Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (132 page)

“
N
ic
k
,
w
h
y
do
n
’t
we
forgo
the
insu
l
ation
and
the
other s
t
uff
?
I
do
n
’t
w
ant
t
o
r
un
up
m
y
t
a
b
her
e
.
”

H
e
t
ook
a
dif
f
erent
t
ac
k
.
“
Then
let
me
handle
this.
Y
ou can
p
a
y
me
back
fi
r
st
chance
y
ou
get
.
”

“
I
ca
n
’
t
le
t
y
o
u
d
o
tha
t
.
”

“
J
or
d
an,
are
we
f
r
iend
s
?”

“
I
’
d
like
t
o
think
s
o
.
”

“
O
k
a
y
then.
I
w
ant
t
o
do
this
.
”

“
B
u
t…
W
ha
t
if…?”

“
I
believe
in
what
y
ou
’
re
doi
n
g
.
Think
of
it
as
an
i
n
v
e
stment.
Y
ou’ll
p
a
y
me
bac
k
.
I
’
m
not
wor
r
ied
.
”

J
or
d
an
bit
her
lip
a
g
ain,
clearly
not
at
all
comfo
r
ta
ble
w
ith
the
pr
o
spect
of
o
w
i
n
g
him
mone
y
.
“
B
ut
…
”

“
N
o
buts.
I
w
ant
t
o
do
i
t
.
”
The
look
on
her
face
said
he needed
t
o
work
an
a
n
gle,
s
o
he
cha
n
ged
t
a
c
ti
c
s
y
et
ag
ain.
“
Loo
k
,
y
ou
’
re
pro
v
idi
n
g
me
w
ith
employment
and
a
p
l
ace
t
o
s
t
a
y
.
I
h
a
ve
n
’t
felt
this
good
a
bout
m
y
s
elf
in
a
lo
n
g
tim
e
. Before
I
came
here
I
’
d
t
r
ied
…
a
lot
t
o
work
out
m
y
…
is
su
e
s.
Y
ou
h
a
ve
no
idea
how
much
it
means
t
o
me
t
o
feel
…
bet
t
er
a
bout
thi
n
g
s
.
”
M
ore
than
sh
e
’
d
ever
k
no
w
.

“
Rea
ll
y?”

“
I
t
’
s
t
r
u
e
.
T
h
ink
how
much
I
would’ve
spent
on
therapy
t
o
feel
this
much
bet
t
e
r
.
”

“
O
k
a
y
,
I
’ll
let
y
ou
p
a
y
but
only
if
y
ou
con
s
ider
it
a
loan and put it in w
r
iti
n
g
, like a contra
c
t. T
h
e money we spend
t
o
d
a
y
w
ill
be
added
t
o
the
t
o
ta
l
of
y
our
i
n
v
e
stment.
Deal?”
S
he
held
out
her
hand.

H
e
s
m
iled
and
t
ook
her
hand
in
his.
“
Deal.
N
o
w
,
let
’
s
go
s
ee
if
we
can
f
i
nd
that
b
a
by
car
r
ie
r
.
”

A
n
hour
l
a
t
e
r
,
they
w
a
l
k
ed
out
of
F
er
g
u
s
o
n
’
s
t
ogether headi
n
g
for
the
vet
’
s.
N
ick
had
enjo
y
ed
eve
r
y
minu
t
e
w
a
t
chi
n
g
the
expre
ss
ion
on
F
er
g
u
s
o
n
’
s
face
when
they
’
d
ordered the
insu
l
ation
and
d
r
y
w
all
and
arra
n
ged
for
delive
r
y
.
I
f a
ny
one
s
i
x
months
a
go
had
t
old
him
h
e
’
d
get
such
a
k
ick
out of
spendi
n
g
money
on
such
thi
n
g
s
h
e
’
d
h
a
ve
called
them cr
a
z
y
.
Y
e
t
,
what
h
e
’
d
t
old
J
or
d
an
w
as
a
bs
olu
t
ely
t
r
u
e
.
H
e had
n
’t
felt
this
good
in
t
oo
lo
n
g
t
o
remembe
r
.
A
nd
that
w
as wo
r
th
s
omethi
n
g
.

A
t
the
vet
’
s,
Doc
S
ulli
v
an
recognized
Quake
from
the
B
ron
s
o
n
’
s
lit
t
er
of
puppi
e
s
el
e
ven
wee
k
s
earlie
r
,
which
mean
t
tha
t
Qu
ak
e
w
as
s
till
a
littl
e
t
oo
y
ou
n
g
t
o
ge
t
neu
t
ered.
B
ut he did get h
i
s sh
o
ts and h
i
s
I
D chi
p
. Becau
s
e the poor dog
reminded
J
or
d
an
of
how
H
ut
t
on
looked
af
t
e
r
get
t
i
n
g
her
sh
o
ts,
they
dropped
him
off
a
t
th
e
ca
r
fo
r
a
littl
e
na
p
.
They left
the
w
indow
rolled
down
on
the
car
where
he
could
get plen
t
y
of
fr
e
sh
air
while
N
ick
trea
t
ed
them
t
o
lunch
at
the
H
ill
t
op
Dine
r
.

They
w
a
l
k
ed
in
t
o
a
bu
s
y
,
no
i
s
y
lunch
crowd.
A
nd
once
ag
ain,
found
there
w
as
no
p
l
ace
t
o
s
i
t
,
not
an
a
v
ai
la
ble
chair in
the
entire
p
l
ac
e
.
J
ust
when
they
were
ready
t
o
t
urn
around and
le
a
ve,
they
spo
tt
ed
M
u
r
p
h
y
in
one
of
the
booths
w
a
v
i
n
g them
over
where
he
w
as
eati
n
g
w
ith
C
ar
l
a
V
ar
g
as,
the
s
oc
i
al wor
k
e
r
.
A
s
s
oon
as
N
ick
and
J
or
d
an
made
their
w
a
y
over
t
o the
t
a
ble,
C
ar
l
a,
a
s
t
yl
i
sh,
peti
t
e
woman
in
her
early
fo
r
ti
e
s
w
ith
olive
s
k
in
and
coal
-
b
l
ack
hair
she
wore
clipped
back
off her
face,
g
o
t
up
from
her
s
ide
of
the
t
a
ble
t
o
slide
in
b
e
side
M
u
r
p
h
y
,
who
introduced
C
ar
l
a
t
o
N
ic
k
.

“
H
a
v
e
a
s
e
a
t.
W
e
’
v
e
alread
y
ordere
d
bu
t
Ei
lee
n
w
ill
be
alo
n
g
w
ith
our
food
a
n
y
minu
t
e
now
and
y
ou
can
t
ell
her what
y
ou
w
an
t
,
”
M
u
r
p
h
y
t
old
them
amic
a
bl
y
.