CHAPTER 26 | Libby
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Finn takes me home, but instead of leaving for the city, he stays and helps with barn chores. It should be a really pleasant—albeit chilly—way to spend the afternoon, but he’s barely talking to me.
Not that I’m entirely sure what to talk about anyway.
My stomach feels like it’s permanently set to churn. I don’t know what Finn intends to do with Carol’s information and I’m afraid to ask. Even so, I can’t stop hearing Finn’s words: “He can never keep you from me again.”
And every time I do, they ripple up my spine.
“I forget you know how to do this stuff,” I say, watching Finn toss down two bales of hay from the loft.
“The horses are important to you.” He comes down the ladder, two rungs at a time, and lands at my feet. “You used to say they always came fir
