Riding Holiday by Michelle Bates

Author:Michelle Bates [Michelle, Bates]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781409555056
Publisher: Usborne Publishing

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“They should be trying to work out who could be behind all this, not just waiting for Seattle’s race,” Izzy said, leaning over the top of Garnet’s stall. “It’s all so passive.”

“I agree,” Kate nodded.

The weekend had passed quickly – quicker than either Kate or Izzy could have imagined, given the circumstances.

“But Courtney and Megan seem so unresponsive to any ideas on who it could be,” Izzy moaned. “You heard how they reacted when we suggested it could be Joe Hagan – they completely disregarded the possibility.”

“Yes, but he is a friend of their father’s,” Kate said fairly. “Think how we’d feel if they accused one of our Sandy Lane friends of something awful.”

“I guess,” Izzy answered. “But I just can’t believe how uptight they’re being.”

“But then wouldn’t you be if something as important as this was at stake?” Kate said. “I mean, think of the thing that matters most to you in the world.”

“Thinking,” Izzy said, conjuring up an image in her mind.

“Don’t tell me,” Kate laughed. “It doesn’t have a silky black neck and big black eyes, does it?”

“You guessed it,” Izzy laughed.

“Well,” Kate went on. “Just imagine if Midnight was going to be taken away from you.”

“Never,” Izzy said fiercely.

“Exactly,” Kate said. “It didn’t take much to get a reaction out of you, did it? So we should try to understand how Courtney and Megan are feeling, and if they’re so certain that Joe isn’t involved, then we should just drop the subject.”

“Yes, maybe,” Izzy said, though she didn’t look entirely convinced. “It’s just that I can’t get it out of my head, and I can’t bear just sitting around doing nothing.”

“It doesn’t look like you’re sitting around doing nothing to me,” a voice came from the end of the barn.

Izzy and Kate spun around. “Paula!” They smiled, pleased to see the vet’s assistant. She hadn’t been back to Graytops since last week and it was nice to see a friendly face. “What are you doing here?”

“Oh, Dr. Doyle’s come to check on Seattle Surprise, so I thought I’d come and see how you two were doing. Are you by yourselves?”

Kate nodded. “Courtney and Megan have gone out for a ride.”

“What – and left you to do all of the hard work?” Paula laughed.

“Well, not exactly.” Izzy jumped to the twins’ defence. She didn’t know why exactly, but since they had revealed so much about what was going on, she felt rather protective of them.

“We’ve done tons of riding this weekend,” Kate went on. “And Courtney and Megan really needed a break from the farm – they haven’t had a chance to go out since we got here.”

“Of course.” Paula nodded. “I was only joking.”

Just at that moment, the conversation was broken up as Ted appeared at the end of the barn. “I thought I could hear another voice in here.”

“Only me,” Paula started. But she didn’t get very far. Before she could get another word out, Ted had turned on his heel and was walking back down the aisle.

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