Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (111 page)

S
he
w
as
p
i
s
s
ed,
M
u
r
p
h
y
n
o
ticed.
H
e
nodded
and
t
ag
ged alo
n
g
behind
he
r
.

Once
in
s
ide
the
ti
n
y
office,
J
or
d
an
dropped
in
t
o
a
chai
r
,
s
e
ttli
n
g
H
u
t
t
o
n
o
n
he
r
l
a
p
an
d
w
a
s
t
e
d
n
o
ti
m
e
get
t
i
n
g
t
o
the
p
o
in
t
.
“
I
w
ant
the
t
r
uth
a
bout
what
happened
l
ast
night
at
M
c
C
ready
’
s
?
D
id
N
ick
get
in
t
o
a
fi
ght?”

“
I
t
w
a
s
n
’
t
rea
lly
a
f
i
gh
t
,
more
l
i
ke
s
t
op
p
i
n
g
a
r
umor
before it
g
o
t
s
t
a
r
t
ed.
I
f
y
ou
ask
me,
T
urley
g
o
t
what
he
d
e
s
e
r
ved.
H
e threw
the
fi
r
st
punch,
N
ick
j
u
st
defended
him
s
elf
.
”

“
W
ha
t
w
as
said
?
W
ha
t
s
t
a
r
t
e
d
it?”

“
N
ick
did
the
gentlemanly
thi
n
g
and
defended
y
our hono
r
.
”

F
r
e
sh
hum
i
l
i
a
t
ion
c
re
p
t
up
her
throat
and
s
t
a
y
ed
ther
e
.
“
Oh,
for
God
’
s
sak
e
s
.
”

With Jordan in
town, it was the perfect time to make the call. Sitting on the sofa, cell phone in hand, papers spread out in front of him on the coffee table, Nick leaned back, got comfortable. “You could say I’m calling in a favor, Charlie. We go back a long way. You guys hold the note on the Phillips’ property, fifteen acres in Santa Cruz County that includes The Cove B & B. I need at least ninety days more, the end of August would be ideal. More if you can override the loan committee. That would give her time to get all the summer tourists in here. Time to get a healthy cash flow going. Time for her to get on her feet.”

“
D
amn
i
t
,
N
ic
k
,
the
loan
commit
t
ee
i
s
tigh
t
eni
n
g
c
redit on
e
ve
r
y
on
e
.
Y
ou
k
now
tha
t
.
A
l
o
t
of
it
i
s
out
of
m
y
han
d
s th
e
s
e
d
a
y
s.
B
ut
if
y
ou
were
t
o
show
up
and
make
y
our
ca
s
e
in
pe
r
s
o
n
tha
t
migh
t
ca
r
r
y
mor
e
weigh
t
tha
n
mine
,
e
ve
n
i
f
y
ou
h
a
ve
been
a
c
ti
n
g
f
un
n
y
s
ince
y
ou
g
o
t
back
s
t
a
t
e
s
id
e
.
W
hen
y
ou
comi
n
g
back
t
o
work
a
n
yw
a
y?”

“
I
’
m
n
o
t
sur
e
.
”
H
e
did
n
’
t
w
an
t
t
o
thin
k
a
b
ou
t
g
o
i
n
g
back
t
o
th
os
e
four
c
l
a
u
stropho
b
ic
w
a
l
l
s.
“
L
i
s
t
en,
C
h
arlie,
j
u
st
do
y
our
b
e
s
t
.
T
r
y
t
o
keep
th
i
s
in
s
ide
the
loan
commit
t
ee,
o
k
a
y
, the
l
e
s
s
people
who
k
no
w
,
the
bet
t
e
r
.
Y
our
recommen
da
tion as
we
l
l
as
mine
should
be
enoug
h
.
I
’
l
l
put
mine
in
an
e
-
ma
i
l. I
j
u
st
do
n
’t
w
ant
th
i
s
becomi
n
g
common
k
nowledg
e
.
K
eep
it low
prof
i
l
e
.
”

A
nd
then
he
de
c
ided
t
o
u
s
e
the
same
s
p
iel
on
C
h
arlie h
e
’
d
g
iven
eve
r
y
one
e
ls
e
.
“
W
hile
y
ou
’
re
at
i
t
,
w
h
y
do
n
’t
y
ou su
r
p
r
is
e the
w
ife
w
ith
a
romantic
ge
t
a
w
a
y
t
o
T
h
e
C
ove?”
H
e r
attle
d
of
f
the phone
numbe
r
.
“
Be
sure
t
o
ca
l
l
s
oon,
the
p
l
ace
i
s
s
t
a
r
ti
n
g
t
o
f
il
l
u
p
.
”