Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (77 page)

“
W
e
’
l
l
wor
k
o
n
tha
t
.
”

Sen
s
i
n
g
defea
t
,
J
or
d
an
c
ircled
b
o
th
the
dog
and
the b
a
b
y
,
who
by
now
had
thro
w
n
b
o
th
a
r
ms
around
the
pupp
y
.

J
or
d
an
e
y
ed
H
ut
t
o
n
’
s
fac
e
.
The
entire
time
N
ick
never
t
ook h
i
s
e
y
e
s
off
J
or
d
a
n.
A
nd
i
n
tha
t
ins
t
an
t
wha
t
h
e
s
a
w
t
o
l
d
him
the
dog
w
a
s
n
’t
g
o
i
n
g
a
n
y
where
becau
s
e
H
ut
t
on,
and
now p
oss
ibly
J
or
d
an,
had
already
t
a
ken
t
o
the
f
u
r
r
y
little
thi
n
g
.
N
ick
plopped
down
on
the
gra
s
s.
I
nstin
c
tivel
y
,
the
puppy
w
andered ove
r
, fo
l
lowed by
H
ut
t
on.
N
ick
p
icked
up the little
g
uy
t
o
hold
him
in
h
i
s
l
a
p
,
and
before
he
k
new
what
w
as
happeni
n
g
,
H
ut
t
on
had
fo
l
lowed
sui
t
,
drop
p
i
n
g
down a
c
r
os
s
N
ic
k
’
s
l
a
p
.
F
or
a
man
wh
o
’
d
never
spent
much
time around
a
k
id,
he
w
as
be
g
inni
n
g
t
o
get
u
s
ed
t
o
the
f
un
n
y
little ex
pr
e
ss
ion
s
H
u
t
t
o
n
mad
e
.
W
it
h
a
l
a
p
f
u
l
l
o
f
littl
e
g
i
r
l
and
dog,
he
s
wu
n
g
h
i
s
head
down
t
o
the
ch
i
ld
’
s
l
e
vel.
“
W
e
h
a
ve
t
o
thin
k
o
f
a
nam
e
fo
r
y
ou
r
do
g,
H
u
t
t
o
n.
W
ha
t
d
o
y
o
u
think
we
should
ca
l
l
him?”

The
little
g
irl
s
t
uck
her
fi
n
ger
in
her
mouth,
clearly
thin
k
i
n
g
it
ove
r
.
Before
lo
n
g
she
ut
t
ered,
“
Do
g
.
”

G
i
v
i
n
g
u
p
,
J
or
d
an
j
o
ined
them
on
the
g
ra
s
s.
S
itti
n
g
c
r
o
s
s-legged,
she
be
g
an
t
o
stroke
the
do
g
’
s
f
u
r
.
“
H
e
i
s
k
i
n
d
a
c
u
te
.
H
u
t
t
o
n
’
s
do
g
.
”

T
ouchi
n
g
a
little
hand
t
o
the
do
g
’
s
head
l
i
ke
sh
e
’
d
s
een her
m
o
ther
d
o
,
H
ut
t
on
glee
f
u
l
ly
repea
t
ed,
“
Do
g
.
”

“
H
e
might
b
e
s
t
uc
k
w
it
h
tha
t
nam
e
fo
r
a
wh
i
le
,
”
J
or
d
an
rea
s
oned.

“
Do
g
,
s
imple
and
t
o
the
p
o
in
t
,
I
l
i
ke
i
t
.
”

“
O
k
a
y
,
h
e
ca
n
s
t
a
y
,
bu
t
y
o
u
brough
t
him
,
tha
t
mean
s
y
ou h
a
v
e
t
o
clea
n
u
p
af
t
er
hi
m
.
”

“
D
eal
.
”
H
e leaned
back on the
g
ra
s
s.
A
s
had become
a h
a
b
it
around
J
or
d
an
and
H
ut
t
on,
s
ome
of
the
t
en
s
ion
drained out
of
hi
m
.
The
earlier
e
p
is
ode
forg
o
tt
en.

L
a
t
er
that
af
t
e
r
noon
,
J
or
d
a
n
w
a
s
bu
sy
i
n
the
l
aund
r
y
roo
m
foldi
n
g
cl
o
th
e
s
.
H
u
t
t
o
n
w
a
s
d
o
i
n
g
he
r
b
e
s
t
t
o
hel
p
.
Do
g
w
a
s
unde
r
fo
o
t
.
W
h
e
n
J
or
d
a
n
t
u
r
n
e
d
t
o
put
an
o
t
he
r
load o
f
cl
o
th
e
s
in
t
o
the
w
a
she
r
,
H
u
t
t
o
n
pu
l
le
d
s
om
e
o
f
the
clean cl
o
th
e
s
out
o
f
the
baske
t
.
T
h
e
cl
o
thi
n
g
l
ande
d
o
n
the
f
loo
r
.
Q
uic
k
a
s
a
fo
x
,
Do
g
s
n
a
g
ge
d
s
omethi
n
g
p
in
k
i
n
h
i
s
mouth an
d
t
oo
k
of
f
in
t
o
the
k
i
t
chen
.
G
iggli
n
g
,
H
u
t
t
o
n
t
o
d
dle
d
af
t
er hi
m
.