e
r
where,
a
t
th
e
momen
t
,
P
a
t
s
y
C
l
ine bel
t
ed
ou
t
W
al
k
i
n
’
A
f
t
e
r
M
idnight
for
th
e
s
mat
t
e
r
i
n
g
of patrons
who
sat
a
t
on
e
of
th
e
eight
m
i
s
ma
t
ched
s
quare
t
a
bl
e
s,
o
r
on
e
of
th
e
four
re
d
-
v
i
n
y
l
bo
o
ths
lini
n
g
th
e
f
ront
wa
l
l
w
it
h
w
indow
v
ie
w
s
of
M
ain
S
tree
t
.

W
ithout
an
offi
c
i
al
c
i
t
y
ha
l
l,
the
D
iner
a
c
t
ed
as
a
su
b
sti
t
u
t
e
mee
t
i
n
g
p
l
ace
for
the
t
o
w
n
coun
c
i
l,
e
spe
c
i
a
l
ly
when, l
i
ke
t
o
d
a
y
,
R
e
verend
W
hi
t
comb
re
f
u
s
ed
them
space
alo
n
gside
the
l
a
di
e
s
b
i
ble
s
t
udy
g
rou
p
.
N
o
r
ma
l
l
y
,
the
t
o
w
n
coun
ci
l could
be
found
at
the
C
ommuni
t
y
C
hurch
at
t
en
o
’
clock
in the
a.
m
.
e
ve
r
y
third
Thu
r
s
d
a
y
of
the
month.
B
ut
th
i
s
mo
r
ni
n
g
Ma
y
or
P
a
t
r
ick
M
u
r
p
h
y
had
t
o
s
ettle
for
the
co
r
ner
bo
o
th, the
l
arg
e
st
bo
o
th,
pr
e
s
idi
n
g
over
an
improm
p
t
u
mee
t
i
n
g
t
o d
is
cu
s
s
the fin
i
shi
n
g
t
ouch
e
s for the annual spri
n
g
P
elican
P
o
in
t
e
S
treet
F
ai
r
.

The
fair
w
as
a
thre
e-
d
a
y
e
vent
cooked
up
t
wen
t
y
y
ea
r
s earlier
t
o
add
an
o
ther
s
ource
of
r
e
venue
t
o
the
t
o
w
n
cof
f
e
r
s.

S
and
w
iched
be
t
ween
the
C
h
r
i
stmas
off-
s
ea
s
on
and
M
em
o
r
i
al
weekend,
the
street
fair
brought
in
money
w
ithout
w
aiti
n
g
for
the
s
t
art
of
the
summer
t
ou
r
i
st
s
ea
s
on
which
did
n
’t
k
ick
in
off
i
c
i
a
l
l
y
un
t
i
l
M
e
mo
r
i
a
l
weekend
.
Th
i
s
y
ea
r
,
the
fair s
t
ar
t
ed
the
third
week
of
M
arch.
T
ha
t
g
a
v
e
th
e
t
o
w
n
l
e
s
s
than
three
wee
k
s
t
o
get
eve
r
y
thi
n
g
fi
nalized.

T
a
p
p
i
n
g
her
ba
l
lp
o
int
pen
a
bs
ently
on
t
op
of
her
cli
p
board,
S
is
s
y
bat
t
ed
her
e
y
e
s
at
the
men
s
itti
n
g
around
the
t
a
ble,
e
ven
if
the
y
ou
n
g
e
st
one
w
as
at
least
fif
t
een
y
ea
r
s older
and
said,
“
R
ic
k
y
Ode
n
’
s
band
i
s
the
l
ast
t
o
s
i
g
n
up
s
o that
ta
k
e
s
care
of
the
m
us
ic
.
”
A
s
the
only
female
member
of the
t
o
w
n
coun
ci
l,
S
is
s
y
u
s
ed
manipu
l
a
t
ion
and
a
f
l
i
r
ta
tio
u
s na
t
ure
t
o
t
r
y
to
get
her
w
a
y
e
ven
if
she
had
t
o
t
w
i
st
the
fa
c
ts
t
o
do
i
t
,
a
routine
sh
e
’
d
pe
r
f
e
c
t
ed
s
ince
junior
hig
h
.
W
h
i
le
the
ta
c
tic
worked
l
i
ke
su
g
ar
on
s
o
me,
includi
n
g
her
o
w
n
fathe
r
,
it did
n
’t
al
w
a
y
s
work
w
ith
th
i
s
c
rowd.