Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (227 page)

“
W
hat
exa
c
tly
do
y
ou
mean
t
h
i
s
time?”
N
ick
asked.

“
I
’
v
e
been
t
r
y
i
ng
to
get
s
omething
on
th
i
s
g
u
y
fo
r
four y
ea
r
s
,
e
ve
r
s
inc
e
I
t
oo
k
offic
e.
T
her
e
h
a
v
e
bee
n
r
umo
r
s
,
comp
l
ain
t
s
a
b
out
hi
m
b
r
i
b
i
ng
coun
t
y
offi
c
i
a
l
s
an
d
the
l
i
k
e.
B
ut
th
i
s
i
s
the
f
i
r
s
t
tim
e
I
h
a
v
e
s
omethi
ng
con
c
rete
.
”
H
e
s
l
appe
d
N
ic
k
on
the
bac
k
.
“
G
ood
jo
b
.
I
hate
to
thin
k
what migh
t
h
a
v
e
happened
i
f
y
o
u
had
n
’
t
caugh
t
hi
m
i
n
the
a
ct
. T
her
e
’
s
enoug
h
g
a
s
i
n
th
os
e
can
s
to
ligh
t
up
th
i
s
p
l
ac
e
l
i
ke
a
bonfire
.
”

N
ic
k
shuddere
d
at
the
though
t
.
“
H
e
’
l
l
prob
a
bl
y
make
one
ca
l
l to
h
i
s l
a
w
yer
an
d
b
e out on
ba
i
l
b
y noo
n
.
”
A
nd
if
that
happened,
N
ic
k
want
e
d
to
mak
e
sur
e
Kent
would
n
’t b
e
a
threat
to
J
ord
a
n
.

“
Ma
yb
e
.
B
ut
this
time
I
p
l
an
t
o
throw
the
book
at
M
r
.
S
p
r
i
n
ge
r
.
I
n
th
is
s
t
a
t
e
fi
r
s
t
-
de
g
re
e
at
t
em
p
t
e
d
a
r
s
o
n
i
s
a
c
l
a
ss B
v
iolent felo
n
y
. Af
t
er I
t
a
lk
t
o
the
D
A we throw in trespass
i
n
g
,
at
t
em
p
t
e
d
burg
l
a
r
y
,
m
a
yb
e
e
ve
n
s
ta
l
k
i
n
g
.
W
ho
k
n
o
w
s
?
Ma
ybe
I
can
get
the
woman
he
beat
up
l
ast
C
h
r
i
stmas
t
o
pr
e
s
s
charg
es
no
w
.
I
in
t
en
d
t
o
mak
e
th
is
a
l
ot
harde
r
fo
r
him
t
o
t
a
lk
his
w
a
y
out
of
than
l
ast
tim
e
.
”

“Sounds
like
a
real
p
r
ince
of
a
g
u
y
.
”

“
Be
t
ween
y
ou
and
me
and
the
fence
p
o
st
over
there,
the
g
uy
i
s
a
s
cumb
a
g
.
N
ot
ma
n
y
people
in
P
elican
P
oin
t
e
k
now this,
but
it
’
s
pret
t
y
much
common
k
nowledge
around
S
an
t
a
C
r
uz.
L
ady
he
w
as
h
a
v
i
n
g
an
aff
ai
r
w
it
h
l
a
s
t
fa
ll
wen
t
m
issi
n
g
.
K
ent
w
as
the
l
ast
k
nown
pe
r
s
on
t
o
s
ee
her
aliv
e
.
A
nd
K
en
t
ha
d
bee
n
s
ta
l
k
i
n
g
he
r
,
ma
k
i
n
g
threa
t
s
,
le
a
v
i
n
g
nas
t
y me
s
s
a
ges
and
s
endi
n
g
her
e
-mai
l
s.
S
he
pre
ss
ed
charges
for tha
t
,
but
before
he
went
t
o
t
r
i
a
l
the
woman
disappeared
.
”

“
W
o
w
,
y
ou
think
he
k
illed
her?”
N
ic
k
’
s
blood
pressure
s
pi
ked
.
H
e
looke
d
u
p
j
u
s
t
i
n
ti
m
e
t
o
s
e
e
E
t
ha
n
C
o
d
y
e
s
c
o
r
t
a now
handcuffed
K
ent
down
the
le
n
g
th
of
the
d
r
ive
w
a
y
t
o
the
s
quad
ca
r
.
“
Do
y
ou
mind
if
I
h
a
ve
one
l
ast
word
w
ith
him?”
N
ick
asked
B
rent.