Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (187 page)

“
M
igh
t
.
B
u
t
I
do
n
’
t
thin
k
J
or
d
a
n
’
s
gonn
a
wan
t
t
o
t
ake
th
e
b
a
b
y
ou
t
i
n
a
di
n
g
h
y
.
I
k
n
o
w
E
l
le
n
woul
d
h
a
v
e
a
f
i
t
if
I
ha
d
sugg
e
s
t
e
d
t
a
k
i
n
g
on
e
o
f
ou
r
s
ou
t
a
t
tha
t
a
g
e
tha
t
far
i
n
a
littl
e
boa
t
.
”

“So
do
y
ou
think
J
or
d
an
would
mind
if
we
t
ook
it
out?”
N
ic
k
w
as
n
’
t
fooli
n
g
T
o
m
.

“
Y
o
u
wan
t
t
o
s
e
e
i
t
w
ith
J
or
d
an
?
Do
n
’
t
b
l
am
e
y
o
u
ther
e
.
B
u
t
I
thin
k
sh
e
’
d
b
e
o
k
ay
w
it
h
y
o
u
get
ti
n
g
ou
t
ther
e
t
o
d
a
y
.
W
hy
do
n
’
t
y
o
u
p
l
a
n
a
p
i
c
ni
c
an
d
t
a
k
e
he
r
ou
t
ther
e
onc
e
y
o
u
ge
t
a
goo
d
loo
k
at
th
e
p
l
ac
e
.
S
h
e
’
d
l
i
k
e
tha
t
.
”

A
little
uncomfo
r
t
a
ble
k
no
w
i
n
g
T
om
s
a
w
through
him
s
o
clearl
y
,
N
ick
wondered
what
it
m
u
st
be
l
i
ke
for
J
or
d
an
e
ve
r
y
time
she
thought
of
Sc
o
t
t
.
I
t
had
t
o
be
a
n
y
number
of tim
e
s
du
r
i
n
g
a
n
y
g
iven
d
a
y
.
H
ow
lo
n
g
would
it
ta
ke
for
her
t
o s
t
op
hu
r
ti
n
g
e
ve
r
y
time
s
omeone
mentioned
h
i
s
name?
F
or
tha
t
mat
t
e
r
,
woul
d
th
e
hu
r
t
e
ve
r
su
b
s
id
e
o
r
l
ess
en
?
H
ad
n
’t
she
s
eemed
s
o
much
bet
t
er
l
at
ely
in
that
re
g
ard,
l
e
s
s
sad,
l
e
s
s
depr
e
ss
ed
?
E
ve
n
h
e
ha
d
t
o
admi
t
th
e
im
a
g
e
o
f
Sc
o
t
t
had
s
t
opped
pop
p
i
n
g
up
s
o
of
t
e
n
.
H
i
s
nightmar
e
s
wer
e
l
e
s
s frequent, less severe
.
H
e
w
as
get
t
i
n
g
more
slee
p
.
Of
cou
r
s
e,
he
said
none
of
th
i
s
t
o
T
om
as
they
approached
the
entrance
t
o
the
c
a
ve
where
the di
ng
h
y
w
as
s
t
ored.

“
Y
ou n
e
ver
k
now
what
y
ou’
l
l f
i
nd
in th
i
s
b
l
ack hole
,
”
T
om
mut
t
ered
as
they
made
their
w
a
y
in
s
ide
the
c
a
v
e
.
I
n s
p
i
t
e
of
the
d
ar
k
n
e
s
s
he
sp
o
tt
ed
the
di
ng
h
y
bob
b
i
n
g
in
the
w
at
e
r
,
moored
by
a
rope
looped
around
the
s
p
i
k
y
a
r
m
of
a roc
k
.
H
e
p
o
in
t
ed
t
o
the
boat
p
u
shed
back
in
s
ide
a
good
t
en feet
out
of
the
weathe
r
.
“
Th
i
s
thi
n
g
’
s
alm
o
st
l
i
ke
ne
w
.
Sc
o
t
t only
t
ook
it
out
three
or
four
t
i
m
e
s
before
le
a
v
in
g
.
”

The
c
a
ve
w
as
su
r
p
r
i
s
i
ng
ly
d
r
y
and
l
arge,
a
na
r
row c
a
ve
r
n
of
a
bout
t
en
feet
w
ide
that
s
naked
in
t
o
the
d
ark another
fif
t
een
feet
bac
k
.
A
s
they
looked
around
in
wonder
l
i
k
e
t
w
o
t
welv
e
-
y
ear
-
ol
d
s
i
n
a
w
e
o
f
wha
t
na
t
ur
e
man
a
ge
d
t
o
pro
v
ide
,
N
ic
k
though
t
o
f
Sc
o
t
t
.
“
E
ve
r
y
k
id
’
s
drea
m.
I
would
h
a
ve
loved
g
ro
w
i
n
g
up
here
as
a
k
id
.
”
I
t
w
as
a
far
c
r
y
f
rom the
w
a
y
h
e
’
d
g
rown
up
at
the
mili
t
a
r
y
acade
m
y
.
“
I
t
must
h
a
ve been
s
omethi
n
g
t
o
h
a
ve
th
i
s
p
l
ace
a
l
l
t
o
him
s
elf
as
a
k
id
.
”