Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (10 page)

“T
h
at
a
fa
c
t?”
M
u
r
p
h
y
asked
as
he
ra
n
g
up
the
b
is
c
uits and
the
cof
f
e
e
.
T
o
N
ick the
man
s
eemed
t
o
be
ponderi
n
g
which
t
ack
t
o
t
a
k
e
.
So
it
w
as
no
su
r
p
r
is
e
when
M
u
r
p
h
y asked,
“
H
o
w
’
d
y
ou
k
now
Sc
o
t
t?
S
ame
r
e
s
e
r
ve
unit
m
a
ybe?”

Nick nodded.

“
Y
ou
down
here
f
rom
the
B
a
y?”

T
h
e
ma
n
w
a
s
t
o
o
n
o
s
y
,
N
ic
k
though
t
,
s
o
muc
h
for slin
k
i
n
g
throug
h
t
o
w
n
w
ithou
t
announ
c
i
n
g
h
i
s
pr
e
s
enc
e
.
W
h
a
t
woul
d
pr
e
ven
t
th
i
s
g
u
y
f
ro
m
p
ic
k
i
n
g
u
p
the
phon
e
an
d
g
i
v
i
n
g
J
or
d
a
n
a
hea
d
s
-
u
p
tha
t
a
st
r
a
n
ge
r
w
a
s
as
k
i
n
g
a
b
ou
t
her
?
S
h
e
’
d
b
e
expe
c
t
i
n
g
hi
m
the
n
.
H
e
’
d
b
e
commit
t
ed
.
Somethi
n
g
a
b
ou
t
tha
t
p
i
ss
e
d
hi
m
o
f
f
.
So
muc
h
fo
r
uno
b
t
r
u
s
ivel
y
s
t
op
p
i
n
g
an
d
get
t
i
n
g
dire
c
t
ions,
though
t
N
ic
k
.
H
e
pu
l
le
d
a
t
e
n
f
ro
m
h
i
s
wa
l
l
e
t
.
“
N
o
,
”
he
f
i
na
l
l
y
an
s
wered
,
a
s
h
e
t
o
ss
e
d
th
e
bil
l
do
w
n
o
n
th
e
coun
t
e
r.
H
e
ha
d
n
o
in
t
en
t
io
n
o
f
an
s
we
r
i
n
g
a
n
y
mor
e
med
d
l
e
s
om
e
qu
e
s
t
ions
.
H
e
’
d
alread
y
sai
d
t
o
o
muc
h
.
B
u
t
ins
t
ead
o
f
g
i
v
i
n
g
u
p
,
th
e
ma
n
su
r
p
r
i
s
e
d
N
ic
k
an
d
wen
t
in
t
o a
de
t
a
i
le
d
accoun
t
o
f
J
or
d
a
n
’
s
predicamen
t
.

“
I
t
’
s
been
a
rough
y
ear
for
her
and
the
b
a
b
y
,
out
there
alone
,
t
r
y
i
n
g
t
o
f
i
x
that
b
ig
old
ho
u
s
e
up
he
r
s
elf.
D
o
i
n
g
what she
can
a
n
yw
a
y
,
ca
n
’t
af
f
ord
t
o
hire
a
n
y
hel
p
.
I
f
y
ou
ask
me, sh
e
’
s
in
a
he
l
lu
v
a
hard
p
l
ace
r
ight
now
w
ith
the
ba
l
loon p
a
yment
comi
n
g
du
e
.
S
he
could
u
s
e
a
f
r
iend
.
”

A
s
N
ick
w
ai
t
ed
for
M
u
r
p
h
y
t
o
count
out
h
i
s
cha
n
ge,
he l
i
s
t
ened
in
t
ently
as
the
g
uy
s
t
a
r
t
ed
t
e
l
li
n
g
him
the
b
e
st
w
a
y
t
o get
t
o
J
or
d
a
n
’
s.

A
s
s
oon
as
he
g
o
t
out
s
ide,
N
ick
removed the wrapper from
h
i
s
b
is
c
ui
t
s.
L
eani
n
g
on
the
bi
ke
he
s
ca
r
fed
do
w
n
brea
k
fast
a
l
l
the
wh
i
le broodi
n
g
over
M
u
r
p
h
y
’
s
wor
d
s.
I
f
the
man
k
new
J
or
d
an needed
hel
p
,
w
h
y
w
a
s
n
’t
he
r
a
l
l
y
i
n
g
the
good
people
of
P
elican
P
o
in
t
e
t
o
s
t
ep
up
t
o
the
p
l
a
t
e
and
help
out
Sc
o
t
t
’
s
w
idow?
A
f
t
er
a
l
l,
Sc
o
t
t
had
pain
t
ed
the
t
o
w
nspeople
as
a bunch
of
hom
e
-
g
ro
w
n
good
S
ama
r
i
t
ans.
D
id
n
’t
s
ound
l
i
ke
tha
t
t
o
N
ic
k
.