Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (98 page)

S
he
e
y
e
d
the
det
e
r
mine
d
loo
k
on
h
i
s
fac
e
an
d
hef
t
ed
a
t
r
a
y
o
f
t
uli
p
s
he
r
s
elf
,
ca
r
r
y
i
n
g
i
t
to
the
f
ront
f
lowe
r
bed.
S
he
s
e
t
i
t
do
w
n
on
the
con
c
ret
e
.
“
R
igh
t
her
e
.
I
w
ant
th
e
s
e to
lin
e
the
wa
l
k
w
a
y
up
to
the
porc
h
.
W
e
’
l
l
b
o
th
ge
t
s
t
a
r
t
ed.
H
u
tton
ca
n
hel
p
.
”
T
u
r
ni
n
g
to
H
u
tton,
sh
e
asked
,
“
W
ant
to
p
l
a
y
i
n
the
di
r
t
,
s
wee
t
ie
?
P
l
ant
s
om
e
o
f th
e
s
e
beau
t
i
f
ul
f
lowe
r
s
N
ic
k
brough
t
u
s
?”

“
I
m
a
y
not
k
now
much
a
bout
k
i
d
s,
but
if
memo
r
y
se
r
v
e
s, even
I
k
now
di
r
t
and
k
i
d
s
and
dogs
j
u
st
au
t
omatica
l
ly
go
t
ogethe
r
.
I
w
as
a
k
id
once
m
yself
.
”
H
e
set
an
o
ther
tr
a
y
down on
the
g
round
at
her
f
ee
t
,
g
r
inni
n
g.

Get
ti
n
g
in
to
th
e
r
h
y
thm
,
sh
e
t
ea
s
e
d
bac
k
,
“
B
u
t
that
ha
d
to
b
e
ligh
t
y
ea
r
s
a
g
o
whe
n
k
i
d
s
ha
d
n
o
thi
ng
to
p
l
a
y
w
it
h
bu
t
s
t
ic
k
s
.
”

“
K
eep
it
up
and
I
’
l
l
recon
s
ider
helpi
n
g
p
l
ant
th
e
se b
a
b
ies
.
”

An
hour in
t
o the
projec
t
, on bended
k
nees,
J
or
d
an had j
u
st
finished
wor
k
i
n
g
her
w
a
y
do
w
n
one
side
of
the
w
a
l
k
w
a
y
, se
t
t
i
n
g
a
nic
e
ba
l
a
nc
e
o
f
d
affod
i
ls
combined
w
ith
red
t
uli
p
s
in the
bed
when
N
ick
p
o
in
t
ed
ou
t
,
“
I
think
w
e
’
re
l
o
s
i
n
g
g
round.
F
or
eve
r
y
flower
we
p
l
an
t
,
w
e
’
re
l
o
s
i
n
g
tw
o
.
”

J
or
d
an
g
l
anced
up
in
ti
me
t
o
s
ee
what
he
meant.
H
ut
t
on
and
Do
g
were
al
t
erna
t
el
y
pu
lli
n
g
up
e
ve
r
y
f
l
ower
sh
e
’
d
s
o pains
t
a
k
i
n
gl
y
j
ust
put
in
t
o
the
ground.
“
O
h,
n
o
,
m
y
t
u
li
p
s
.
”
S
he
jumped
up
and
s
t
a
r
t
ed
cha
si
n
g
Do
g
t
r
y
i
n
g
t
o
ret
r
i
e
ve
her
precio
u
s
buds
before
they
were
t
o
o
fa
r
gone
t
o
r
e
p
l
ant.
“
C
ome
back
here
y
ou
ma
n
g
y
mutt.
That
Do
g
’
s
a
bad
inf
luenc
e
.
H
ut
t
on
s
t
op
tha
t
,
put
th
os
e
d
a
ffod
i
l
s
do
w
n
this minu
te
.
”
B
ut
H
ut
t
on
and
Do
g
were
h
a
v
i
n
g
w
a
y
t
oo
much
f
un
t
o
l
i
s
t
e
n
.
T
hin
k
i
n
g what
a
great
g
a
me
they
were p
l
a
y
i
n
g
,
H
ut
t
on be
g
an
g
iggli
n
g and
y
el
l
i
n
g
,
“
Do
g
.
Do
g
.
”

T
a
k
i
n
g
p
ity
on
J
or
d
an,
N
ick
t
r
ied
t
o
g
r
a
b
for
the
dog
t
o keep
him
f
rom s
t
eali
n
g a
n
ymore of the f
l
owe
r
s.
“
Dog.
S
i
t
.
S
i
t
.
H
eel
.
”
B
ut
the
harder
N
ick
t
r
ied
the
f
r
is
k
ier
Dog
go
t
, destro
y
i
n
g
more
of
the
s
t
ems
in
the
proce
s
s.