Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (228 page)

“
Y
ou
are
n
’t
goi
n
g
t
o
t
a
ke
a
s
w
i
n
g
at
him,
are
y
ou?”

“
I
f I
were
,
I
’
d
h
a
v
e
don
e
tha
t
lo
n
g
befor
e I e
ve
r
made th
e
ca
ll
t
o
y
o
u
g
uys
.
”

Reli
e
ved,
B
rent
said
,
“
F
air
enoug
h
.
B
y
a
l
l
means,
be
m
y
g
u
e
s
t
.
”

A
s
K
ent pas
s
ed b
y
,
N
ick fell in locks
t
ep beside the
t
wo men,
accompa
n
y
i
n
g
them
on
the
w
a
lk
t
o
the
ca
r
.
J
ust
as
the three
of
them
got
t
o
the
s
quad
ca
r
,
just
as
E
than
pushed
the
ha
ndcuffed
K
ent
in
t
o
the
back
s
ea
t
,
N
ick
leaned
down
t
o whisper
s
omethi
n
g
in
K
ent
’
s
ea
r
.

W
hen he
w
as done,
N
ick
w
a
l
k
ed back up the d
r
ive
t
o where
B
rent
s
t
ood.

“
W
ha
t
w
as
tha
t
a
ll
a
b
out?”

“
I
reminde
d
M
r
.
S
p
r
i
n
ge
r
that
i
f
I
e
ve
r
catch
him a
n
y
wher
e
nea
r
T
h
e
C
ov
e
ag
ain
,
I
coul
d
g
ua
r
ant
e
e
h
e
’
d n
e
ve
r
b
e
a
bl
e
to
fathe
r
a
n
ymor
e
ch
i
ldre
n
an
d
h
e
’
d
wa
l
k
w
ith
a
lim
p
.
”

B
rent
bus
t
ed
out
l
aughi
n
g
,
s
l
apped
N
ick
on
the
back
a
g
ain.
“
Remind
me,
M
r
.
H
ar
r
i
s,
t
o
never
p
i
ss
y
ou
off
.”

L
a
t
er
that
morni
n
g
as
J
or
d
an
s
t
ood
at
the
s
t
ove
pou
r
i
n
g pancake
bat
t
er
on
t
o
the
g
r
ill,
the
phone
ra
n
g
.
S
he
picked
up the
cordl
es
s.
“
The
C
ove
Bed
and
B
reakfas
t
,
J
or
d
an
P
hilli
p
s spea
k
i
n
g
.
Ma
y?
I
’
m
s
o
s
or
r
y
but
w
e
’
re
f
ull
up
for
Ma
y
.
B
ut how
a
bout
the
s
econd
weekend
in
J
une?”

S
i
t
t
i
n
g
a
t
th
e
k
i
t
c
he
n
t
a
bl
e
d
r
in
k
i
n
g
h
i
s
fifth
cup
of coffee,
N
ick
w
at
ched
as
J
or
d
an
flipped
through
the
re
s
e
r
v
ation
book
she
ke
p
t
on
the
co
r
ner
d
e
s
k
.
Good,
another
re
s
er
v
a
tion, he though
t
, as he remembered he needed
t
o follow up
w
ith
C
h
arlie
in
L.
A
.
K
no
w
i
n
g
fi
r
sthand
how
lo
n
g
it
t
ook a
loan
commit
t
ee
t
o
a
c
t
,
N
ick
realized
they
were
quickly
r
unni
n
g
out
of
tim
e
.
Th
e
y
ha
d
l
e
ss
tha
n
t
e
n
d
a
y
s
.
A
l
ot
w
as
r
idi
n
g
on
that
de
cis
ion.
I
f
the
commit
t
ee
re
f
u
s
ed
t
o
g
ive
her another
ex
t
en
s
ion
he
might
be
forced
t
o
conf
e
ss
h
i
s
s
ecret.
C
onf
ess
i
n
g
h
i
s
s
ecret
meant
fi
na
l
l
y
comi
n
g
clea
n.
C
omi
n
g clean
jeopardized
their
re
l
ationshi
p
.
S
h
e
’
d
k
now
h
e
’
d
been l
y
i
n
g
t
o
her
from
the
s
t
a
r
t.

J
ust
the
thought
made
him
ed
g
y
.
H
e
got
up
t
o
ta
ke
over for
her
at
the
s
t
ove
while
H
ut
t
on
amu
s
ed
he
r
s
elf
inside
the bot
t
om
c
a
binet
dig
g
i
n
g
in
t
o
J
or
d
a
n
’
s
a
ss
o
r
tment
of
p
l
astic
w
ar
e
.
The
b
a
by
had
n
’t
y
et
had
brea
k
fast
but
under
the
circums
t
anc
e
s
of
the
mo
r
ni
n
g
s
en
s
ed
that
she
needed
t
o
s
omehow be
patient
w
ith
the
adults
where
food
w
as
conce
r
ned.