Nacho Figueras Presents by Jessica Whitman

Author:Jessica Whitman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2016-05-04T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Forty

In the absence of any helpful direction from Gustavo, who seemed to spend his entire time standing around drinking the bitter green tea the Argentines called maté with everyone other than her, Georgia spent her time going from stall to stall, inspecting the ponies, memorizing health records, assessing temperaments, and questioning the grooms on all the details of barn procedures. She hated being more of a burden than a help but figured she had a license this first day to ask as many clueless questions as she liked and that she should take full advantage.

She did her best to avoid Alejandro, which was not too difficult since it seemed that he was trying to give her a wide berth as well. She caught a glimpse of him and Temper out on the field at one point and could not help stopping to watch them. They were so elegant in motion.

By the end of the day, despite feeling that she had not accomplished much more than familiarizing herself with the place, she was exhausted. Her feet ached from her new boots, which she quickly realized were entirely inappropriate for her work, but were the only ones she had, and her head ached from all that she had left undone, and she was more than happy to catch a quick ride back to the hacienda with Enzo, who was heading into town.

The pool house seemed a refreshing mirage after her hard and dusty day. Someone had been in to clean, straightening up what little mess Georgia had left behind that morning and pulling the blinds so the little house was cool and dim when she entered. There was a large vase of white lilies, accented with trailing vines of golden honeysuckle, left on the coffee table, and their scent sweetened the air.

Georgia took off her boots, poured herself a glass of wine, and stretched out on the couch for a moment, luxuriating in the novelty of having time on her hands. It was such a change to have no one to think of but herself. No animals to feed. No dad to appease. Oh, she thought, as she saw the reflected light from the pool rippling across the ceiling, a swim might be just the thing.

She pulled on her old string bikini and walked back out into the golden twilight. The turquoise water sparkled invitingly, and as she dove in, she felt all the tensions and worries of her day wash away.

She’d loved swimming in college, and it was great to feel the muscle memory kick in. These last months at the farm had been bleak, her body felt perpetually hunched and cold. Of course, tending the animals and doing her chores had been a sort of exercise—and there wasn’t time for anything else—but as she felt her muscles loosen in the warm water, she sighed with pleasure. A private pool was an unbelievable opulence, and yet another thing she shouldn’t get used to.

Inevitably, her mind circled back to the events of the night before.

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