By Heart by Sasha Kay Riley

Author:Sasha Kay Riley [Riley, Sasha Kay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-64080-637-5
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2018-07-13T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

THE OPENING ceremony was three nights later. Vince found himself excited for the event. More even than getting to the venue, this was the sign that he had really, truly made it there. He had accomplished what his mother had always wanted for him; whether she had actually believed he could do it, she had at least had the faith that he could try. He hoped she was proud.

Dustin took his hand as they sat in the staging area with Jason among the rest of the equestrian team, surrounded by the athletes of so many other sports. Vince was thankful to Greg for securing Dustin the chance to join Vince in this moment. He couldn’t think of anyone else he would have wanted to be there with him—except maybe his mother.

And Dustin looked good in his outfit, the same one everyone else wore. Vince smiled at him and squeezed his hand.

“You guys are almost painfully adorable,” Jason commented.

Vince shook his head. “Thank you? I think?”

Dustin chuckled and leaned around Vince to look at Jason. “Jealous?”

“Maybe a little,” Jason replied with a laugh. “I left my guy behind.”

Vince raised an eyebrow. “What happened to your girlfriend?”

Jason shrugged. “Ditched me for a guy who doesn’t travel with a horse for fun and gallop over six-foot ditches and solid three-foot logs.”

It definitely couldn’t be a fun thing for a serious equestrian to have a significant other who was not interested in supporting the sport.

“Then who’s your guy?” Dustin asked. “He must be more understanding.”

“About horses, yeah,” Jason replied. “Not very much so about how someone could possibly be interested in both men and women, but we’ll see if we can work on that. He actually builds cross-country courses.”

“I hope he didn’t give you insider tips that helped you get here,” Vince joked.

“Nah,” Jason assured him. “He does lower levels. Upper levels are too elitist for him.”

At that point, the giant screens in the arena lit up to show the part of the ceremony going on, mostly for the benefit of TV viewers. It allowed them to see what they were missing, and Vince appreciated it. For a while he allowed himself to feel like he was watching this from the comfort of his house, not like he was in the midst of it. It was an odd feeling.

Soon enough a group of officials started organizing the national groups for their entrance into the main arena. It was not until they entered that arena, surrounded by other people who were here for the same reason, that it hit Vince again that he had actually made it. He had actually gotten Xander here, to the greatest horse show he would ever compete in.

They had actually made it to the Olympics. Against everything logic and the rest of the world seemed to say about their chances, they had made it. With a horse that had never been intended for the show jumping sport, who had been abused and left to die. Vince had done all of the training himself, with advice from his old riding instructor.

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