Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (75 page)

A
r
ms
f
u
l
l
of
pupp
y
,
N
ick
s
et
the
little
g
uy
do
w
n
on
the p
a
vement
lo
n
g
enough
t
o
get
the
f
ront
pa
s
s
e
n
ger
door
ope
n
.
H
e
s
et
the
sack
on
the
pa
s
s
e
n
ger
s
eat
and
w
as
in
the
proc
e
s
s of
s
ettli
n
g
the
puppy
on
t
o
the
floo
r
board,
when
a
pa
s
s
i
n
g delive
r
y
t
r
uck
suddenly
bac
k
fired.
The
n
o
is
e
s
ent
him
in
t
o panic
mod
e
.
A
t
the
fi
r
st
tremble,
he
k
new
what
w
as
a
bout
t
o happe
n
.
L
oud
n
o
ise
s
had
a
t
enden
c
y
t
o
s
et
him
off.
H
e
leaned on
the
S
U
V
for
support
but
the
shak
e
s
t
ook
control.
F
or
a
few moments,
he
s
t
ood
there
p
l
an
t
ed
where
he
w
as,
not
mo
v
i
n
g
, and
did
h
i
s
b
e
st
t
o
get
h
i
s
breathi
n
g
under
control
w
ithout
succ
e
s
s.
Self
-
con
s
c
iousl
y
,
he
looked
around.
F
ina
l
ly
he man
a
ged
t
o
shove
the
pa
s
s
e
n
ger
door
cl
o
s
ed
before
ma
k
i
n
g h
i
s
w
a
y
around
the
o
ther
s
ide
and
c
r
a
wli
n
g
behind
the
wheel.
H
e
r
e
s
t
ed
h
i
s
head
on
the
back
of
the
s
ea
t
.
A
l
l
the
wh
i
le
trembli
n
g
s
o
badl
y
,
he
hoped
no
one
had
w
itn
es
s
ed
the
e
p
is
od
e
.
H
e
sat
there
un
a
ble
t
o
d
r
ive
unt
i
l
he
g
o
t
h
i
s
bea
r
i
n
g
s
bac
k
.
I
t
did
n
’
t
s
ee
m
t
o
mat
t
e
r
tha
t
h
e
’
d
spen
t
a
y
ea
r
i
n
the
r
ap
y
. The
y
’
d
ca
l
led
it
h
y
pe
r
v
i
g
i
l
anc
e
.
F
ight
or
f
l
ight
amo
n
g
re
t
u
r
ni
n
g
vets
could
be
diffi
c
ult
t
o
overcome
af
t
er
expe
r
ien
c
i
n
g
the
d
a
i
ly
str
e
s
s
o
f
w
a
r
,
bei
n
g
o
n
hig
h
ale
rt
i
n
a
comba
t
s
i
t
u
a
t
io
n. Some
d
a
y
s
could
be
l
i
ke
li
v
i
n
g
in
a
fo
g
.
O
ther
tim
e
s,
the
loud n
oise
s
s
et off
th
e
sha
k
i
n
g
.
W
ha
t
e
ve
r
i
t
w
as
o
n
wha
t
e
ve
r
d
a
y
,
th
e
at
t
ac
k
lef
t
him
emba
r
ra
ss
ed
and
humil
i
a
t
ed.
H
e
n
e
ver
k
new
when
or
where
it
might
happen.

“
Y
ou
’
re
gonna
be
f
i
ne,
N
ic
k
,
j
u
st
breath
e
.
”

N
ick
h
es
i
tat
ed
t
o
check
out
the
pa
ss
e
n
ger
s
ea
t
.
B
ut
there sat
Sc
o
t
t
holdi
n
g
the
new
puppy
on
h
i
s
la
p
.
“
D
amn
i
t
,
w
il
l
y
o
u
s
t
o
p
d
o
i
n
g
tha
t
.
”

“
C
u
t
e
do
g
.
J
or
d
a
n
’
s
gonn
a
h
a
v
e
a
fi
t
,
thoug
h.
B
u
t
i
f
y
ou
p
l
a
y
it
r
igh
t
,
sh
e
’
l
l
c
a
v
e
.
A
little
ad
v
ice
here,
br
o
.
P
l
a
y
the
H
u
t
t
o
n
a
n
gl
e
.
”
A
nd
w
it
h
tha
t
,
Sc
o
t
t
d
i
ss
olve
d
in
t
o
thi
n
ai
r
.