Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (189 page)

“
I
w
as
thin
k
i
n
g
more
alo
n
g
the
lin
e
s
of
the
f
u
t
ur
e
.
”

“
I
’m
s
t
a
y
i
n
g
pu
t
un
t
i
l
I
k
no
w
sh
e
’
s
g
o
t
a
han
d
l
e
on
e
ve
r
y
thi
n
g
.
”

T
om
pat
t
ed
N
ick
on
the
shoulde
r
.
“
Y
ou
’
re
a
good
man,
N
ick
H
a
r
r
i
s.
I
can
le
a
ve
in
a
bet
t
er
f
rame
of
mind
k
no
w
i
n
g
y
ou
’
re
here
for
he
r
.
T
h
an
k
s
fo
r
tha
t
.
”

W
it
h
T
o
m
i
n
th
e
lead
,
sha
r
i
n
g
wha
t
Sc
o
t
t
ha
d
t
o
l
d
him
a
bout
the
i
s
l
and,
the
t
wo
men
went
off
t
o
explore
the
little slice
of
l
and
as
if
they
’
d
j
u
st
d
i
s
covered
a
new
continent
l
i
ke
a couple
of
fif
t
eenth
-
cen
t
u
r
y
S
pan
i
sh
explore
r
s.

That
aft
ernoon, by
the time Nick showered off the sea salt and sweat, it was almost supper time. He’d played away the day surfing, exploring and now it was time to get some work done. But he was surprised to find Jordan and Ellen sitting in the swing on the front porch with Hutton and Tom a few feet away admiring the Harley.

W
hen
T
om
sp
o
tt
ed
N
ic
k
,
he
asked,
“
W
ould
y
ou
mind
if I
t
ook
E
l
len
for
a
little
r
ide?
I
’
ve
been
t
r
y
i
n
g
t
o
ta
l
k
her
in
t
o one
of
th
e
s
e
thi
n
g
s,
but
she
thin
k
s
the
y
’
re
d
a
n
gero
u
s
as
he
l
l
.
”

N
ick
looked
ske
p
tical.
“
C
an
y
ou
handle
it?”

T
om
looked
slightly
insul
t
ed.
“
I
t
ook
m
o
t
or
c
y
cle
l
e
s
s
ons ho
p
i
n
g
E
l
len
would
s
ee
how
s
k
il
led
I
w
as
and
c
a
v
e
.
So
fa
r
, she
ha
s
n
’
t
.
B
ut
I
can
handle
i
t
.
”

“
W
ha
t
a
b
ou
t
a
helmet
?
I
do
n
’
t
h
a
v
e
a
spar
e
.
”

“
G
o
t
i
t
covered
.
”
A
t
tha
t
,
T
o
m
heade
d
of
f
t
o
w
ard
the
g
ar
a
g
e
.
A
few
minu
t
e
s
l
a
t
e
r
,
he
came
back
holdi
n
g
a
mo
t
or
c
y
cle
helme
t
.

N
ic
k
ra
i
s
e
d
a
bro
w
.
“
D
o
n
’
t
t
e
l
l
me
,
y
o
u
foun
d
that
i
n
tha
t
b
l
ac
k
hol
e
o
f
a
g
ar
a
g
e
.
I
s
ther
e
a
n
y
thi
n
g
tha
t
i
s
n
’
t
s
t
ore
d
i
n
there?”

T
om
l
aughed
and
w
inked
in
J
or
d
a
n
’
s
dire
c
tio
n
.
“
Y
ou did
n
’t
t
e
l
l
him?
O
ur
Sc
o
t
t
w
as
a
major
pack
r
a
t
.
”

J
or
d
an
s
m
i
led
as
if
remembe
r
i
n
g
.
“
T
h
at
he
w
as,
T
o
m
. Th
er
e
’
s
n
o
t
e
l
l
i
n
g
wha
t
y
ou’
l
l
f
i
nd
s
t
ored
in
there
eithe
r
.
T
h
e man
shopped
online
and
s
eemed
t
o
co
l
le
c
t
a
n
y
thi
n
g
and
e
ve
r
y
thi
n
g
.
A
nd
re
f
u
s
ed
t
o
throw
a
n
y
thi
n
g
a
w
a
y
.
”