Chapter 19
Carter
One Year Later…
I’d never thought I’d ever be happy in life. Then Chelsea and Ridley catapulted into my life, pulling me away from Henry’s training and toward living my own life again.
Now I was here at Henry’s first race against other horses and I was heading back to my booth. My team has assured me Henry was in top shape. I didn’t care if he ever won a race or became a champion, to be honest, but his training to be here meant the spirit to live outshone the abuse he’d suffered.
But as I opened the door to my private booth at the field, I realized that, like my horse, I wasn’t alone anymore either. I was happy and in love, and hopefully, my animal was, too.
As I joined my family, I saw my wife held our infant son and Chelsea sat between her and a boy her age she’d
