Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (151 page)

J
or
d
an
looked
at
L
il
l
y
.
“
D
id
the
k
i
d
s
ca
t
ch
the
parade?”

“T
hey
did,
we
j
u
st
slipped
back
in
s
id
e
.
”

“
H
a
ve
y
ou
been
bu
s
y?”

S
he
p
o
in
t
ed
t
o
the
tip
j
a
r
.
I
t
had
a
hand
f
ul
of
bil
l
s
in
i
t
.
B
ut
it
w
as
st
il
l
earl
y
,
not
even
el
e
ven
o
’
clock
y
e
t
.
“
M
u
r
p
h
y and
C
ar
l
a
came
b
y
,
g
o
t
their
po
r
traits
done,
and
then
a couple
of
t
ou
r
i
sts
f
rom
S
an
F
ran
c
is
c
o
.
”

J
or
d
a
n
pushe
d
N
ic
k
in
t
o
a
chai
r
.
“
I
w
ant
on
e
o
f
N
ick
and
H
u
t
t
o
n
.
”

“
Y
o
u
do
n
’
t
h
a
v
e
t
o
d
o
tha
t
,
J
or
d
a
n
.
”

S
h
e
in
s
i
s
t
ed
,
“
I
w
an
t
on
e
o
f
N
ic
k
an
d
H
ut
t
o
n
.
Y
ou
’
re
good
,
L
il
l
y
.
I
k
no
w
exa
c
tl
y
wher
e
I
in
t
en
d
to
ha
ng
the
m
.
” S
h
e
did
n
’
t
h
a
v
e
a
clu
e.
“W
he
n
y
ou
’
r
e
f
i
n
i
she
d
w
it
h
th
e
s
e
t
w
o
w
e
’
l
l
t
ak
e
th
e
k
i
d
s
ou
t
fo
r
lunc
h
.
I
be
t
the
y
’
r
e
hu
n
g
r
y
b
y
no
w
.
”

“
Y
ou
do
n
’t
h
a
ve
t
o
b
a
b
ys
it
or
feed
the
k
i
d
s
for
me,
t
o
o
.
”
“
N
ic
k
’
s
hu
n
g
r
y
,
are
n
’t
y
ou,
N
ick?”

H
e
s
m
i
led
,
get
t
i
n
g
in
t
o
h
i
s
rol
e
.
“
S
t
a
r
v
i
n
g
.
W
e
a
t
e
brea
k
fast
earl
y
.
A
nd
the
s
me
l
l
of
burge
r
s
i
s
getti
n
g
t
o
m
e
.
”

L
il
ly
g
i
ggled
.
S
he
of
t
e
n
g
i
ggle
d
aroun
d
N
ic
k
.
A
s
she
p
icked
up
her
ske
t
ch
pad
t
o
be
g
in
dr
a
w
i
n
g
N
ic
k
’
s
face,
she g
l
anced
up
t
o
s
ee
W
a
l
ly
P
ierce
s
t
andi
n
g
in
the
open
entrance
t
o
the
t
en
t
.

“
H
e
y
,
L
il
l
y
,
”
W
a
l
ly
said
ne
r
vo
u
sl
y
.

J
or
d
a
n
e
x
cha
n
ge
d
loo
k
s
w
it
h
N
ic
k
a
s
i
f
sh
e
’
d
j
u
st
realize
d
w
h
y
W
a
l
l
y
woul
d
sho
w
u
p
in
s
id
e
L
il
l
y
’
s
t
en
t
.
H
i
s
s
e
r
v
ic
e
s
t
a
t
io
n
migh
t
h
a
v
e
bee
n
a
c
r
os
s
th
e
stree
t
,
bu
t
s
om
e
ho
w
J
or
d
a
n
did
n
’
t
thin
k
W
a
l
l
y
P
ierc
e
w
a
s
her
e
beca
u
s
e
he
neede
d
a
d
r
a
w
i
ng
o
f
him
s
elf.

Ea
s
y
g
o
i
n
g
,
W
a
l
ly
P
ierc
e
ha
d
ta
ke
n
ove
r
r
unni
n
g
h
i
s fathe
r
’
s
s
e
r
v
ice
s
t
a
t
ion
t
wo
y
ea
r
s
earlier
af
t
er
h
i
s
d
ad
’
s
hea
r
t
at
tac
k
.
A
s
th
e
onl
y
mechani
c
w
ithi
n
f
i
f
t
y
m
i
l
e
s
W
a
l
ly
could
h
a
v
e
pret
t
y
muc
h
gouge
d
e
ve
r
y
o
n
e
wh
o
w
a
l
k
e
d
throug
h
h
i
s doo
r
s
e
x
ce
p
t
that
he
happened
t
o
be
an
hon
e
s
t
,
hardwor
k
i
n
g
g
uy
wh
o
’
d
g
ro
w
n
up
a
local.
W
a
l
ly
k
new
e
ve
r
y
one
in
t
o
w
n as
we
l
l
as
the engines in their
ca
r
s.
E
ven
though
h
i
s
work
ke
p
t
him hop
p
i
n
g
s
i
x
d
a
y
s
a
wee
k
,
he
made
a
p
o
int
to
g
o
su
r
fi
ng
e
ve
r
y
d
a
y
af
t
er
he got done with work.
S
ince
he
lived
in
a ti
n
y
ho
u
s
e,
near
the
w
at
e
r
f
ron
t
,
he
w
a
l
k
ed
t
o
work
in
s
p
i
t
e of
o
w
ni
n
g
a
c
l
a
ss
ic
S
S
C
h
e
ve
l
le
m
u
s
cle
ca
r
.
T
h
e
only
v
ice the
g
uy
s
eemed
t
o
h
a
ve
w
as
su
r
fi
n
g
.
W
in
t
er
or
summe
r
,
if
W
a
l
ly
w
a
s
n
’t
at
h
i
s
s
e
r
v
ice
s
t
a
t
ion
on
Beach
S
tree
t
,
he
spent h
i
s
time
in
the
w
at
e
r
.
T
a
l
l
and
g
a
ng
l
y
,
w
ith
hair
do
w
n
t
o
h
i
s shoulde
r
s,
he
e
ven
looked
the
pa
r
t
of
a
su
r
f
e
r
.
E
ven
though he
had
j
u
st
celeb
r
a
t
ed
h
i
s
t
wen
t
y
-
ninth
b
i
r
th
d
a
y
,
W
a
l
ly
had no
s
t
eady
g
irl
f
r
iend,
m
o
stly
beca
u
s
e
he
worked
and
lived
in
a
t
o
w
n
w
ith
l
es
s
than
three
thousand
people,
where
there
w
as a
sho
r
t
supply
of
s
i
ng
le
women
h
i
s
a
ge,
e
spe
c
i
a
l
ly
pret
t
y
on
e
s l
i
ke
L
il
ly
Seybold.
W
a
l
ly
k
new
she
had
t
wo
k
i
d
s.
The
y
’
d
been
r
ight
there
w
ith
her
when
h
e
’
d
put
a
retread
on
her
ca
r
.
B
ut
s
ince
that
d
a
y
,
he
had
n
’t
been
a
ble
t
o
get
her
out
of
h
i
s
head.