Red Feather Filly (2004)
“Brynna said as she drove Sam to the bus stop the next morning.
“I bet I did,” Sam said. “I had a crazy dream. You and Dad weren’t in it, but you might have been the only ones.”
“Are you putting too much pressure on yourself to win this race?”
“Not yet,” Sam said. “I haven’t even done anything to prepare for it, except check out Jake’s horse.”
“But it means a lot to you,” Brynna said in a leading voice.
Sam looked down at her left wrist. She circled it with her fingers, wishing she’d found her horsehair bracelet. She kept looking down, afraid her face would give her away. She wasn’t about to tell Brynna she hoped this race would show Dad she was nearly grown.
“It doesn’t mean that much to me,” Sam said, once she thought she could trust her face not to give her away. “But Jake really wants the money for his truck fund.”
Brynna looked skeptical, but she didn’t press for a different answer.
“According to Mac, you’ll be camping out near Monument Lake from tonight until at least Sunday.
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