Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (175 page)

I
t
made
no
s
en
s
e
for
J
or
d
an
t
o
dwe
l
l
on
s
omeone
as
pet
t
y
a
s
S
is
s
y
C
a
r
r
.
S
he
w
a
s
n
’
t
e
ve
n
ce
r
tai
n
tha
t
i
t
ha
d
been
S
i
s
s
y
who
had
p
l
aced
the
ca
l
l
and
would
prob
a
bly
n
e
ver
k
now
for
sur
e
.
S
he
de
c
ided
she
needed
t
o
spend
s
ome
time out
s
ide
t
endi
n
g
t
o
her
he
r
b
g
arde
n
.
S
he
had
negle
c
t
ed
her p
l
ants
wh
i
le
t
r
y
i
n
g
t
o
get
the
in
s
ide
of
the
ho
u
s
e
read
y
.
G
a
the
r
i
n
g
up
H
ut
t
on,
t
o
gether
they
headed
out
t
o
the
g
ar
a
ge
t
o get
her
g
ardeni
n
g
t
oo
l
s.

F
or
the
n
e
xt
hour
she
b
u
s
ied
he
r
s
elf
dig
g
i
n
g
in
the
di
r
t
, pu
l
li
n
g
wee
d
s,
w
at
e
r
i
n
g
,
t
r
y
i
n
g
t
o
ta
ke
her
mind
off
the
past
t
wen
t
y-four
hou
r
s.
E
ve
r
y
s
o
of
t
en
her
mind
d
r
if
t
ed
t
o
the
l
ast
thi
n
g
she
remembered,
fa
l
li
n
g
asleep
w
ith
N
ic
k
’
s
a
r
ms
w
r
a
pped
around
he
r
.
E
ven
though
th
i
s
mo
r
ni
n
g
there
had been
no
mention
of
her
mind
-
shat
t
e
r
i
n
g
clim
a
x
,
rep
l
a
y
i
n
g
i
t
ha
d
he
r
s
t
omac
h
f
l
ut
t
e
r
i
n
g
,
her
pu
ls
e
k
icked
u
p
,
she
g
rew
w
a
rm
,
and
n
o
t
f
rom
the
su
n
.

S
h
e
coul
d
k
ic
k
he
r
s
el
f
fo
r
fa
l
l
i
ng
aslee
p
.
S
h
e
ob
v
io
usly
w
a
s
t
e
r
r
ibl
e
a
t
s
endi
ng a
ma
n
s
i
g
na
l
s
tha
t
i
t w
a
s
ti
m
e to t
ake
he
r
to
bed
.
Ma
yb
e
sh
e
’
d
mak
e
a
can
d
leligh
t
dinne
r
t
onight
an
d
s
educ
e
hi
m
.

C
on
t
ent
t
o
dig
in
the
di
r
t
and
pu
l
l
wee
d
s,
she
l
o
st
track of
the
time
and
w
as
s
t
a
r
tled
when
she
heard
a
car
ma
k
i
n
g i
t
s
w
a
y
up
the
lo
n
g
,
na
r
row
d
r
ive
w
a
y
.
S
he
g
o
t
u
p
,
d
u
s
t
ed
off her jeans, before
s
coo
p
i
n
g up
H
ut
t
on and
hu
r
r
y
i
n
g around
t
o
the
end
of
the
hou
s
e
where
she
ran
in
t
o
N
ic
k
,
who
had ob
v
iously
heard
the
ca
r
,
t
o
o
.
A
t
that
momen
t
,
J
or
d
an
w
as s
t
unned
t
o
s
ee
H
ut
t
on
reach
out
her
a
r
ms
for
N
ic
k
.
Obligi
n
g
,
N
ick
dus
t
ed
off
h
i
s
han
d
s
on
h
i
s
jeans
before
pluc
k
i
n
g her
out
of
J
or
d
a
n
’
s
a
r
ms.
A
s
s
oon
as
they
a
l
l
three
rounded the
co
r
ne
r
,
J
or
d
an
spo
tt
ed
a
p
ic
k
up
t
r
uc
k
,
loaded
down
w
ith
f
u
r
ni
t
ure
in
the
bed,
ambli
n
g
up
the
d
r
iv
e
.
S
he
t
ook
off
in
a
r
un,
y
e
l
li
n
g
back
at
N
ic
k
,
“
I
t
’
s
m
y
s
i
s
t
e
r
,
E
l
len.
L
oo
k
s
l
i
ke they
brought
the
r
e
st
of
the
f
u
r
ni
t
ur
e
.
”