Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (88 page)

“
H
e
’
s
a
good
g
u
y
.
”

“
Y
ou
’
re
t
e
l
li
n
g
m
e
.
T
h
at
p
r
ice
is
incredibl
e
.
Discoun
t
ed no
doub
t
.
I
j
u
st
ca
n
’t
beli
e
ve
y
ou
t
a
l
k
ed
him
in
t
o
comi
n
g
a
l
l the
w
a
y
here
f
rom
S
an
J
ose
t
o
do the
jo
b
.
”

The
g
uys
in
his
unit
would
pretty
much
do
a
n
ythi
n
g
for each othe
r
.
H
ow
could he
e
xp
l
ain that
t
o her? And
then he realized
that
he
prob
a
bly
did
n
’t
h
a
ve
t
o
.
S
he
w
as
af
t
e
r
a
l
l
the
w
ife
of
a
g
uard
s
m
an,
one
who
had
given
his
life
in
se
r
v
ic
e
.
S
he
would
already
k
now
that
their
unit
con
s
is
t
ed
of
men
f
rom
a
l
l
w
a
l
k
s
of
life,
and
the
men
had
spent
y
ea
r
s
traini
n
g
t
o
gether
for
n
o
t
only
w
a
r
,
but
for
a
n
y
and
a
l
l
c
i
v
i
l
emergencies
l
i
k
e
floo
d
s
and
fir
e
s.
J
or
d
an
prob
a
bly
k
new
that
af
t
e
r
a
l
l those
monthly
maneuve
r
s
were
behind
them
each
month the
re
l
a
t
ionship
between
the
men
w
as
of
t
en
more
a
bout
cama
r
ade
r
i
e
tha
n
on
e
o
f
r
an
k
an
d
fil
e
—and
af
t
er
se
r
v
i
n
g
in
I
r
a
q
t
o
gether—tha
t
f
r
ien
d
shi
p
ha
d
g
ro
w
n
ti
gh
t
e
r
.

W
ithout
gi
v
i
n
g
a
n
ythi
n
g
a
w
a
y
,
he
said
quietl
y
,
“
H
e
k
no
w
s
I
’
d
do
the
same
for
him
in
a
hea
r
t
beat
.
”
Sco
t
t
’
s
im
a
ge f
l
ashed
in
t
o
his
head.

J
or
d
an
t
ook
a
lo
n
g
look
at
the
man
s
t
andi
n
g
in
her
k
i
t
c
he
n
.
H
e
w
a
s
n
’
t
tha
t
dif
f
eren
t
f
ro
m
th
e
ma
n
sh
e
’
d
ma
r
r
ied.
Sc
o
t
t
had
been
a
succe
s
s
f
ul
sof
t
w
are
e
n
ginee
r
,
a
g
radua
t
e of
C
a
l
P
oly
wh
o
’
d
got
t
en
in
on
the
g
round
floor
of
a
v
ideo
g
ame
compa
n
y
that
t
ook
off.
B
ut
before
a
l
l
tha
t
,
h
e
’
d
joined the
G
uard
du
r
i
n
g
his
co
l
lege
d
a
y
s
alo
n
g
w
ith
a
couple
of
his buddies.
And
for
a
g
uy
who
pret
ty
muc
h
ha
d
bee
n
con
s
id
ered
a
nerd
m
o
st
of
his
life,
the
G
uard
a
l
lowed
him
t
o
pu
r
sue his
love
of
the
ou
t
doo
r
s
wh
i
le
earni
n
g
ex
tra
money
h
e
’
d
u
sed for
co
l
leg
e
.

A
C
a
liforn
i
a
native
who
loved
hi
k
i
n
g
the
hi
l
ls
around
S
an
F
rancisc
o
,
where
he
worked,
Sc
o
t
t
had
been
e
spe
c
i
a
l
ly fond
of
the
w
a
t
e
r
.
A
su
r
f
er
at
hea
r
t
,
Sc
o
t
t
had
spent
most
of h
i
s
d
a
ys
af
t
er
co
l
lege
g
raduation
in
pu
r
suit
of
a
good
time, a
n
y
good
tim
e
.
T
h
at
is,
unt
i
l
a
pa
r
ti
c
u
l
ar
w
a
r
m,
sun
n
y
d
a
y at
Ocean
Beach
where
h
e
’
d
gone
t
o
su
r
f.
H
e
’
d
happened upon
a
beauti
f
ul
co
l
lege
senior
w
ith
b
ig
brown
e
y
e
s
and honey
-
blonde
hai
r
, t
r
y
i
n
g
t
o
t
ackle some
se
r
ious
w
a
ves.
S
h
e
’
d g
o
t
t
en
in
trouble
w
ith
the
unde
r
t
o
w
,
and
h
e
’
d
pulled
a
st
r
uggli
n
g
J
or
d
an
out
of
the su
r
f.
B
y
the
time
sh
e
’
d d
r
ied
of
f
,
h
e
’
d cajoled
a
dinner
d
a
t
e
out
of
he
r
.
F
rom
that
p
o
int
on,
h
e
’
d been
a
gone
r
.
T
h
e
y
’
d
hit
it
off
and
moved
in
t
ogether
af
t
er she
g
radua
t
ed
co
l
leg
e
.
S
i
x
months
l
a
t
er
there
w
as
a
weddi
n
g.
W
ith
ma
r
r
i
a
ge
came
the
t
a
l
k
of
k
i
d
s
and
settli
n
g
down
in
P
elican
P
o
in
t
e
for
real
t
o
raise
those
k
i
d
s.