Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (73 page)

“The
k
i
d
s
l
i
ke the
ho
r
s
e
s,
S
is
s
y
,
”
M
u
r
p
h
y
p
o
in
t
ed
ou
t
.

“The
ho
r
se
s
are
tradi
t
ion
,
”
W
ade
reminded.
“
N
o
t
t
o mention
the
pa
r
ad
e
’
s
more
f
un
when
the
k
i
d
s
who
do
n
’t
o
w
n ho
r
se
s
get
t
o
deco
r
a
t
e
their
b
i
c
y
cl
e
s
and
show
’
em
off
.”

A
s
the
ar
g
ument
hea
t
ed
u
p
,
s
o
did
K
ent
’
s
li
b
id
o
.
W
at
ch
i
n
g
S
i
s
s
y
ge
t
a
l
l
fi
re
d
u
p
ha
d
K
en
t
reachi
n
g
h
i
s
han
d
under
the
t
a
ble
and
r
ub
b
i
n
g
at
S
i
s
s
y
’
s
s
oft
fl
e
sh.
H
i
s
fi
n
ge
r
s
inched up
S
i
s
s
y
’
s
bare
thighs
as
far
as
they
could
w
ithout
g
o
i
n
g
a
l
l the
w
a
y
i
n
.
The
fo
r
t
y
-
eight
-
y
ear
-
old
baldi
n
g
,
wheeler
dealer o
w
ned
the
only
real
e
s
tat
e
office
in
t
o
w
n
and
thought
of him
s
elf
as
the
t
o
w
n
’
s
mo
g
ul.
S
ince
the early
nine
t
i
e
s,
h
e
’
d
mad
e
a
s
ma
l
l
fo
r
t
un
e
of
f
the
m
is
f
or
t
un
e
s
of
o
the
r
s,
bu
y
i
n
g up
forecl
o
s
ed
C
a
lifo
r
n
i
a
proper
t
y
in
the
area
at
a
low
p
r
ice then
s
e
l
li
n
g
it
at
a
tidy
profi
t
.
The
man
w
as
r
uthl
e
s
s
and
n
o
t j
u
st
in
real
e
s
tate
.
Y
ea
r
s
earlier
K
ent
had
s
et
h
i
s
s
igh
t
s
on
the
P
h
il
li
p
s
proper
t
y
lo
n
g
before
old man
P
h
il
li
p
s
had
t
o
let
it go
beca
u
s
e
of
h
i
s
bad
i
n
v
e
stmen
t
s.
I
t
had
been
K
ent
’
s
bad luck
that
when
the
proper
t
y
had
e
ven
t
ua
l
ly
been
put
on
the au
c
tion
bloc
k
,
h
e
’
d
been
out
of
t
o
w
n.

A
nd
t
o
mak
e
mat
t
e
r
s
wo
r
s
e
,
thre
e
y
ea
r
s
a
g
o
,
h
e
’
d
m
i
s
s
ed
an
o
ther
chance
at
it
when
the
P
h
il
li
p
s’
g
ran
ds
on,
Sc
o
t
t
,
had bea
t
en
him
t
o
the
punch
once
ag
ain,
of
f
e
r
i
n
g
the
o
w
ne
r
s an
out
l
and
i
sh
p
r
ice
for
the
p
l
ac
e
.
H
e
might
h
a
ve
m
i
s
s
ed
h
i
s
w
indow
of
oppor
t
uni
t
y
t
w
ice,
but
he
did
n
’t
in
t
end
t
o
m
ak
e it
thrice.
F
rom
e
ve
r
y
thi
n
g
h
e
’
d
heard
around
t
o
w
n
the
w
idow would
be
out
on
her
a
s
s
appro
x
i
ma
t
e
ly
s
i
x
t
y
d
a
y
s
af
t
er
she could
n
’t
make
that
bank
n
o
t
e
on
Ma
y
f
i
r
s
t
.
A
s
he
s
a
w
i
t
,
he had
four
months
before
that
p
iece
of
p
r
ime
real
e
s
tat
e
r
ight
f
u
l
ly
belo
n
ged
t
o
hi
m
.
A
nd
when
that
happened,
he
p
l
anned
t
o
bu
l
ldoze
e
ve
r
y
bu
i
ldi
n
g
on
the
p
l
ace
t
o
the
g
round
s
o
that he
could
bu
i
ld
a
fiv
e
-s
t
ar
r
e
s
ort
and
spa
in
i
t
s
p
l
ac
e
.
S
c
rew the
quaint
bed
and
brea
k
fast
a
n
gle,
he
thought
no
w
.
Sc
o
t
t
P
h
il
li
p
s
might
h
a
ve
m
e
s
s
ed
up
h
i
s
p
l
ans
three
y
ea
r
s
earlie
r
, but
by
God,
he
had
no
in
t
entions
of
let
t
i
n
g
it
es
cape
h
i
s
g
rasp th
i
s
tim
e
.
K
ent
had
heard
through
the
t
o
w
n
g
rap
e
v
ine
a
bout the
newcomer
hel
p
i
n
g
out
the
poor
w
ido
w
.
H
e
had
no
in
t
ent
ion
s
o
f
let
t
i
n
g
tha
t
happe
n
eithe
r
.
I
f
N
ic
k
H
a
r
r
i
s
though
t
he
could
s
a
ve
the
p
l
ace
f
rom
the
b
ig
bad
ban
k
,
he
had
a
surp
r
is
e comi
n
g
.
I
t
w
a
s
n
’t
the
bank
he
needed
t
o
wo
r
r
y
a
bou
t
.
K
ent
p
l
anne
d
o
n
get
t
i
n
g
tha
t
p
iec
e
o
f
l
a
n
d
n
o
mat
t
e
r
wha
t
o
r
who h
e
ha
d
t
o
g
o
throug
h
t
o
ge
t
i
t
.