Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (146 page)

“
Good
idea.
P
o
r
trait
a
r
t
i
s
t
s
are
fairly
common
at
street fai
r
s
.
”

“T
hey
sure
ar
e
.
”
J
or
d
an
g
o
t
t
o
her
feet
and
s
t
a
r
t
ed pa
c
i
n
g
.
“
S
he
could
ea
r
n
s
ome
ex
tra
buc
k
s,
t
o
o
.
Do
y
ou supp
o
s
e
d
o
i
n
g
s
omethi
n
g
l
i
ke
that
might
jeopardize
her s
t
ipend
f
rom
the
coun
t
y
though?”

“
W
ai
t
.
Think
a
bout
it
for
a
minu
t
e,
J
or
d
a
n
.
The
fai
r
’
s only
d
a
y
s
a
w
a
y
,
I
’
m
pret
t
y
sure
it
’
s
prob
a
bly
t
oo
l
at
e
t
o
get a
bo
o
th.
A
nd
e
ven
if
she
could,
what
mak
e
s
y
ou
think
the good
people
of
P
elican
P
o
in
t
e,
namely
S
i
s
s
y
C
a
r
r
,
would a
l
low
L
il
ly
t
o
go
a
n
ywhere
near
the
street
fair
t
o
p
ick
up
a little
ex
tra
cash?
M
u
r
p
h
y
mentioned
S
is
s
y
a
c
ts
l
i
ke
sh
e
’
s
the queen of th
i
s thi
n
g
.
A
nd
B
ran
S
u
l
li
v
an, the vet said
s
om
e
thi
n
g
a
bout
her
t
r
y
i
n
g
t
o
r
un
the
sho
w
.
S
he
i
s
n
’t
g
o
i
n
g
t
o
l
i
ke it
much
if
L
il
ly
com
e
s
alo
n
g
at
th
i
s
l
a
t
e
d
a
t
e
and
s
t
a
r
ts
r
a
k
i
n
g in
money
for
her
po
r
traits.
T
h
en
ther
e
’
s
the
bo
o
th
fe
e
.
W
ho p
a
y
s
for
that?”
H
e
s
c
r
a
t
ched
h
i
s
chin.
“
I
’
l
l
be
happy
t
o
put
up the
money
but
s
omethi
n
g
t
e
l
l
s
me
good
old
S
is
s
y
i
s
g
o
i
n
g
t
o put
up
s
ome
r
e
si
s
t
ance
ther
e
.
”

H
e
r
shoulde
r
s
s
a
gged
.
“
Y
ou
’
r
e
r
i
gh
t
.
W
e
l
l,
that
’
s
a
d
amn sham
e
.
Th
e
s
e
are
n
’t
ca
r
ica
t
ur
e
s
N
ic
k
,
th
e
s
e
are
hon
e
st
t
o goodn
e
s
s
beauti
f
ul
po
r
traits
.
”

“
I
beli
e
ve
y
ou.
Y
ou
st
il
l
w
ant
t
o
go
th
i
s
F
r
i
d
a
y?”

“
I
think
it
’
d
be
f
un.
B
ut
I
w
as
thin
k
i
n
g
S
a
t
ur
d
a
y
might
wo
rk
bet
t
e
r
.
”

“
W
hat
and
m
i
s
s
the
parade?”
H
e
asked,
g
r
inni
n
g
.

“
I
recognize
sarca
s
m
when
I
hear
i
t
.
O
k
a
y
,
y
ou
t
a
l
k
ed me
in
t
o
i
t
.
Y
ou
h
a
ve
n
’t
lived
unt
i
l
y
ou
’
ve
s
een
a
P
elican
P
o
in
t
e
parad
e
.
”

“
I
w
as
thin
k
i
n
g
of
ta
k
i
n
g
M
u
r
p
h
y
up
on
h
i
s
of
f
er
t
o
go f
i
shi
n
g
.
The
y
’
re
ta
k
i
n
g
W
ad
e
’
s
boat
out
T
u
es
d
a
y
p
l
anni
n
g
t
o spend
the
night
on
the
w
at
e
r
.
”

“
L
i
k
e
I
said
before,
y
ou
should
g
o
.
W
ade
H
a
w
k
ins
i
s
qui
t
e
a
cha
r
a
c
t
e
r
.
”

“
H
ow
s
o?”

