Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (136 page)

I
t
w
a
s
the
fi
r
st
time
in
h
i
s
life,
h
e
’
d
e
ver
put
a
b
a
by
down for
a
na
p
.
The
g
e
s
t
ure
felt
a
little
a
w
k
w
ard,
but
af
t
er
w
a
t
chi
n
g
J
or
d
an,
he
felt
he
could
handle
i
t
.
A
s
he
s
t
epped
back
f
rom
the
bed,
he
w
a
t
ched
as
her
little
puckered
mouth made
suc
k
i
n
g
m
o
tions
in
her
slee
p
.
H
e
t
ook
a
deep
breath and
n
o
ticed
J
or
d
a
n
’
s
as
t
on
i
shed
s
t
ar
e
.
H
e
sh
r
ugged.
“
I
’
ve
w
a
t
ched
y
ou
enough
.
”
T
h
ey
backed
out
of
the
room,
J
or
d
an sha
k
i
n
g
her
head,
while
N
ick
felt
a
con
t
entment
h
e
’
d
n
e
ver
k
nown
e
x
i
s
t
ed.

W
hile
H
ut
t
on
sle
p
t
,
he
unloaded
the
car
and
busied him
s
elf
remo
v
i
n
g
the
ba
s
eboar
d
s
from
the
u
p
s
t
ai
r
s
bathroom
where
he
in
t
ended
t
o
rep
l
ace
the
d
r
yw
all.
A
s
he p
r
ied
lo
o
s
e
the
rot
t
ed
wood,
he
con
s
idered
their
mo
r
ni
n
g
t
o
gethe
r
.
E
ve
n
whe
n
H
u
t
t
o
n
ha
d
g
o
t
t
e
n
cr
an
k
y
,
he
r
c
r
y
i
n
g had
n
’t
b
o
thered
him.
I
n
fa
c
t
,
he
could
n
’t
remember
the
l
ast time
h
e
’
d
enjo
y
ed
shop
p
i
n
g
w
ith
a
woman
and
doi
n
g
such
ordina
r
y
thi
n
g
s.

B
ut
what
would
happen
when
J
or
d
an
found
out
h
e
’
d
k
nown
Sco
t
t?
T
h
at
would
r
uin
eve
r
y
thi
n
g
.
H
i
s
li
e
s
would su
r
face and
sh
e
’
d
look
at
him different
then,
for
sur
e
.

A
s
he
fin
i
shed
g
utti
n
g
the
bathroom
and
cleani
n
g
up the
m
e
ss,
b
a
g
g
i
n
g
the
deb
r
i
s
t
o
ta
ke
out
t
o
the
trash
pile,
he de
c
ided
not
t
o
think
a
bout
i
t
.
H
e
would
n
’t
think
a
bout
Sco
t
t not
when
he
could
n
’t
s
t
op
thin
k
i
n
g
a
bout
getti
n
g
J
or
d
an
in
t
o bed,
could
n
’t
s
t
op
thin
k
i
n
g
a
bout
how
sh
e
’
d
felt
ag
ainst
him.
J
or
d
an
w
as
unli
k
e
a
n
y
woman
h
e
’
d
ever
k
nown.
S
he
had
a sweet
d
i
sp
o
s
ition,
a
bubbl
y
,
up
bea
t
at
ti
t
ud
e
i
n
s
p
i
t
e
o
f
the
y
ear
sh
e
’
d
had.
A
nd
she
w
as
a
good
m
o
ther
who
s
eemed
t
o
h
a
v
e
a
n
ins
t
in
c
t
iv
e
gentl
e
t
empe
r
amen
t
w
it
h
H
u
t
t
o
n.

On
h
i
s
w
a
y
t
o
the
trash
pile
behind
the
g
ar
a
ge,
he
spo
tt
ed the
box
con
t
aini
n
g
the
b
a
by
ca
r
r
ier
s
itti
n
g
b
es
ide
the
S
U
V
. Af
t
er
dumpi
n
g
the
trash,
on
impu
ls
e,
he
dug
out
one
of
the bik
e
s
from
the
g
ar
a
g
e
.
S
litti
n
g
open
the
box
he
spread
eve
r
ythi
n
g
out
on
the
d
r
ive
w
a
y
and
be
g
an
t
o
a
ss
emble
the
b
a
by se
a
t. Af
t
er getti
n
g the de
v
ice
t
ogethe
r
, he s
t
a
r
t
ed at
t
achi
n
g the
s
eat
t
o
the
back
of
the
bik
e
.