Midnight Lady
Midnight Lady
“Donna admitted. “We guess she must have been the lead mare in the bunch where she was reared.”
“Meaning what?” Lisa asked.
With her heart thudding, turning her back on the corral and looking around the barn for a sight of the dapple gray horse, Kirstie hardly heard the reply.
“Meaning she’s harder to break than Moonpie and Skeeter.”
“Because she’s more strong-willed?” Lisa pressed.
Donna gave a hollow laugh. “You could say that. Leon would call her more ornery and stubborn.”
There was no sign o...f the horse herself. Kirstie walked the length of a row of empty stalls and came face to face with Leon Franks. Sharp knife in hand, he looked up from his task of breaking open a bale of hay. The expression of annoyance on his angular face, the cold gleam in his gray eyes, made her edge away.
“Kirstie, if you see Leon in there, would you please tell him I’d like to speak with him!” Donna’s voice reached them from outside the barn door.
“I hear you!” the ranch manager called back, brushing past Kirstie as he slid the knife into his belt.MoreLess
“Meaning what?” Lisa asked.
With her heart thudding, turning her back on the corral and looking around the barn for a sight of the dapple gray horse, Kirstie hardly heard the reply.
“Meaning she’s harder to break than Moonpie and Skeeter.”
“Because she’s more strong-willed?” Lisa pressed.
Donna gave a hollow laugh. “You could say that. Leon would call her more ornery and stubborn.”
There was no sign o...f the horse herself. Kirstie walked the length of a row of empty stalls and came face to face with Leon Franks. Sharp knife in hand, he looked up from his task of breaking open a bale of hay. The expression of annoyance on his angular face, the cold gleam in his gray eyes, made her edge away.
“Kirstie, if you see Leon in there, would you please tell him I’d like to speak with him!” Donna’s voice reached them from outside the barn door.
“I hear you!” the ranch manager called back, brushing past Kirstie as he slid the knife into his belt.MoreLess
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