Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (71 page)

S
i
s
s
y
rolled
her
e
y
e
s.
“
C
D
,
”
she
co
r
re
c
t
ed,
mil
d
ly anno
y
ed
at
the
elderl
y
,
ou
td
a
t
ed
men
t
ali
t
y
of
her
cohorts on
the
t
o
w
n
coun
ci
l.
E
ve
r
y
one
of
them
e
x
ce
p
t
K
ent
w
as we
l
l
over
f
i
f
t
y
and
he
w
as
k
noc
k
i
n
g
on
the
doo
r
.
I
f
she
had a
n
y
thi
n
g
t
o
s
a
y
a
bout
i
t
,
she
in
t
ended
t
o
cha
n
ge
that
come next
ele
c
tion
and
b
r
i
n
g
in
s
ome
y
ou
n
ger
blood.
S
i
s
s
y
had been
t
r
y
i
n
g
t
o
get
r
id
of
th
e
s
e
old
codge
r
s
for
y
ea
r
s
t
o
no
a
v
a
i
l.
B
ut
for
no
w
,
she
checked her
no
t
e
s.
“
W
e
’
l
l
h
a
ve
a
t
o
t
a
l of
thir
t
y
booths
s
et
u
p
.
T
ha
t
’
s
f
i
v
e
l
es
s
tha
n
l
a
s
t
y
ea
r
.
T
en
booths
for
food,
the
r
e
st
w
il
l
be
arts
and
c
raf
t
s.
The
bad
ne
w
s
i
s
it
loo
k
s
l
i
ke
w
e
’
re
down
t
o
t
wen
t
y-f
i
ve
floats
th
i
s
y
ea
r
.
A
nd thank
the
Lord,
they
are
a
l
l
ca
r
s
or
t
r
uc
k
s,
w
ith
the
e
x
ception of
c
r
a
zy old
M
ar
a
belle
C
r
a
w
ford
and her
si
s
t
er who in
si
st
on
r
idi
n
g
th
os
e
d
amn
golf
carts
.
”

Once
ag
ain,
W
ade
t
ook
i
s
su
e
.
I
t
w
a
s
n
’t
s
o
much
a
bout the
floa
t
s,
but
r
a
ther
the
fa
c
t
that
S
is
s
y
and
K
ent
ke
p
t
t
r
y
i
n
g
t
o
s
ele
c
tively
enforce
who g
o
t
t
o
pa
r
ti
c
ipa
t
e in
the
pa
r
ade and
who
did
n
’
t
.
I
t
irked
W
ade
t
o
k
now
that
the
t
wo
could
n
’t be
t
r
u
s
t
ed
w
ith
de
t
a
i
l
s
or
t
o
s
imply
do
the
r
ight
thi
n
g
where the
fo
l
ks
in
t
o
w
n
were
conce
r
ned.
W
hen
it
came
r
ight
do
w
n
t
o
i
t
,
S
is
s
y
and
K
ent
al
w
a
y
s
s
eemed
t
o
be
t
r
y
i
n
g
t
o
pu
l
l
a
fast on
e
.
A
nd
pret
t
y
much
e
ve
r
y
one
in
t
o
w
n
k
new
a
bout
their lo
n
g-s
t
andi
n
g
af
f
ai
r
,
prob
a
bly
e
ven
K
ent
’
s
w
if
e
.
I
t
w
a
s
n
’t
s
o much
a
bout
the
chea
t
i
n
g
but
r
a
ther
the
fa
c
t
they
were
b
o
th n
o
t
o
r
io
u
s
for
loo
k
i
n
g
out
for
them
s
elv
e
s.
A
nd
W
ade
felt
duly bound
t
o
keep
th
e
s
e
t
wo
hon
e
st
if
at
a
l
l
p
oss
ibl
e
.
“
W
e
need
t
o
u
s
e
more
ho
r
s
e
-
dr
a
w
n
floa
t
s
l
i
ke
we
did
t
wo
y
ea
r
s
a
g
o
,
and let
the
k
i
d
s
deco
r
a
t
e
their
b
i
c
y
cl
e
s.
B
o
th
c
ut
do
w
n
on
the
g
as
f
um
e
s
po
l
lu
t
i
n
g
the
ai
r
.
W
e
’
re
a
coas
t
al
t
o
w
n
and
as
such
we should
do
more
t
o
pr
o
t
e
c
t
the
e
n
v
ironmen
t
.
”