Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (54 page)

“
Y
o
u
w
an
t
t
o
d
o
tha
t
e
ve
n
thoug
h
m
y
h
u
sband
’
s
—
m
y
ex
i
s in
j
ail
.
”
Lilly
could
n
’t
believe
a
ny
one
w
an
t
ed
t
o
be
her
f
r
iend, not
in
this
t
own.
M
o
st
of
P
elican
P
oin
t
e
did
their
d
arnedest
t
o
a
void
the
three
of
them
whenever
they
s
a
w
them
on
the street.
H
er
k
ids
sure
were
n
’t
responsible
for
a
n
y
thi
n
g
their
d
addy
had
done,
but
the
t
own
s
folk
here
had
a
c
t
ed
as
if
they were
con
ta
g
ious
or
s
omethi
n
g
.

“
W
hat
’
s
he
in
for—
y
our
ex?”

“
A
s
sault
.
”

“
D
id
y
ou
hu
r
t
a
n
y
one,
Lilly?”

Lilly
looked
appalled.
“
N
o
.
I
never
hit
him
even
when
he hit
m
e
.
”

J
or
d
an
w
inced.
“
W
ell
then,
w
h
y
do
n
’t
y
ou
p
l
an
t
o
come out
t
o the hou
s
e next
W
edne
s
d
a
y af
t
ernoon? I could really u
s
e
a
f
r
iend,
s
omeone
t
o
ta
lk
t
o
,
could
n
’t
y
ou,
Lilly?”

Lilly
nodded
alm
o
st
in
wonde
r
.
“
Y
ou
w
ant
me
t
o
b
r
i
n
g a
n
y
thi
n
g?”

“
N
ope, just
y
ou
r
s
elf and the
k
ids
.
”

Lilly
’
s
face
looked
as
if
s
omeone
had
handed
her
a
g
if
t
.

F
o
r
t
y-five
minu
t
es
l
a
t
er
af
t
er
M
u
r
p
h
y
had
di
s
creetly
t
a
l
k
ed
t
o
W
a
lly
and
W
a
lly
had a
s
sured Lilly
no l
es
s
than four times
that the
retread h
e
’
d
just put
on her
car had been
sitti
n
g around
t
a
k
i
n
g
up
space
at
the
s
t
ation,
J
or
d
an
and
M
u
r
p
h
y s
t
ood
by the
S
U
V
t
a
l
k
i
n
g
.

“T
h
at
w
as
a
nice
thi
n
g
y
ou
did
for
he
r
,
M
u
r
p
h
y
.
”

“
I
t
’
s
a
retread
.
”
A
s
if
that
exp
l
ained
eve
r
y
thi
n
g
,
he
cocked
h
is
hea
d
an
d
looke
d
a
t
J
or
d
a
n.
“
W
ha
t
w
as
tha
t
a
b
ou
t
her
s
eei
n
g
y
ou
next
W
edne
s
d
a
y?”

J
or
d
an chuckled.
“
O
k
a
y
, I
g
uess w
e
’
re both saints. I could
u
s
e
a
f
r
iend
here,
M
u
r
p
h
y
,
and
I
think
she
could,
t
o
o
.
”

H
e
nodded.
B
ut
unfo
r
t
una
t
ely
he
k
new
that
m
o
st
people
i
n
t
own
did
n
’
t
shar
e
tha
t
s
en
t
imen
t
.

“
Before
s
endi
n
g
N
ick
out
m
y
w
a
y
did
he
t
ell
y
ou
a
n
y
thi
n
g
a
bout
himself,
M
u
r
p
h
y?”

M
u
r
p
h
y
looked
a
little
d
e
spera
t
e
at
the
qu
e
stion.
D
amn, he
thought
that
had
ce
r
t
ainly
come
out
of
the
blu
e
.
T
o
s
t
all, he
t
ook
out
a
handkerchief
from
h
i
s
back
pocket
and
w
iped the
grea
s
e
off
h
i
s
han
d
s.
“
U
h,
I
ta
l
k
ed
t
o
him
at
le
n
g
th.
I
k
now h
e
’ll
do
a
good
job
for
y
ou.
Look
J
or
d
an,
if
y
ou
’
re
wo
r
r
ied
a
bout
him
li
v
i
n
g
out
there
w
ith
y
ou
…
I
could
…
”

“T
hat
i
s
n
’
t
i
t
…
”
B
ut
whe
n
sh
e
p
icke
d
up
on
the
d
i
s
tu
r
b
i
ng
unde
r
t
o
ne,
sh
e
t
u
r
n
e
d
to
fac
e
hi
m
.
“
O
h,
fo
r
God
’
s
sak
e
s.
A
re
the
t
o
w
nspeopl
e
be
g
inni
ng
to
ta
l
k
,
M
u
r
p
h
y
?
I
s
the
r
umo
r
m
il
l
k
ic
k
i
ng
into
overd
r
ive
?
A
re
the
y
thin
k
i
ng
the
st
r
a
n
ge
r
i
n
t
o
w
n
migh
t
j
u
s
t
b
e
li
v
i
ng
i
n
m
y
ho
u
s
e
,
t
o
o
?
F
o
r your
info
r
ma
t
io
n
…
”

M
u
r
p
h
y
held
up
both
hands.
“
N
ot
m
y
business,
J
or
d
an. Or
a
ny
o
ne
e
ls
e
’
s
.
”