Winter Circuit (The Show Circuit -- Book 2) by Kim Ablon Whitney

Author:Kim Ablon Whitney [Whitney, Kim Ablon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Stafford Road Books
Published: 2015-08-01T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

The golf cart hadn’t been found by mid-week and I’d learned that ours wasn’t the only one that had been stolen at WEF this year. Apparently golf carts had been disappearing from rings, never to return, as had saddles. Another barn had also been hit by the saddle thief, as he or she was being referred to, and people were speculating that there might be a connection between the ringside and barn thefts. The biggest question, though, was with the barn thefts—how was the thief getting past some of the gates and the locked tack rooms and trunks? Was it an inside job? All around the show, people were hiring locksmiths to install additional locks or they were taking their saddles home for the night.

I called and spoke with Audrina and she was more concerned with how awful we must have felt to have been robbed than with the money she was out. “Is everything okay with Dakota?” she asked tentatively.

“Yup, it’s going fine,” I said.

I wondered whether Dakota had told her about the ruined shoes but I guessed not when Audrina said, “Oh, thank God, Hannah, you are a lifesaver.”

I wondered how much Dakota spoke or texted with her parents. My guess was not much. Audrina said she’d order a new golf cart. I asked when she and Winston would be coming to visit and she seemed to dance around the subject, throwing out phrases like, “Need to pin down Winston,” “Get our calendars aligned,” and “Find a workable date.”

I found out why Chris hadn’t answered his phone Saturday night when Dakota and I needed help. It had all worked out okay for us but it still bothered me that I had needed him and he hadn’t been available. He had taken an Ambien and said he must not have heard his phone.

“Since when you do take Ambien?” I asked.

“I just haven’t been sleeping well. I needed a good night’s sleep.”

“Where did you even get it?”

“Jimmy gave me a couple. He said I looked tired and I told him I hadn’t been sleeping well.”

With Valentine’s Day coming up, I decided to ask Linda what salon I should go to for a wax. “Not super expensive, though,” I said. “Not the salon of the stars. I’m on a serious budget.”

It was true. My job had a decent salary as far as I could tell not having had a job before but life was expensive, especially at the horse show. I always thought I’d run back to the house for lunch but then I never had time and I ended up eating the overpriced food at the show. Too many times Dakota wanted to get take-out and I never wanted her parents to pay for my food too, so I always split the bill and paid my portion.

“What are you getting done? Hair cut, mani/pedi?” Linda asked.

“I need to, um, get a wax. Bikini.”

It wasn’t like I was wearing a bathing suit anytime soon but Linda must have known I was just taking care of some landscaping issues.

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