3 - Onyx: GEM by Freya Barker

Author:Freya Barker [Barker, Freya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: GEM#3
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

SEVENTEEN

Jacob

It’s been a hellish couple of days.

Giving Rajani space, I’ve kept my distance from the house. Of course, by my own design I’m forced to keep up the ruse of trainer, and have shown up at the stable every day. Mostly I’ve let Joey take Arion’s Moon through her paces, but I’m in no way, shape, or form qualified to handle this horse. Not even with Hamish on speed dial.

I’ve also been keeping an eye on construction at the staff quarters, which started yesterday. Raj insisted we need a separate bedroom and bathroom for Joey, which I’m more than happy to accommodate. The sooner construction is done, the sooner Joey can move out of the guest quarters.

I’ve been toying with an idea, which would require use of the guesthouse. Not for me, but I’m hoping to entice Hamish and Laura to move down here once this case is over. He hasn’t worked since his accident and seems convinced his training days are over, but I don’t think the fact he’s in a wheelchair has to keep him from doing the job he loves. It simply requires creative thinking and perhaps some practical modifications.

The trick will be to be able to show him what is possible, rather than just tell him. All he sees at this point are his limitations instead of his potential. He and Bernie pulled me from a place where I believed I no longer had purpose; I want to return the favor.

Of course, none of that is going to happen until I’ve done what I set out to do. And until I’ve come clean with Rajani, and the rest of the team.

“Moon needs to be reshod and earlier I noticed one of Murdoch’s shoes is loose. We should get a farrier in,” Joey announces when she dismounts the filly.

I guess I’m adding a farrier to my list. Already on there is find a local vet, one who has experience with racehorses.

“I’ll get on it. In fact, I’ll do it right now.”

I walk to the stables where I parked my truck. It is serving as my office for the time being. I get in the passenger side and set my laptop on my knees. I find a farrier located in Dry Ridge, where Opal and Mitch live. His website quotes having worked with one or two well-known racing stables. I leave a message for him.

I’m about to call Rob Sutter, the vet who helped us in Russell Springs, to see if he can refer someone more local to us, when an alert on my phone warns me it’s time for the conference call I set up with the team.

I’m eager to learn if we’ve made any progress. Mitch, Pearl, and Lee are still in the Russell Springs area. Lee is looking to see what information he can get from the locals and following up with the trainer, while Mitch and Pearl are keeping an eye on what is going on at Grandview. Opal is holding down the fort at the office and patching everyone into the call.

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