Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (226 page)


S
hove
y
our
god
d
amn
mone
y
.
W
h
y
did
y
ou
do
this,
S
p
r
i
n
ger?
W
h
y?”


I

I
’ve
w
an
t
ed
this
l
and
s
ince
before
P
hilli
p
s
bought
it.
W
e
can
st
r
i
k
e
a
deal
y
ou
and
m
e
.


Y
ou
piece
of
shi
t
.
I
’ve
already
called
the
s
he
r
iff
.”
W
hen
J
or
d
an
w
andered
over
t
o
where
he
s
t
ood
over
K
en
t
,
he
immed
i
a
t
ely
s
t
opped
t
a
l
k
i
n
g
.
N
ick
au
t
omatically reached
for
her
hand,
needi
n
g
the
con
t
a
c
t.
W
hen
she
leaned in
t
o
him,
he
t
ucked
a
strand
of
blonde
hair
behind
her
ea
r
.
“T
h
an
k
s
for
the
coffee,
but
I
w
ant
y
ou
t
o
head
back
t
o
bed.
I
’ll
w
ait
for
the
co
p
s
t
o
show
u
p
.

S
he
unde
r
s
t
ood
what
he
w
as
doi
n
g
.

I
’ll
le
a
ve
y
ou
t
wo alon
e
…for
no
w
.
I
’ll
go
throw
s
ome
clothes
on.
I
w
ant
t
o
make sure
I

m
around
t
o
w
at
ch
them
a
r
rest
this
jer
k
.

N
ick
nodded.

Then
go
get
dres
s
ed.
The
s
he
r
iff
should be
here
a
n
y
minu
te
.

A
s
s
oon
as
sh
e

d
disappeared
down
the
hall,
N
ick
t
urned back
t
o
K
ent.

J
ust
s
o
y
ou
k
now
I
’ve
been
trained
by
the mili
t
a
r
y
.
I
bet
I
k
now
fif
t
een
diff
eren
t
w
a
ys
t
o
mai
m
an
d
c
r
i
p
ple
a
man…per
m
anentl
y
.
I
f
I
ever
ca
t
ch
y
ou
a
n
y
where
near The
C
ove
a
g
ain,
if
I
s
o
much
as
s
ee
y
ou
a
n
y
where
near
J
or
d
an
P
hill
i
p
s
o
r
he
r
d
a
ugh
t
e
r
af
t
e
r
t
onigh
t
,
I
’ll
mak
e
sur
e
y
ou
expe
r
ience
t
en
of
them
fi
r
sthand.
A
re
we clear?”

 

 

Known throughout the
county as a straight talker, a no-nonsense kind of guy who ran a clean department, Sheriff Brent Cody stood talking to the newcomer Nick Harris, watching as his two deputies, one of whom was his brother, Ethan, concentrated on taking a few more evidence photos and dusted for fingerprints. They’d found two gas cans and a set of footprints around the side of the house that matched the shoes Kent had on.

B
rent
t
urned
t
o
P
e
t
e
D
an
s
on,
h
i
s
o
ther
depu
t
y
and
a
t
wen
t
y
-
y
ear
ve
t
eran,
and
inst
r
u
c
t
ed,

Get
th
os
e
mol
d
s
done,
w
ill
y
ou?
W
e

re
ta
k
i
n
g
no
chanc
e
s
this
time
around.
A
nd
ta
ke
pi
c
t
ures
of
h
i
s
sho
e
s
.

T
h
e
minute
h
i
s
br
o
the
r
,
Ethan,
had
a
r
r
ive
d
on
the
s
c
ene
and
lea
r
ned
the
c
omplaint
i
n
volve
d
the
low-life,
s
c
um-suc
k
ing
Kent
S
p
r
i
nge
r
,
h
e

d
ca
l
led
B
rent
who
had
d
r
ive
n
in
f
rom
S
anta
C
r
uz
to
ove
r
s
ee
Kent

s
a
r
r
e
st
pe
r
s
on
a
l
l
y
,
ma
k
ing
sure
there
were
no
m
i
stak
e
s
and
the
e
v
idence
gathered
w
a
s
b
y
the
boo
k
.
I
f
B
rent
intended
to
make
the
charg
e
s
s
tic
k
,
h
i
s
team
had
to
be
me
ti
c
ulo
us
.
N
one
o
f
them
were
ta
k
i
ng
a
n
y
chanc
e
s
Kent
might
wa
l
k
.

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