Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (81 page)

A
hh,
that
e
xp
l
ained
her
dist
r
ac
t
ed
mood,
he
though
t
, before
he
p
o
in
t
ed
ou
t
,
“
Then
y
ou
did
n
’t
sleep
eithe
r
.
”

W
hen
the
phone
ra
n
g
,
she
stro
l
led
over
t
o
the
corner desk
t
o
an
s
wer
i
t
,
ro
l
li
n
g
her
e
y
es
at
his
comment.
B
ut
as she
p
icked
up
the
cor
d
less
phone
there
w
as
a
t
w
inkle
in
her e
y
es.
S
he
con
t
inued
t
o
look
at
him
wh
i
le
goi
n
g
through
the s
t
an
d
ard
routine
g
reeti
n
g
before
get
t
i
n
g
do
w
n
t
o
thum
b
i
n
g through
the
r
e
se
r
v
ations
boo
k
.

The
ca
l
l
w
as
ob
v
io
u
sly
another
p
o
t
ent
i
a
l
g
ues
t
.
W
hen she
w
as
done,
she
hu
n
g
up
and
t
u
r
ned
around
w
ith
a
b
r
i
ll
i
ant
s
m
i
le
on
her
fac
e
.
“
T
hat
’
s
am
a
zi
n
g.
T
h
a
t
w
as
a
woman
f
rom
C
incinna
t
i
.
”
S
he
leaned
cl
o
se
r
.
“
O
hi
o
.
S
he
s
a
w
the
ad
in the
paper
when
she
w
as
on
a
b
u
sin
e
ss
t
r
ip
t
o
S
an
F
rancisco
l
ast
wee
k
.
S
he
w
ants
me
t
o
send
her
some
informa
t
ion
a
bout holdi
n
g
a
retreat
here
the
third
week
of
J
une
for
eight
peopl
e
.
F
our
couples,
N
ic
k
.
C
an
y
ou
beli
e
ve
it?
S
he
also
made
a r
e
se
r
v
a
t
ion
for
her
and
her
h
u
sband
t
o
spend
their
weddi
n
g annive
r
sa
r
y
here
Ma
y
seven
t
eenth
as
a
k
ind
of
t
r
i
a
l
r
un
in prepar
a
tion
for
the
retrea
t
.
”
S
he
s
ighed
w
ith
pleasur
e
.
“
This
whol
e
thi
n
g
m
a
y
a
c
t
u
a
l
l
y
t
ak
e
of
f.
C
a
n
y
o
u
im
a
g
in
e
that?”

H
e
s
ipped
h
i
s
cof
f
ee,
s
m
i
li
n
g
at
her
enthu
s
i
a
s
m,
and
said,
“
A
c
t
ua
l
ly
J
or
d
an,
I
can
.
”

Later, as she
rolled melon-colored paint on the wall in the hallway upstairs, Jordan heard the whir of a drill coming from the second bathroom where Nick was busy replacing the vanity. Glancing over at Hutton playing with a set of soft blocks in her Pack ’N Play while Dog snoozed like a baby, Jordan thought she could get used to this feeling. She felt more hopeful about things than she had in almost a year. She knew the man down the hall was responsible. An investment banker who hopefully had a little pull with a bank in L.A.
I
m
a
gine
tha
t
.
And
h
e
’
d
found
H
ut
t
on
a
dog.
W
hen
the doo
r
be
l
l
in
t
e
r
r
u
p
t
ed
her
o
p
timi
sm
,
she
climbed
do
w
n
off the
l
adde
r
,
went
over
and
p
icked
up
H
ut
t
on
before
headi
n
g do
w
ns
t
ai
r
s
t
o
an
s
wer
the
doo
r
.

H
er
good
mood
l
as
t
ed
only
lo
n
g
enough
for
her
t
o
peer through
the
s
c
reen
door
t
o
f
i
nd
her
cl
o
sest
neighbor
in dis
t
ance,
seven
t
y-
y
ear
-
old
Edmund
T
a
gge
r
t
s
t
andi
n
g
on
the porch
ready
for
a
fi
gh
t.

W
hen
he s
a
w
J
or
d
an,
he did
n
’t
w
as
t
e a
n
y time
getti
n
g
t
o the p
o
in
t
. “
M
is
s
y
,
y
ou are maki
n
g
w
a
y
t
oo much
d
amn n
o
ise
a
g
ain.
T
h
is
w
as
a
peaceful
p
l
ace
‘
ti
l
Sc
o
t
t
brought
y
ou
back here
and
y
ou s
t
a
r
t
ed th
i
s
…
th
i
s
d
a
n
g
remodeli
n
g
.
”