Diane Greenwood Muir - Bellingwood 06 - A Season of Change by Diane Greenwood Muir

Author:Diane Greenwood Muir [Muir, Diane Greenwood]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery: Cozy - Friendship - Iowa
Publisher: Nammynools Publications
Published: 2014-05-29T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

Early Saturday morning Polly felt Rebecca shaking her arm.

“Polly, you have to wake up. The horses are out! Polly!”

“What?” Polly sat straight up. “Say that again?”

“The horses are out. I heard something and looked out the front window and one of them is in the garden and the donkeys are in the parking lot.”

Polly swiped her phone open and shoved it at Rebecca. “Call Eliseo. He’s in my contacts. He’ll be awake,” and she jumped over to pull jeans and a sweatshirt on. She slipped into a pair of sneakers, bouncing while she pulled them over her heel.

“He’s coming, who else?” Rebecca said.

“What time is it?”

“It’s ten to five.” The little girl was breathing fast, trying to take it all in. “Can I help you? I can put my shoes on.”

“No, that’s fine. You stay here.” Polly took her phone back and looked at Rebecca, whose eyes were panicked. “Wait. You can help with the donkeys. Go ahead and put your jeans on and come downstairs when you’re dressed.” She reached down and hugged the little girl. “Thank you! You did great!”

Polly ran down the steps and then out the front door, swiping all of the doors open with her phone. Nan was standing in the garden area, munching on something and Huck and Tom were circling Daisy in the parking lot, almost as if they were trying to herd her away from the driveway. Polly looked around desperately for Nat and Demi. Where were they?

She didn’t have anything with her to throw over Daisy’s head, but didn’t want to leave her to go to the barn. What in the hell had happened? She took a deep breath and told herself to calm down and then walked slowly over to Daisy. Nan was preoccupied, so she wasn’t going anywhere, but the donkeys were worried about this one.

“Good morning, Daisy,” Polly said as she got closer to the animals. “How are you doing? Is it a little surprising to be on this side of the fence?”

Eliseo’s car sped past on the highway and into the drive beside the barn. Polly took a deep breath and reached out to touch Daisy’s neck. “Tom and Huck want you to go back to the barn. Can we do that?”

In moments, Eliseo was coming up to meet her. He had several leads in his hands and was walking quietly and deliberately so as not to spook the animals.

“Where are the boys?” he asked.

“I don’t know. Tom and Huck were worried about Daisy. I suppose they might be out back. Do you want me to go look?”

“Take Tom with you,” Eliseo snapped a halter over Tom’s head and handed the lead to Polly. “He’ll help if there’s a problem.” Before she turned away, Eliseo snapped a halter over Daisy’s head and one over Huck’s. He handed her another halter and lead.

Rebecca ran out of the front door. “Can I help?” she asked.

Eliseo smiled at her. “If you could take Huck, we’ll get him back to the barn.

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