Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (134 page)

“You fish, Nick?”

“
Been
a
lo
n
g
time
,
”
N
ick
said,
t
r
y
i
n
g
t
o
get
his
mind
off the
w
a
y
J
or
d
a
n
’
s
body
had
felt
up
a
g
ainst
his.

“
W
e
’
re
ta
k
i
n
g
W
ad
e
’
s
boat
out
this
weekend,
fishi
n
g
for su
r
f
perch
and
st
r
ipe
r
,
m
a
ybe
s
ome
cod.
Y
ou
’
re
welcome
t
o j
o
in
us
.
”

“
Y
ou
should
g
o
,
N
ic
k
,
”
J
or
d
an
urged.
“
I
t
’
d
be
good
for
y
ou
t
o
get
ou
t
,
t
a
ke
s
ome
time
off
from
the
b
r
u
t
al
s
chedule
y
ou’ve
been
keepi
n
g
.
”

“
I
rea
lly
nee
d
t
o
f
i
n
i
sh
a
couple
of
the
bathrooms
before
t
a
k
i
n
g
time
off
.”

“
I
t
’
s
a
s
t
andi
n
g
off
e
r
.
I
f
y
o
u
do
n
’
t
mak
e
i
t
th
is
weekend,
w
e
’ll
go
a
g
ain,
but
prob
a
bly
not
until
af
t
er
we
put
the
street fair
behind
us.
Y
ou
g
uys
are
comi
n
g
,
r
ight?”

N
ic
k
looke
d
a
t
J
or
d
an
,
wh
o
w
a
s
s
canni
ng
th
e
menu
an
d
did
n
’
t
an
s
we
r
hi
m
.
N
ic
k
g
a
v
e
M
u
r
p
hy
a
saf
e
an
s
we
r
.
“
P
rob
a
bl
y
.
”

J
or
d
a
n
though
t
a
b
ou
t
L
illy
an
d
th
e
qu
e
s
t
io
n
n
ag
g
i
n
g
at
the
back
of
her
mind.
S
he
w
an
t
ed
t
o
offer
Lilly
a
jo
b
.
B
ut
if she
had
t
o
g
ive
up
her
coun
t
y
ass
i
s
t
ance
and
the
job
did
n
’t
wo
rk
ou
t
,
wha
t
then
?
S
he
de
c
ide
d
t
o
p
l
a
y
what-i
f
w
ith
C
ar
l
a
and
get
her
answe
r
s
here
and
no
w
.
W
ithout
g
i
v
i
n
g
a
w
a
y
a
n
y
thi
n
g
a
bout
Lill
y
,
she
d
anced
around
the
i
ssue
and pre
s
en
t
ed
a
what-if
s
cena
r
io
t
o
C
ar
l
a.
S
he
l
i
s
t
ened
as
C
ar
l
a ve
r
if
i
ed
what
J
or
d
an
had
feared.
I
f
Lilly
t
ook
a
job
at
The
C
ove,
sh
e
’
d
fo
r
feit
colle
c
ti
n
g
her
su
bs
id
y
.

Eileen
came
back
t
o
ta
ke
their
order
while
they
ke
p
t
up
a s
t
eady
chat
t
er
a
bout
the
upcomi
n
g
street
fai
r
.
They
w
at
ched
C
ar
l
a
and
M
u
r
p
h
y
f
i
n
i
sh
off
their
enchi
l
a
d
as
and
H
ut
t
on chew
through
se
veral
packets
of
saltine
cracke
r
s
before
she be
g
an
t
o
get
restl
es
s.
E
ven
N
ick
recognized
when
it
w
as
time for
the
b
a
by
’
s
na
p
.
H
ut
t
on
be
g
an
t
o
f
uss
and
J
or
d
an
t
urned
t
o
N
ick
t
elli
n
g
him,
“
I
’
m
s
or
r
y
,
but
I
think
sh
e
’
s
a
bout
ready
fo
r
a
na
p
.
”

“
Do
we
need
t
o
get
the
food
t
o-
go?”

C
on
s
ide
r
i
ng
ho
w
lo
ng
i
t
ha
d
bee
n
s
inc
e
sh
e
’
d
s
ee
n
the
in
s
id
e
o
f
a
r
e
s
t
au
r
an
t
,
sh
e
s
o
want
e
d
to
s
t
a
y
,
e
ve
n
i
f
i
t
w
a
s
j
u
s
t
the
H
il
l
t
o
p
.
“
I
f
it
’
s
o
k
a
y
I
’
d
l
i
k
e
to
t
r
y
to
ge
t
through
lunc
h
.
Ma
yb
e
sh
e
’
l
l
s
e
ttle
do
w
n
whe
n
the
foo
d
ge
t
s
her
e
.
” She
du
g
i
n
the
d
i
ape
r
b
ag
fo
r
the
s
ipp
y
c
up
f
i
l
le
d
w
ith
apple juic
e.
H
u
tton
l
i
ke
d
the
juic
e
an
d
that
s
eeme
d
to
bu
y
them
s
om
e
tim
e.