Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (148 page)

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Deco
r
at
ed
in
red,
whi
t
e
and
blue
streame
r
s,
M
u
r
p
h
y

s
v
in
t
a
ge
1954
C
h
ev
y
p
ic
k
up
fo
l
lowed
on
the
hee
l
s
of
the
band as
it ro
l
led past wh
i
le the m
a
y
or s
t
ood
in the bed thro
w
i
n
g out
candy
t
o
the
k
i
d
s
alo
n
g
the
pa
r
ade
rou
te
.

Af
t
er
that
came
one
of
the
coun
t
y
patrol
ca
r
s
w
ith
at least
s
i
x
k
i
d
s
ha
n
g
i
n
g
out
the
w
indo
w
s
as
the
car
f
l
ashed
i
t
s ligh
t
s
and
in
t
e
r
mit
t
ently
hit
the
s
ire
n
.
T
h
a
t
t
o
o
,
g
o
t
H
u
t
t
o
n

s at
t
ention,
but
the
n
o
is
e
s
cared
he
r
.
W
hen
she
puckered
up
t
o
c
r
y
,
J
or
d
an
leaned
over
t
o
con
s
ole
her
and
bumped
hea
d
s
w
ith
N
ick
who
had
thought
t
o
do
the
same
thi
n
g
.
J
or
d
an looked
over
at
N
ick
t
o
s
ee
him
g
r
in
w
idel
y
,
and
then
w
at
ched as
he
reached
do
w
n,
as
if
h
e

d
been
d
o
i
n
g
it
for
e
ve
r
,
and
pluck the
b
a
by
out
of
her
stro
l
le
r
.
I
n
a
s
o
o
thi
n
g
v
o
ice
he
rea
s
sured he
r
,

D
o
n
’t
c
r
y
,
B
londi
e
.
N
o
on
e

s
gonna
hu
r
t
y
ou
wh
i
le
I

m
around
.
Y
o
u
ca
n
coun
t
o
n
tha
t
.

I
n
r
e
spon
s
e
,
H
u
t
t
o
n
bu
r
ied
her
head
on
N
ic
k

s
shoulder
and
g
r
a
bbed
a
f
i
st
f
ul
of
h
i
s
shi
r
t j
u
st
t
o
make
sure
he
w
a
s
n
’t
g
o
i
n
g
a
n
y
wher
e
.

W
a
t
chi
ng
hi
m
gentl
y
pa
t
he
r
bac
k
an
d
al
t
e
r
n
a
t
ely bounc
e
he
r
,
J
or
d
a
n
ha
d
n
o
dou
b
t
h
e
mean
t
e
ve
r
y
wor
d
of i
t
.
S
h
e
did
n

t
k
n
o
w
whe
n
i
t
ha
d
happened
,
bu
t
s
om
e
time
du
r
i
ng
th
e
l
a
s
t
wee
k
,
h
e
s
eeme
d
to
h
a
v
e
she
d
h
i
s
unea
s
i
n
e
s
s
aroun
d
H
u
t
t
o
n
.
A
n
d l
a
t
el
y
,
sh
e

d
n
o
tice
d
ho
w
muc
h
more re
l
a
x
e
d
h
e
w
a
s
i
n
gene
r
al
,
mor
e
a
t
ea
s
e
w
it
h
e
ve
r
y
thi
ng
he di
d
aroun
d
th
e
ho
u
s
e
a
s
i
f
h
e
wer
e
f
i
na
l
l
y
s
ettli
ng
in
,
le
a
v
i
ng
s
om
e
o
f
h
i
s
str
es
s
behind.

Soo
n
H
u
t
t
o
n
lift
ed
her head,
s
m
i
led in
t
o
N
ic
k

s face
and put
b
o
th
of
her
han
d
s
on
the
s
id
e
s
of
h
i
s
head,
sha
k
i
n
g
it
back and
fo
r
th.
J
or
d
an
s
a
w
him
l
augh,
shake
h
i
s
head
t
o
and
f
ro for
her
pleasure,
and
w
a
t
ched
as
he
b
it
p
l
a
y
f
u
l
ly
at
her
little fi
n
ge
r
s.
The
man
had
comple
t
ely
calmed
her
down.
W
hen
he
t
u
r
ned
her
at
t
ention
back
t
o
the
parade,
he
had
her
w
a
v
i
n
g back
t
o
the
o
ther
k
i
d
s
w
ithout
a
n
y
fear
of
the
loud
n
o
is
e
f
rom the
s
iren.
I
n
l
e
s
s
than
t
wo
minu
t
e
s,
N
ick
had
comple
t
ely d
is
s
olved
H
ut
t
o
n

s
s
ca
r
y
momen
t
.

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