Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (163 page)

I
t
t
ook
barely
fif
t
een
minu
t
e
s
f
rom
be
g
inni
n
g
t
o
end,
but
C
ar
l
a
did
her
jo
b
.
S
he
e
xamined
H
ut
t
on
f
rom
head
t
o
t
oe,
e
ven
remo
v
i
n
g
her
d
i
ape
r
.
A
f
t
e
r
w
ard,
she
breathed
a
s
igh of
relief
and
said
quietl
y
,
“
T
h
at
’
s
i
t
,
J
or
d
an.
Y
ou
can
put
her cl
o
th
e
s back on. T
h
ey were ob
v
iously m
i
s
t
aken
.
”

“
M
or
e
l
i
k
e
mea
n
i
s
wha
t
the
y
were
,
C
a
r
l
a
.
W
h
y
would
a
n
y
on
e
b
e
tha
t
mean?
”
A
n
im
a
g
e
o
f
S
i
s
s
y
du
r
i
ng
th
e
street
fai
r
,
ma
d
a
s
a
ho
r
ne
t
,
f
l
it
t
e
d
throug
h
he
r
head
.
“
I
h
a
ve
n
’t
don
e
a
n
y
thi
ng
to
th
e
s
e
peopl
e.
T
h
e
y
’
v
e
n
e
ve
r
l
i
ke
d
m
e. T
ha
t
muc
h
I
k
ne
w
.
B
u
t
th
i
s—
t
u
r
ni
ng
m
e
in
to
s
o
c
i
a
l
s
e
r
v
ic
e
s
,
ho
w
coul
d
the
y
ha
te
m
e
tha
t
muc
h
to
jeopardiz
e
m
y
ch
i
ld
to
th
e
s
y
s
t
e
m
.
”

“
J
or
d
an,
y
ou
h
a
ve
plen
t
y
of
f
r
ien
d
s
in
t
o
w
n
.
”

“
N
ame
on
e
.
”

“
M
u
r
p
h
y
l
i
k
e
s
y
ou.
A
nd
ther
e
’
s
L
il
l
y
.
”

“
M
u
r
p
h
y
’
s
nic
e
t
o
e
ve
r
y
on
e
.
B
u
t
h
e
i
s
n
’
t
rea
ll
y
a
f
r
iend
,
i
s
he
?
B
es
id
e
s
L
il
l
y
ther
e
i
s
n
’
t
an
o
the
r
s
ou
l
in
t
o
w
n
who has
t
ake
n
th
e
ti
m
e
t
o
com
e
b
y
fo
r
a
v
i
s
i
t
o
r
t
o
get
t
o
k
n
o
w
m
e
.
B
u
t
t
o
d
o
s
omethi
n
g
l
i
k
e
th
i
s—
t
o
b
e
s
o
mean
t
o
t
u
r
n
m
e
i
n
fo
r
s
omethi
n
g
s
o
s
e
r
io
us
,
s
omethi
n
g
I
did
n
’t
e
ve
n
d
o
—it
’
s
unim
a
g
in
a
bl
e
.
”

C
ar
l
a
be
g
an
t
o
break
apa
r
t
her
muff
i
n.
“
T
h
i
s
i
s
good
.
”

“
J
ust l
i
ke that
y
ou can
t
a
l
k
a
bout food?”

“
Y
eah
,
I
ca
n
.
”
S
he
reache
d
ove
r
an
d
pat
t
e
d
J
or
d
a
n
’
s
hand.
“
I
t
’
s o
k
a
y
J
or
d
an.
I
’
l
l
f
i
le the
repo
r
t
that it
w
as
t
o
t
a
l
ly
bo
g
us.
E
ve
r
y
thi
n
g
w
il
l
be
f
i
n
e
.
”

“
A
re
y
ou
sure?”

“
I
t
’
s
over
as
far
as
s
o
c
i
al
s
e
r
v
ic
e
s
i
s
conce
r
ned
.
”

J
or
d
an
blinked
t
ea
r
s
f
rom
her
e
y
e
s
and
blew
out
a
sha
k
y
breat
h
.
“
T
h
ank
God
.
”