Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (59 page)

H
e
s
t
ifle
d
the
urg
e
to
reac
h
out
an
d
put
h
i
s
a
r
m
s
around
th
os
e
shoulde
r
s
.
“
Ma
yb
e
n
o
t
,
but
i
t
wo
n
’
t
hu
r
t
to
ta
k
e
a
loo
k
.
”
H
e
pa
u
s
ed
,
looke
d
aroun
d
the
porch
,
an
d
fel
t
a
wealt
h
o
f
p
r
id
e
at
ho
w
muc
h
better
the
p
l
ac
e
looked
.
“
W
e
’
l
l
g
iv
e
the
s
econd
coat
o
f
paint
an
o
ther
d
a
y
to
d
r
y
.
T
h
en
w
e
’
l
l hang
that
s
w
ing
you
wanted
.
”

L
a
te
r
tha
t
a
ft
ernoo
n
J
or
d
an
w
as
spreadi
n
g
choco
l
a
t
e
fr
o
st
i
n
g
ove
r
th
e
t
op
o
f
th
e
cak
e
sh
e
’
d
bake
d
wh
i
l
e
H
u
t
t
o
n
sat
on the floo
r
, dig
g
i
n
g in the c
a
binets, pulli
n
g out eve
r
y pot and
pan
she
owned,
when
the
phone
ra
n
g
.
J
or
d
an
w
iped her
han
d
s
off
and
moved
t
o
pick
it
u
p
.
“
The
C
ove
Bed
and
B
rea
k
fas
t
,
J
or
d
an
spea
k
i
n
g
.
M
emo
r
i
al
weekend?
C
ould
y
ou hold
just
a
moment
while
I
look?
Y
e
s,
thank
y
ou
.
”
C
ar
r
y
i
n
g the
cordl
es
s
phone
she
moved
t
o
the
d
e
sk
in
the
co
r
ner
of the
k
i
t
chen,
quickly
pulled
open
the
re
s
e
r
v
ations
book
and leafed
through
the
p
a
g
e
s.
“
The
t
wen
t
y-
s
i
xth
and
t
wen
t
y-
s
eventh
w
ill
be
fin
e
.
A
nd
what
’
s
the
name?
W
ill
i
ams,
D
a
ve,
M
r
.
and
M
r
s.
D
a
ve
W
ill
i
ams.
Ocean
V
ie
w
.
O
k
a
y
.
Ocean
V
iew
i
s
$275
a
nigh
t
.
Y
e
s,
ther
e
’
s
beach
acc
e
ss,
mea
l
s
are
included,
that
’
s
r
i
gh
t
.
”
S
he
wen
t
o
n
t
o
tak
e
c
redi
t
car
d
info
r
ma
t
ion,
g
l
anci
n
g
up
when
the
back
door
opened
and
N
ick
s
t
epped
in
s
id
e
.
“
Y
e
s
,
than
k
y
o
u
.
T
h
ank
y
ou
ve
r
y
much,
M
r
.
W
ill
i
ams
.
”
A
s
he
cl
o
s
ed
the
door
behind
him,
N
ick
immed
i
at
ely
s
a
w
J
or
d
an
doi
n
g
a
happy
-
d
ance
in
the
middle
of
the
k
i
t
chen.
S
p
o
t
ti
n
g
him,
she
ran
ove
r
,
gr
a
bbed
b
o
th
of
h
i
s
han
d
s
in
he
r
s and
continued
t
o
d
ance
this
time
w
ith
him.
“
I
h
a
ve
an
o
ther re
s
e
r
v
ation
for
M
emo
r
i
al
w
eekend.
C
an
y
ou
believe
it?
Ma
y
i
s
s
t
a
r
ti
n
g
t
o
fill
u
p
.
T
h
at
’
s
th
e
thir
d
ca
ll
t
o
d
a
y
.
”

Af
t
e
r
a
n
ex
ha
usti
n
g
af
t
ernoon
ins
t
alli
n
g
a
sink
in
one
of the
bathrooms
u
p
s
t
ai
r
s,
h
e
’
d
dr
ag
ged
him
s
elf
over
for
dinne
r
.
T
ired
and
hu
n
g
r
y
,
h
e
’
d
been
in
a
bi
t
ch
of
a
b
l
ack
mood.
B
ut
at the
s
ight
of
J
or
d
an
d
anci
n
g
and
ob
v
iously
happ
y
,
the
b
l
ac
k
ness
s
omehow
lif
t
ed.
H
e
s
t
ood
there
w
ithout
s
a
y
i
n
g
a
word and
just
w
at
ched
the
con
t
en
t
ed
look
on
her
fac
e
.
H
er
smile lit
up
the
room.
S
uddenl
y
,
he
w
an
t
ed
nothi
n
g
more
than
t
o keep
her
that
w
a
y—smili
n
g
,
glo
w
i
n
g—and
d
anci
n
g
.
A
s
t
o
his question of
how
women
w
ith
b
a
bies
had
f
un,
he
pret
t
y much had
his
answe
r
.
J
or
d
an
s
eemed
t
o
get
such
a
k
ick
out
of
the
s
imple
thi
n
g
s.
Despi
t
e
her
dire
si
t
uation
she
s
eemed
t
o
h
a
ve an
e
t
ernal
optim
i
sm
that
came
from
w
ithin,
a
never
-
g
iv
e
-u
p
-
at
ti
t
ud
e
tha
t
s
eeme
d
in
ex
ha
usti
bl
e
.