Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (79 page)

“
I
w
as
thin
k
i
n
g
.
I
f
we
con
t
a
c
t
the
L
.A
.
bank
dire
c
tly
we might
be
a
ble
t
o get a refi,
or m
a
ybe get the loan
ex
t
ended
t
o
the
fi
r
st
of
Se
p
t
ember.
That
w
a
y
y
ou
’
d
h
a
ve
the
summer months
t
o
ta
ke
f
u
l
l
ad
v
an
t
a
ge
of
the
entire
t
ou
r
i
st
s
ea
s
on, time
t
o
get a
healt
h
y cash
flow g
o
i
n
g
.
I think
the
y
’
d
go for
tha
t
.
”

J
or
d
an blinked in realiza
t
ion.
“
Y
ou
’
ve
done th
i
s befor
e
.
”

“
I
n
m
y
fo
r
mer
life
I
w
as
an
i
n
v
e
stment
banke
r
.
”
An
d
worked
f
o
r
th
e
large
s
t
inve
s
t
m
e
n
t
ban
k
i
n
Lo
s
Ang
e
le
s
t
ha
t
ju
s
t
ha
p
p
e
ns
t
o
hol
d
you
r
no
t
e
.
B
u
t
h
e
w
a
s
n
’
t
g
o
i
n
g
t
o
men
t
io
n
tha
t
.
S
he might
s
t
a
r
t
as
k
i
n
g
qu
e
s
t
ions.
H
ow
could
he
t
e
l
l
her
that
the ve
r
y
s
e
r
io
u
s
-
minded,
hardwor
k
i
n
g
f
i
nan
c
ier
h
e
’
d
once
been,
s
eemed
t
o
h
a
ve
no
in
t
er
e
st
in
that
life
no
w
.
I
n
fa
c
t
,
he
s
eemed
t
o
find
a
n
y
thi
n
g
t
o
do
w
ith
the
ban
k
i
n
g
b
us
in
es
s
th
e
s
e
past few
months
suc
k
i
n
g
the
life
r
ight
out
of
hi
m
.
W
h
i
le
he
w
as t
r
y
i
n
g
t
o
come
t
o
g
r
i
p
s
w
ith
th
i
s
r
e
ve
l
a
t
ion,
he
realized
she
w
as
s
a
y
i
n
g
s
omethi
n
g
t
o
hi
m
.

“W
h
y
woul
d
th
i
s L
.A
.
ban
k
g
ive
m
e
a
n e
x
t
en
s
ion whe
n
th
e
ban
k
her
e
i
n
P
e
lican
P
o
in
t
e
i
s
pr
e
s
s
u
r
i
n
g
m
e
for
th
e
f
i
r
s
t
p
a
yment?”

“
S
impl
e
.
W
e
b
y
pa
s
s
th
e
ban
k
her
e
an
d
g
o
dire
c
tly
t
o
th
e
s
ourc
e
of
th
e
loa
n
.
I
’
l
l
mak
e
a
few
ca
l
l
s.
H
ave
y
o
u
adve
r
t
i
s
ed
,
J
or
d
an?”

“
I
’
ve
been
online
s
ince
J
anua
r
y
.
M
y
si
s
t
er
E
l
len
g
o
t
a
f
r
iend
of
he
r
s
t
o
d
e
s
i
g
n
a
we
bs
i
te
.
A
nd
I
put
the
l
i
sti
n
g
in the
B
&
B
trade
m
a
g
a
zin
e
s.
I
s
t
ar
t
ed
r
unni
n
g
an
ad
in
the
S
an
F
ran
c
is
co
pape
r
.
The
ad
w
il
l
continue
through
the
end of
Ma
y
.
I
t
’
s
c
o
sti
n
g
a
fo
r
t
une,
but
I
h
a
ve
t
o
get
the
word
out
s
omeho
w
.
”

“Soun
d
s
l
i
ke
y
ou
’
ve
covered
y
our
ba
s
e
s
then.
I
f
we
could show
the
bank
in
L
.
A
.
t
h
at
y
ou
’
re
booked
up
at
least
nine
t
y percent
through
the
summe
r
,
they
might
go
for
an
e
x
t
ension
t
o
let
’
s
s
a
y
,
La
bor
D
a
y
.
”

S
he
could
n
’t
help
i
t
,
hope
s
oared.
“
Rea
l
ly?
T
h
e
r
e
s
e
r
v
ations
are
p
ic
k
i
n
g
u
p
.
I
’
m
get
t
i
n
g
one
alm
o
st
e
ve
r
y
d
a
y
no
w
.
A
nd
people
who
h
a
ve
s
een
the
ad
are
be
g
inni
n
g
t
o
ca
l
l,
ask qu
e
s
t
ions.
Th
e
y
m
a
y
n
o
t
b
e
ma
k
i
n
g
a
r
e
s
e
r
v
a
t
io
n
y
e
t
,
but
the
y
’
re
in
t
er
e
s
t
ed
enough
t
o
ca
l
l.
I
do
n
’t
mean
t
o
p
r
y
,
N
ic
k
, but
w
h
y
are
y
ou
a
f
o
r
mer
i
n
v
e
stment
banker?”