Summer Rider (Show Jumping Dreams ~ Book 31) by Svendsen Claire

Author:Svendsen, Claire [Svendsen, Claire]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2016-06-30T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY SIX

I thought that the rest of the day would be a bust and I was contemplating calling Dad and having him come and pick me up. Hanna could do whatever she wanted but I wasn’t there to be anyone’s slave. But the fact that we were at a horse show. That there was excitement thick in the air that you couldn’t get anywhere else. Horses walking past all booted up and ready to jump. Hunters with their tightly packed braids and girls with their show coats open and stock ties loose, talking and laughing to one another, coming back from the ring with ribbons and championship sashes and sometimes without.

I stood there and wondered whether I’d really trade all this in for standing back at home on our farm with Dad and Jordan and not much else.

But it turned out that now Rae had met us, she took us under her wing like two little fledglings. She scolded Julio for making us braid and complimented us on a job well done. I noticed that while we’d been gone, Julio had redone the braids that Hanna had put in but I didn’t say anything. Rae introduced us to all of the crew and her girls. Including the one who’d been rude to me earlier. Her name was Faye and she pretended to smile and be nice, even though I could tell it pained her to do so.

“I want you all to treat Emily and Hanna like one of the family, okay?” Rae said, her arms around us. “Help them out, show them where stuff is and how we do things around here and don’t forget, they are here to help but that doesn’t mean you have free rein to use and abuse them.”

She looked at Faye and I wondered if this wasn’t the first time that the girl had treated the working students badly. She probably came from some big mansion like Jess did where they had cooks, cleaners and grounds men. A place where everyone did everything for her and all she had to do was show up and ride. I wondered which horse was hers and whether or not she was actually any good at riding it.

We all ate lunch by the stalls. Julio pulled out a table with a real tablecloth and there was a fine array of sandwiches, fruit and a veggie tray. I grabbed a carrot and stuck it in my pocket so that I could give it to Bluebird later. I’d seen him looking out at me forlornly. I wondered if I’d ever get to ride him or if bringing him had been a mistake.

As if Rae could read my mind she said, “You won’t get to ride at this show girls I’m afraid but I’ll try and get you in at the next one.”

“They get to ride?” Faye asked. “How can they do all the work and ride?”

“You’d be surprised,” Rae said. “And you can always pitch in and help if you like.

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