Chapter Nine
After the most awkward of chemistry labs, where Elise virtually acted like Lucy didn't even exist (with the exception of, 'Get me a beaker. No, the fifty milliliter beaker, not the hundred can't you read?'), Lucy contemplated skipping work on Thursday.
Like, really contemplated it.
But looking back on her decision, she was grateful that she had had half a mind and decided to go.
Because right before Lucy started sweeping, after she had given all of the horses their nightly grain rations, Lucy noticed something wrong—with Dee. Lucy walked over to the mare's stall, and saw that Dee hadn't touched her food. And this was merely the first of the signs that Dee wasn't acting normally. Had it been any other day, the ravenous chestnut mare would have had all of the food gone befor
