Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (197 page)

“
Y
ea
h
.
I
t
w
as
g
rea
t
.
The
area
has
a
good
brea
k
p
o
in
t
, n
o
t
t
oo
much
unde
r
t
o
w
.
Y
ou
should
h
a
ve
come
w
ith
u
s.
Y
ou need
t
o
get
out
more,
J
or
d
a
n
.
”

“
I
’
m
out
now
than
k
s
t
o
y
ou.
I
g
o
t
three
more
r
e
s
e
r
v
ations
th
i
s
mo
r
ni
n
g
for
J
un
e
.
”

“T
h
at
’
s
good.
Y
ou
could
u
s
e
a
bu
s
y
summe
r
.
”

Sof
tly
she
p
o
in
t
ed
ou
t
,
“
I
n
o
ticed
N
ick
y
ou
did
n
’t
come back
w
ith
the
g
l
a
s
s.
D
id
s
omethi
n
g
happen
in
t
o
w
n?
D
id
s
o
meone
s
a
y
s
o
methi
n
g
t
o
u
ps
et
y
ou?”

N
ick
shook
h
i
s
head.
H
e
k
new
she
w
as
wo
r
r
ied
a
bout h
i
s
beh
a
v
ior
s
ince
get
t
i
n
g
back
f
rom
the
ceme
t
e
r
y
,
s
o
he lied.
“
G
o
t
there
t
oo
l
ate
.
F
er
g
u
s
o
n
’
s
w
as
cl
o
s
ed
by
the
time
I pu
l
led
i
n
.
”
H
e
t
u
r
ned
h
i
s
e
y
e
s
f
rom
the
road
for
a
moment
and asked,
“
W
he
n
’
s
the
l
ast
time
y
ou
went
a
n
y
where,
J
or
d
an?”

“
H
ut
t
on
and
I
spent
C
h
r
i
stmas
in
S
an
F
ran
c
is
co
w
ith
m
y
parents
.
”

“C
h
r
i
stma
s
?
T
h
at
w
as
months
a
g
o
.
”
H
e
looked
back
at he
r
.
“
D
id
y
ou
t
a
ke
s
omethi
n
g
for
the
depr
e
ss
ion?”

S
h
e
ble
w
ou
t
a
breat
h
.
“
D
o
c
P
r
es
c
o
tt
cam
e
ou
t
once an
d
g
a
v
e
m
e
a
pr
e
s
c
r
i
p
tion
,
bu
t
I
n
e
ve
r
g
o
t
i
t
f
il
led
.
”
W
hen
h
e
s
t
a
r
t
e
d
to
pr
o
t
e
s
t
,
sh
e
e
xp
l
ained
,
“
H
ut
t
o
n
w
a
s
three month
s
old
.
I
w
a
s
breastfeedi
n
g
.
I
did
n
’
t
w
an
t
to
t
ak
e
medica
t
io
n
.
I
w
as
n
’
t
sur
e
i
f
I
s
t
a
r
t
e
d
t
a
k
i
ng
s
omethi
ng
I
’
d
e
ve
r
be
a
bl
e
to
s
t
o
p
.
”

H
e
sucked
in
a
breath.
“
J
or
d
an,
did
y
ou
even
s
ee
a
pro
f
e
ss
ional
,
t
a
l
k
t
o
a
g
r
ie
f
coun
s
elor?”

S
he
shook
her
head
ag
ai
n
.
“
I
g
u
e
s
s
H
ut
t
on
w
as
m
y
s
oundi
n
g
board
.
”

N
ick
reached
for
her
hand,
g
a
ve
it
a
s
queez
e
.
“
I
’
m
s
o
r
r
y
y
ou
’
ve
had
it
s
o
roug
h
.
”
H
e
could
k
ick
him
s
elf
now
for
h
i
s relu
c
t
ance
in
ma
k
i
n
g
the
t
r
i
p
,
for
ta
k
i
n
g
s
o
lo
n
g
t
o
get
here
t
o
hel
p
.
B
ut
he
could
n
’t
s
a
y
tha
t
.
H
ow
much
lo
n
ger
could
he keep
h
i
s
s
e
c
ret?
H
e
did
n
’t
k
now
the
an
s
wer
t
o
tha
t
,
but
he
k
new
it
d
amned
sure
w
a
s
n
’t
g
o
i
n
g
t
o
be
now
and
it
w
a
s
n
’t g
o
i
n
g
t
o
be
t
onigh
t
.
N
o
w
a
y
w
as
he
g
o
i
n
g
t
o
r
uin
th
i
s
e
veni
n
g out
w
ith
J
or
d
a
n
.
I
t
might
be
the
only
one
he
e
ver
g
o
t
.

