Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (94 page)

A couple of
hours after Ben left, Nick disappeared in the SUV telling Jordan he had a couple of errands to run. He’d been gone about fifteen minutes when Jordan looked out the window and saw Lilly’s Ford Escort lumbering up the driveway. She picked up Hutton and went out to greet her guests.

L
il
ly
emerged
f
rom
the
f
ront
seat
and
immed
i
a
t
ely s
t
a
r
t
ed
unbuckli
n
g
car
seats.
S
he
plopped
K
yra
down
f
i
r
st and
then
J
oey
before
t
u
r
ni
n
g
around
t
o
look
s
h
yly
at
J
or
d
an.

J
or
d
an
n
o
t
ed
L
il
ly
had
w
ashed
her
hai
r
.
I
n
the
sunshine it
had
a
nice
sheen
t
o
it.
S
h
e
’
d
put
on
clean
jeans
and
worn a
c
r
isp
whi
t
e
cot
t
on
blo
u
s
e
.
T
h
e
dif
f
erence
in
appea
r
ance made
the
woman
look
y
ea
r
s
y
ou
n
ge
r
.
And
the
k
i
d
s
were
j
u
st as
clea
n
.
J
or
d
an
b
r
u
shed
a
hand
over
K
yr
a
’
s
head
and
said,
“
I
w
a
s
n
’t
sure
y
ou
were
comi
n
g
.
”

“
I
got
a
l
at
e
s
t
a
r
t
.
J
oey
t
ook
a
lo
n
ger
nap
than
u
sual.
I would
’
ve
ca
l
led,
but
I
do
n
’t
h
a
ve
a
phone
in
the
tra
i
le
r
.
Sor
r
y
a
bout
h
a
v
i
n
g
t
o
cancel
l
ast
wee
k
,
but
the
k
i
d
s
had
colds,
did
n
’
t
w
an
t
H
u
t
t
o
n
get
t
i
n
g
s
ic
k
.
”

J
or
d
an
pa
u
sed
at
the
k
nowledg
e
.
The
woma
n
ha
d
no
phone
li
v
i
n
g
out
in
the
count
r
y
a
w
a
y
f
rom
t
o
w
n
w
ith
two
littl
e
k
i
d
s
.
S
he
wondere
d
wha
t
woul
d
happe
n
i
f
L
il
ly
ha
d
an
emergen
c
y
.
J
or
d
an
sent
up
a
si
lent
pr
ay
er
that
L
il
ly
would
n
e
ve
r
h
a
v
e
t
o
find
ou
t
.

“
H
ow
a
bout
we
go
inside
for
some
choco
l
a
t
e
cake
and m
il
k?”
T
h
a
t
of
fer
got
e
ve
r
y
one
d
r
if
t
i
n
g
t
o
w
ard
the
porch
and then
insid
e
.

The
minu
t
e
she
s
t
epped
in
t
o
the
fo
y
e
r
,
L
il
ly
s
me
l
led
the paint
and
looked
around.
“
W
o
w
,
y
ou
are
f
i
x
i
n
g
th
i
s
old
p
l
ace u
p
.
I
t
loo
k
s
g
reat
by
the
w
a
y
.
And
t
o
think
y
ou
live
in
th
i
s
b
ig
old
ho
u
se
by
y
ou
r
self
.
”
C
ompared
t
o
the
s
ma
l
l
tra
i
ler
the p
l
ace
w
as
a
man
s
io
n
.
S
he
could
n
’t
im
a
gine
li
v
i
n
g
her
e
.

“
I
t
’
s
a
work
in
progr
e
ss.
And
ve
r
y
sho
r
tl
y
,
I
’
l
l be
h
a
v
i
n
g a
house
f
ul
of
p
a
y
i
n
g
g
u
e
sts
,
”
J
or
d
an
reminded
her
as
she
led them
in
t
o
the
k
i
t
chen.

“
I
t’
l
l
make
a
nice
bed
and
brea
k
fas
t
.
W
il
l
y
ou
need
a
n
y help
out
here
when
y
ou
open
up?
Ma
ybe
l
i
ke
a
maid
or
some
o
ther
k
ind
of
helper?
I
’
m
pretty
good
at
maki
n
g
be
d
s
and d
o
i
n
g
l
aund
r
y
.
O
r
,
I
could
w
ash
d
i
sh
e
s,
help
out
that
w
a
y
.
”

“
T
han
k
s
L
il
l
y
,
that
’
s
a
n
idea
.
Y
o
u
k
n
o
w
,
I
a
c
t
u
a
l
ly
h
a
v
e
n
o
ide
a
wha
t
I
’
l
l
nee
d
onc
e
th
e
p
l
ac
e
opens
.
I
’m
d
o
i
ng
th
i
s
b
y
th
e
s
ea
t
o
f
m
y
pan
t
s
.
Som
e d
a
y
s
I
fee
l t
o
t
a
l
l
y
ou
t
o
f
m
y
elemen
t
.
”