Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (153 page)

N
ick
s
t
ood
in
line
behind
t
en
o
ther
hu
n
g
r
y
s
ou
l
s
at
a bo
o
th
ca
l
led
The
B
urger
H
ut
which
had
a
banner
stre
t
ched behind
the
g
r
il
l
c
l
aimi
n
g
t
o
s
e
r
ve
the
thick
e
s
t
,
jui
c
i
e
st
burge
r
s
at
the
fai
r
.
W
h
i
le
he
ordered
the
food,
J
or
d
an
t
ook
the
k
i
d
s and
went
in
s
earch
of
an
a
v
a
i
la
ble
p
l
ace
t
o
s
i
t
.
P
u
shi
n
g
J
oey in
the
stro
l
ler
and
ca
r
r
y
i
n
g
H
ut
t
on
wh
i
le
poor
little
K
yra
w
as forced
t
o
fo
l
low
and
keep
up
as
b
e
st
she
could,
J
or
d
an
w
as on
the
s
econd
s
weep
around
the
commons
when
she
sp
o
tt
ed a
g
roup
of
people
get
t
i
n
g
up
t
o
d
is
card
their
tras
h
.
S
he
l
aid c
l
aim
t
o
the
t
a
ble
l
i
ke
a
shopper
at
a
shoe
s
a
l
e
.
Once
K
yra
g
o
t
s
e
ttle
d
in
,
J
or
d
a
n
w
a
ve
d
w
i
l
d
l
y
un
t
i
l
sh
e
caugh
t
s
i
gh
t
o
f
N
ick
ca
r
r
y
i
n
g
a
red
p
l
as
t
ic
tr
a
y
l
aden
w
ith
burge
r
s,
h
o
t
do
g
s,
f
r
i
e
s and
s
oft
d
r
in
k
s
enough
for
five
peopl
e
.

A
s
s
oon as he sat do
w
n he be
g
an doli
n
g
out the food.
“
I
g
o
t
h
o
tdo
g
s
for
the
k
i
d
s
but
j
u
st
in
ca
s
e
I
bought
an
ex
tra burge
r
.
Ther
e
’
s
f
r
i
e
s
and
lemonade
ins
t
ead
of
s
o
d
a
.
”

“
Good
jo
b
.
A
re
y
ou
sure
y
ou
’
ve
never
been
around
k
i
d
s before,
N
ick?”
J
or
d
an
t
ea
s
ed
w
ith
a
t
w
inkle
in
her
e
y
e
.

N
ick
s
t
opped
in
mid
h
andou
t
,
s
a
w
the
m
is
chief
in
her e
y
e
s,
and
then
g
r
inned.
“
I
’
m
fairly
ce
r
t
ain
I
’
d
remembe
r
.
”

W
ithout
emba
r
ra
ss
i
n
g
him
a
n
y
f
u
r
the
r
,
she
t
u
r
ned
t
o the
k
i
d
s.
“
K
y
r
a
do
y
ou
w
ant
a
hamburger
or
a
h
o
t
dog?”

“
H
o
t
do
g
,
”
th
e
littl
e
g
ir
l
said
,
c
l
ap
p
i
n
g
he
r
han
d
s
in
an
ti
c
ipa
t
io
n
.

“
H
o
t
do
g
,
”
J
oey
echoed,
c
l
ap
p
i
n
g
h
i
s
han
d
s
l
i
ke
h
e
’
d
s
een
h
i
s
si
s
t
e
r
.

“
Do
g
,
”
H
u
t
t
o
n
added
,
ma
k
i
n
g
i
t
unanimo
u
s.

Af
t
er
get
t
i
n
g
the
k
i
d
s
fed,
they
spent
the
n
e
xt
couple of
hou
r
s
w
a
l
k
i
n
g
up
and
do
w
n
the
ro
w
s
of
bo
o
ths
loo
k
i
n
g at d
i
sp
l
a
y
s
of
handmade
jewel
r
y
, hand pain
t
ed
ce
r
ami
c
s,
a nee
d
lep
o
int
e
xhi
b
i
t
,
and
homemade
qu
i
l
t
s.
A
few
beach
s
cen
e
s
caught
their
e
y
e
done
by
a
few
of
the
local
a
r
t
i
s
t
s
that they
a
g
reed
would
look
good
deco
r
a
t
i
n
g
the
g
u
e
st
rooms, but
the
a
r
t
w
as
w
a
y
out
of
J
or
d
a
n
’
s
p
r
ice
ra
n
g
e
.
Ma
ybe
sh
e
’
d ask
L
il
ly
if
she
could
paint
s
omethi
n
g
s
im
i
l
a
r
.
A
f
t
er
s
eei
n
g her
ta
len
t
,
J
or
d
an
had
no
dou
b
t
the
woman
could
dr
a
w
j
u
st
a
bout
a
n
y
thi
n
g
.