Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (8 page)

A
s
he
pu
l
led
t
o
a
s
t
op
in
what
looked
l
i
ke
the
newly p
a
ved
par
k
i
n
g
l
o
t
of
M
u
r
p
h
y
’
s
M
arke
t
,
he
relu
c
t
antly
c
ut
the e
n
g
ine
and
sat
there
loo
k
i
n
g
around
at
the
sad
little
e
x
cu
s
e for
a
t
o
w
n.
So
th
i
s,
he
though
t
,
w
as
the
infamo
u
s
P
elican
P
o
in
t
e
Sc
o
t
t
ha
d
b
r
ag
ge
d
s
o
muc
h
a
b
ou
t
.
T
o
N
ic
k
i
t
pret
t
y much
looked
l
i
ke
a
n
y
number
of
s
ma
l
l
t
o
w
ns
alo
n
g
the
coast h
e
’
d
pa
ss
ed
on
the
t
r
ip
her
e
.
B
ut
th
i
s
t
o
w
n
s
eemed
in
wo
r
s
e shape,
as
if
it
did
n
’t
s
ee
enough
t
ou
r
i
sts
t
o
make
s
t
op
p
i
n
g
here wo
r
t
h
wh
i
le
unl
es
s
y
ou
had
t
o
.
A
nd
there
w
as
no
de
n
y
i
n
g
it
w
as
a
he
l
l
u
v
a
lo
n
g
w
a
y
f
ro
m
th
e
in
t
e
r
s
t
a
te
.
S
o
w
h
y
would
a
n
y
one
b
o
ther?

I
t
sure
as
hell
w
a
s
n
’t
L
.A
.

W
hen
h
i
s
s
t
omach
g
rowled
a
g
ain,
he
g
r
ud
g
i
n
gly
c
r
a
wled off
the
bi
ke
and
headed
in
s
ide
t
o
s
ee
what
he
could
r
ustle
up for brea
k
fas
t
.

The
p
l
ace
w
as
l
arger
than
it
looked
f
rom
the
out
s
ide,
no co
n
venience s
t
ore at
a
l
l, but r
a
ther
a tidy
compa
c
t marke
t
.
E
ven
though
the
s
t
ore
w
as
wh
i
stle
clean,
the
na
r
ro
w
,
c
ramped
a
i
sl
e
s
s
eemed
as
if
the
o
w
ner
had
packed
s
o
much in
t
o
the
unde
r
s
i
zed
space,
a
sudden
panic
of
c
l
a
u
stropho
b
i
a d
es
cended.
N
ick
fought
for
control
three
feet
in
s
ide
the
g
l
a
s
s doo
r
s,
pre
t
endi
n
g
t
o
o
r
ient
him
s
elf
t
o
h
i
s
su
r
roundi
n
g
s.
H
e s
t
a
r
t
ed
for
c
i
n
g
in
dee
p
,
calmi
n
g
breaths,
putti
n
g
h
i
s
mind
t
o re
l
a
x
i
n
g
h
i
s
need
for
ai
r
.
W
hen
the
breathi
n
g
e
x
er
c
ise
s
be
g
an
t
o
quash
the
an
x
ie
t
y
,
he
ne
r
vo
u
sly
p
icked
up
a
bro
w
n,
p
l
astic
basket
t
o
g
a
ther
h
i
s
brea
k
fas
t
.
C
a
lmer
no
w
,
he
c
ircled
the a
i
sl
e
s,
p
ic
k
i
n
g
up
an
a
r
r
a
y
of
m
o
stly
junk
food,
a
couple
pac
k
a
g
e
s
of
donuts,
a
bear
c
l
a
w
,
a
b
a
g
of
Do
r
i
t
o
s,
before
sp
o
t
ti
n
g the
s
elf-
s
e
r
ve
cof
f
ee
p
o
t
on
the
s
ide
w
a
l
l
hidi
n
g
near
the
deli coun
t
e
r
.
H
e
g
r
a
bbed
the
l
arg
e
st
t
o
-
go
c
up
he
could
f
i
nd
and f
il
led
it
t
o
the
b
r
i
m
.
L
etti
n
g
the
b
l
ack
liquid
cool,
he
s
ipped the
stro
n
g
brew
before
f
i
ndi
n
g
a
lid
t
o
fit
the
t
o
p
.
H
e
’
d
t
as
t
ed wo
r
s
e,
he
de
c
ided
as
he
headed
t
o
the
chec
k
ou
t
.