Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (11 page)

A
s
h
e
heade
d
ou
t
o
f
t
o
w
n,
th
e
qu
e
s
t
io
n
n
a
gge
d
a
t
hi
m.
H
e
did
h
i
s
b
e
st
t
o
sh
r
ug
off
the
w
h
y
.
J
or
d
an
P
h
i
lli
p
s
w
a
s
n
’t h
i
s
problem.
H
e
w
as
here
for
one
rea
s
on.
A
nd
it
w
a
s
n
’t
t
o get
dr
a
w
n
in
t
o
the
woma
n
’
s
problems
or
do
a
good
deed
for a
ny
one
but
him
s
elf.
H
e
did
n
’t
g
ive
a
r
a
t
’
s
a
s
s
a
bout
a
n
y
thi
n
g in
P
elican
P
o
in
t
e,
least
of
a
l
l
J
or
d
an
P
h
il
li
p
s.
H
e
did
n
’t
need a
ny
one
e
ls
e
’
s
problems
r
ight
no
w
.
H
e
had
enough
of
h
i
s
own.
H
e
ce
r
t
ainly
did
n
’t
w
ant
t
o
hear
that
Sc
o
t
t
’
s
w
ife
had
fa
l
len
o
n
har
d
ti
m
e
s
.
W
ha
t
h
e
ha
d
t
o
s
a
y
t
o
th
e
woma
n
woul
d
t
ake
no
more
than
an
hou
r
,
t
wo
at
the
m
o
s
t
.
H
e
w
as
sure
of
i
t
. Once
he
exp
l
ained
what
happened,
h
i
s
con
sc
ience
would
be clea
r
.
A
couple
of
hou
r
s,
a
lo
n
g
t
a
l
k
,
m
a
ybe
a
shoulder
t
o
c
r
y on
and
he
would
be
done
w
ith
J
or
d
an
P
h
il
li
p
s.
H
e
could
head back
t
o
L
.
A
.,
and get
on
w
ith
h
i
s own
lif
e
.

Ma
ybe
then
Sc
o
t
t
’
s
gh
o
s
t
,
or
wha
t
e
ver
it
w
as,
would le
a
ve
him
the
he
l
l
alon
e
.

F
o
l
lo
w
i
n
g
M
u
r
p
h
y
’
s
dire
c
tions,
he
t
ook
the
C
oast
H
igh
w
a
y
unt
i
l
he sp
o
tt
ed
a
na
r
row
t
u
r
noff
headi
n
g
fa
r
ther w
e
st
t
o
w
ard
the
ocea
n
.
I
n
the
d
i
s
t
ance,
do
w
n
the
w
indi
n
g
road,
at the
end
of
a
lo
n
g
p
a
ved
d
r
ive
w
a
y
he
sp
o
tt
ed
a
f
r
e
shly
pain
t
ed appl
e
-
g
reen
and
whi
t
e
s
i
g
n
that
read,
“
The
C
ove
Bed
and
B
rea
k
fas
t
,
Sc
o
t
t
and
J
or
d
an
P
h
il
li
p
s,
P
rop
r
ie
t
o
r
s
.
”

A
s
he
drove
past
the
s
i
g
n,
s
eei
n
g
Sc
o
t
t
’
s
name
there
g
a
ve him
a
jol
t
.
D
e
s
p
i
t
e
the
fa
c
t
that
Sc
o
t
t
had
d
es
c
r
ibed
the
p
l
ace more
tim
e
s
than
he
could
coun
t
,
N
ick
had
n
’t
e
xpe
c
t
ed
tha
t
.
S
lo
w
i
n
g
the
bi
ke,
he
t
ook
the
time
t
o
g
l
ance
around
at
the su
r
roundi
n
g
woo
d
s.
Some
thi
r
t
y
y
ar
d
s
ahead,
he
n
o
ticed
the
g
rove
of
tre
e
s
that
g
uarded
an
old
ho
u
s
e
and
then
suddenly the
r
undo
w
n
-
loo
k
i
n
g
V
i
c
t
o
r
i
an
came
in
t
o
v
ie
w
.
J
u
st
l
i
ke
the
t
o
w
n,
the
ho
u
s
e
looked
l
i
ke
it
had
s
een
bet
t
er
d
a
y
s.
I
t
needed a
f
r
e
sh
coat
of
pain
t
,
new
shut
t
e
r
s,
m
a
ybe
a
new
roof.
T
h
e wooden
porch
s
a
gged,
the
r
o
t
t
ed
wood
of
the
ra
i
li
n
g
needed rep
l
a
c
i
n
g
.
F
rom
the
end
of
the
d
r
ive,
he
sp
o
tt
ed
s
ome
k
ind of
a
c
ti
v
i
t
y
on
the
porch
he
could
n
’t
qui
t
e
make
ou
t
.