Once
they
a
r
r
ived
in
S
an
t
a
C
r
u
z
,
N
ick
found
a
par
k
i
n
g p
l
ace
near
the
p
ie
r
.
L
i
ke
m
o
st
coupl
e
s
w
ith
a
b
a
by
they
had
t
o
unload
the
ca
r
,
which
meant
the
stroller
came
out
of
the back
fi
r
s
t
,
then
they
ea
s
ed
H
ut
t
on
out
of
her
car
s
eat
before
g
r
a
b
b
i
n
g
the
d
i
aper
b
a
g
.
E
ven
a
no
v
ice
l
i
ke
N
ick
k
new
there
w
as
a
method
t
o
the
unloadi
n
g
.
H
e
’
d
already
d
i
s
covered
that
y
ou
never
went
a
n
y
where
w
ithout
the
d
i
aper
b
a
g
,
which weighed
a
t
on
becau
s
e
it
held
a
l
o
t
more
than
d
i
ape
r
s,
l
i
ke a
supply
of
food,
the
nec
e
s
sa
r
y
s
ippy
c
u
p
,
e
x
tra
cl
o
th
e
s,
a clean
d
r
y
w
ashcl
o
th
j
u
st
in
ca
s
e
y
ou
needed
t
o
do
an
emergen
c
y
cleanu
p
,
and
the
e
ss
ent
i
a
l
b
a
by
w
ip
e
s
for
cleani
n
g
up af
t
er
a
poo
p
.

Af
t
e
r
get
t
i
n
g
H
u
t
t
o
n
s
e
ttle
d
i
n
th
e
stro
l
le
r
,
the
y
headed
t
o
w
ard
an
u
ps
cale
r
e
s
t
au
r
ant
out
over
the
w
at
e
r
.
B
ut
as
they g
o
t
cl
o
s
e
r
,
J
or
d
an
realized
where
he
w
as
ta
k
i
n
g
he
r
.
The same
r
e
s
t
au
r
ant
where
t
wo
y
ea
r
s
earlier
she
and
Sc
o
t
t
had ea
t
en
their
f
i
nal
meal
t
o
gether
before
h
e
’
d
shipped
ou
t
.
S
he
s
w
a
l
lowed,
h
ard.
A
nd
s
t
opped
w
a
l
k
i
n
g
.
C
ould
she
go
back in
there?

W
h
e
n
N
ic
k
realize
d
J
or
d
a
n
w
as
n
o
lo
n
ge
r
w
a
l
k
i
n
g b
es
ide
him,
he
t
u
r
ned
around
and
s
a
w
sh
e
’
d
s
t
opped.
N
ick had
no
w
a
y
of
k
no
w
i
n
g
the
r
e
s
t
au
r
ant
held
such
pain
f
ul memo
r
i
e
s
for
he
r
.
De
t
e
r
mined
t
o
g
ive
her
a
nice
night
ou
t
, he
g
a
ve
her
h
i
s
m
o
st
cha
r
mi
n
g
s
m
i
l
e
.
B
ut
before
he
could s
a
y
a
n
y
thi
n
g
she
said,
“
W
e
ca
n
’
t
,
N
ic
k
,
th
i
s
p
l
ace
i
s
w
a
y
t
oo
e
xpen
s
iv
e
.
W
h
at
if
we
j
u
st
g
r
a
bbed
a
h
o
t
dog
on
the
Board
w
a
l
k
,
m
a
ybe
ca
t
ch
the
sun
s
et
out
over
the
p
ier?”