Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (63 page)

Ma
yb
e
tha
t
realiza
t
io
n
ha
d
hi
m
appre
c
i
a
ti
n
g
J
or
d
a
n.
S
he
ha
d
a
w
a
y
w
it
h
H
u
t
t
o
n.
I
t
did
n
’
t
tak
e
a
geni
us
t
o
s
e
e
sh
e
w
as
a good
mothe
r
,
gentle
and
lo
v
i
n
g
,
much
like
h
i
s
own
had
been.
H
e
realized
now
as
he
sat
there
s
t
a
r
i
n
g
in
t
o
the
glo
w
i
n
g
f
i
r
e
ligh
t
,
thin
k
i
n
g
a
bout
all
the
tim
e
s
h
i
s
m
o
ther
had
been
there for
him,
he
had
n
’t
allowed
him
s
elf
th
os
e
k
inds
of
thoughts
in
y
ea
r
s.
M
emo
r
i
e
s
from
boyhood
fl
ickere
d
throug
h
h
i
s
min
d
as
he
s
a
w
her
sitti
n
g
next
t
o
him
on
the
bed
readi
n
g
him
s
t
o
r
i
e
s just
as
h
e
’
d
done
w
ith
H
u
t
t
on.
Or
the
t
i
m
e
s
h
i
s
mother
had helped
him
w
ith
h
i
s
math
and
spelli
n
g
while
they
sat
at
the
k
i
t
chen
t
a
bl
e
.
H
e
could
s
ee
her
s
itti
n
g
on
hard
bleache
r
s
in the
s
corchi
n
g
heat
rooti
n
g
for
him
at
summer
little
le
a
g
ue
g
a
m
e
s
an
d
ho
w
sh
e
’
d
al
w
a
y
s
man
a
ge
d
t
o
mak
e
i
t
t
o
e
ve
r
y
s
chool
e
vent
he pa
r
ti
c
ipa
t
ed
in.
L
eani
n
g
h
i
s head
bac
k
, he cl
o
s
ed
h
i
s
e
y
e
s.
H
e
allowed
the
im
a
g
e
s
from
childhood,
the good
tim
e
s,
the
ones
of
h
i
s
mothe
r
,
t
o
crowd
out
the
more recent
pi
c
t
ures
of
h
i
s
life,
all
the
ugly
pa
r
ts
and
all
the
pain
f
ul memo
r
i
e
s
t
h
a
t
h
ad
come
af
t
e
r
.
Soon,
h
i
s
breathi
n
g
slowed and
he
fell
aslee
p
.

J
or
d
an
found
him
like
that.

W
ithout
w
a
k
i
n
g
him,
she
pu
l
led
an
afghan
f
rom
the b
l
anket
box
and
covered
him
u
p
.
S
he
t
ook
a
s
eat
by
the
fir
e
.
T
uc
k
i
n
g
her
le
g
s
under
he
r
,
she
g
o
t
comfo
r
t
a
ble
and
s
t
ared in
t
o
the
fireligh
t
,
letti
n
g
her
thoughts
d
r
ift
t
o
an
o
ther
night when
Sc
o
tt
had
fa
l
len
asleep
l
i
ke
th
i
s
af
t
er
the
y
’
d
fi
r
st
moved in
t
o
the
hou
s
e
.
T
h
eir
dreams
then
had
been
f
r
e
sh,
ne
w
,
and f
il
led
w
ith
s
o
much
prom
is
e
and
hope
for
the
f
u
t
ur
e
.
T
h
eir
f
u
t
ure
t
o
gethe
r
.
H
er
e
y
e
s
g
rew
m
oi
s
t
.
S
he
fought
back
t
ea
r
s,
k
no
w
i
n
g
c
r
y
i
n
g
would
n
’t
hel
p
.
B
es
id
e
s,
sh
e
’
d
c
r
ied
her
e
y
e
s out
and
k
new
for
a
fa
c
t
it
did
n
’t
help
and
would
n
’t
b
r
i
n
g Sc
o
tt
bac
k
.

Sco
t
t
w
as
gon
e
.

S
he
g
l
ance
d
ove
r
a
t
N
ic
k
. The
ma
n
ha
d
rea
d
t
o
her
d
a
ugh
t
e
r
.
Ab
r
upt
l
y
,
sh
e
s
a
w
hi
m
s
t
a
r
t
t
o
shake
,
r
i
gh
t
before
he
jumped
and
came
a
w
ak
e
.
H
e
sat
up
s
o
fast
his
leg
hit
the coffee
ta
bl
e
.
F
or
a
few
moments
he
a
c
t
ed
as
though
he
were
s
omep
l
ace
e
ls
e
and
un
a
ble
t
o
get
his
bea
r
i
n
g
s.
S
po
t
ti
n
g
J
or
d
an,
he
immed
i
a
t
ely
a
c
t
ed
embarra
ss
ed.
“So
r
r
y
.
I
g
uess I
fell
aslee
p
.
”