Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (101 page)

S
he
did
n
’
t
m
iss
th
e
b
r
u
s
qu
e
t
o
n
e
i
n
h
is
v
o
ic
e
.
“
O
h.
W
e
l
l.
I
’
m
so
r
r
y
.
”
I
f
h
e
s
t
a
y
e
d
sh
e
’
d
h
a
v
e
t
o
f
i
x
the
AC
come
summe
r
. Then
she realized a man l
i
ke th
i
s would n
e
ver s
t
a
y here in such
a
r
undo
w
n
s
t
udio
apa
r
tmen
t
.
H
e
w
as
out
of
p
l
ace
here and
they
b
o
th
k
new
it.
T
r
y
i
n
g
t
o
think
of
somethi
n
g
t
o
s
a
y
, she
blu
r
t
ed
ou
t
,
“
Y
ou
get
the
ocean
breeze
at
night
.
”

I
t
w
a
s
the
n
he
r
e
y
e
s
l
a
nde
d
o
n
th
e
plum
b
i
n
g
book
o
n
th
e
nigh
t
s
t
and
.
S
h
e
p
icke
d
i
t
u
p
.
“
Y
o
u
k
no
w
,
I
h
a
ve
o
the
r
boo
k
s
,
nove
l
s
,
m
y
s
t
e
r
i
e
s
,
th
r
i
l
le
r
s
a
t
th
e
hou
s
e
,
a
s
igh
t
mor
e
in
t
er
e
s
t
i
n
g
to
rea
d
tha
n
th
i
s
.
Y
ou
’
r
e
welcome
to
the
m
whe
n
y
o
u
ca
n
’
t
slee
p
.
”

H
e
con
t
inue
d
but
t
oni
n
g
h
is
shi
r
t
.
“
T
h
an
k
s
.
I
m
a
y
take
y
o
u
u
p
o
n
tha
t
.
”

I
t
fel
t
in
t
ima
t
e
t
o
w
at
c
h
th
e
ma
n
dr
e
s
s
.
And
a
w
k
w
ard.
B
ut
when
she
s
a
w
him
s
t
a
r
t
t
o
t
uck
the
but
t
on
-
do
w
n
shi
r
t
in
t
o
h
is
jeans
,
sh
e
realize
d
h
e
w
as
get
t
i
n
g
dr
es
s
e
d
t
o
g
o
out
for
the
eveni
n
g.
“
Are
y
ou
…
g
o
i
n
g
some
p
l
a
ce?”

“
I
though
t
I
migh
t
g
o
in
t
o
t
o
w
n
.
”

I
t
w
as
r
idi
c
ulo
u
s
for
her
t
o
feel
let
do
w
n
but
she
did.
“
B
ut
y
o
u
h
a
ve
n
’
t
ha
d
dinne
r
.
”
S
he
sounded
needy
and
ha
t
ed
the fact
that
he
reco
g
nized
i
t
,
t
o
o
.

I
t
w
as
the pe
r
f
ect
oppo
r
t
unity
t
o
m
ak
e his
p
o
in
t
.
“
Y
ou
do
n
’
t
h
a
v
e
t
o
f
i
x
me
dinner
e
ve
r
y
nigh
t
,
J
or
d
a
n
.
I
n
fac
t
,
I
’
ve been
ta
k
i
n
g
ad
v
an
t
a
ge
of
tha
t
.
I
t
’
s
time
I
went
out
and
g
o
t
m
y own
suppe
r
.
”

Disappoin
t
ed
for
some
in
e
xplic
a
ble
reason
that
he
w
a
s
n
’t s
t
a
y
i
n
g
t
o
h
a
ve
dinner
w
ith
her
and
H
ut
t
on,
she
s
t
a
r
t
ed
t
o b
a
bbl
e
.
“
Of
cou
r
s
e
.
I
w
a
s
n
’t
thin
k
i
n
g.
I
forg
o
t
y
ou
might
be in
t
eres
t
ed
in
P
elican
P
oin
t
e
’
s
night
life
such
as
it
is.
F
or
a
s
i
ngl
e
g
u
y
l
i
k
e
y
ou
r
s
elf
,
y
ou
’
d
w
an
t
t
o
k
n
o
w
tha
t
.
I
should
h
a
ve
mentioned
it
before
no
w
.
”
C
lea
r
i
n
g
her
throa
t
,
she went
on
l
i
ke
a
n
y
good
hos
t
e
s
s
might
and
e
xp
l
ained
the
local
att
r
a
ct
ion
s
t
o
he
r
g
ues
t
.
“
There
are
a
couple
of
ba
r
s
in
t
o
w
n. On
e
’
s
loca
t
ed
in
s
ide
T
h
e
P
o
in
t
e
whic
h
s
its
r
i
gh
t
o
n
M
ai
n
.
I
t
’
s more
upscale,
m
o
stly
geared
t
o
t
ou
r
ists,
u
sed
t
o
be
an
old fish
ha
t
che
r
y
though
before
P
e
r
r
y
A
ltman,
a
chef
v
i
s
iti
n
g
the area
f
rom
L
.
A.
de
c
ided
he
could
t
u
r
n
the
p
l
ace
in
t
o
a
fiv
e
-s
t
ar
r
e
s
t
au
r
an
t
.
Y
ou
ca
n
’t
mi
s
s
it.
Then
ther
e
’
s
M
c
C
read
y
’
s.
I
t
’
s
m
o
stly
for
the
locals.
I
t
’
s
loca
t
ed
west
of
M
ain,
in
the
area
k
no
w
n
as
S
muggle
r
’
s
B
a
y
near
the
w
at
e
r
f
ron
t
.
Then
ther
e
’
s The
H
il
l
t
o
p
,
the
diner
se
r
ves
a
t
e
r
r
ific
s
t
eak
or
ch
i
li burge
r
, and
y
ou
can
order
a
beer
there
w
ith
y
our
meal
but
they
do
n
’t se
r
ve
m
i
x
ed
d
r
in
k
s
.
”