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Chapter Ten
Cindy came around the following morning right after breakfast to take me up on my offer to go riding. She was accompanied by Wally. Since he was also an accomplished rider, I didn’t mind giving him a horse to ride. I was just glad that I had three. I don’t know how we would have managed if we were short a horse.
We said very little while we rode single file along one of my favorite trails in the reserve. Since I wasn’t much of a gabber, I was fine with the silence. It wasn’t until we reached the part of the trail that allowed us to see their farm that Wally spoke.
“That’s our place,” he called out as he pointed in the direction of the farmhouse.
“I thought so,” I said as I stopped Roger and waited for them to position their horses next to me.
“It doesn’t look lived in from here.”
“You’re right,” Cindy said as she shaded her
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