Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (103 page)

The
bar
s
t
a
r
t
ed
t
o
fi
l
l
up
and
get
n
o
i
s
y
.
H
e
w
a
t
ched
men and
women
pair
off
and
head
over
t
o
p
l
a
y
pool.
A
s
he
sat there
nu
r
s
i
n
g
h
i
s
bee
r
,
he
e
y
ed
the
people
around
him,
lis
t
eni
n
g
t
o
their ban
t
e
r
.
H
e
could
n
’t exp
l
ain
w
h
y but
suddenly
the entire
c
rowded
atm
o
sphere
s
t
a
r
t
ed
t
o
annoy
him,
s
t
a
r
t
ed
t
o
mak
e
hi
m
ed
g
y
.

H
e
though
t
ab
ou
t
g
o
i
ng
hom
e
an
d
realize
d
for
th
e
fi
r
st ti
m
e
i
n
wee
k
s
h
e
w
as
n
’t
thin
k
i
ng
ab
ou
t
L
.A
.
,
bu
t
g
o
i
ng
back
to
th
e
C
ove.
D
amn
,
h
e
did
n
’t
w
an
t
th
i
s.
H
e
did
n
’t
w
an
t
a
woma
n
l
i
k
e
he
r
,
n
o
t
tha
t
g
i
r
l
n
ext
doo
r
thi
ng
sh
e
ha
d
g
o
i
ng
o
n.
S
h
e
ha
d
a
b
aby
for
God
’
s
sake,
Sc
o
tt
’
s
b
ab
y
.
H
e
l
l,
a
blind
ma
n
coul
d
s
e
e
sh
e
w
a
s
s
t
il
l
p
ini
ng
for
he
r
h
u
sband
.
A
n
d
w
h
y
would
n
’t
sh
e
be
?
Sc
o
tt
ha
d
bee
n
good
,
s
o
lid
,
h
u
sband
ma
t
e
r
ial.
W
h
i
le
h
e
w
a
s…
W
h
a
t
w
a
s
h
e
a
n
yw
a
y
,
a
ma
n
w
ith
s
e
c
re
ts
an
d
problem
s
?
C
h
r
i
s
t
.
H
e
r
a
n
a
han
d
ove
r
h
i
s
face. Th
in
k
i
ng
ab
ou
t
J
or
d
a
n
ha
d
hi
m
w
an
t
i
ng
to
b
e
ther
e
when
sh
e
pu
t
H
ut
t
o
n
to
bed
,
w
an
t
i
ng
to
rea
d
H
ut
t
o
n
a
s
t
o
r
y
, w
an
t
i
ng
to
shar
e
mor
e
tha
n
h
e
ha
d
a
r
i
gh
t
t
o
.

W
ha
t
w
as
happeni
n
g
t
o
him
?
The
ba
r
w
as
get
t
i
n
g
t
o
hi
m
. Anno
y
ed
w
ith
himself
and
the
fact
that
he
no
lo
n
ger
found so
l
ace
in
a
c
rowded,
s
t
uf
f
y
barroom,
he
de
c
ided
he
might
as we
l
l
get
the
he
l
l
out
of
ther
e
.

A
t
that
momen
t
,
howeve
r
,
a
bleached-blonde
woman
w
ith
b
r
ight
red
li
p
s
sidled
up
n
e
xt
t
o
him
and
slid
on
t
o
the bar
s
t
ool,
ma
k
i
n
g
sure
her
ample
breas
t
s
r
ubbed
up
ag
ainst
h
is
a
r
m
.
A
n
y
ot
he
r
ti
m
e
N
ic
k
woul
d
h
a
v
e
bee
n
a
l
l
ove
r
he
r
, but
for
some reason
a
l
l
he could
m
u
s
t
er
w
as dis
g
u
st
at
her bei
n
g
so
d
amn
cl
o
se
and
so
diff
eren
t
f
ro
m
J
or
d
a
n
.
W
ha
t
w
as
w
ro
n
g
w
ith
him?
I
s
n
’t
th
i
s
w
h
y
h
e
’
d
left
J
or
d
an
t
onight
for th
i
s
ve
r
y
thi
n
g?
H
e
s
i
zed
up
the
woman
f
rom
head
t
o
t
o
e
.
W
ea
r
i
n
g
a
t
ube
t
op
that
showed
off
enoug
h
cle
a
va
g
e
t
o showcase
her
mindset
and
a
sho
r
t
s
k
i
r
t
that
bared
s
k
in
up
t
o her
a
s
s,
he
w
at
ched
her
lean
fa
r
ther
in
t
o
his
spac
e
.