Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (233 page)

J
or
d
an
poli
t
ely
declined,
t
e
l
li
n
g
E
thel,
“
N
o
than
k
s.
I
f she
gets
r
e
stl
e
s
s
w
e
’
l
l
j
u
st
t
a
ke
her
out
s
id
e
.
T
h
at
’
s
w
h
y
w
e
’
re
s
itti
n
g
in
the
back
by
the
doo
r
.
”

E
t
he
l
looke
d
a
n
y
thi
ng
bu
t
p
l
aca
t
e
d
,
bu
t
sai
d
n
o
thi
ng
mor
e
a
s
th
e
or
g
a
n
m
u
s
i
c
ale
r
t
e
d
th
e
co
n
g
re
g
a
tio
n
to
the
Eas
t
e
r
proc
e
ss
ional.

F
or
N
ic
k
,
s
itti
n
g
in
church
w
as
su
r
real.
I
t
s
eemed
s
ince comi
n
g
t
o
P
elican
P
o
in
t
e,
s
ince
getti
n
g
m
i
x
ed
up
w
ith
a
w
idow
and
her
b
a
by
d
augh
t
er
h
i
s
life
had
become
s
omethi
n
g he
did
n
’t
even
recognize,
nor
would
a
ny
one
e
ls
e
.
H
e
had
n
’t been
in
s
ide
a
church
s
ince
Ben
L
a
tha
m
’
s
weddi
n
g
s
i
x
y
ea
r
s earlie
r
.
B
ut
h
i
s
a
w
k
w
ardn
e
s
s
at
bei
n
g
there
v
an
i
shed
as
s
oon as
he
looked
over
at
J
or
d
an.
H
er
b
ig
choco
l
a
t
e
-
brown
e
y
e
s met
h
i
s.
H
i
s
hea
r
t
beat
a
little
fas
t
er
as
he
slid
h
i
s
hand
in
t
o he
r
s.
A
s they
s
t
ood
up
t
ogether
t
o j
o
in
the r
e
st
of the
co
n
g
r
e
g
a
tion
in
s
i
n
g
i
n
g
a
h
ymnal,
he
a
s
sured
him
s
elf
of
one
thi
n
g
. Th
i
s
w
a
s
n
’t
as
bad
as
h
e
’
d
thought
it
would
b
e
.
H
e
could
do th
i
s.
H
e
looked
around
at
the
s
t
ar
e
s
they
were
getti
n
g
and
w
idened
h
i
s
g
r
in.
J
or
d
an
had
been
r
igh
t
.
They
had
shocked eve
r
y
o
ne
j
u
st
by
sho
w
i
n
g
u
p
.

A
s
it
t
u
r
ned
out
E
thel
J
en
k
ins
w
as
co
r
re
c
t
a
bout
P
as
t
or
W
hi
t
com
b
’
s
lo
n
g-
w
inded
s
e
r
mons.
L
o
n
g
before
the
s
e
r
v
ice offi
c
i
a
l
ly
ended,
N
ick
and
J
or
d
an
had
t
o
slip
out
the
bac
k
door
w
ith
a
r
e
stl
e
s
s
H
ut
t
on,
n
e
ver
k
no
w
i
n
g
the
s
t
ir
their pr
e
s
ence
in
church
had
ca
u
s
ed
unt
i
l
much
l
at
e
r
.

O
ver
the
cou
r
s
e
of
the
next
wee
k
,
N
ick
and
J
or
d
an poured
e
ve
r
y
thi
n
g
they
had
in
t
o
getti
n
g
T
h
e
C
ove
ready
for openi
n
g
d
a
y
.
W
ith
L
il
ly
sho
w
i
n
g
up
e
ve
r
y
d
a
y
,
there
w
as
no sho
r
ta
ge
of
f
i
n
i
shi
n
g
t
ouch
e
s
t
o
be
don
e
.

They framed Lilly’s beach drawings, as well as several photographs Scott had taken at Big Sur and along the California coast. They dusted and polished every stick of furniture, sanded and restained hardwood floors, and even replaced the glass in the bathroom window without slicing open another wrist.

T
he
y
f
i
t
t
e
d
be
d
s
w
it
h
s
o
f
t
,
c
o
t
t
o
n
shee
t
s
an
d
d
raped
the
m
w
it
h
b
ran
d
-
ne
w
,
do
w
n
y
comfo
r
t
e
r
s
,
plumped
pi
l
lo
w
s
,
coordina
t
e
d
r
u
g
s
an
d
thro
w
s
,
and
acc
ess
o
r
ized the rooms
.
T
he
y
s
t
ocke
d
th
e
bathroom
s
w
it
h
plen
t
y
o
f
f
lu
f
f
y
whi
t
e
t
owe
l
s
,
pu
t
ou
t
baske
t
s
o
f
p
o
tpou
r
r
i
an
d
littl
e
s
o
a
p
s
an
d
mad
e
sur
e
th
e
p
l
ac
e
ha
d
a
l
l
th
e
pe
r
s
ona
l
t
ouch
e
s
that
mad
e
B
&
B
s
hom
e
spu
n
an
d
spe
c
i
a
l.