Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (90 page)

W
hen
the
kettle
wh
istled,
sna
p
p
i
n
g
her
back
t
o
the
momen
t
,
she
suddenly
l
o
st
her
t
a
s
t
e
fo
r
the
t
e
a
.
N
either
w
as she ready
t
o
s
ettle in
t
o
that
b
i
g emp
t
y
k
i
n
g-
s
ize
d
bed
t
o read
more
o
f
Sc
ot
t
’
s
let
t
e
r
s
.
Or
wo
r
s
e
s
t
il
l
,
another
novel
,
where
s
omeone
e
ls
e
’
s
lif
e
t
urned
out
j
ust
fine
in
the
proce
s
s
.

On
impulse,
she
went
t
o
the
f
r
idge
and
pu
l
led
out
three bee
r
s,
t
w
is
t
ed
off
the
lids.
W
ith
her
h
an
d
s
f
u
l
l,
she
s
t
opped lo
n
g
enough
t
o
p
ick
up
the b
a
by
moni
t
or
f
rom
the
k
i
t
chen coun
t
er
and
headed
outsid
e
.

J
u
st
as
N
ick
went
up
t
o
block
a
sh
o
t
,
she
announced
f
rom
the
d
r
ive
w
a
y
,
“
Y
ou
two
look
l
i
ke
y
ou
could
u
se
a
cold bee
r
.
”
H
er
words
had
N
ick
s
t
op
p
i
n
g
and
t
u
r
ni
n
g.
B
ut
n
o
t Be
n
.
H
e
con
t
inued
t
o
the
baske
t
,
t
ook
the
la
pse
in
jud
g
ment on
N
ic
k
’
s
pa
r
t
t
o
s
e
nd
a
hard
sh
o
t
t
o
N
ic
k
’
s
r
i
bs
k
noc
k
in
g
hi
m
of
f
ba
l
ance
and
t
o
the
con
c
re
te
.
N
ick
l
anded
hard
on
his
but
t
.
Be
n
sc
ore
d
th
e
goa
l
an
d
g
a
v
e
him
s
el
f
a
littl
e
han
d
pump
in
the
process.

“
O
w
w,
”
J
or
d
a
n
sai
d
au
t
oma
t
ica
l
l
y
.
“
T
h
a
t
ha
d
t
o
hu
r
t
.
”

“
D
o
n
’t
be
such
a
girl
,
”
N
ick
r
e
sponded
w
ith
a
g
r
in
as
he g
o
t
t
o
his
feet.

“
I
’
l
l
tak
e
tha
t
bee
r
,
”
Be
n
sai
d
w
i
nded.

“
Y
o
u
would
,
”
N
ick
cha
l
le
n
ged
.
“
Y
ou
’
r
e
behind
.
A
n
d
out
of
shap
e
.
”

“
F
uck
y
ou
—
oops.
So
r
r
y
J
or
d
an
.
”

J
or
d
an
could
n
’t
help
i
t
,
she
giggled
at
th
e
se
tw
o
.
“
N
o problem
.
”
S
he
handed
off
the
bee
r
s
and
the
two
men
sat down
at
the
p
i
c
nic
ta
ble,
t
r
y
i
n
g
t
o
get
their
breath
bac
k
.
B
o
th of them chugged
down the
beer as
if it
were
w
a
t
e
r
.

Ben
s
t
opped
lo
n
g
enough
t
o
look
around
the
cou
r
t
y
ard.
“
Y
ou
got
a
nice
p
l
ace
here,
J
or
d
a
n
.
”

N
ick
w
ished,
n
o
t
for
the
fi
r
s
t
ti
m
e
t
o
d
a
y
,
tha
t
Be
n
would
keep
his
mouth
shut.
I
t
seemed
eve
r
y
time
he
opened his
mouth,
he
feared
the
man
might
give
a
w
a
y
his
s
nea
k
y
, lowdo
w
n
little
se
c
re
t
.
B
ut
N
ick
had
learned
a
lo
n
g
time
a
go that
Ben,
much
l
i
ke
Sco
t
t
,
loved
t
o
ta
l
k
.
And
J
or
d
an
w
as
ea
s
y
t
o
ta
l
k
t
o
.
So he
sucked
it up
and
t
r
ied
t
o
c
ut
the
g
uy
some s
l
ack
as
he
lis
t
ened
t
o
J
or
d
an
t
e
l
l
Ben
a
bout
T
h
e
C
ov
e
.

“
Ha
ve
y
ou
ta
ken
the
tra
i
l
do
w
n
t
o
the
beach
y
et?”

Ben
shot
a
quick
look
t
o
w
ard
h
i
s
budd
y
.
“
Y
eah,
N
ick
and I
t
ook a
w
a
l
k down
there af
t
er suppe
r
.
The p
l
ace
is gorgeous,
J
or
d
an.
Bei
n
g
th
i
s
cl
o
se
t
o
the
ocean,
I
thought
m
a
ybe
I could
go
su
r
fi
n
g
if
I
get
an
early
enough
s
t
a
r
t
in
the
mo
r
ni
n
g
.
”

“
B
y
a
ll
means
,
t
ak
e
a
ll
th
e
t
i
m
e
y
o
u
need
.
Th
er
e
ar
e
plen
t
y
o
f
sho
r
t
an
d
lo
n
g
boar
ds
t
o
cho
os
e
f
ro
m
i
n
th
e
g
a
r
a
g
e
.
N
ick ca
n
sho
w
y
o
u
.
Y
o
u
shoul
d
b
r
i
n
g
y
ou
r
w
i
f
e
her
e
fo
r
a
v
i
s
i
t.
I
ca
n
g
ua
r
an
t
e
e
y
ou’
ll
ge
t
m
y
b
e
s
t
roo
m
a
t
a
t
e
r
r
ifi
c
d
i
s
coun
t
.
”

Be
n
la
ughed
,
bu
t
suddenl
y
g
o
t
to
h
i
s
fee
t
,
loo
k
i
ng
aroun
d
for
h
i
s
w
a
t
c
h
whic
h
h
e
’
d
t
ake
n
off
befor
e
th
e
ga
m
e.
“W
ha
t ti
m
e
i
s
it?”

“
A
littl
e
af
t
e
r
eigh
t
.
”

“
G
rea
t
, if I hu
r
r
y
,
I can ca
l
l
S
he
r
yl, give her
an up
dat
e on
N
ick
here
and
s
a
y
good
night
t
o
the
k
i
d
s
before
she
puts them
t
o
bed
.
”