“
H
e
’
s
a
retired
h
i
s
t
o
r
y
prof
es
s
o
r
,
a
s
t
aunch
e
n
v
ironmen
t
a
l
i
s
t
,
and
con
s
ide
r
s
him
s
elf
s
omethi
n
g
of
a
local
expe
r
t
in the
parano
r
mal
.
”

H
i
s
e
y
e
s
w
idened.
H
e
cocked
h
i
s
head.
“
Y
ou
mean
g
h
o
st
s
?”

J
or
d
a
n
l
a
ughed
.
“
T
h
at
’
s
exa
c
tly
what
I
mean.
The
ma
n
’
s g
o
t
th
i
s
w
i
ld
head
of
whi
t
e
hair
and
when
he
s
t
a
r
ts
t
a
l
k
i
n
g
a
bout
s
p
i
r
its
and
gh
o
sts,
h
i
s
s
t
o
r
i
e
s
j
u
st
pull
y
ou
in.
I
t
’
s
really more
l
i
ke
a
hobb
y
,
I
g
u
es
s.
B
ut
l
ast
w
in
t
er
he
t
old
me
he p
l
anned
t
o
w
r
i
t
e
a
book
a
bout
h
i
s
expe
r
ienc
e
s.
H
e
’
s
s
e
r
ious
a
bout
pu
r
sui
n
g
gh
o
sts
though.
Y
ou
k
no
w
,
h
e
’
s
been
out
here a
couple
of
tim
e
s
w
ith
s
ome
ele
c
tronic
me
t
er
and
g
i
z
m
o
, c
l
aims
h
i
s
s
en
s
o
r
s
went
c
r
a
z
y
.
S
a
y
s he
would
n
’t be su
r
p
r
is
ed if
we
had
a
gh
o
st
or
t
wo
li
v
i
n
g
r
ight
her
e
.
”

N
ick
thought
of
Sc
o
t
t
.
H
e
l
l,
h
e
’
d
been
the
one
t
o
b
r
i
n
g h
i
s
gh
o
st
here
w
ith
hi
m
.
C
au
t
io
u
s,
he
t
r
ied
for
the
r
ight
wor
d
s
.
“
Ha
v
e
y
o
u
s
ee
n
a
n
y
s
i
g
n
s
o
f
tha
t
i
n
th
e
t
w
o
y
ea
r
s
y
ou
’
ve
lived
here?”
H
e
s
earched
her
face
for
a
n
y
s
i
g
n
she
w
as thin
k
i
n
g
a
bout Sc
o
t
t
,
but
J
or
d
an
s
imply
l
aughed.
“
N
o
.
B
ut
do
n
’
t
thin
k
I
h
a
ve
n
’
t
though
t
a
b
ou
t
u
s
i
n
g
e
ve
r
y
a
ngl
e
I
could
t
o
get
t
ou
r
i
sts
in
her
e
.
I
f
g
u
e
sts
w
ant
a
gh
o
st
s
t
o
r
y
,
I
’
m
n
o
t
a
b
ov
e
ma
k
i
n
g
on
e
u
p
.
”

N
ic
k
’
s
breathi
ng
l
e
vele
d
of
f
.
S
o
sh
e
had
n
’
t
s
ee
n
Sc
o
t
t
’
s
gh
o
s
t
.
W
eird
.
W
a
s
h
e
j
u
s
t
haun
t
i
ng
him
,
then
?
“
W
i
l
d
hea
d
o
f
hai
r
,
huh
?
I
thin
k
I
migh
t
h
a
v
e
s
ee
n
W
ad
e
w
a
l
k
i
ng
aroun
d
t
o
w
n
.
P
e
lica
n
P
o
in
te
s
eem
s
to
h
a
v
e
i
t
s
shar
e
of
quir
k
y
r
e
s
iden
t
s
.
”

“
Y
e
p
.
Y
ou
k
no
w
,
I
w
as
thin
k
i
n
g
I
might
head
t
o
church Eas
t
er
S
un
d
a
y
for
s
e
r
v
ic
e
s.
I
g
a
ve
up
g
o
i
n
g
when
Sc
o
t
t
lef
t
,
e
spe
c
i
a
l
ly
when
I found
the
t
o
w
n
w
a
s
n
’t
that
f
r
ien
d
l
y
.
B
ut
I
’
ve
been
thin
k
i
n
g
,
I
might
g
ive
it
an
o
ther
t
r
y
.
W
ant
t
o
go
w
ith
u
s
?”