Best Laid PlansIt took Kit five minutes to catch the mischievous horse and tie his head collar to the fence. Five minutes in which she displayed her childhood prowess in Pony Club and earned her flatmates’ admiration. She dispatched Jerry to fetch one of her old hairbrushes and tried to de-tangle the snagged mane enough to reveal a pair of wise brown eyes beneath the wiry bush. Her heart sank as she realised she didn’t have the heart to send the horse to slaughter or to the SPCA.
Langdon’s car tore off the driveway as he headed into Hamilton and raced to the nearest horse shop before it closed. Kit had given him a list of supplies and hoped the stream crossing the lane had abated enough for him to get through it. The hours until darkness became focussed on fixing the broken fence leading
