Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (200 page)

“
W
e
l
l
,
I
would
n
’
t
s
a
y
tha
t
.
B
u
t
I
lov
e
ma
k
i
n
g
u
p
new
d
i
sh
e
s.
Th
er
e
’
s
a
jo
y
i
n
tha
t
.
”

“
I
t
sho
w
s
in
e
ve
r
y
d
i
s
h
.
”

Once
they
left
the
r
e
s
t
au
r
an
t
,
N
ick
t
ook
over
p
u
shi
n
g the
stro
l
ler
and
they
headed
do
w
n
the
p
ier
t
o
the
Board
w
a
l
k
. They
rode
the
caro
u
s
el
w
ith
H
ut
t
on
s
i
x
tim
e
s.
T
h
ey
showed
H
u
t
t
o
n
a
l
l
th
e
ligh
t
s
alo
n
g
th
e
p
ie
r
.
T
h
ey
w
a
l
k
ed
through
the arcade
where
N
ick
won
a
huge
bear
sho
o
ti
n
g
skee
t
.
B
y
the time
the
firewor
k
s
over
the
w
at
er
ended,
H
ut
t
on
w
as
out
l
i
ke a
ligh
t
.

On
the
d
r
ive
back
t
o
P
elican
P
o
in
t
e,
N
ick
g
l
anced
in the
rear
v
iew
mi
r
ror
at
the
slee
p
i
n
g
b
a
b
y
.
“
W
e
wore
her
ou
t
.
Ma
ybe
we
should
n
’t
h
a
ve
s
t
ay
ed
for
the
f
i
rewor
k
s
.
”

“
B
ut
the
firewor
k
s
were
the
b
e
st
pa
r
t
.
A
nd
the
caro
u
s
el.
D
id
y
ou
s
ee
the
look
on
her
face
when
we
sat
her
up
on
the ho
r
s
e
for
the
fi
r
st
time?
S
ho
o
t
.
I
should
h
a
ve
remembered
t
o b
r
i
n
g
the
came
r
a
.
”

“
I
shoul
d
h
a
v
e
u
s
e
d
m
y
iP
hon
e.
I
w
as
n
’
t
thin
k
i
n
g
.
S
h
e w
a
s
a
littl
e
s
care
d
o
n
th
e
caro
u
s
e
l
a
t
f
i
r
s
t
.
T
ha
t
loo
k
o
n
her
fac
e
w
a
s
p
r
icel
es
s
.
”

“
I
t
w
as.
T
h
at
’
s
w
h
y
I
should
h
a
ve
had
the
camera,
s
o
I
coul
d
ca
p
t
ur
e
tha
t
momen
t
. The look
on her little face said it a
l
l.
W
h
at
if
y
ou
only
get
that
look
once,
N
ick?
W
e
m
is
s
ed
i
t
.
”

“
N
a
h.
W
e
’
l
l
b
r
i
n
g
he
r
bac
k
.
”

W
e
w
il
l?
S
he
wondered
if
he
meant
i
t
,
but
re
f
u
s
ed
t
o
dwe
l
l
o
n
tha
t
t
onigh
t
.
“
T
h
a
t
bea
r
y
o
u
wo
n
i
s
b
i
gge
r
than
she
i
s
.
”
J
or
d
an
l
aughed and
realized sh
e
’
d j
u
st spent
hou
r
s
w
ith
N
ick
and
had
n
’t
thought
of
Sc
o
t
t
once
af
t
er
le
a
v
i
n
g
the r
e
s
t
au
r
an
t
.
S
he
s
ighed.
“
I
t
w
as
a
wonde
r
f
ul
e
veni
n
g
,
N
ic
k
. I
h
a
ve
n
’t
had
such
f
un
in
—
g
o
sh,
s
o
lo
n
g
I
do
n
’t
remembe
r
. T
h
ank
y
ou
.
”

H
e
t
ook
her
hand
in
h
i
s
and
brought
it
t
o
h
i
s
li
p
s.
“
M
y pleasur
e
.
I
’
m
g
l
ad
y
ou
had
a
good
tim
e
.

“
Oh,
I
did.
T
h
e
b
e
s
t
.
”

W
hen
they
g
o
t
back
they
put
H
ut
t
on
t
o
bed
as
a
t
ea
m
.
W
hen
they
g
o
t
the
slee
p
i
n
g
b
a
by
t
ucked
in,
they
s
t
ood
there
a moment
and
w
at
ched
her
slee
p
.
N
ick
leaned
over
and
p
l
aced a
chas
t
e
k
i
s
s
on
J
or
d
a
n
’
s
forehead.
J
u
st
the
slight
b
r
u
sh
t
o
her s
k
in
had
e
ve
r
y
ne
r
ve
in
h
i
s
body
t
ing
li
n
g
.