The Magnum Equation by Lisa Wysocky

Author:Lisa Wysocky [Wysocky, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781935270263
Publisher: Cool Titles
Published: 2013-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

Cat’s Horse Tip #12

“Many horses will not drink water that tastes unusual to them, so trainers mask the taste at shows by mixing electrolytes, sports drinks, or molasses into the water.”

20

I MUST HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED, for I slept like a log. Early Monday morning I arrived at the barn stiff and sore, but refreshed and in good spirits only to find Jon and Tony were arguing–– again. To add to the chaos, Hank was howling.

“Once more, Jon and I are having a difference of opinion,” said Tony. I couldn’t remember when I had seen such tension in the man. “But this time we’re arguing about you.”

“Tony thinks we need to adopt that buddy system Darcy talked about at the meeting. He thinks that you––that none of us––need to be on the grounds alone,” said Jon. “But it’s not practical. Who’s going to volunteer to sleep in the tack room with me, for example? And, there aren’t enough of us. What if we’re at the in-gate and need something at the stalls? We can’t all run back here or we’ll miss the class. It’s just not a good idea.”

“And getting killed is?” yelled Tony.

Before Jon could jump back in, I held up my hands. “Can’t you two even share an idea without having a shouting match?”

To their credit, both men looked chagrined. By this time Darcy was there, so I suggested that Jon and Tony each run their thoughts calmly by her. Then I went into the tack room to bang my head against the wall. Darcy’s voice drifted in as she said she liked Tony’s idea, but that Jon was right, too. Wow, our little girl was turning into a diplomat. Whoever would have thought?

“Maybe” Darcy said, “people could buddy-up voluntarily. At least it would slow the killer down, or make him think before he––or she––acted again. It might even keep the killer from hurting someone else.”

When Darcy trotted off to present the idea to Noah, I came out of the tack room to pat Hank and to establish peace.

“I’m not doing another thing until you two shake hands,” I said.

Jon and Tony both glared at me, then at each other. But when I held my ground Tony reluctantly extended his hand, and Jon, just as reluctantly, shook it. Briefly. It was interesting that Tony always seemed to be the one who made the first effort. Maybe rather than try to figure out what it was between them through Jon, I should talk to Tony. Before I could think more about that, though, Darcy came bounding back and the loudspeaker clicked on with a reminder announcement about the voluntary buddy system.

“Noah said he hadn’t followed up on it after the meeting, but it was a good idea regardless of what was going on. Anyone could get hurt or need help at any time,” she said.

A muscle in Jon’s jaw popped, a sure sign that he was angry, but we had no time for that. We all had a busy day of classes ahead.

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