Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (186 page)

S
t
andi
n
g
i
n
on
e
o
f
the
l
arge
r
g
u
e
s
t
rooms
,
the
y
’
d
dubbe
d
T
h
e
C
or
al
Room
,
L
il
l
y
sugg
e
s
t
ed
,
“
A
lo
n
g
w
it
h
the
o
r
i
g
ina
l
w
a
t
ercolo
r
s
,
wha
t
i
f
w
e
u
s
e
d
s
om
e
o
f
y
ou
r
f
a
vori
t
e
ph
o
t
o
g
r
a
ph
s
o
f
the
coas
t
,
p
i
c
t
ur
e
s
y
ou
’
v
e
t
a
ke
n
o
n
t
r
i
p
s that
h
a
v
e
spe
c
i
al
meani
n
g
t
o
y
ou
.
W
e
coul
d
blo
w
th
os
e
u
p
,
ma
t
an
d
f
ram
e
them
.
I
thin
k
p
i
c
t
ur
e
s
l
i
k
e
that
woul
d
look wonde
r
f
u
l
i
n
her
e
.
”

J
or
d
an
a
g
reed.
“
Good
idea,
L
il
l
y
.
I
can
dig
out
s
ome
of our
old
ph
o
t
o
s
of
the
coast
we
t
ook
on
the
t
r
ip
up
t
o
S
an
F
ran
c
is
co
a
couple
of
y
ea
r
s
a
g
o
,
m
a
ybe
u
s
e
th
os
e
f
ram
e
s
A
unt
G
in
n
y
g
a
ve
me
for
a
weddi
n
g
g
i
f
t
.
Remember
th
os
e a
r
t
deco
on
e
s
I
n
e
ver
k
new
what
t
o
do
w
ith?
The
y
’
re
s
t
ored
s
omewhere
out
there
in
that
b
l
ack
hole
of
a
g
ar
a
g
e
.
A
nd,
if I
h
a
ve
n
’
t
sai
d
s
o
l
at
e
l
y
,
than
k
s
.
The
p
l
ace
i
s
rea
l
ly
s
t
a
r
ti
n
g
t
o
come
t
o
gethe
r
.
I
do
n
’t
k
now
what
I
’
d
h
a
ve
done
w
ithout
e
ve
r
y
on
e
’
s
hel
p
.
”

E
l
len
s
m
i
led
and
put
her
a
r
ms
around
J
or
d
an.
“
N
o
pro
b
lem,
hone
y
.
W
h
at
are
b
ig
s
i
s
t
e
r
s
for?”

“
A
nd
f
r
ien
d
s
,
”
L
il
ly chimed
in,
feeli
n
g
more
l
i
ke
a
pa
r
t
of
s
omethi
n
g
than
she
had in
y
ea
r
s.

Down on the
beach the men walked out of the water carrying their surfboards. Tom pointed to the sea cave back under the trail and said, “There’s a dinghy stored in there. If you’re up for it we could motor out to Treasure Island, check it out. Scott loved that place. You should get a firsthand look.”

N
ic
k
s
t
are
d
a
t
T
o
m
.
J
or
d
a
n
ha
d
sugg
e
s
t
e
d
h
e
d
o
j
u
st
tha
t
.
B
ut
he
had
been
ho
p
i
n
g
he
could
pe
r
suade
her
t
o
ta
ke the
t
r
ip
w
ith
him
e
spe
c
i
a
l
ly
on
h
i
s
inau
g
ur
a
l
t
r
ip
e
xplo
r
i
n
g the
i
s
l
and.
S
uddenl
y
,
H
u
tt
on
popped
in
t
o
h
i
s
head.
I
t
w
as st
r
a
n
ge
t
o
be
con
s
ide
r
i
n
g
how
a
ch
i
ld
impa
c
t
ed
the
a
c
ti
v
iti
e
s
y
ou
p
l
anned.
There
would
be
no
m
o
t
o
r
i
n
g
out
t
o
the
i
s
l
and
t
o
gether
unl
e
s
s
they could
get
s
omeone
t
o
w
at
ch
the b
a
b
y
.
“
D
o
y
ou
think
the
y
’
d
l
i
ke
t
o
go
w
ith
u
s
?”
H
e
sh
o
t
a
thumb over
h
i
s
shoulder
t
o
w
ard
the
ho
u
s
e
.