Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (38 page)

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ic
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.

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ord
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H
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w
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s
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goi
n
g?
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ee
y
ou
found
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d
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s p
l
ac
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.
”

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like
I
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m
wor
k
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for
he
r
.
”

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r
p
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ent
him
a
dubious
loo
k
.
“
N
ow
how
did
that happen?”
B
ut
suddenly
M
u
r
p
h
y
unde
r
s
t
ood.
“
Y
ou
did
n
’t
t
e
ll her
who
y
ou
were,
did
y
ou?
Somethi
n
g
t
e
l
l
s
me
Sco
t
t
’
s
name did
n
’t
e
ven
come
u
p
.
A
m
I
r
ight?”

N
ick
let
out
an
audible
s
igh,
ran
h
i
s
han
d
s
ne
r
vously
throug
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h
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s
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r
.
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he
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g
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there
,
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w
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ts,
a
mel
t
down.
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t
w
as
n
’t
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good
time
t
o
s
t
a
r
t
thro
w
i
n
g Sco
t
t
’
s
name
around
in
the
m
i
x
.
”

“
Y
o
u
h
a
v
e
t
o
t
ell
he
r
.
J
or
d
a
n
’
s
ha
d
a
roug
h
ti
m
e
.
”

“
I
k
now
that.
S
h
e
’
s
under
the
impr
e
ssion
y
ou
s
ent
me out
there
t
o
find
wor
k
.
”
H
e
let
that
re
gi
s
t
er
for
a
couple
of minu
t
e
s
before
addi
n
g
,
“
Loo
k
,
I
k
now
y
ou
do
n
’t
k
now
me, but
when
I
t
old
her
m
y
name,
it
did
n
’t
re
gi
s
t
e
r
,
did
n
’t
mean a
thi
n
g
t
o
he
r
.
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he
w
as
u
ps
e
t
,
the
b
a
by
s
t
a
r
t
ed
c
r
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g
,
and
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did
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’
t
w
an
t
t
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ad
d
t
o
tha
t.
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h
a
ve
n
’
t
foun
d
th
e
r
i
gh
t
ti
m
e
t
o
t
ell
her
y
et
.
”

“
T
r
ust
m
e
.
There
i
s
no
r
ight
tim
e
.
Y
ou
w
ait
and
it’ll
get
t
o
ug
her
t
o
find
the
r
ight
wor
d
s,
not
ea
s
ie
r
.
I
do
n
’t
w
ant
t
o
s
ee
J
or
d
an
hu
r
t
.
”

“
Y
ou
think
I
do?
T
h
at
’
s
the
l
ast
thi
n
g
I
w
ant.
S
o
,
could
we
r
ide
w
ith
this
for
a
while,
M
u
r
p
h
y
,
just
until
I
find
the
r
ight ti
me?
”
K
n
o
w
i
n
g
s
ma
ll
t
ow
ns
,
a
though
t
oc
cur
re
d
t
o
N
ic
k
.
“
A
nd
just
s
o
y
ou
k
no
w
,
she
f
i
x
e
d
u
p
tha
t
s
t
udi
o
apa
r
tment
over
the
g
ar
a
g
e
.
I
’
m
slee
p
i
n
g
ther
e
.
”