Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (162 page)

“
J
or
d
an,
how
are
y
ou
th
i
s
mo
r
ni
n
g?”

J
or
d
an
opened
the
s
c
reen
door
and
let
her
in
s
id
e
.
“
F
in
e
.
I
’
ve
g
o
t
cof
f
ee
and
s
ome
banana
w
a
lnut
muffins
st
il
l
w
a
r
m
f
rom
the
oven
.
”

“T
h
at
s
oun
d
s
fin
e
.
B
u
t
…
th
i
s
i
s
n
’t
a
s
o
c
i
al
v
i
s
i
t
…
th
i
s
i
s… prof
e
ss
ional
.
”
C
ar
l
a
looked
around
the
fo
y
er
and
in
t
o
the li
v
i
n
g
room
as
if
she
were
t
r
y
i
n
g
t
o
find
s
omeon
e
.
I
t
w
a
s
n
’t unt
i
l
her
e
y
e
s
l
anded
on
H
ut
t
on
that
J
or
d
an
be
g
an
t
o
wo
r
r
y
.
A
t
the
s
ight
of
H
ut
t
on,
C
ar
l
a
’
s
demeanor
became
a
l
l
bu
s
in
es
s.

“
P
rof
e
ss
ional
?
W
ha
t
d
o
y
o
u
mean?”

“T
he
coun
t
y—
s
oc
i
a
l
s
e
r
v
ic
e
s
received
a
comp
l
ain
t
.
”

“
A
comp
l
aint?
I
do
n
’t
unde
r
s
t
and
.
”
S
he
thought
of
M
r
.
T
a
gge
r
t
and
wondered
w
h
y
he
would
ca
l
l
s
o
c
i
al
s
e
r
v
ic
e
s comp
l
aini
n
g
a
bout
n
o
is
e
.

“Someon
e
ca
l
le
d
th
e
coun
t
y
an
d
sai
d
the
y
s
a
w
b
r
u
i
se
s
o
n
H
u
t
t
o
n
.
”

J
or
d
a
n
’
s
mouth
dropped
open.
“
W
ha
t?
That
’
s—imp
o
s
s
ible,
that
’
s
—
r
idi
c
ulous
.
”

“
I
k
no
w
,
but
surely
y
ou
unde
r
s
t
and
w
e
—I
h
a
ve
t
o
check it
ou
t
,
J
or
d
an.
P
elican
P
o
in
t
e
i
s
pa
r
t
of
m
y
t
e
r
r
i
t
o
r
y
.
”

“
B
u
t
…
W
hen?
W
hen
did
they
s
a
y
they
s
a
w
b
r
u
i
s
e
s
on her?”

“
A
t
the
street
fai
r
.
I
t
old
m
y
supe
r
v
is
or
it
w
as
r
idi
c
ulous and that
I
did
n
’t
beli
e
ve
one
word
of
i
t
,
but
it
’
s
m
y
du
t
y
t
o
check out
repo
r
ts,
for
the
f
i
le. It
’
s
m
y
jo
b
.
”

C
learl
y
t
ake
n
ab
ac
k
,
J
or
d
a
n
t
r
ie
d
to
a
c
t
no
r
mal
,
t
r
ie
d
to
main
t
ai
n
he
r
comp
o
s
ur
e
a
s
sh
e
le
d
C
a
r
l
a
in
to
th
e
k
i
t
c
he
n
.
O
n
au
t
oma
tic
,
sh
e
g
o
t
cof
f
e
e
c
u
p
s
ou
t
o
f
th
e
c
a
b
i
ne
t
and
p
l
a
t
e
s
fo
r
th
e
muff
i
ns
.
B
u
t
he
r
han
d
s
wer
e
sha
k
i
ng
s
o
much
th
e
d
i
sh
e
s
c
l
a
n
ge
d
t
o
gethe
r
.
“
C
a
n
y
o
u
t
e
l
l
m
e
wh
o
made
th
e
comp
l
aint?”

“
I
t
w
as
ano
n
ymo
u
s.
T
h
e
pe
r
s
on
said
they
s
a
w
H
ut
t
on
in
t
o
w
n
at
the
fair
and
she
had
n
o
tice
a
ble
b
r
u
ise
s
on
her
a
r
ms and
le
g
s.
M
y
supe
r
v
is
or
said
they
s
ounded
ve
r
y
co
n
v
in
c
i
n
g
.
”
I
ns
t
in
c
tivel
y
,
J
or
d
a
n
’
s
han
d
s
f
l
e
w
to
he
r
mout
h
.
C
o
n
v
in
c
i
ng
enoug
h
tha
t
a
s
o
c
i
a
l
worke
r
cam
e
ou
t
to
inspe
c
t
he
r
ch
i
ld
,
sh
e
though
t
,
a
s
sh
e
be
g
a
n
to
c
r
y
.
“
I
k
n
ew
th
e
peopl
e
i
n
t
o
w
n
did
n
’
t
l
i
k
e
me
,
I
’
v
e
k
n
o
w
n
fo
r
alm
o
st
t
w
o
y
ea
r
s
the
y
did
n
’
t
w
an
t
m
e
here
,
bu
t
th
i
s
i
s
be
y
on
d
tha
t
,
be
y
on
d
comprehen
s
io
n
.
”
S
h
e
t
u
r
n
e
d
to
p
ic
k
u
p
H
u
t
t
on
befor
e
drop
p
i
ng
in
to
a
k
i
t
c
he
n
chai
r
.
S
h
e
s
e
t
th
e
b
a
b
y
on
he
r
l
a
p
an
d
immed
i
a
t
el
y
be
g
a
n
to
undr
e
s
s
he
r
.
H
u
t
t
on,
a
s
t
o
d
dle
r
s
w
il
l
d
o
s
t
a
r
t
e
d
to
s
qui
r
m
i
n
he
r
a
r
ms
.
B
u
t
she man
a
ge
d
to
pu
l
l
do
w
n
th
e
ch
i
ld
’
s
p
in
k
ove
r
a
l
l
s
an
d
showed
C
ar
la
th
e
b
a
b
y
’
s
le
g
s
.
T
her
e
wer
e
n
o
b
r
u
i
se
s
a
n
y
wher
e.
On
au
t
oma
t
ic
,
J
or
d
a
n
be
g
a
n
to
she
d
H
u
t
t
o
n
’
s
whi
te
lo
ng
sle
e
ve
t
o
p
to
bar
e
he
r
a
r
m
s
fo
r
inspe
c
tio
n
.
“
I
’
m
s
o
r
r
y
t
o
h
a
v
e
t
o
d
o
th
i
s
.
”