Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (42 page)

H
er
good
mood
went
s
outh.
S
he
did
n
’t
w
ant
t
o
hear
that
r
ight
no
w
.
S
he
could
n
’t
handle
an
o
ther
major
expen
s
e
of
a
n
y
k
ind.
The
w
i
r
i
n
g
w
as
a
s
e
t
bac
k
,
but
a
new
roof,
she
could
n
’t
thin
k
a
b
ou
t
tha
t
no
w
.
“
The
roof
has
been
pa
t
ched
a
couple
of tim
e
s
alread
y
.
I
t
’
s
the
b
e
st
I
can
do
for
no
w
.
Do
y
ou
think
it
w
ill
l
ast
till
next
sp
r
i
n
g?
I
might
be
in
bet
t
er
shape
t
o
ta
ke
out a
loan
for
the
roof
by
then
.
”

H
e
drew
in
a
deep
s
igh
k
no
w
i
n
g
she
w
a
s
d
o
i
n
g
her
b
e
s
t
.
W
hat
would
she
s
a
y
if
he
of
f
ered
her
the
money?
B
ut
loo
k
i
n
g
at
her
face
he
k
new
she
would
n
’t
t
ake
i
t
.
A
nd
it
would i
n
v
a
r
ia
bly
lead
t
o
her
as
k
i
n
g
a
l
l
k
in
d
s
of
pro
b
i
n
g
qu
e
s
t
ions,
w
anti
n
g
an
s
we
r
s
he
w
a
s
in
no
f
rame
of
mind
t
o
deal
w
ith
y
e
t
.
I
ns
t
ead
of
g
o
i
n
g
there,
he
said,
“
I
spent
s
ome
time
do
w
n in
the
ba
s
ement
t
o
d
a
y
,
loo
k
i
n
g
at
the
w
i
r
i
n
g
.
T
h
e
inspe
c
t
or
w
a
s
n
’t
l
y
i
n
g
t
o
y
ou.
The
w
i
r
i
n
g
m
u
st
be
at
least
fif
t
y
y
ea
r
s old.
I
t
defini
t
ely
nee
d
s
rep
l
a
c
i
n
g
.
I
found
an
ele
c
t
r
i
c
i
an,
but he
ca
n
’t
come
out
unt
i
l
next
wee
k
.
”
H
e
did
n
’t
mention
the buddy
d
o
i
n
g
him
a
huge
f
a
vo
r
.

“
J
ust
remembe
r
,
N
ic
k
,
y
ou
do
n
’t
h
a
ve
t
o
do
eve
r
y
thi
n
g by
y
ou
r
s
elf.
I
need
help
ha
n
g
i
n
g
the
s
w
i
n
g
on
the
porch,
I
w
as
n
’t
as
k
i
n
g
y
ou
t
o
do
it
for
m
e
.
I
’ve
been
here
t
wo
y
ea
r
s
by
m
y
s
elf.
I
’ve got
t
en r
a
ther handy
w
ith
t
ools
.
”

“
J
ust
not
a
sande
r
,
”
he
t
ea
s
ed,
s
endi
n
g
her
a
g
r
in.
H
er
s
h
y smile made her e
y
es
t
w
inkle, her chee
k
s f
l
ush.

“
N
o
,
not
the
sande
r
.
T
h
at
w
as
n
’t
exa
c
tly
m
y
finest moment
.
”

H
e
could
n
’t
remember
the
l
ast
time
h
e
’
d
said
s
omethi
n
g
s
illy
enoug
h
t
o
ca
u
s
e
a
woma
n
t
o
bl
ush.
A
nd
tha
t
ra
is
e
d
a
ll
k
inds
of
red
f
l
a
gs
as
t
o
how
comple
t
ely
out
of
his
element he
w
as
w
ith
this
pa
r
ticu
l
ar
woman.
J
ust
one
more
reason
t
o
keep
his
dis
t
ance,
he
though
t
,
as
he
drained
his
beer
and headed
back
u
p
s
t
ai
r
s
t
o
finish
the
lou
s
y
p
l
as
t
er
job
before the
d
amned
s
t
uff
d
r
ied
hard
as
concre
t
e
and
he
had
t
o
s
t
a
r
t
a
ll
ove
r
a
g
ai
n.