Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (84 page)

Be
n
shoo
k
h
i
s
hea
d
an
d
hel
d
u
p
b
o
t
h
han
d
s.
“
O
k
a
y
. O
k
a
y
.
I
t
w
a
s j
u
s
t
a sugg
e
st
io
n.
I
ge
t
i
t
.
I j
u
s
t
hop
e
y
o
u
k
now
wha
t
you
’
r
e
d
o
i
n
g
.
”

“
I
’
m
j
u
st
t
r
y
ing
to
help
he
r
ou
t
.
S
h
e
could
u
s
e
a
l
l
the
help
she
can
get
r
ight
no
w
,
do
n
’t
you
think?”
N
ick
said
n
o
thi
ng
ab
ou
t
s
eeing
Sc
o
tt
’
s
gh
o
s
t
,
o
r
nightmar
e
s
a
t
t
wo
in
th
e
mo
r
nin
g
,
o
r
how
he
woke
u
p
drenche
d
in
night
s
wea
t
s.
H
e
did
n
’t
s
a
y
a
n
y
thi
ng
ab
ou
t
ma
k
ing
prom
i
se
s
in
th
e
heat
of
battle
when
a
man
l
a
y
d
y
ing
in
y
ou
r
a
r
ms.
B
es
id
e
s
af
t
er
months
of
g
o
ing
to
the
rap
y
,
where
he
m
o
stly
sat
and
stared
a
t
th
e
coun
s
elo
r
,
he
w
as
n
’t
sure
him
s
elf
w
h
y
he
could
n
’t j
u
st
t
a
l
k
ab
ou
t
tha
t
d
a
y
.
A
l
l
he
k
n
ew
w
a
s
tha
t
he
could
n
’t
do
it—to
a
n
yo
ne
,
least
of
a
l
l
J
or
da
n
.

“
W
h
y
ca
n
’t
y
ou
j
u
st
come
clean
a
bout
k
nowi
n
g
him?
W
hen
she
fin
d
s
out
the
t
r
uth
do
n
’t
y
ou
think
sh
e
’
l
l
be
a
little
u
pse
t
?
W
o
me
n
ar
e
l
i
k
e
tha
t
.
”

“
I
might
if
I
thought
it
would
end
ther
e
.
B
ut
it
wo
n
’t.
S
h
e
’
d
ask
qu
e
stions,
w
ant
an
s
we
r
s.
I
g
u
es
s
it
’
s
complica
t
ed
.
” Ben
nodded,
but
clearl
y
did
n
’
t
unde
r
stand
the
s
i
tua
t
io
n
.
H
e
looked
around
the
yard.
“
N
ic
e
plac
e
.
I
t
’
s
a
shame
a
b
out
the
c
a
p
tai
n
.
Y
ou
k
now
I
’
l
l
do
what
e
ve
r
nee
d
s
d
o
ing here,
N
ic
k
,
that
’
s
why
I
made
the
t
r
ip.
L
et
’
s
take
a
look
at what
w
e
’
re
up
ag
ains
t
.
”

A
s
they
s
t
ood
in
the
basemen
t
,
Ben
unrolled
the
blu
e
p
r
ints of
the house
and
w
r
o
t
e down
more
fi
g
ur
e
s on
h
i
s cli
p
- board,
handed
the
whole
thi
n
g
over
t
o
N
ic
k
.
“
I
t
’
s
bad.
Some schmuck
used
r
ubber
-
coa
t
ed
c
a
bl
e
.
T
h
e
r
ubber
w
i
r
i
n
g
’
s
g
o
t
t
o
go
as
we
l
l
as
th
e
se
co
r
roded
t
e
r
minal
conne
c
t
o
r
s.
And ther
e
’
s
not
enough
amps
for
a
house
th
i
s
s
i
z
e
.
I
’
m
su
r
p
r
ised she
ha
s
n
’t
had
f
us
e
s
blow
b
e
fore
no
w
.
W
ith
eight
bedrooms and
five
baths
if
she
gets
a
f
u
l
l
house
here
w
ith
people
r
unni
n
g blow
d
r
y
e
r
s
and
o
ther
s
ma
l
l
appl
i
anc
e
s,
the
w
i
r
i
n
g
’
s
t
oas
t
.
I can
b
r
i
n
g
the
w
i
r
i
n
g
up
t
o
code,
spread
the
amps
out
over two
s
y
s
t
ems,
put
in
a
new
breaker
bo
x
,
and
add
a
few
more outlets
in
more
co
n
venient
p
l
ac
e
s
throughout
the
hous
e
.
I
t helps
t
o
h
a
ve
the
bluep
r
ints
.
”