Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (107 page)

“
U
h
-
o
h
.
I
ta
ke
it
y
our
night
on
the
t
o
w
n
w
a
s
n
’t
the
night
y
ou
thought
it
would
b
e
.
”

H
e
ha
d
n
o
in
t
en
t
ion
s
o
f
let
t
i
n
g
he
r
find
out
the
ugly thi
n
gs
the
y
’
d
voiced
a
bout
b
o
th
of
them
in
the
ba
r
.
I
t
g
a
l
led
hi
m
a
l
l
ove
r
ag
ai
n
j
u
s
t
thin
k
i
n
g
a
b
ou
t
i
t.
“
Y
ou
’
v
e
made
s
e
ve
r
al
commen
t
s
a
bout
how Sco
t
t felt
a
bout th
i
s
p
l
ac
e
.
I
t doe
s
n
’t
jive
w
ith
the
w
a
y
th
e
se
people
ac
t
,
look
at
T
a
gge
r
t
.
”
H
e
remembered
how
F
er
g
u
son
had
ac
t
ed
at
the
hard
w
are s
t
or
e
.
And
S
is
s
y
.
And
eve
r
y
one
of
those
pool
p
l
a
y
e
r
s.

“
I
t
do
es
n
’
t
,
n
o
.
B
ut
Sc
o
t
t
had
a
h
i
s
t
o
r
y
her
e
.
Ma
ybe
it
w
as dif
f
erent for
him
back then
g
rowi
n
g up
her
e
.
”

N
ick
did
n
’t
believe
that
for
a
minu
t
e,
but
let
it
g
o
. “
Ma
yb
e
.
”
Then
s
moothly
he
cha
n
ged
the
su
b
jec
t
.
N
o
ti
c
i
n
g what
she
w
as
holdi
n
g
in
her
hand,
he
asked,
“
D
oes
that
b
a
by moni
t
or
rea
l
ly
work
a
l
l
the
w
a
y
out
here?”

“
Y
ou
be
t
.
I
t
’
s
lo
n
g
ra
n
g
e
.
Y
ou
w
ant
t
o
t
e
st
it
out?”
S
he
l
aughed at
the look
on
h
i
s fac
e
.

“
C
ould
we?”

“
S
ur
e
.
”
S
h
e
hande
d
hi
m
th
e
moni
t
o
r
.
“
I
’
l
l
hea
d
bac
k
to
th
e
ho
u
s
e
,
whe
n
y
o
u
hea
r
m
e
o
n
th
e
t
w
o
-w
a
y
,
p
u
s
h
th
i
s
but
t
o
n
.
”
S
h
e
showe
d
hi
m
wha
t
sh
e
w
a
s
t
a
l
k
i
ng
ab
ou
t
and
the
n
g
o
t
u
p
off
th
e
roc
k
.

I
t
oc
c
u
r
red
t
o
him
that
she
w
as
merely
humo
r
i
n
g
hi
m
.
“
Y
ou
think
I
’
m
nuts
.
”

S
he
l
aughed
a
g
ain.
“
I
think
y
ou
’
re
c
u
r
ious.
Y
ou
’
ve
never been around
a b
a
by
before
and the
old
s
a
y
i
n
g
k
ic
k
s
in, s
eei
n
g
is
beli
e
v
i
n
g.
I
w
as
tha
t
w
a
y
r
i
gh
t
af
t
er
she
w
as
bo
r
n, I
could
n
’t
beli
e
ve
she
w
as
mine,
could
n
’t
le
a
ve
her
alone
for fi
v
e
minu
t
e
s
w
ithou
t
ma
k
i
n
g
sur
e
sh
e
w
as
breathi
n
g.
B
ut
t
r
ust
me
the
moni
t
or
wor
k
s
j
u
st
fine
f
rom
th
i
s
d
i
s
t
anc
e
.
”

“
I
found
b
i
c
y
cles
in
the
g
ar
a
g
e
.
”

W
h
at
that
had
t
o
do
w
ith
the
b
a
by
moni
t
o
r
,
J
or
d
an
could only
wonde
r
.
“
O
k
a
y
.
Y
ou
w
ant
t
o
u
se
one,
go
ahead.
T
h
a
t
’
s w
h
y
the
y
’
re
out
ther
e
.
”

H
e
suddenl
y
realize
d
h
e
migh
t
s
oun
d
r
i
di
c
ulo
us.
B
u
t
h
e
’
d
alread
y
opene
d
th
e
doo
r
.
“
Ma
y
b
e
w
e
coul
d
a
l
l
g
o
for
a
b
i
k
e
r
id
e
.
”
A
s
if
thin
k
i
ng
ou
t
loud
,
h
e
suddenl
y
though
t
of
s
omethi
n
g
.
“
D
o
n
’t
the
y
h
a
ve
s
om
e
k
i
n
d
of
a
b
aby
s
ea
t
that
at
t
ach
e
s
to
a
b
i
ke?
I
’
ve
s
ee
n
b
i
k
e
s
w
it
h
a
b
aby
o
n
board
i
n
th
e
par
k
befor
e
.
”
A
n
d
h
e
n
e
ver
i
n
a
m
i
l
l
io
n
y
ea
r
s
would
h
a
ve
though
t
h
e
’
d
b
e
in
t
er
e
s
t
e
d
i
n
ca
r
ting
aroun
d
a
b
aby
on
a
b
i
c
ycle.