Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (70 page)

S
he
l
i
s
t
ened
impa
t
iently
as
K
ent
S
p
r
i
n
ge
r
,
the
ma
r
r
ied real
e
stat
e
d
e
veloper
sh
e
’
d
been
slee
p
in
g
w
ith
off
and
on
for the
bet
t
er
pa
r
t
of
three
y
ea
r
s,
went
over
the
l
i
st
of
ca
r
ni
v
al
r
id
e
s
they
could
e
xpe
c
t
.
“T
h
e
y’
ve
a
g
reed
t
o
s
et
up
on
T
u
e
s
d
a
y
,
the
night
of
the
t
wen
t
y-fou
r
th,
and
gear
m
o
st
of
their
r
id
e
s
t
o
the
y
ou
n
ger
k
i
d
s
.
”

“
B
ut
we
asked
y
ou
t
o
check
and
s
ee
when
the
r
id
e
s
had
l
ast
been
inspe
c
t
ed
.
”
W
ade
Ha
w
k
ins,
a
lo
n
g-
t
ime
coun
c
i
l member
and
a
retired
h
i
s
t
o
r
y
prof
ess
o
r
,
reminded
K
en
t
.

“
Y
ou
can
be
a
real
pain
in
the
a
s
s,
y
ou
k
now
that
W
ade
,
”
K
ent
r
e
sponded.

B
ut
W
ade
w
an
t
ed
an
an
s
wer
f
rom
M
r
.
S
lic
k
,
as
he
w
as
k
no
w
n
around
t
o
w
n,
and
re
f
u
s
ed
t
o
let
it
g
o
.
“
W
he
n
’
s
the
l
ast t
i
me
the
r
id
e
s
were
inspe
c
t
ed?
That
w
as
the
qu
e
s
t
io
n
.
”

W
he
n
K
en
t
looke
d
a
w
a
y
,
W
ad
e
pe
r
s
i
s
t
ed
,
“
A
r
e
they
saf
e
o
r
n
o
t?”

“
Of
cou
r
s
e
they
are
,
”
K
ent
an
s
wered
a
bs
entl
y
.
H
e
did
n
’t rea
l
ly
g
ive
a
shi
t
.
H
e
w
as
get
t
i
n
g
a
k
ickback
f
rom
the
o
w
ner of
the
ca
r
ni
v
al
for
e
ve
r
y
time
th
i
s
pa
r
ti
c
u
l
ar
vendor
came
t
o
t
o
w
n,
which
happened
s
e
ven
tim
e
s
a
y
ear
beca
u
s
e
he
w
as
in c
h
arge
of
the
boo
k
i
n
g
s.
W
h
at
did
he
care
when
the
l
ast
time a
n
y
one
had
inspe
c
t
ed
the
d
amn
F
e
r
r
i
s
wheel?

E
y
ei
ng
K
en
t
w
it
h
equa
l
ske
p
ti
c
i
s
m
,
M
u
r
p
hy
added,
“
W
e
do
n
’
t
wan
t
th
e
t
o
w
n
pu
t
i
n
a
p
os
it
io
n
ove
r
l
a
w
s
ui
t
s
a
b
ou
t
unsaf
e
r
id
e
s
,
K
en
t.
I
t
’
s
j
u
s
t
tha
t
s
impl
e
.
”
H
a
v
i
ng
mad
e
h
is
p
o
in
t
,
M
u
r
p
hy
t
u
r
ne
d
to
S
i
s
s
y
.
“S
o
w
it
h
R
ic
k
y
o
n
boar
d
tha
t
mak
e
s
f
i
v
e
ban
ds
pro
v
idi
ng
th
e
m
u
s
i
c
fo
r
a
ll
thre
e
d
a
y
s
,
co
r
re
c
t?”

S
i
x
t
y-f
i
ve
-
y
ear
-
old
B
ran
S
u
l
li
v
an,
the
t
o
w
n
vet
did
n
’t
w
ait
for
S
is
s
y
’
s
confi
r
m
ation.
I
ns
t
ead,
he
proudly
p
o
in
t
ed ou
t
,
“
R
ic
k
y
p
l
a
y
s
a
mean
blue
g
ra
s
s.
Donna
s
a
y
s
the
band
’
s
g
o
i
n
g
prof
e
ss
iona
l
an
d
c
u
t
t
i
n
g
a
record
.
”
R
ic
k
y
w
as
ma
r
r
ied
t
o
h
i
s
d
augh
t
e
r
,
Donna,
and
as
a
s
on-in-
l
a
w
,
B
ran
could
n
’t ask
for
bet
t
e
r
.