Dark Sunshine by Terri Farley

Author:Terri Farley
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2002-11-09T05:00:00+00:00

Gold for $125 and barter goods

I bukskin mere,

3yrs old and tack

to certis Flickinger

“I can’t read the signature,” Jen said, “but this guy needs some help in English.”

Sam read the words again.

“It’s signed by Rose Bloom. See the B there? She’s the lady who adopted Dark Sunshine and got title to her a few months ago. That’s what Brynna said.”

This bill of sale proved Dark Sunshine belonged to someone named Certis Flickinger. He had to be one of the rustlers.

“What are you going to do?” Jen asked, and Sam wanted to hug her. This is what made Jen a best friend.

Jen wouldn’t give advice until she was asked. They both knew they should turn the bill of sale over to someone in authority, and they both knew the horse would suffer even more if they did.

“What do you think?” Sam asked.

“I think that looks like a carbon copy,” Jen said, “and Rose Bloom has the original, so you can’t keep it a secret forever.”

“I wouldn’t do that.” Sam folded the yellow paper into a square and tucked it inside her front pocket. “But I do want to think about it a little while.”

Sam checked Jen’s expression. Inside a frame of blond braids, Jen’s face had turned serious. Jen was a math whiz with a knack for logical, well-ordered thinking. If there was a flaw in waiting, Jen’s analytical mind would find it.

Outside, a breeze blew and a branch of sagebrush tapped against the bus. Finally, Jen shook her head.

“Other than the tiny chance we’re being watched right now by federal rangers—and I think Ace and Silly would have let us know if they’d sensed them—I see no problem with waiting.” Jen rubbed her hands together and stared at them, still thinking. “After all, we are juveniles…”

“And we can’t be expected to know this is important?” Sam suggested.

“They’re not going to buy that, Samantha Anne. Otherwise, why would we take it?”

“You’re right.” Sam ignored Jen’s gesture that said as usual. “Let’s get out of here. I’m supposed to be home in time to help Jake with Mikki.”

Leading the way back to the door, Jen said, “Just don’t tell Jake.”

“Not in this lifetime,” Sam promised. But by the time they’d made their way off the bus and back to the horses, Sam thought she might ask Jake what he’d overheard when he was hanging out with the official trackers.

After all, it couldn’t hurt.

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