Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (182 page)

B
ut
it
w
as
T
om
who
f
ro
w
ned
at
h
i
s
w
ife,
i
g
nored
the
g
l
ar
e
sh
e
s
en
t
h
i
s
w
a
y
.
“
W
ha
t
d
o
y
o
u
thin
k
o
f
th
e
loca
t
io
n
of
th
i
s
p
l
ace,
N
ick?
Do
y
ou
think
sh
e
’
s
g
o
t
a
chance
of
ma
k
i
n
g
it wo
r
k?
W
il
l
she
get
the
traffic
sh
e
nee
d
s
t
o
mak
e
a
go
?
W
e
’
re wo
r
r
ie
d
a
b
ou
t
he
r
a
l
l
alon
e
ou
t
her
e
.
”

N
ick
s
ighed.
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e
did
n
’t
b
l
ame
them
for
that
eithe
r
.
“
L
oca
t
ion
i
s
n
’t
the
proble
m
.
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h
e
h
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s
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le
t
o
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ther mat
t
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r
.
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t
i
s
n
’t
that
they
are
n
’t
suppo
r
tive,
beca
u
s
e
they are
n
’
t
,
but
I
can
j
u
st
p
i
c
t
ure
s
omeone
pu
l
li
n
g
off
the
I-5
or the
101
m
a
ybe
l
o
s
t
,
needi
n
g
t
o
f
i
nd
lod
g
i
n
g
for
the
e
veni
n
g
. Th
e
n
the
m
ma
k
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n
g
thei
r
w
a
y
in
t
o
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lica
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in
t
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d
h
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i
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s
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t
o
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t
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l
li
n
g
them
they
h
a
ve
t
o
go
a
l
l
the
w
a
y in
t
o
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an
t
a
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r
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for
a
room
j
u
st
for
s
p
i
te
.
S
he
wo
n
’t
get
much help
out
of
P
elican
P
o
in
te
.
”

E
l
le
n
’
s
pro
b
i
ng
at
ti
t
ud
e
fe
l
l
a
w
a
y
.
“
W
e
’
r
e
o
n
th
e
same p
a
g
e
ther
e.
I
ca
n
j
u
s
t
s
e
e
tha
t
happeni
n
g
.
T
h
e
whol
e
fam
i
ly fea
r
s
fo
r
he
r
do
w
n
her
e
b
y
he
r
s
elf
.
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e
’
v
e
t
r
ie
d
w
ithout
succ
es
s
to
t
a
l
k
he
r
in
to
mo
v
i
ng
bac
k
to
th
e
B
a
y
.
”
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l
len shoo
k
he
r
head
.
“
S
h
e
’
s
s
t
uc
k
ou
t
her
e
i
n
th
e
booni
e
s
t
r
y
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ng to
kee
p
th
i
s
s
t
u
p
i
d
drea
m
o
f
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o
t
t
’
s
aliv
e
n
o
mat
t
e
r
how
r
idi
c
ulo
u
s
i
t
i
s
.
”

N
ic
k
s
t
are
d
a
t
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l
le
n
ove
r
h
i
s
c
u
p
.
“Som
e
dream
s
are impo
r
t
an
t
enoug
h
to
kee
p
alive
,
do
n
’
t
y
o
u
think?
”
H
e t
u
r
n
e
d
to
T
o
m
.
“
T
o
an
s
we
r
y
ou
r
qu
e
s
t
ion
,
sh
e
’
l
l
ge
t
the
t
raffi
c
dependi
ng
o
n
ho
w
a
g
g
r
ess
ivel
y
sh
e
marke
t
e
d
the
p
l
ac
e
i
n
th
e
earl
y
s
ta
g
e
s
.
A
n
d
f
ro
m
wha
t
J
or
d
a
n
’
s
t
o
l
d
me, sh
e
’
s
don
e
a
goo
d
jo
b
o
f
get
ti
ng
he
r
nam
e
ou
t
.
S
h
e
’
s
alm
o
st boo
k
e
d
u
p
fo
r
Ma
y
.
D
i
d
sh
e
t
el
l
y
o
u
t
h
a
t
?
S
h
e
h
a
s
r
e
s
e
r
v
ation
s
comi
ng
i
n
d
a
i
l
y
fo
r
J
u
n
e.
S
h
e
coul
d
u
s
e
a
f
u
l
l
summe
r
.
A
n
d
an
o
the
r
ex
t
en
s
io
n
o
n
th
e
loa
n
would
n
’
t
hu
r
t
eithe
r
.
”
H
e
’
d
bee
n
w
ai
t
i
ng
to
hea
r
f
ro
m
C
h
arli
e
o
n
tha
t
s
core
,
bu
t
s
o
fa
r
ther
e
’
d
bee
n
n
o
word
.
H
e
sh
o
t
a
loo
k
a
t
E
l
le
n
an
d
found
he
r
s
t
a
r
i
ng
a
t
hi
m
.
“
S
h
e
’
s
d
o
i
ng
a
l
l
sh
e
ca
n
.
”