Jack waited for Erin to show up that afternoon and got annoyed by how much it bothered him when she didn’t show. He kept glancing towards her trailer, waiting for her to pop out. Her truck was parked just in front of the trailer, so he knew she was there. Why, then, didn’t she come out? She came out to the barn every day, over the last three weeks. Today, she was due to get on the horse; so why wasn’t she there?
“You want me to get her?”
Jack glanced at Ben. He offered to help get Erin on the horse. Ben finally seemed to understand he wasn’t in her league, neither for winning her heart nor her body. He did, however, seem to genuinely like her as a friend. He liked helping her out a lot. She went to Ben with any reading she had to do. He helped her read through the menu at her coffee stan
