Unforgettable by Linda Cajio - Kittredge Family Saga 02 - Unforgettable

Author:Linda Cajio - Kittredge Family Saga 02 - Unforgettable [Cajio, Linda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780307798978
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Publisher: Loveswept
Published: 1989-10-31T16:00:00+00:00

Eight

“Somebody’s tryin’ to ruin my boy. Why? Why?”

Anne almost cringed at Mac’s words. They were a lament that had run through her head over and over.

“We don’t know why,” James said gently.

Anne glanced at James, grateful for his presence this morning. She hadn’t been looking forward to telling the old man about the horse. The vet had just left after examining Battle Cry again, and Mac had been asking questions, questions she had to face answering.

Battle Cry’s sterility was temporary, thank goodness. She was damn glad James wasn’t blaming her. Another owner would have, she knew.

“ ’Tis a jealousy,” Mac said darkly. “There are those who are jealous of a horse like that.”

She bristled. “Are you suggesting someone on this farm would do such a thing?”

Mack gave her a blank look, then shook his head. “You’ve got good people, miss. I’ve seen that myself. But I should have taken better care of my boy. Everybody’s had a carrot or a sugar cube for him. Other owners, their guests, even delivery men. All of them wanted a look-see at him, and I, in my pride, let everybody close.”

Guilt assailed her. She was the one who should have been more careful with Battle Cry and beefed-up her security measures. But who would bother with a horse put out to stud? It was the fabulous racing purses that attracted sabotage.

She laid her hand on Mac’s arm. “This was my fault, not yours—”

“Yes, it is,” Mac said, pulling his arm away. “This is a shoddy—”

“That’s enough!” James snapped, glaring at his employee.

Mac hung his head. “I’m sorry, Miss Anne. I’m just that upset over my boy.”

She forced away any anger toward the man. “I understand, Mac. Believe me, I understand.” She turned to look at Battle Cry grazing contentedly in the pasture. “The steroids should leech out of him very quickly, fortunately. But it explains why he’s been almost jumping out of his skin lately. I wish I knew how he was getting the drugs.”

“If we knew how, then we’d know who,” James said.

Anne heard the emphasized pronoun we, and both pleasure and resentment ran through her. She couldn’t help feeling James was being too nice about this. Her confusion about him was mounting—as was her desire. She was afraid she was already in the throes of a crush. Again.

Returning her attention to the problem of Battle Cry, she said, “Curtis and I have talked it over, and nobody, Mac, is allowed near him, especially to give him treats. Curtis will be the one to mix his feed and bring it to him. No one else. Battle Cry’s to stay in the pasture next to the barn, where he’s visible at all times. The only owner allowed down here is James. No guests, no delivery men. The other stallions will be brought down to the house should their owners visit. They won’t like it, but that’s too bad. If anyone asks, say we just want to give Battle Cry some peace to adjust to his new life.

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