Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (7 page)

I
mi
t
a
t
i
n
g
her
m
o
the
r
,
H
ut
t
on
reached
out
and
t
ouched her
m
o
the
r
’
s
n
os
e,
g
a
ve
a
little
s
queez
e
.
“
M
a
-
ma
.
”

“T
h
at
’
s
r
igh
t
,
b
a
by
g
irl
.
”
J
or
d
an
b
it
her
lip
t
o
keep
f
rom
c
r
y
i
n
g
.
Sc
o
t
t
might
n
o
t
h
a
ve
come
back
f
rom
I
ra
q
,
but
she had
pa
r
t
of
him
r
ight
here
in
her
a
r
ms.
S
he
felt
h
i
s
pr
e
s
ence in
th
i
s
p
l
ace,
th
i
s
ho
u
s
e
he
loved
s
o
much,
e
ve
r
y
s
i
ng
le
d
a
y
.

“
W
e
h
a
v
e
t
o
b
e
stro
n
g
fo
r
dadd
y
.
W
e
ca
n
d
o
th
i
s
H
u
t
t
o
n
.
W
e
h
a
v
e
t
o
.
”

Doin
g
a
stea
d
y
s
even
t
y-f
i
ve,
N
ick
c
r
u
i
s
ed
alo
n
g
the
C
oast
H
ig
h
w
a
y
and
blew
r
ight
by
the
c
i
t
y
limi
t
s
s
i
g
n
of
P
elican
P
o
in
t
e,
an
old-fashioned
wooden
marker
t
outi
n
g
a
me
a
ger popu
l
a
t
ion of
t
w
o
-tho
u
sand
-
eight-hundred and
s
e
ve
n
.
J
u
st
t
o
prove
a
p
o
in
t
,
mainly
that
he
did
n
o
t
w
ant
t
o
be
here
in th
i
s
pa
r
ti
c
u
l
ar
t
o
w
n
he
g
unned
the
e
n
g
in
e
.
T
h
e
n
o
is
e
t
u
r
ned a
few
hea
d
s
as
he
flew
past
the
st
r
ip
of
f
i
shi
n
g
v
il
la
ge
t
o
h
i
s
left that
s
nuggled
up
ag
ainst
the
b
a
y
.
H
e
fo
l
lowed
the
s
i
g
n
dire
c
ti
n
g
him
t
o
the
t
o
w
n
’
s
b
u
s
in
e
s
s d
i
st
r
i
c
t
,
and
headed
do
w
n
a tre
e
-lined
M
ain
S
tree
t
.
H
e
breezed
past
an
o
ther
s
i
g
n
in
f
ront of
the
C
ommuni
t
y
C
hurch
on
the
co
r
ne
r
,
proc
l
aimi
n
g
the
y
’
d
ha
d
s
e
ven
t
y-fi
ve
people
in
at
t
en
d
ance
the
pr
e
v
io
u
s
S
un
d
a
y
.
H
e
did
n
’t
slow
h
i
s
speed
unt
i
l
he
reached
the
hea
r
t
of
do
w
n
t
o
w
n.
H
e
ea
s
ed
past
a
ban
k
,
a
pha
r
ma
c
y
,
a
hard
w
are
s
t
ore,
a beau
t
y
sho
p
,
alo
n
g
w
ith
a
spat
t
e
r
i
n
g
of
neatly
t
r
immed
little ho
u
se
s
lini
n
g
b
o
th
s
id
e
s
of
the
road.
B
y
the
time
the
diner caught
h
i
s
e
y
e,
h
i
s
s
t
omach
r
umbled.
H
e
remembered
he needed
t
o
ea
t
.
H
e
sp
o
tt
ed
the
market
and
de
c
ided
it
would
h
a
v
e
t
o
d
o
.
H
e
w
a
s
n
’
t
read
y
t
o
s
i
t
do
w
n
y
et
an
d
mi
ngl
e
w
ith
the
good
people
of
P
elican
P
o
in
te
.
E
ven
though
he
needed caf
f
eine
l
i
ke
an
addi
c
t
needed
a
f
i
x
,
h
e
’
d
forgo
the
diner
and
mak
e
d
o
a
t
th
e
co
n
venienc
e
s
t
or
e
.
A
t
tha
t
momen
t
h
e
would h
a
v
e
g
ive
n
fif
t
y
buc
k
s
for
a
couple
of
sh
o
ts
of
e
spr
e
s
s
o
.
E
y
ei
n
g the
co
n
venience
s
t
ore,
he
g
r
imaced
at
the
idea
of
h
a
v
i
n
g
t
o
s
ettle
for
a
c
up
of
c
r
a
ppy
cof
f
e
e
.
B
ut
he
rea
s
oned,
he
could
a
v
o
id
people
in
the
s
t
or
e
.
T
h
e
diner
might
be
more
diffi
c
ul
t
.