Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (115 page)

“
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ou
h
a
ve no
f
r
ien
d
s here, n
o
t one?”

“
N
o
.
L
il
l
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th
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cl
o
se
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thi
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p
h
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,
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m
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a
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t
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c
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an.
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t
im
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s
I
think the
only
rea
s
on
h
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me
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s
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w
ants
m
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ook
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hand
in
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s.

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now
me,
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ic
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.
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nd
if
it
ha
s
n
’t
happened
by
th
i
s
time,
I
dou
b
t
it
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ver
w
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l
.
”

“
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.
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people
in
th
i
s
t
o
w
n
are
incredibly pe
t
t
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.
”

“
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t
j
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p
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,
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r
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idow
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w
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old ho
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and
make
it
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us
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or
s
o
me
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s
o
n,
the
t
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ents
me
for
tha
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.
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’t
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t
,
eithe
r
.
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h
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of
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r
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ni
n
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old
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y
in
t
o
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in
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e
but
when
it
com
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s
t
o
openi
n
g th
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s
p
l
ace,
it
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s
beneath
the
m
.
I
ca
n
’t
w
in
w
ith
th
e
s
e
peopl
e
.
”

“
I
’
m
s
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r
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y
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u
ps
et
y
ou
.
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d
a
n
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led
,
a
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l
for
g
ive
n
.
“
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t
t
a
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d
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u
k
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ocked
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a
l
out
w
ith
one
punch
.
”

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e
g
r
inned
.
“
H
a
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a
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k
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a
w
,
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t
do
w
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k
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a
fa
l
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k
.
B
u
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I
w
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s
h
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t
could
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v
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bee
n
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s
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sh
e
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s
th
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on
e
w
ith
th
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b
i
g
mout
h
.
”

“
Y
ou
’
re
t
e
l
li
n
g
m
e
.
I
would
n
’t
mind
cloc
k
i
n
g
S
is
s
y
m
y
s
elf.
I
’
d
l
i
ke
t
o
s
ee
s
omeone
w
ipe
that
s
mirk
off
her
fac
e
.
”
S
he
s
ighed,
feeli
n
g
bet
t
er
a
bout
eve
r
y
thi
n
g
.
“
I
’
m
s
o
r
r
y
I ove
r
rea
c
t
ed.
I
n
the
f
u
t
ure,
if
I
need
m
y
honor
defended,
I
k
now
where
t
o
find
m
y
k
night in shini
n
g a
r
mo
r
.
”