Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (188 page)

“
I
t
w
as.
W
hen
I
f
i
r
st
met
the
g
uy
he
t
old
me
it
w
as
l
i
ke li
v
i
n
g
the
S
w
is
s
F
am
i
ly
Ro
b
in
s
on
k
ind
of
lif
e
.
Y
ou
h
a
ve
t
o remember
h
i
s
parents
died
when
he
w
as
f
i
ve
and
h
i
s
g
randparents
t
ook
him
i
n
.
Th
i
s
p
l
ace,
th
i
s
ho
u
s
e
w
as
a
h
a
ven
for hi
m
.
I
w
as
only
do
w
n
here
once
w
ith
him
r
ight
af
t
er
he
and
J
or
d
an
bought
the
p
l
ac
e
.
N
e
xt
thi
n
g
I
k
ne
w
,
he
w
as
gon
e
.
”

The di
ng
h
y
w
as
he
a
v
ier
than
it
looked.
I
t
t
ook
both
men
t
o
dr
a
g
the
boat
out
of
its
r
e
sti
n
g
p
l
ace
t
o
the
edge
of
the
w
a
t
e
r
.
Once
there,
T
om
looked
at
N
ick
and
said,
“
L
et
’
s
do
th
i
s
fo
r
Sc
o
t
t
,
wha
t
d
o
y
o
u
s
a
y?”

N
ic
k
g
a
v
e
hi
m
a
nod
i
n
a
g
reemen
t
a
s
h
e
w
ade
d
out
in
t
o
the
w
a
t
e
r
pushi
n
g
the
boa
t
t
o
w
ar
d
the
ho
r
i
zo
n
.
W
ith
the
c
u
r
ren
t
,
i
t
t
oo
k
t
wen
t
y
minu
t
e
s
o
f
m
o
t
o
r
i
n
g
t
o
reac
h
the
roc
k
y
shor
e
o
f
the
littl
e
i
s
l
and
.
A
s
the
y
g
o
t
cl
o
s
e
r
,
N
ic
k
c
u
t the
e
n
g
i
ne
and
immed
i
a
t
e
l
y
s
a
w
the
p
l
ac
e
fo
r
what
it
w
as,
a
ve
r
i
ta
bl
e
pa
ra
d
i
s
e
fo
r
a
n
y
y
ou
n
g
bo
y
,
w
il
l
i
n
g
t
o
spend
h
i
s
d
a
y
s
explo
r
i
n
g
.
H
ec
k
,
it
w
a
s
pret
t
y
cool
e
ve
n
fo
r
t
wo
g
ro
w
n me
n
.
N
ic
k
w
a
s
the
f
i
r
st
t
o
hop
out
o
f
the
boa
t
.
L
oo
k
i
n
g around, he
e
x
c
l
aimed,
“
T
h
i
s p
l
ac
e
i
s am
a
zi
n
g
.
”

“
Y
eah.
W
e
could
prob
a
bly
do
s
ome
s
e
r
ious
f
i
shi
n
g
out her
e
.
B
y
a
n
y
chance
y
ou
s
t
a
y
i
n
g
put?”

“T
h
in
k
i
n
g
a
b
ou
t
i
t
.
B
u
t
J
or
d
a
n
migh
t
h
a
v
e
s
o
methi
n
g
t
o
s
a
y
a
b
ou
t
tha
t
.
”

“
Y
ou
l
i
ke
her
I
can
t
e
l
l
.
”

H
e
nodded,
n
o
t
sure
that
he
w
as
ready
t
o
h
a
ve
th
i
s d
is
cuss
ion
k
no
w
i
n
g
e
ve
r
y
word
he
said
would
be
re
l
a
y
ed
t
o
J
or
d
a
n
’
s
si
s
t
er
in
no
sho
r
t
orde
r
.

A
s
if
s
en
s
i
n
g
the
o
ther
ma
n
’
s
though
t
s,
T
om
a
s
sured him,
“
L
oo
k
,
I
love
m
y
w
i
fe,
but
I
wo
n
’t
t
e
l
l
her
what
y
ou do
n
’t
w
ant
her
t
o
k
no
w
.
I
can
keep
thi
n
g
s
cl
o
s
e
t
o
the
v
e
s
t
.
”

N
ic
k
s
e
r
io
u
sl
y
dou
b
t
e
d
tha
t
.
B
u
t
ins
t
ea
d
o
f
v
o
i
c
i
n
g
h
i
s conce
r
ns
he
repea
t
ed
what
T
om
already
k
ne
w
.
“
J
or
d
a
n
’
s
been through
a
l
o
t
.
S
he
i
s
n
’t
a
n
y
where
near
ready
t
o
move
past Sc
o
t
t
.
I
p
l
an
on
bei
n
g
here
unt
i
l
the
p
l
ace
i
s
up
and
g
o
i
n
g
. I
wo
n
’t
le
a
ve
her
in
the
lurch,
if
that
’
s
what
y
ou
’
re
wo
r
r
ied
a
bou
t
.
”