46. Emotions

SADIE

I missed that feeling of being free. The word free alone sounded foreign to my ears.

When I rode a horse, it always felt like that. And it had been a while. Once I was on the horse, it came back to me naturally.

Becka was so great despite losing a husband at a young age. She always found a way to live a life.

“I always thought of what Wade would say if I kept crying and blamed somebody for losing him.” We rode along with the expansive ground.

I was awed at the herd as I watched from the horse. “You have a great life with him, even just for a short time.”

“Yeah. Wade was my first love. We’d been together since high school. You know, at first, your brother hated the guy you dated. That’s what happened to Wade and me, but he’d proven how serious he was about our relationship. He joined and enlisted with Beck later.”

I smiled. It was a great love story, even if it ended abruptly. “Do you ever think of going out th