Cricket
Standing across from them, I smiled… until someone shoved me from behind. I turned to give them a piece of my mind when I discovered it wasn’t a someone at all. It was another horse. I let out a frightened squeak and stepped back, only to find Jase’s arm snake around my waist and walk me back toward the horse. I planted my feet and tried to keep him from moving me. “What are you doing?”
“Baby, this is Hank,” he said. “He’s who you’re going to learn to ride.”
He pushed me gently, but I shook my head. “He’s a giant.”
“He’s also a big teddy bear.”
“He just shoved me,” I countered.
Jase chuckled. “He was saying hi.”
As if to say a big fat “f**k you” to Jase and his opinion, Hank stretched his head toward me again and licked my hand. “Ohmigod, he’s trying to eat me.”
“He’s not
