Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (218 page)

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p
a
clipboard an
d
a
pe
n
an
d
sai
d
a
b
s
entl
y
,
“
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ou’
l
l
nee
d
t
o
f
i
l
l
th
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out
an
d
w
ai
t
y
ou
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t
u
rn
.
”

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o
t
t
o
be
d
i
s
suaded,
J
or
d
an
shook
her
head.
“
Y
ou
do
n
’t unde
r
s
t
and.
I
’
ve
g
o
t
an
emergen
c
y
.
Th
i
s
ma
n
’
s
sliced
open h
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s
w
r
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s
t
,
the
c
ut
i
s
deep
and
h
e
’
s
bleedi
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g
f
rom
an
a
r
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r
y
.
W
e
’
re
n
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t
w
ai
t
i
n
g
.
”
W
ith
tha
t
,
J
or
d
an
s
t
a
r
t
ed
do
w
n
the
open ha
l
l
w
a
y
loo
k
i
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g
for
either
D
r
.
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r
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c
o
t
t
or
at
least
s
omeone more
qualifi
e
d
tha
n
a
s
n
o
t
t
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t
een
age
r
.
G
i
n
a
jumpe
d
u
p
f
rom
behind
her
compu
t
er
in
an
at
t
em
p
t
t
o
block
J
or
d
a
n
’
s
w
a
y
.
B
ut
J
or
d
an
beat
her
t
o
the
open
doo
r
w
a
y
by
a
good
t
wo s
t
e
p
s.
B
y
th
i
s
time
she
had
a
good
mad
-
on
and
had
no
in
t
entions
of
let
t
i
n
g
G
ina
or
a
n
y
one
e
ls
e
s
t
op
he
r
.

W
hen
the
do
c
t
o
r
,
a
s
i
x
-fo
o
t-
t
wo
broad
-
shouldered
man, emerged
f
rom
one
of
the
rooms,
he
alm
o
st
co
l
lided
w
ith
her and
the
b
a
by
k
noc
k
i
n
g
them
back
a
s
t
e
p
.

“
W
hat
’
s
th
i
s
?
”
D
r
.
P
r
e
s
co
t
t
w
an
t
e
d
t
o
k
n
o
w
.
“
W
hat
’
s
a
l
l the
comm
o
tion?”

“
I
’
ve
g
o
t
an
emergen
c
y
.
H
e
’
s
c
ut
h
i
s
w
r
i
s
t
,
m
a
ybe
the a
r
t
e
r
y
.
I
t
’
s
bleedi
n
g badl
y
.
”

“
B
r
i
n
g
him
back
here
and
let
’
s
t
a
ke
a
loo
k
.
”

J
or
d
an went
back
out
t
o
the
w
aiti
n
g
room,
g
r
a
bbed
N
ic
k
’
s
uninjure
d
a
r
m
an
d
pu
l
le
d
hi
m
do
wn
th
e
ha
l
l
w
a
y
t
o the
exam
room.
S
he
helped
him
up
on
the
ta
bl
e
.
W
hen
D
r
.
P
r
e
s
c
o
t
t
peeled
back
the
t
owel,
f
r
e
sh
blood
immed
i
a
t
ely spu
r
t
ed
ou
t
.
H
e
donned
a
pair
of
l
a
t
ex
glov
e
s,
pushed
N
ick down
on
h
i
s
back
before
he
pa
s
s
ed
out
f
rom
blood
l
o
s
s, and
be
g
an
w
i
p
i
n
g
a
w
a
y
blood
w
ith
a
s
t
e
r
i
le
c
o
t
t
on
pad.
H
e s
t
epped
over
t
o
the
coun
t
e
r
,
pulled
out
a
su
t
ure
k
it
f
rom
a dr
a
we
r
,
and
then
f
i
l
led
a
s
y
r
i
n
g
e
.
“
I
’
l
l
g
ive
y
ou
a
local
an
e
sthetic
that
w
a
y
y
ou
wo
n
’t
feel
a
thi
n
g
.
”
O
ver
h
i
s
g
l
a
s
s
e
s,
he asked
J
or
d
an,
“
H
o
w
’
d
th
i
s
happen?”