Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (206 page)

S
he
w
a
s
n
’t
sure
when
it
happened
e
xa
c
tly
but
slowly
N
ick
had
broken
that block
around
her
hea
r
t
, a
l
lo
w
i
n
g
her
g
r
ief
for
Sc
o
t
t
t
o
find
an
o
ther
p
l
ace
t
o
dwe
l
l.
There
w
as
no dou
b
t
in
her
mind
he
had
fi
na
l
l
y
man
a
ge
d
t
o
p
u
s
h
tha
t
pain
and
a
n
ger
t
o
a
new
p
l
ac
e
.
Each
d
a
y
w
ith
him
here,
the
s
o
r
row around
her
hea
r
t
l
e
s
s
ened
and
no
w
…

J
or
d
an
suddenly
remembered
s
h
e
had
n
’t
put
sunblock on
H
ut
t
on
and
dug
in
t
o
the
d
i
aper
b
a
g
for
i
t
.
S
he
t
ook
the b
o
ttle
over
t
o
where
H
ut
t
on
sat
in
the
sand
and
s
t
a
r
t
ed
t
r
y
i
n
g
t
o
r
ub
the
s
t
ic
k
y
s
t
uff
on
t
o
her
face
and
a
r
ms.
N
o
t
w
anti
n
g
t
o be
in
t
e
r
r
up
t
ed,
H
ut
t
on
pr
o
t
e
s
t
ed
by
s
qui
r
mi
n
g
,
then
f
us
si
n
g
unt
i
l
N
ick
pu
l
led
her
on
t
o
h
i
s
la
p
and
said,
“C
ome
on,
B
londie
,
Mam
a
’
s
g
o
t
t
o
ge
t
th
i
s
s
t
uf
f
r
ubbed
in
s
o
y
ou
do
n
’t bu
r
n
l
i
ke
t
oas
t
.
”

I
f
a
n
y
one
had
been
w
at
chi
n
g
,
the
three
of
them
looked l
i
ke
a
n
y
y
ou
n
g
fam
i
l
y
,
t
wo
parents
st
r
uggli
n
g
w
ith
a
r
es
i
s
t
ant
t
oddle
r
,
who
were
t
r
y
i
n
g
t
o
get
the
ch
i
ld
t
o
comply
w
ithout much
of
a
f
u
s
s.
The
w
a
y
he
in
t
e
r
a
c
t
ed
w
ith
H
ut
t
on,
no
one would
h
a
ve
beli
e
ved
the
man
had
no
e
xpe
r
ience
around
a b
a
b
y
.
A
s
J
or
d
an
t
u
r
ned
t
o
put
a
w
a
y
the
sun
s
c
reen
back
in the
b
a
g
,
it
hit
her
then,
how
her
d
augh
t
er
had
ca
l
led
him
D
a when
h
e
’
d
w
a
l
k
ed
in
the
ho
u
s
e
.

B
ut
then,
she
a
ls
o
remembered
h
e
’
d
a
l
l
but
i
g
nored
i
t
.
D
id
n
’t
the
man
realize
how
spe
c
i
a
l
it
w
as
for
a
b
a
by
H
ut
t
o
n
’
s
a
ge
t
o
ut
t
er
the
word
D
a
for
the
fi
r
st
time?

W
he
n
th
e
w
i
n
d
suddenl
y
k
icke
d
u
p
an
d
th
e
clou
d
s
ro
l
le
d
in
,
N
ic
k
looke
d
a
t
J
or
d
a
n
an
d
w
a
r
ned
,
“
I
t
’
s
ti
m
e
to
pac
k
u
p
an
d
hea
d
fo
r
th
e
ho
u
s
e.
S
t
o
r
m
’
s
bre
w
i
n
g
.
L
oo
k
s
l
i
k
e
w
e
migh
t
ge
t
r
ai
n
.
”

They
s
t
a
r
t
ed
pac
k
i
n
g
up
their
gea
r
,
s
t
a
r
t
ed
headi
n
g
up the
tra
i
l
t
o
w
ard
the
ho
u
s
e
.
N
ick
ca
r
r
ied
a
tired
and
di
r
t
y
H
ut
t
on,
wh
i
le
J
or
d
an
and
Q
uake
fo
l
lowed.
L
oaded
do
w
n
w
ith
the
d
i
aper
b
a
g
,
beach
t
owe
l
s
and
b
l
anke
t
,
J
or
d
an
had trouble
clim
b
i
n
g
the
h
il
l.
N
ick
suddenly
t
u
r
ned
back
t
o
her and
said,
“
Y
ou
o
k
a
y?”