Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (78 page)

T
a
k
i
n
g
a
new
load
out
of
the
d
r
y
e
r
,
J
or
d
an
t
u
r
ned
t
o
s
ee
N
ick
s
t
andi
n
g
in
the
doo
r
w
a
y
,
ca
r
r
y
i
n
g
H
ut
t
on
in
one
a
r
m and
holdi
n
g
a
pair
of
p
ink
panti
e
s
in
h
i
s
o
the
r
.
“
I
think
y
ou
’
ve been
the
v
i
c
tim
of
a
pan
t
y
raid
.
”
H
e
held
out
her
unde
r
wea
r
, a
s
nicker
on
the
verge
of
h
i
s
li
p
s.
I
t
did
n
’t
es
cape
J
or
d
a
n
’
s n
o
tice
that
the
man
looked
comple
t
ely
at
ea
s
e
s
t
andi
n
g
there holdi
n
g
wome
n
’
s
panti
e
s.

S
h
e
l
aughe
d
good
-
n
a
t
ure
d
l
y
,
bu
t
g
r
a
b
be
d
fo
r
her
unde
r
wea
r
.
“
S
nea
k
at
t
ac
k
.
A
n
d
h
e
w
a
s
lightni
n
g
fas
t
.
”
T
a
k
i
ng
th
e
pan
ti
es
bac
k
,
sh
e
realize
d
th
e
pai
r
w
as
n
’
t
her
b
e
s
t
.
W
he
n
N
ic
k
w
a
l
k
e
d
a
w
a
y
,
sh
e
g
l
are
d
a
t
Do
g.
“
C
ould
n
’t
y
o
u
h
a
v
e
a
t
leas
t
t
a
ke
n
s
omethi
n
g
b
l
ac
k
an
d
s
e
x
y
,
ins
t
ead o
f
a
pai
r
o
f
g
ran
ny
pan
ti
e
s
?
”

Dog
did
n
’t
e
ven
h
a
ve
the
decen
c
y
t
o
ha
n
g
h
i
s
head.
H
e
s
imply
blinked
th
os
e
b
ig
e
y
e
s
of
h
i
s,
and
hu
n
g
out
h
i
s
t
o
n
g
ue wh
i
le
h
i
s
t
a
i
l
f
l
opped
back
and
fo
r
th
on
the
f
l
oo
r
.

W
hen
supper
w
as
done
and
H
ut
t
on
w
as
t
ucked
in
t
o
bed,
J
or
d
an
sliced
t
wo
genero
u
s
p
iec
e
s
of
choco
l
a
t
e
cake
and a
r
r
an
ged
them
on
a
tr
a
y
w
ith
a
p
o
t
of
cof
f
e
e
.
S
he
ca
r
r
ied
it
t
o
the
k
i
t
chen
t
a
ble
where
N
ick
sat
s
t
ud
y
i
n
g
the
loan
do
c
uments
she
ke
p
t
in
a
ta
t
t
ered
accordion
folde
r
.

“
I
’
ve
been
through
the
pape
r
s.
I
do
n
’t
think
y
ou’
l
l
f
i
nd
a loophole
a
n
y
wher
e
.
”

“
H
mm,
n
o
,
no
loophol
e
.
A
re
y
ou
a
w
are
the
bank
here
i
n
P
e
lica
n
P
o
in
t
e
i
s
onl
y
man
a
g
i
n
g
th
e
loan
?
T
h
ey
r
e
s
old
the no
t
e
t
o a
l
arger bank out of L
.
A
. more
than a
y
ear
a
go before they
g
a
ve
y
ou
the
fi
r
st
e
x
t
ension
.
”

J
or
d
a
n
sa
t
u
p
st
r
aigh
t
e
r.
“
I
did
n’t
k
n
o
w
tha
t
.
I
s
it
s
i
g
ni
f
icant?”

“
M
ight
b
e
.
”
H
e
held
out
a
let
t
e
r
.
“T
h
e
bank
here
in
P
elican
P
o
in
t
e
s
ent
y
ou
n
o
tif
i
ca
t
ion
when
they
r
e
s
old
the
loa
n
.
”

S
he
t
ook
the
pape
r
,
barely
g
i
v
i
n
g
it
a g
l
anc
e
.
“
B
ut
wha
t
dif
f
erence
do
e
s
it
make
who
hol
d
s
the
no
t
e?
I
t
’
s
been e
x
t
ended
out
as
far
as
it
can
b
e
.
R
ight?”