Marco took one of his overcoats and placed it on her shoulders.
The night had gotten even colder.
Laura found a light-colored foal lying next to its mother. She crouched down and stroked their heads.
After a while, she stood up. Only then did she notice the stable gate was closed, it even had a padlock.
"I told you, you wouldn't run away from me anymore."
He hugged her from behind and smelled her hair. The distraction worked. She had stopped trembling.
Marco made her walk to the end of the stable. There he turned off the light, leaving the illumination to an emergency lamp placed on a pine shelf. While she was lingering in the bathroom, he had set up a double mattress, blankets, and even two pillows on top of the recently changed hay.
He took the overcoat off her shoulders and put t
