Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (220 page)

“T
h
at
’
s
n
o
t t
r
u
e
.
”

“
O
h,
y
e
s,
S
is
s
y
,
it
i
s.
Beca
u
s
e
he
found
out
y
ou
were
a cat
t
y
,
g
o
ss
ip
y
,
ha
t
e
f
ul
b
i
t
ch,
wh
o
’
d
sleep
w
ith
a
c
rowd.
Sc
o
t
t dumped
y
ou,
S
i
s
s
y
,
and
n
e
ver
looked
bac
k
.
N
eed
I
remind
y
ou
a
bout
the
rock
conce
r
t
,
O
c
t
ober
s
enior
y
ea
r
,
when
y
ou went
t
o
S
an
F
ran
c
is
c
o
,
g
o
t
d
r
unk
and
sle
p
t
w
ith
the
entire band.
A
nd
let
’
s
n
o
t
forget
December
of
that
same
y
ear
when
y
ou
sle
p
t
w
ith
the
entire
baske
t
ba
l
l
t
ea
m
.
O
h,
y
e
s,
S
i
s
s
y
, Sc
o
t
t
k
ne
w
.
Y
ou
did
n
’t
fool
him
for
a
minu
te
.
”
J
or
d
an
p
icked up
the
box
of
condoms
and
hurled
them
through
the
air
at
S
i
s
s
y
’
s
fac
e
.
“
I
think
y
ou
prob
a
bly
need
th
e
s
e
much
more than
I
d
o
.
N
ow
get
out
of
m
y
w
a
y
,
S
i
s
s
y
.
A
nd
plea
s
e,
do
me
a f
a
vo
r
.
I
n
the
f
u
t
ure
n
e
ve
r
,
e
ver
speak
t
o
me
ag
ai
n
.
”

Back at the
cove, Jordan tucked Nick into the bed they’d crawled out of that morning. Sitting on the edge, she poured out two of the pills in her hand and reached for a glass of water. “Dr. Prescott said to take it easy. He didn’t prescribe pain pills to have them sit in the bottle.”

“
J
or
d
an,
it
’
s
a
s
imple
c
ut
on
the
hand,
n
o
t
major
surge
r
y
.
”

“T
h
at
t
ook
fou
r
t
een
s
t
i
t
ch
e
s
t
o
cl
o
s
e,
N
ic
k
.
N
ow
do
I
h
a
v
e
t
o
trea
t
y
o
u
l
i
k
e
I
d
o
H
u
t
t
o
n
whe
n
sh
e
do
e
s
n
’
t
w
ant
t
o
do
s
omethi
n
g?
Do
y
ou
w
ant
me
t
o
hold
y
our
n
os
e
t
o
get th
e
s
e
do
w
n
y
our
throat?”

A
nno
y
ed
w
ith
he
r
,
he
t
ook
the
pil
l
s
out
of
her
hand, threw
them
in
h
i
s
mouth
and
do
w
ned
the
g
l
a
s
s
of
w
at
e
r
.
“
S
a
t
is
f
i
ed?”

“
Abou
t
th
i
s
,
I
beli
e
v
e
I
a
m
.
N
o
w
ge
t
s
om
e
slee
p
.
” S
h
e
t
ucke
d
th
e
b
l
anke
t
aroun
d
him
,
ki
ss
e
d
hi
m
lightl
y
on
th
e
chee
k
,
an
d
w
a
l
k
e
d
ou
t
o
f
t
h
e
room
,
cl
o
s
i
ng
th
e
door
behin
d
he
r
.

F
if
t
een
minu
t
e
s
l
at
er
the
P
ercocet
k
icked
in
and
he
w
as do
w
n
for
the
coun
t
.

L
at
er
when
J
or
d
an
went
in
t
o
check
on
him,
she
s
a
w him
thrashi
n
g
a
bout
in
bed,
mumbli
n
g
in
h
i
s
slee
p
.
M
o
v
i
n
g
t
o
him,
she
s
a
w
how
pale
he
w
as,
how
wet
w
ith
pe
r
s
p
iration
he
fel
t
.
S
he
went
in
t
o
the
bathroom,
wet
a
w
ashcl
o
th and
brought
it
back
t
o
the
bed.
S
itti
n
g
do
w
n
b
e
s
ide
him, she
s
t
a
r
t
ed
w
i
p
i
n
g
h
i
s
forehead,
then
h
i
s
entire
fac
e
.
S
he
t
ouched
h
i
s
cheek
w
ith
the
back
of
her
hand.
H
e
bol
t
ed up
r
ight
alm
o
st
k
noc
k
i
n
g
her
off
the
bed.