Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (93 page)

W
hen
the
a
l
a
r
m
sounded
at
s
i
x
the
next
mo
r
ni
n
g
N
ick had
n
’t
said
another
word
and
neither
had
Ben,
even
though he
k
new
N
ick
had been
un
a
ble
t
o get
back
t
o slee
p
.
The
w
a
y Ben
s
a
w
it,
they
did
n
’t
really
need
t
o
t
a
l
k
.
Ben
had
been
there the
d
a
y
Sc
o
t
t
died,
and
k
new
exactly
what
had
happened.
H
e
’
d
been
r
idi
n
g
in
the
H
u
m
vee
j
u
st
ahead
of
thei
r
s
and
k
new it
could
h
a
ve ea
si
ly
been
him.
I
t did
n
’t
t
a
ke
a genius
t
o fi
g
ure
out
N
ick
felt
g
u
i
lty
a
bout
su
r
v
i
v
i
n
g.
B
ut
for
the
life
of him,
Ben had
no idea w
h
y
.
H
e did
n
’t unde
r
s
t
and
i
t
.
B
ut then,
P
T
S
D
did
n
’
t
h
a
v
e
t
o
mak
e
s
en
s
e
.
T
h
at
’
s
w
h
y
N
ick
w
as
here in
P
elican
P
o
in
t
e
hel
p
i
n
g
Sc
o
t
t
’
s
w
if
e
.
Ben
had
no
dou
b
t
,
if h
e
’
d
been
the
one
who
had
n
’t
made
it
bac
k
,
N
ick
would
h
a
ve been
there
for
S
he
r
yl
and
h
i
s
k
id
s
.
And
tha
t
though
t
t
umbled
in
t
o
somethi
n
g
els
e
.
W
as
N
ick
fa
l
li
n
g
for
Sc
o
t
t
’
s
w
idow?
W
as it
possible
N
ick
H
a
r
r
is
could
cha
n
ge
h
i
s
w
a
y
s
and settle down
here
in
the
booni
e
s
w
ith
a
woman
l
i
ke
J
or
d
an?
Ben shook
h
i
s
head.
T
h
e
idea
w
as
ludi
c
rous.
The
N
ick
H
a
r
r
is
he
k
new
would
n
e
ver
in
a
mi
l
lion
y
ea
r
s
be
a
ble
t
o
give
up
h
i
s fast track
life
in
L.A.
for
th
i
s
bac
k
w
a
t
er
e
x
is
t
ence
no
mat
t
er
th
e
woma
n.

F
eeli
n
g
mor
e se
ttle
d
a
b
ou
t
tha
t
,
Be
n
g
o
t
u
p
an
d
g
o
t dr
es
sed, in
t
endi
n
g
t
o
t
a
ke
f
u
l
l ad
v
an
ta
ge of
the su
r
f wh
i
le he
w
as
her
e
.

The
tw
o
-
d
a
y
job
ac
t
ua
l
ly
t
ook
three
but
went
by
in record
tim
e
.
Before
J
or
d
an
k
new
what
w
as
happeni
n
g
,
Ben had
packed
up
his
t
ools
and
his
t
r
uck
and
w
as
headi
n
g
back home
t
o
his
fam
i
l
y
.
J
or
d
an
had
given
him
at
least
a
dozen recipes
sh
e
’
d
w
r
it
t
en
do
w
n
for
S
he
r
yl.
H
e
’
d
also
made
r
e
ser
v
a
tions
for
a
couple
of
d
a
ys
in
J
une
t
o
b
r
i
n
g
his
w
ife
back
t
o spend
seve
r
al
d
a
ys
at
The
C
ove
su
r
fi
n
g
and
f
i
shi
n
g.

W
h
at
J
or
d
an
did
n
’t
k
now
w
as
that
lo
n
g
before
h
e
’
d
e
ver reached
the
in
t
e
r
s
t
a
t
e
t
o
head
back
t
o
S
an
J
o
se,
Ben
had
t
o
r
n up
the
check
sh
e
’
d
w
r
it
t
en
him
for
two
thousand
do
l
l
a
r
s.
H
e
l
l,
h
e
’
d
e
ven
t
o
r
n
up
N
ic
k
’
s.

I
t
w
as
the
least
he
could
do for
Sc
o
t
t
’
s
w
ido
w
.