Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (96 page)

L
il
l
y
l
aughed
.
“
W
e
l
l
,
tha
t
mak
e
s
t
w
o
o
f
u
s
.
I
h
a
ve
n
’
t
had
a
n
y
o
n
e
t
o
t
a
lk
t
o
s
i
nc
e
I
cam
e
bac
k
her
e
.
I
do
n
’
t
conf
i
d
e
t
o
o
muc
h
i
n
m
y
s
t
e
p
d
ad
.
H
e
’
s
a
n
o
r
ne
r
y
cus
s
.
A
n
d
I
’
m
a
fr
aid
t
o
confid
e
t
o
o
muc
h
i
n
th
e
s
o
c
i
a
l
worke
r
fo
r
fea
r
sh
e
might
t
e
ll
e
ve
r
y
o
n
e
i
n
t
o
wn
m
y
pe
r
s
ona
l
problems
.
S
h
e
k
n
o
w
s
t
o
o
muc
h
a
s
i
t
i
s
.
I
t
s
eem
s
th
e
t
o
wn
ha
s
de
c
ide
d
n
ot
t
o
l
i
k
e
m
e
.
”

“
A
r
e
y
o
u
k
iddi
n
g
?
N
o
on
e
i
n
P
elica
n
P
o
in
te
wan
t
s
a
n
y
thi
ng
to
d
o
w
it
h
m
e
.
T
h
at
’
s
s
omethi
n
g
e
l
s
e
w
e
h
a
ve i
n
commo
n
.
”

“
Rea
l
l
y
?
W
o
w
,
w
e
mak
e
a
g
rea
t
pai
r
.
”

Af
t
er
chat
t
i
n
g
a
w
a
y
two
hou
r
s,
they
w
a
l
k
ed
out
in
t
o
the
f
ront
y
ard
j
u
st
as
N
ick
drove
up
and
squeezed
the
S
U
V
in beside
the
little
E
sco
r
t
.
H
e
got
ou
t
,
s
m
i
li
n
g
at
the
l
adies,
but when
he
sp
o
tt
ed
the
three
k
i
d
s,
his
s
m
i
le
g
rew
w
ide
r
.
“
I
see
H
ut
t
o
n
’
s
got
her
some
new
f
r
iends
.
”

J
or
d
an
introduced
L
il
ly
and
the
k
i
d
s
t
o
N
ic
k
.

N
ick
asked
L
il
l
y
,
“
Y
ou
sample
J
or
d
a
n
’
s
choco
l
a
t
e
cake
y
et?
I
hope
y
ou
g
u
y
s
left
me
a
p
iece
since
she
would
n
’t
let me
go
near
it
before
y
ou
g
o
t
her
e
.
”

L
il
ly
gi
ggled
.
T
h
is
man
w
as
a
hun
k
.
“
I
think
ther
e
’
s
some left.
J
or
d
a
n
’
s
a
good
coo
k
.
”

N
ick
locked
e
y
e
s
w
ith
J
or
d
an.
“
S
he
is
tha
t
.
”

“T
h
an
k
s
for
h
a
v
i
n
g
us
.
”
L
il
ly
could
see
th
e
se
two
looki
n
g at
each
o
ther
as
if
she
w
a
s
n
’t
e
ven
s
t
andi
n
g
ther
e
.
S
he
cleared her
throat
ne
r
vo
u
sly
and
s
t
a
r
t
ed
loadi
n
g
the
k
i
d
s
in
t
o
their
ca
r
se
a
t
s
.
“
I
w
as
t
e
l
l
i
n
g
J
or
d
a
n
I
coul
d
hir
e
o
n
af
t
er
she
opens,
m
a
yb
e
mai
d
du
t
i
e
s
,
d
o
l
aund
r
y
,
o
r
wha
t
e
ve
r
t
o
hel
p
he
r
out
around
her
e
.
”

“Soun
d
s
l
i
ke
a
good
idea.
W
h
at
did
she
s
a
y?”

“
S
h
e
’
s thinki
n
g
a
bout
i
t
.
”

J
or
d
a
n
s
m
i
led
.
“
W
ha
t
I
sai
d
w
as
I
do
n
’
t
h
a
v
e
a
clu
e
what
I
’
m
d
o
i
n
g.
I
ca
n
onl
y
im
a
g
in
e
wha
t
I
’
l
l
nee
d
af
t
er
I
ope
n
.
B
ut
y
ou
k
now
wha
t
,
in
a
bout
two
wee
k
s
I
could
u
se
some
help
w
ith the
cleani
n
g.
Y
ou
k
now keepi
n
g
the
f
u
r
ni
t
ure
d
u
s
t
ed, get
t
i
n
g
the
p
l
ace
spif
f
ed
up
before
openi
n
g
d
a
y
.
”