Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (97 page)

“
Y
ou
j
u
st
t
e
l
l
me
when
and
I
’
l
l
be
her
e
.
”

“
I
n
the
mean
t
ime
though,
w
h
y
do
n
’t
y
ou
p
l
an
on
b
r
i
n
gi
n
g
the
k
i
d
s
back
out?
H
ut
t
on
had
a
b
l
ast
.
”

L
il
ly
looked
reli
e
ved
t
o
k
now
th
i
s
had
n
’t
been
a
on
e
t
i
me
e
vent.
And
the
idea
of
a
pe
r
m
anent
job
had
her
feeli
n
g down
r
ight
gidd
y
.

Af
t
er
s
a
y
i
n
g
their
goodb
y
e
s,
J
or
d
an
w
a
t
ched
L
il
ly
back the
car
out of
the d
r
ive
wh
i
le
N
ick
bu
s
ied him
s
elf
at the
back of
the
S
U
V
.
H
e
be
g
an
unloadi
n
g
tr
a
y
af
t
er
tr
a
y
of
b
r
il
l
i
ant bloomi
n
g
red
t
uli
p
s,
sun
n
y
y
e
l
low
d
affodils,
and
an
a
s
so
r
tment
of
colo
rf
ul
l
i
lies,
lini
n
g
them
up
alo
n
g
the
w
a
l
k
w
a
y
.

L
oo
k
i
n
g
ove
r
the
co
l
le
c
tio
n
o
f
f
lowe
r
s
,
J
or
d
a
n
w
a
s
ove
r
whelme
d
at
the
g
e
s
t
ur
e
.
“
N
ic
k
,
the
y
’
re
lovel
y.
”
I
n
hali
n
g
the
f
r
a
g
r
ant
bl
o
ss
oms
,
a
l
l
o
f
a
sudde
n
her
e
x
c
i
t
e
ment
fade
d
a
s
sh
e
thought
o
f
the
c
o
s
t
.
S
h
e
’
d
h
a
v
e
to
ta
k
e
the
mone
y
f
ro
m
her
g
r
oce
r
y
budge
t
.
O
r
m
a
yb
e
ta
k
e
them
bac
k
.
“
N
ic
k
…d
i
d
y
o
u
ge
t
th
e
s
e
at
T
h
e
P
l
ant
H
a
b
i
ta
t
,
the
nu
r
s
e
r
y
at
Beac
h
an
d
Main? I...my account there is past due…I…can’t afford these.”

“T
hey
were
o
n
sale.
A
n
d
you
nee
d
s
ome
color
in
that
flower
bed
ther
e.
T
ha
t
sander
took
ou
t
a
whole
row
of
y
our
b
e
s
t
fl
owe
r
s
.
”

S
he
should
h
a
ve
been
emba
r
ra
s
sed
at
d
i
s
c
u
ss
i
n
g
her so
r
r
y
financ
i
a
l s
t
a
t
e
w
ith him but somehow af
t
er spendi
n
g
an
af
t
e
r
noon
w
ith
L
il
ly
her
troubl
e
s
paled
in
compa
r
ison.
I
ns
t
ead,
she
said
quietl
y
,
“
Y
ou
should
n
’t
h
a
ve
spent
the mone
y
,
N
ic
k
.
I
’
l
l
go
w
r
i
t
e
y
ou
a
chec
k
.
”

“
Y
ou
w
il
l
n
o
t
.
Ma
ybe
if
I
had
n
’t
come
r
iding
u
p
o
n
the
m
o
tor
c
ycle
when
I
did
you
would
n
’t
h
a
ve
l
o
st
control
of
th
e
sande
r
.
”

S
h
e
k
n
e
w
wha
t
h
e
w
a
s
d
o
i
n
g
.
“
I
t
w
a
s
n
’
t
th
e
m
o
t
or
c
y
cl
e
an
d
w
e
b
o
t
h
k
n
o
w
i
t
.
B
u
t
than
k
y
o
u
fo
r
th
e
f
lowe
r
s,
N
ic
k
.
T
he
y’
l
l
loo
k
wonde
r
f
u
l
lini
ng
th
e
f
ron
t
wa
l
k
w
a
y
,
do
n
’
t
y
o
u
think?”

H
e
con
tinue
d
unloadi
n
g
th
e
S
U
V
,
p
ic
k
i
n
g
u
p
a
t
r
a
y
o
f
l
i
li
e
s
.
“
I
d
o
.
J
u
s
t
t
e
l
l
m
e
wher
e
y
o
u
wan
t
th
e
s
e
an
d
I
’
l
l
ge
t
s
t
a
r
t
ed
.
”