Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (242 page)

Before
J
or
d
an
could
spea
k
,
W
ade
Ha
w
k
ins
t
r
udged up
behind
T
a
gge
r
t
,
and
B
ran
S
u
l
li
v
an
fo
l
lowed
hi
m
.
Before lo
n
g
it
seemed
as
if
eve
r
y
a
bl
e
-bodied
man
in
P
elican
P
oin
t
e
s
naked
behind
M
u
r
p
h
y
w
ai
t
i
n
g
for
f
u
r
ther
inst
r
uctions
f
rom the
m
a
y
or
on
what
t
o
do
n
e
xt.
B
ut
M
u
r
p
h
y
merely
went
in
t
o a
de
t
a
i
led
account
of
what
N
ick
had
said
at
the
churc
h
.

J
or
d
an
lis
t
ened
but
could
n
’t
beli
e
ve
what
she
w
as
heari
n
g.
“
W
h
y
would
he
do
that?
U
nl
e
ss…
Oh,
m
y
God,
M
u
r
p
h
y
, h
e
’
s
gone,
he
i
s
n
’t
comi
n
g
bac
k
,
is
he?”

“
I
did
n
’
t
ge
t
tha
t
impr
e
ss
io
n
a
t
a
l
l
,
J
or
d
a
n
.
B
u
t
ther
e
’
s somethi
n
g
I
prob
a
bly
need
t
o
t
e
l
l
y
ou
.
”

W
ithou
t
realizing
i
t
,
she
held
o
n
tight
e
r
to
H
u
t
t
o
n.
E
ven
th
e
wa
r
mt
h
of
th
e
sp
r
ing
mo
r
ning
could
n
’t
st
o
p
a shiver
f
rom
tin
g
ling
do
w
n
he
r
a
r
ms.
The
l
a
st
time
a
n
yo
ne
had
ut
tered
th
os
e
wor
d
s
they
had
k
n
ocked
o
n
he
r
doo
r
to te
l
l
he
r
Sc
o
tt
w
as
n
’t
coming
home.
T
h
e
s
ick
feeling
s
w
e
p
t
ove
r
he
r
ag
ai
n.
S
h
e
could
n
’t
shak
e
i
t
.
W
her
e
th
e
he
ll
w
a
s
N
ick?
W
h
y
w
a
s
h
e
n
o
t
here?

“T
hen
where
is
he,
M
u
r
p
h
y?
F
erguso
n
’
s
is
cl
o
sed
on
S
un
d
a
y
.
I
n
fac
t
,
F
erguson
is
s
t
andi
n
g
r
ight
behind
y
ou.
I
k
new i
t
.
H
e
’
s
gon
e
.
H
e
did
n
’t
e
ven
s
a
y
goodb
y
e
.
”
S
he
fi
na
l
ly let
out
the
choked
breath
sh
e
’
d
been
holdi
n
g.

“
N
ick
made
us
remember
our
hea
r
ts.
H
e
would
n
’t
j
u
st
le
a
v
e
l
i
k
e
tha
t
.
”

“
W
ha
t
ar
e
y
o
u
t
a
l
k
i
n
g
a
b
ou
t
,
M
u
r
p
h
y
?
M
ad
e
y
ou remembe
r
wha
t
hea
r
t
?
Y
o
u
are
n
’
t
ma
k
i
n
g
a
n
y
s
en
s
e
.
”

“
Exactl
y
.
W
e
l
o
st
ou
r
selves
for
a
wh
i
le,
the
whole
t
o
w
n did,
but
N
ick
brought
u
s
bac
k
.
H
e
made
u
s
remember
w
e
’
re here
t
o
help
each
o
the
r
.
W
hen
rough
pa
t
ches
hit
u
s,
a
l
l
of
u
s, we
s
a
ve each
o
ther
f
rom disas
t
e
r
.
N
ick
made
u
s remember how
w
e
’
re supp
o
sed
t
o care for each other as a
t
o
w
n, how we
should
see
each
other
through
the
rough
times.
Sc
o
t
t
w
as
on
e
o
f
u
s
.
N
ic
k
reminde
d
u
s
tha
t
Sc
o
t
t
woul
d
h
a
v
e
w
an
t
ed
u
s
t
o
hel
p
.
I
n
fac
t
,
he
e
xpec
t
ed
bet
t
er
f
rom
a
l
l
of
u
s.
W
e
j
u
st
neede
d
N
ic
k
t
o
remin
d
u
s
,
t
o
shak
e
u
s
u
p
.
”