Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (131 page)

“
W
hat can I do for
y
ou
t
wo
t
o
d
a
y? Do
y
ou need
t
o order more
floo
r
i
n
g?
I
can
g
ive
y
ou
a
bet
t
er
p
r
ice
this
time
around.
A
nd
good
ne
w
s,
there
wo
n
’t
be
a
s
i
x
-
week
w
ait
.
”

N
ick
w
as
afraid
he
k
new
where
this
co
n
ve
r
sation
w
as headed.
B
ut
before
he
could
speak
u
p
,
J
or
d
an
said,
“
W
e
h
a
v
e
enoug
h
floo
r
i
n
g
,
than
k
s.
Look
M
r
.
F
er
g
u
s
on,
I
k
now
I need
t
o
make
a
p
a
yment
but
if
y
ou
could
just
be
a
little
more patient
w
ith
m
e
…
”

“
N
o
nee
d
fo
r
tha
t
no
w
,
th
is
g
u
y
alread
y
brough
t
y
our
account
current
wee
k
s
a
g
o
.
”

J
or
d
a
n
’
s
k
nees
alm
o
st
buckled.
S
he
t
urned
t
o
g
a
pe
at
N
ic
k
.
“
W
ha
t
i
s
h
e
t
a
l
k
i
n
g
a
b
out?”

“
J
ordan,
it
’
s
no
b
i
g
deal.
I
t
’
s
taken
care
of
.
”
N
ic
k
s
ent
a g
o
-t
o
-
he
l
l
look
F
er
g
u
s
o
n
’
s
w
a
y
j
u
st
in
ti
me
fo
r
the
man
to abandon
shi
p
.

“
W
e
l
l
,
I
’
l
l
le
a
v
e
y
o
u
t
w
o
to
s
o
r
t
th
i
s
ou
t
.
Do
n
’
t
forget w
e
’
re
h
a
v
i
ng
a
sal
e
on
pain
t
an
d
wa
l
lpape
r
th
i
s
wee
k
.
T
wen
t
y-percent
off
.”

W
hen
F
er
g
u
s
on
w
a
s
out
o
f
ea
r
sh
o
t
,
J
ord
a
n
t
u
r
n
e
d
to
N
ic
k
.
“
Y
o
u
should
n
’
t
h
a
v
e
done
tha
t
.
I
appre
c
iate
e
ve
r
y
thing
y
ou
’
re
d
o
i
ng
bu
t
…
P
a
y
i
ng
on
m
y
accoun
t
i
s
t
o
o
muc
h
.
”
She
looke
d
mo
r
tif
i
ed
,
l
i
k
e
sh
e
want
e
d
to
r
un
out
of
the
s
t
or
e
an
d
hid
e.

H
e
w
as
n
’
t
a
b
ou
t
to
le
t
th
i
s
r
ui
n
thei
r
mo
r
ni
n
g
.
“
D
o
n
’t
d
o
th
i
s
,
o
k
a
y
?
W
e
ha
d
a
hea
r
t-
t
o
-hea
r
t
t
a
l
k
a
b
ou
t
y
our
accoun
t
th
e
f
i
r
s
t
d
a
y
I
cam
e
i
n
her
e.
I
g
a
v
e
hi
m
a
minimum p
a
ymen
t
an
d
co
n
v
ince
d
hi
m to
ex
t
e
n
d
th
e
lin
e
o
f
c
redi
t
.
”
O
k
a
y
i
t
w
as
n
’
t
e
xa
c
tl
y
th
e
t
r
uth
,
bu
t
h
e
did
n
’
t
w
an
t
he
r
to
k
no
w
th
e
e
xa
c
t
amoun
t
.

J
or
d
an looked skeptical.
S
he did
n
’t
w
ant the whole
t
own
k
no
w
i
n
g
a
bout
this.
“
Ma
ybe
we
should
head
back
t
o
the
vet
’
s offic
e
. The
w
aiti
n
g
room
might be
cleared out
by
no
w
.
”

N
ick
realized
she
w
as
s
elf
-
cons
c
ious.
H
e
could
offer
t
o p
a
y
for
the
b
a
by
s
ea
t
,
but
that
might
just
embarra
s
s
her
even
mor
e
.
I
f
h
e
han
d
le
d
th
is
r
i
gh
t…
“
T
e
ll
y
o
u
wha
t
,
y
o
u
t
ake
the
do
g
,
head
back
t
o
the
ve
t
,
I
’ll
chec
k
o
n
tha
t
insu
l
a
t
ion
and
d
r
y
w
all
.
”
H
e
g
r
inned,
t
r
y
i
n
g
t
o
mak
e
he
r
fee
l
bet
t
e
r
.
“
I
t should
n
’t
t
a
ke
lo
n
g
.
I
’ll
meet
y
ou
there
in
t
en
minu
t
es
.
”