Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (66 page)

N
ick
k
ne
w
.
H
ad
n
’t
Sco
t
t
t
old
him
a
hundred
times
a
bout his
p
l
an
s
?
H
e
w
as
t
emp
t
ed
r
ight
no
w
,
th
i
s
minu
t
e
t
o
t
e
l
l
he
r
,
t
o
s
imply
get
it
off
his
chest
once
and
for
a
l
l
how
h
e
’
d
k
no
w
n Sco
t
t
,
t
e
l
l
her
how
Sc
o
t
t
had
died.
B
ut
when
he
t
u
r
ned
t
o look
at
her
t
o
open
u
p
,
t
o
unburden
his
se
c
re
t
,
he
n
o
ticed
t
ea
r
s
shimme
r
i
n
g
in
her
e
y
es.
H
is
hea
r
t
t
u
r
ned
over
in
his ches
t
.
“
I
t’
l
l
be
o
k
a
y
,
J
or
d
a
n
.
”

“
I
do
n
’t
k
no
w
.
E
ven
if
I
get
the
bu
s
in
es
s
up
and
r
unni
n
g on
time,
I
’
l
l
st
il
l
need
a
f
u
l
l
house
for
a
couple
of
months
t
o
ge
t
enoug
h
t
o
mak
e
en
d
s
mee
t
af
t
e
r
I
mak
e
th
e
f
i
r
st
n
o
t
e p
a
ymen
t
.
I
’
ve
cal
c
u
l
a
t
ed
the
numbe
r
s
t
o
the
pen
n
y
.
I
t
’
d
be nice
t
o get
an
o
ther e
x
t
en
s
ion
for
a couple of
months,
t
o h
a
ve some
breathi
n
g
room.
B
ut
I
do
n
’t
think
the
loan
commit
t
ee
w
il
l
go
for
tha
t
.
Y
ou
met
F
ran
k
.
”

“
I
s
tha
t
wha
t
brough
t
y
o
u
ou
t
her
e
t
onigh
t
,
J
or
d
an,
wor
r
y
i
n
g
a
bout
the
bank
n
o
t
e?”
H
e
did
n
’t
think
that
w
as
it.

S
h
e
r
e
s
t
e
d
he
r
chi
n
o
n
he
r
k
ne
e
s
n
e
ver
mee
t
i
ng
h
i
s
ey
e
s.
“Some
t
im
e
s
it
’
s
ove
r
whelmi
n
g
.
I
t
’
l
l
n
e
ver
b
e
th
e
same
,
m
y life
.
”

“
P
eople
t
end
t
o
forget
that
life
is
a
l
l
a
bout
cha
n
ge,
a
cons
t
an
t
s
t
a
t
e
o
f
flu
x
.
”
H
e
k
new
it
w
as
wea
k
,
but
the
only thi
n
g
he
could
think
t
o
s
a
y
.
H
e
did
n
’t
e
ven
reco
g
nize
his
o
w
n lif
e
.
H
e
had
no
r
ight
t
o
t
r
y
to
give
her
a
n
y
k
ind
of
a
pep
ta
l
k
a
b
ou
t
ma
k
i
n
g
adj
u
stmen
t
s
,
t
u
r
ni
n
g
t
o
al
t
e
r
na
t
e
p
l
ans.

S
he
lif
t
ed
her
head.
“
T
h
at
’
s
ea
s
y
enough
t
o
thin
k
,
t
o
s
a
y
.
I
t
soun
d
s
good
unt
i
l
it
happens
t
o
y
ou.
T
r
y
li
v
i
n
g
eve
r
y
d
a
y
w
ith
life
-
al
t
e
r
i
n
g
cha
n
ges
.
”

I
f
she
only
k
ne
w
.
“
I
can
only
im
a
gine
how
hard
it
is.
C
ome
on,
I
’
l
l
w
a
l
k
y
ou
bac
k
.
I
t
’
s
get
t
i
n
g
colde
r
.
And
it
’
s
t
oo
l
at
e
t
o
s
t
a
r
t
another
fir
e
.
”
H
e
t
ook
her
hand
momen
t
a
r
i
ly
t
o help
her
off
the
roc
k
.
B
ut
once
she
slid
off,
he
con
t
inued
t
o keep
the
link
between
them
holdi
n
g
her
hand
in
his
as
he
led her
back
up
the
tra
i
l
and
the
s
t
eep
s
t
eps.
K
ee
p
i
n
g
his
t
ouch ligh
t
, he
g
uided her
up the path
as it t
w
is
t
ed
and
t
u
r
ned in the
d
ar
k
.