Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (243 page)

“
S
t
a
r
t
t
a
lk
i
n
g
M
u
r
p
h
y
.
Y
ou
’
r
e
s
t
a
r
ti
ng
to
s
car
e
m
e
.
”
T
r
ut
h
w
a
s
,
sh
e
’
d
a
c
t
ua
l
l
y
gon
e
st
r
aigh
t
pas
t
s
care
d
to
do
w
n
r
igh
t
fea
r.

M
u
r
p
h
y
sucked
in
a
breath.
I
t
w
a
s
n
’t
h
i
s
p
l
ace,
but
what the
hell.
“
N
ick
w
as
ther
e
—in
I
raq
w
ith
Sc
o
t
t
.
H
e
w
as
w
ith Sc
o
t
t
when
he
died
.
”

“
I
k
n
o
w
a
l
l
tha
t
.
Ge
t
t
o
th
e
p
o
in
t
.
”

“W
ha
t
d
o
y
o
u
mea
n
…
y
o
u
k
n
ow?
J
or
d
an
,
N
ick
b
l
am
e
s
him
s
elf
for
n
o
t
bei
ng
able
to
ge
t
Sc
o
tt
ou
t
of
th
e
t
r
uc
k
fast enough
.
”

“
O
h,
God.
I
w
as
a
f
raid
of
tha
t
.
T
h
a
t
i
s
n
’
t
wha
t
happened
at
a
l
l
.
”
J
or
d
an
s
t
a
r
t
ed
t
o
pace
the
le
n
g
th
of
the
porc
h
.
“
I
k
new who
he
w
as
af
t
e
r
tha
t
f
i
r
st
d
a
y
.
I
reco
g
nized
the
name
f
rom
Sc
o
tt
’
s
let
t
e
r
s
.
H
e
al
w
a
ys
men
t
ione
d
N
ic
k
th
i
s
,
N
ic
k
tha
t
. I
w
as
j
u
st
w
ai
t
i
n
g
for
him
t
o
ta
l
k
t
o
me,
t
o
open
u
p
,
t
e
l
l
me
a
bout
it
himself.
I
w
as
t
r
y
i
n
g
t
o
be
patien
t
,
give
him
time
t
o do
it
his
o
w
n
w
a
y
.
I
k
new
he
m
u
st
be
suf
f
e
r
i
n
g
f
rom
post-
t
r
auma
t
i
c
str
ess
o
r
su
r
v
ivo
r
’
s
g
u
i
l
t
.
I
w
an
t
e
d
hi
m
t
o
ta
l
k
t
o me
and
t
e
l
l
me
in
his
o
w
n
time,
in
his
o
w
n
w
a
y
.
”

“
D
o
y
ou
k
now
h
e
’
s
in
love
w
ith
y
ou?”

T
h
at
had
her
s
t
op
p
i
n
g
in
mid-pace
and
t
u
r
ni
n
g
back
t
o
M
u
r
p
h
y
.
“
I
w
as
ho
p
i
n
g.
Are
y
ou
sure?”

“
O
h,
y
e
a
h
.
”

“
I
h
a
v
e
t
o
t
a
l
k
t
o
him
,
M
u
r
p
h
y
.
W
h
er
e
…
”

“
H
e
left
the
church
a
good
thi
r
ty
minu
t
es
a
g
o
.
”
M
u
r
p
h
y s
c
r
at
ched
his
head
at
tha
t
,
and
added,
“
Ma
ybe
he
did
n
’t
think
y
ou
’
d
w
ant
t
o
see
hi
m
.
A
f
t
er
a
l
l,
he
felt
l
i
ke
h
e
’
d
fa
i
led
Sc
o
t
t
, m
a
ybe
he
felt
l
i
ke
h
e
’
d
fa
i
led
y
ou
t
o
o
,
and
t
ook
of
f
.
”
B
u
t
that
did
n
’t
sound
l
i
ke
the
g
uy
who
had
t
old
the
co
n
g
re
g
a
tion
he
w
a
s
n
’t
a
bout
t
o
give
u
p
.

“
H
e
did
n
’t
fa
i
l
Sc
o
t
t
.
O
h,
God,
M
u
r
p
h
y
y
ou
h
a
ve
t
o
get him
bac
k
.
W
e
’
re
w
as
t
i
n
g
time
j
u
st
s
t
andi
n
g
around.
I
h
a
ve
t
o
ta
l
k
t
o
him,
t
e
l
l
hi
m
.
I
h
a
ve
t
o
st
r
aigh
t
en
th
i
s
me
s
s
ou
t
.
”