Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (140 page)

“
Y
ou
found
us
out
here?”

“
I
t
w
as
n
’
t
hard.
I
asked
fo
r
dire
c
t
ions
,
”
J
ordan
confi
ded
ea
s
i
l
y
.
B
ut
she
n
o
ti
ced
L
il
l
y
looked
uncomfo
r
table,
embar
r
a
ss
ed.

W
ithout
a
word,
L
il
ly
s
t
epped
a
s
ide
and
made
room for
J
or
d
an
t
o
get
b
y
.
W
hen
she
s
a
w
that
H
ut
t
on
w
as
h
a
v
i
n
g trouble
maneuve
r
i
n
g
around
the
roc
k
s
lini
n
g
the
w
a
y
up
t
o the
s
t
e
p
s,
she
s
et
J
oey
back
in
s
ide
and
went
back
for
H
ut
t
on, ca
r
r
y
i
n
g
her
through
the
doo
r
f
ram
e
.
S
he
s
t
ood
there
holdi
n
g
H
ut
t
on
wh
i
le
J
or
d
an
looked
around
for
a
p
l
ace
t
o
s
et do
w
n
the
baske
t
.
S
he
sp
o
t
t
ed
K
yra
in
the
k
i
t
chen
area
s
itti
n
g at
a
t
a
ble
w
ith
a
colo
r
i
n
g
boo
k
.
T
h
e
little
g
irl
looked
up
and
J
or
d
an
asked,
“
A
ny
one
hu
n
g
r
y?”

“
M
e
,
”
K
yra
said
c
l
appi
n
g
her
hands.

N
o emba
r
rassment there,
J
or
d
an thought as she
s
et the basket
down
and
be
g
an
unloadi
n
g
the
food,
s
etti
n
g
out
a therm
o
s
of
lemonade,
and
paper
p
l
a
t
e
s.
“
Good.
I
’ve
g
o
t
cold f
r
ied chicken
and
macaroni
and
che
es
e
.
”
S
he
pu
r
p
os
e
f
ully made
her
e
y
e
s
go
big
as
she
leaned
down
and
wh
i
spered
t
o
K
yra,
“
A
nd
browni
e
s
for
d
e
s
s
e
r
t
.
”

“
Y
a
y brownies
,
”
K
yra shou
t
ed, c
l
appi
n
g her hands
a
g
ain.

“
B
ut
fi
r
s
t
w
e
ea
t
chicken
,
”
J
or
d
a
n
sugg
e
s
t
ed.

T
ur
ni
n
g
t
o
t
ak
e
H
u
t
t
o
n
ou
t
o
f
L
illy
’
s
a
r
ms
,
sh
e
s
t
are
d
in
t
o the
woma
n
’
s
big
green
e
y
es
and
s
a
w
t
ea
r
s
gl
i
s
t
eni
n
g
in
the corne
r
s.
“
I
just
ca
n
’t
believe
y
ou
brought
lunch,
and
came out
here
t
o
s
ee
us
.
”

S
he
p
l
aced
a
hand
on
Lilly
’
s
thin
shoulde
r
.
“
T
h
a
t
’
s
what
f
r
ien
d
s
d
o
,
Lill
y
.
I
n
fa
c
t
af
t
er
we
ea
t
,
ther
e
’
s
s
omethi
n
g
I
need
t
o
ta
lk
t
o
y
ou
a
bout
.
”

A
s
the
y
sprea
d
the
feas
t
out
on
the
ta
ble
,
J
ord
a
n
n
o
t
e
d the
t
ra
i
le
r
’
s
s
ma
l
l
k
i
t
c
hen
w
a
s
sp
o
tl
es
s
an
d
s
me
l
le
d
o
f
d
i
s
infe
c
tan
t
.
T
h
er
e
w
as
n
’
t
a
di
r
t
y
d
i
s
h
on
the
counter
or
i
n
the
s
in
k
.
She
w
i
shed
she
could
s
a
y
the
same
thing
a
b
out
her
o
w
n
k
i
t
c
hen
beca
u
s
e
in
her
haste
to
prepare
lunch
sh
e
’
d
lef
t he
r
s a m
e
s
s
.

B
y
the
time
the
five
of
them,
women
and
k
i
d
s
al
i
ke, hu
n
g
r
i
ly
dug
in
t
o
the
food,
the
a
w
k
w
ardn
e
s
s
had
v
an
i
shed. The
k
i
d
s
c
rea
t
ed
a
n
o
i
s
y
and
b
o
i
s
t
erous
backdro
p
.
A
f
t
er they
a
t
e
their
f
i
l
l
of
chicken
and
p
o
t
a
t
o
e
s
and
pas
t
a,
they s
t
a
r
t
ed
on
the
browni
e
s.