chapter 16
Friday, March 20
The cancellations came within minutes of each other. Mar tossed the phone on the kitchen table and headed out to the stalls. Chance was waiting for her, as he always was. She grabbed some hay from the bin and scratched his nose as he took it from her with the grace of a hungry toddler.
He was covered in mud and Mar wondered sometimes if he did it because he loved being brushed by her. She grabbed a curry comb and began to work the dried mud out thinking: sometimes, we all need to get a little dirty to get the reward.
Where was the reward in being continually canceled on?
Reluctantly she had to admit she wasn’t going to get the promised help from Sabrina and Cassandra.
What had she wanted in asking them to be part of the reading of Joshua Amaranth’s person
