White Horse Point by Jean Andrews

Author:Jean Andrews
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9781635556964
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2020-02-17T07:00:00+00:00

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Physical chemistry is a strange phenomenon. It’s as if your body no longer belongs to you, but is owned by someone else who calls it like a siren, day and night, never letting up and keeping you in a state of euphoria and unrest, alternating with anxiety and irritability.

August was drawing to a close. Levade hadn’t returned, and I couldn’t stay away. I walked to the Point almost daily and was always disheartened because I saw no sign of her. Why would she be staying in Pine City? Or had she driven there from Duluth for her meeting with Frank? Should I go back and try to find her?

On this particular, sunny morning, I ran into Sheriff Sam out on the Point. He had Levade’s dogs with him.

“Noticed you come over here quite a bit,” he said by way of greeting and tipped his cowboy hat. I liked the fact that he was his own man and chose a cowboy hat over a Northwood’s ball cap.

“It’s pretty over here” was the best I could muster.

“I sometimes trailer Alizar for her, feed him his grain when she’s not here, and check on him, put him in at night. If they’re gone, then I kind of use that time to get things in shape. Lotta horse manure in these parts,” he said, kicking pine needles out of his way unnecessarily.

“You can say that again,” and I figured Sam knew I was referencing the human kind. “I bet her horse misses her when she’s not here,” I said, meaning I did. “And you take care of her dogs too.”

“Charlie and Duke are my dogs. When she’s out here, I have these two stay with her, just in case.” Just in case seemed to include everything Sam feared and couldn’t talk about. “Besides, I got six more at home.” He laughed, and it dawned on me that Sam had an almost familial fondness for Levade that went beyond the role of caretaker.

“Lots of pretty places to walk…” He seemed to want a better answer about what I was doing there.

“None where I might get lucky and run into a beautiful white horse, but unfortunately not today.” I kept my eyes on the ground like I’d found something interesting to look at. “So how did you get this assignment?”

“I’ve known Levade’s family for forty years. When I was a young man, Angelique befriended me. That’s how I knew Levade, who was just a kid herself, and everywhere we went, Angelique would make me promise that I’d take care of her. She was always into something.” He laughed, obviously enjoying the memories. “Anyway, Levade knows her horse is safe if I’m keeping everything shipshape for him. There’s a six-stall barn out back that her aunt used to keep her horses in, but nowadays I store the hay there, plus the tractor and some tack. Lock it all up, of course. And her aunt created a big dirt arena back there, where she worked her horses, so I keep that cleared and dragged for Levade and Alizar.

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