CHAPTER 23Two Years Later
Emma
By the time Jessie and Emma came in from the barn, Laurel was already showered and dressed and in the kitchen, pouring macaroni out of a white box into a pot on the stove. Jessie looked at her outfit skeptically.
“Where are you going?” she asked.
“Cactus is taking me out to dinner, remember?” Laurel said. “What took you two so long?”
Jessie shrugged and headed for the fridge. “Nothing. We were just watching the horses.”
She opened the fridge door and pulled out the plastic pitcher full of lemonade. “Want some?” she asked Emma.
“Yes, please.”
Laurel set a timer for the macaroni and then turned to Jessie.
“Can you pour me some, too, Jess?” She reached into the cabinet beside the stove and pulled out a half-full bottle of vodka.
Jessie hesitated, glass
