While none of Elise's prior stories had ever suggested she'd been close with her parents, Lucy was entirely surprised to find that this one deviated further than anything she would have expected. She couldn't be too certain about the senior's father, but she wondered if River might be the one remaining thing, amid all the tension that was evident in the blonde's family, that kept Elise connected to her mother, at least...
"River's racing career didn't last very long, though," Elise said as she continued her story, "She sustained a pretty bad injury one day in turnout before she was even six, and my mom's father—my grandfather—wanted to sell her even after she healed, because she would still never be able to race like she had before. But...my mom told me how she learned dressage so that sh
