CHAPTER FOURTEEN
I took up his arm and he led me out of the house and into the yard. We headed toward the large barn, and I couldn’t help but admire it for its sheer size. The structure was longer and taller than the house, with a single peaked roof. Smaller additions stuck out from different spots along the wall, and I glimpsed tools and farm implements tucked under their roofs.
The doors to the barn were opened and let me see down its fifty-yard length. Stalls lined either side of the aisle for half the distance, and the other half was occupied by stacks and stacks of loose hay. Large bins nearly as tall as I was kept the hay at bay, and I could see a pail beneath one of the bin spouts that was filled with grain.
The scent of it all wafted around me as we strolled inside. A few
