Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (22 page)

N
o
wonde
r
Sc
o
t
t
had
n
’
t
bee
n
a
b
l
e
t
o
shu
t
u
p
a
bou
t
the
p
l
ac
e
.

W
hen
they
g
o
t
t
o
the
ho
u
s
e,
they
en
t
ered
through
a sun
n
y
mud
room
w
ith
banked
high
w
indo
w
s
on
one
s
ide, and
a
roo
m
y
,
we
l
l
-
or
g
anized
l
aund
r
y
space
on
the
o
the
r
. They
made
their
w
a
y
in
t
o
a
b
r
igh
t
,
ai
r
y
open
k
i
t
che
n
.
A commer
c
i
a
l
s
i
x
-bu
r
ner
s
t
ove
t
op
and
double
oven
t
ook
up one
s
ide
of
the
room,
wh
i
le
a
s
p
o
tl
es
s
m
arbl
e
-
t
opped
i
s
l
and p
l
an
t
ed
in
the
mid
d
le
held
an
a
r
r
a
y
of
an
c
ien
t
,
we
l
l-
s
c
r
ubbed p
o
ts
and
pans
overhead.
A
d
e
sk
t
ook
up
one
co
r
ne
r
,
a
s
t
one firep
l
ace
the
o
the
r
.

B
rand
-
new
chrome
appl
i
anc
e
s
complemen
t
ed
ch
e
stnut c
a
b
i
nets.
The
ne
w
n
es
s
of
e
ve
r
y
thi
n
g
,
includi
n
g
a
sp
o
tl
e
s
s
I
tal
i
a
n
t
i
l
e
f
l
oo
r
,
t
old
him
th
i
s
room
had
already
been
remod
eled
.
“
Y
o
u
m
u
s
t
h
a
v
e
s
t
a
r
t
e
d
i
n
her
e
.
”

“
I
t
needed
the
m
o
st
wor
k
.
I
t
made
s
en
s
e
t
o
get
the
k
i
t
chen
up
and
g
o
i
n
g
before
we
did
a
n
y
thi
n
g
e
ls
e
.
”
S
he
did
n
’t add
that
the
remodeli
n
g
h
ad
pret
t
y
much
ended
here
in
th
i
s room
when
Sc
o
t
t
left
for
I
raq.

They
moved
on
t
o
the
back
s
t
airca
s
e
and
up
t
o
the
g
u
e
st bedrooms.
H
e
l
i
s
t
ened
as
she
p
o
in
t
ed
out
the
rooms
sh
e
’
d already
pain
t
ed,
light
f
i
x
t
ur
e
s
sh
e
’
d
already
rep
l
aced,
a
bathroom
floor
she
w
as
r
ip
p
i
n
g
up
before
putti
n
g
do
w
n
new
t
i
l
e
.
“T
he
l
arger
bedrooms
are
on
the
back
s
ide
of
the
ho
u
s
e
w
ith
the
v
iew
of
the
ocea
n
.
”
S
he
w
a
l
k
ed
in
t
o
one,
s
t
ood
at
the double
F
rench
doo
r
s
loo
k
i
n
g
ou
t
.
“
Y
ou
can
s
ee
the
tra
i
l
we
w
a
l
k
ed
through
earlier
leadi
n
g
do
w
n
t
o
the
cove
j
u
st
be
y
ond that
g
rove
of
tre
e
s.
A
nd
then
of
cou
r
s
e
ther
e
’
s
the
ocean
.
”

F
or
s
ome
rea
s
on,
N
ick
g
o
t
the
impr
ess
ion
she
w
an
t
ed him
t
o
s
ee
the
p
oss
i
bi
li
t
i
e
s
of
the
p
l
ac
e
.
H
e
w
a
s
n
’t
sure
w
h
y h
i
s
o
p
inion
mat
t
ered.
H
e
w
an
t
ed
t
o
t
e
l
l
her
he
unde
r
s
t
ood the
p
l
an, and
that what
she
w
as t
r
y
i
n
g
t
o
do
out here
w
ithout
Sc
o
t
t
w
a
s
n
’t
c
r
a
zy
or
imp
o
ss
ible
for
a
woman
here
alon
e
.

B
ut
as
she
s
t
ood
ne
r
vo
u
sly
t
w
irli
n
g
the
s
imple
gold
chain
d
a
ng
li
n
g
f
rom
around
her
nec
k
,
a
l
l
he
could
do
w
as
think
a
bout
Sc
o
t
t
’
s
hop
e
s
and
dreams
for
th
i
s
p
l
ac
e
.
A
f
t
er
a
l
l,
he
k
new
Sc
o
t
t
’
s
p
l
ans
alm
o
st
as
we
l
l
as
J
or
d
an.
B
ut
he
could
n
’t
men
t
io
n
tha
t
.