It was a full two weeks and a day before Jack finally pulled into his own driveway. The horse trailer was empty. The horse he specifically left to see about was still too wild to even load into the horse trailer. He might return for it in a few weeks if the group in charge of its care could get close enough to slip a rope over its neck.
It was mid-afternoon by the time he reached the ranch. The day was very hot outside. He glanced at the dash of his truck, which said it was over a hundred degrees. The air conditioning was on high, but he fully expected the furnace-like air that would engulf him when he got out. He pulled a U-turn in the driveway and backed the trailer up until it was under the lean-to of the storage shop. Once in place, he unhooked the hitch before unloading his gear into
