Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (185 page)

A
f
t
er
brea
k
fast
the
n
e
xt
mo
r
ni
n
g
,
the
women
put
the men
t
o
work
mo
v
i
n
g
the
remaini
n
g
f
u
r
ni
t
ure
f
rom the
g
ar
a
ge
in
t
o
each
of
the
u
p
s
t
ai
r
s
g
u
e
st
rooms.

Once
they
g
o
t
each
p
iece
delivered
t
o
the
v
a
r
ious
rooms,
at the
dire
c
tion
of
the women,
they
helped
in the
general
p
l
ac
e
ment
of
e
ve
r
y
thi
n
g
k
no
w
i
n
g
f
u
l
l
we
l
l
the
women
would more
than
l
i
kely
cha
n
ge
their
min
d
s
s
e
ve
r
al
tim
e
s
before they
were
sat
is
f
i
ed
w
ith
the
end
r
e
sul
t
.

The
la
bor
t
ook
m
o
st
of
the
mo
r
ni
n
g
.
B
ut
by
noon
the
t
wo
men
were
ready
for
a
nice
brea
k
.
T
h
ey
donned
their we
t
sui
t
s
and
t
ook
off
t
o
the
cove
t
o
su
r
f,
g
l
a
d
ly
le
a
v
i
n
g
the women
t
o
their
o
w
n
deco
r
a
t
i
n
g
s
chem
e
s.

Beca
u
s
e it
w
as
F
r
i
d
a
y and L
il
ly had no
w
a
y of
k
nowi
n
g
J
or
d
an
had
compa
n
y
,
she
showed
up
w
ith
her
k
i
d
s
r
ight on
s
chedul
e
.
A
f
t
er
ini
t
i
a
l
ly
feeli
n
g
l
i
ke
a
third
wheel
w
ith
the
t
wo
si
s
t
e
r
s,
L
il
ly
e
ven
t
ua
l
ly
felt
more
at
ea
s
e
once
they
a
l
l sat
do
w
n
t
o
lunc
h
.
O
ver
homemade
s
p
inach
and
a
r
tichoke
p
i
z
za,
they
chat
t
ed
a
bout
their
k
i
d
s,
and
then
moved
on
t
o how
b
e
st
t
o
deco
r
a
t
e
the
g
u
e
st
rooms.

“
L
il
ly
here
i
s
qui
t
e
the
a
r
t
i
s
t
.
S
h
e
’
s
pro
v
ided
s
ome
o
r
i
g
i
na
l
beac
h
s
c
en
e
s
.
”

“
I
’
m
loo
k
i
ng
fo
r
w
ar
d
to
s
eei
ng
m
y
w
a
t
ercolo
r
s
i
n
the
rooms
.
”

“T
he
p
l
an
i
s
t
o
put
at
least
one
f
ramed
w
at
ercolor
up
in each
room,
n
o
t
j
u
st
for
deco
r
a
t
ion
but
t
o
market
L
il
l
y
’
s
wor
k
. E
l
len
brought
s
ome
new
f
ram
e
s
that
should
look
g
rea
t
.
”

W
hen
they
’
d
s
w
a
l
lowed
the
l
ast
b
i
t
e
of
p
i
z
za,
an
x
ious
t
o
get
s
t
a
r
t
e
d,
E
l
len
asked,
“
S
hould
we
split
up
or
t
ackle
one room
t
ogether
unt
i
l
we
fin
i
sh
it?”

“
L
et
’
s
comple
t
e
one
room
unt
i
l
w
e
’
re
done,
l
e
s
s
work for
L
il
ly
and
me
when
y
ou
head
back
t
o
the
B
a
y
.
”

W
ith
e
ve
r
y
one
in
a
g
reemen
t
,
wh
i
le
the
k
i
d
s
napped, they
g
o
t
t
o
work
u
p
s
t
ai
r
s,
fi
r
s
t
get
t
i
n
g
th
e
f
u
r
ni
t
ur
e
a
r
ra
nged
the
w
a
y
they
w
an
t
ed.
F
rom
there,
they
s
t
a
r
t
ed
thro
w
i
n
g
t
o
gether
the
deco
r
a
t
i
n
g
s
chem
e
s
for
each
room
us
i
n
g
dif
f
erent
k
in
d
s
of
she
l
l
s,
dependi
n
g
on
the
theme
they’d
ch
o
s
en,
then ha
n
g
i
n
g
a
coordina
t
i
n
g
l
an
d
s
cap
e
.