Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (234 page)

B
ut
w
ith
one
a
week
t
o
go
before
their
fi
r
st
g
u
e
sts a
r
r
ived
there
w
as
st
il
l
a
lo
n
g
t
o-
do
l
i
s
t
.
E
ven
though
N
ic
k
’
s hand
w
as
on
the
mend,
he
st
il
l
could
n
’t
ha
n
g
d
r
y
w
a
l
l,
st
il
l could
n
’t
bend
h
i
s
w
r
i
s
t
,
st
il
l
had
trouble
g
r
ip
p
i
n
g
ce
r
t
ain
t
oo
l
s
l
i
ke
a
c
l
a
w
hammer
and
s
a
w
.

Af
t
e
r
a
n
e
s
pe
c
i
a
l
l
y
g
r
ueli
ng
S
a
t
ur
d
a
y
spen
t
s
et
t
i
ng
t
i
le
,
s
t
op
p
i
ng
d
r
ipp
y
fauce
t
lea
k
s
,
an
d
ma
k
i
ng
sur
e
there
wer
e
n
o
o
the
r
majo
r
plum
b
i
ng
problems
,
J
or
d
a
n
an
d
N
ick
wer
e
ex
ha
us
t
ed
.
S
i
t
t
i
ng
ou
t
s
id
e
o
n
th
e
f
ron
t
porc
h
t
a
k
i
ng
a
r
ar
e
brea
k
enjo
y
i
ng
a
p
i
t
c
he
r
o
f
lemonade
,
J
or
d
a
n
lif
t
e
d
her
g
l
a
s
s
to
N
ic
k
an
d
said
,
“
I
t
’
s
bee
n
a
goo
d
r
un
,
M
r
.
H
a
r
r
i
s
.
I
’
m
s
o
prou
d
o
f
us
.
”

W
hen
he
j
u
st
sat
there
w
ithout
ra
i
s
i
n
g
h
i
s
g
l
a
s
s
in
a
t
oas
t
, she
put
her
g
l
a
s
s
down
and
asked,
“
W
hat
’
s
w
ro
n
g
,
N
ick?”

“T
h
e
loa
n
commit
t
e
e
i
n
L
.A
.
would
n
’
t
g
o
fo
r
an
o
ther
e
x
t
en
s
io
n
.
I
’
m
s
o
r
r
y
,
J
or
d
a
n
.
I
’
v
e
k
no
w
n
fo
r a
couple
o
f
d
a
y
s
.
I
j
u
s
t
did
n
’
t
w
an
t
to
s
a
y
a
n
y
thi
n
g
.
”
H
e
could
n
’t
beli
e
v
e
the
y
’
d
t
u
r
ne
d
hi
m
do
wn
.
I
t
ha
d
to
b
e
beca
u
s
e
o
f
h
i
s
e
x
t
ende
d
le
a
v
e
o
f
a
bs
enc
e.
S
o
muc
h
fo
r
lo
n
g-
t
e
r
m
lo
y
al
t
y
,
h
e
though
t
m
is
e
r
a
bl
y
.

“
Oh.
I
g
u
e
s
s
w
e
’
l
l
j
u
s
t
h
a
v
e
t
o
mak
e
th
i
s
happe
n
on
our
own
then,
wo
n
’t
we?
N
othi
n
g
’
s
cha
n
ged,
N
ic
k
.
I
t
’
s
st
il
l pret
t
y
much
us
a
g
ainst
them
a
n
y
w
a
y
.
I
t
’
s
al
w
a
y
s
been
l
i
ke
tha
t
.
Do
n
’
t
wo
r
r
y
a
b
ou
t
i
t
.
”

“
Y
ou
’
r
e
am
a
zi
n
g
,
y
o
u
k
n
o
w
that
?
H
er
e
I
’
v
e
bee
n
t
r
y
i
n
g
t
o
fi
g
ure
out
how
t
o
t
e
l
l
y
ou.
I
w
as
a
f
raid
y
ou
’
d
drop
l
i
ke
a
roc
k
.
I
shoul
d
h
a
v
e
k
n
o
wn
bet
t
e
r
.
”

“
Y
e
s
N
ic
k
,
y
o
u
shoul
d
h
a
v
e.
W
he
n
w
il
l
y
ou
?
K
now
that
i
s
.
”