Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (203 page)

B
y the
time
J
or
d
a
n
hear
d
h
i
s
m
o
t
or
c
y
cl
e
hea
d
u
p
the
d
r
ive
w
a
y
a
fe
w
minu
t
e
s
befor
e
noon
,
sh
e
w
a
s
a
w
a
l
k
i
ng
s
e
t
o
f
ne
r
v
e
s
.

F
or
one
thi
n
g
sh
e
’
d
spent
hou
r
s
pains
t
a
k
i
n
gly
prepari
n
g
a
F
rench
ca
s
s
erole
for
lunch
u
s
i
n
g
one
of
E
l
le
n
’
s
re
c
ip
e
s, a
re
c
ip
e
tha
t
ha
d
s
eeme
d
of
f
w
ith
each
i
n
g
redien
t
.
B
ut
for
s
omethi
n
g
dif
f
erent
or
more
l
i
ke
spec
i
a
l,
she
had
e
ven
s
et the
ta
ble
in
the
dini
n
g
room
where
she
now
s
t
ood
ne
r
vo
u
sly
w
aiti
n
g
l
i
ke
a
s
chool
g
irl
for
him
t
o
w
a
l
k
through
the
doo
r
.
S
hould
she
pre
t
end
t
o
be
bu
s
y
d
o
i
n
g
…
s
omethi
n
g?
S
c
rew tha
t
,
she
though
t
,
as
she
heard
h
i
s
fo
o
ts
t
e
p
s
on
the
porch.

B
ut
when
he
came
st
r
idi
n
g
in,
her
cou
r
a
ge
t
ook
a
n
os
e
div
e
.
H
e
looked
s
imply
hea
r
t
broke
n
.
S
he
fought
the
urge
t
o
ask
where
h
e
’
d
spent
h
i
s
mo
r
ni
n
g
,
what
h
e
’
d
been
d
o
i
n
g
w
ith
h
i
s
tim
e
.
I
ns
t
ead,
she
t
r
ied
for
lighthea
r
t
ed
t
o
put
him more
at
ea
s
e,
m
a
ybe
ta
ke
that
pained
look
off
h
i
s
fac
e
.
“
I should
’
ve
k
no
w
n
y
ou
’
d
de
c
ide
t
o
show
up
around
meal
t
im
e
.
W
e
m
iss
e
d
y
o
u
a
t
brea
k
f
as
t
.
”

N
ick
t
ook
one
look
at
her
s
t
andi
n
g
in
the
dini
n
g
room, s
a
w
that
glow
on
her
face
that
s
eemed
t
o
be
cons
t
ant
and immed
i
a
t
ely
h
i
s
s
p
i
r
i
t
s
lif
t
ed,
li
k
e
h
e
’
d
come
hom
e
.
H
e n
o
ticed
the
t
a
ble
s
et
in
the
dini
n
g
room
w
ith
her
good
d
i
sh
e
s and
asked,
“
W
e
h
a
v
i
n
g
compa
n
y?”

“
N
o
.
B
ut
I
made
s
omethi
n
g
spe
c
i
a
l,
j
u
st
w
an
t
ed
t
o
t
r
y
it out
on
m
y
t
w
o
t
e
st
su
b
je
c
ts
.
”

H
e
put
h
i
s
m
o
t
or
c
y
cle
helmet
do
w
n
on
the
ha
l
l
t
a
ble alo
n
g
w
ith
h
i
s
ke
y
s
and
e
y
ed
H
ut
t
on,
who
had
t
oddled
over
t
o
hi
m
.
A
s
he
bent
do
w
n
t
o
s
coop
her
u
p
,
H
ut
t
on
held
her a
r
ms
outstre
t
ched
and
said,
“
D
a
.
”

A
t
that
one
word,
h
i
s
hea
r
t
s
l
ammed
in
h
i
s
ch
e
s
t
.
H
ad
J
or
d
an
heard?
F
rom
t
wen
t
y
feet
a
w
a
y
he
met
her
e
y
e
s, and
realized
she
m
u
st
h
a
ve,
e
ven
though
she
said
n
o
thi
n
g
.
I
ns
t
ead,
she
d
i
sappeared
in
t
o
the
k
i
t
chen,
le
a
v
i
n
g
a
l
l
her em
o
tions
l
i
ke
him,
b
o
ttled
u
p
,
unspoke
n
.