Glancing over my shoulder, I looked at my brother-in-law, Walker. “What for?”
“There’s a breeder there Dad has worked with in the past. I want to look into using him.”
Dropping the brush into the bucket, I stepped out of the stall and wiped my hands on my jeans. “You gonna breed Lady?”
With a bright-eyed smile, he nodded his head. “I think so. There’s something about that horse. I feel like with the right match, we could have a good racehorse on our hands. This Scott guy dabbles in racing as well. He told me he has the perfect stud.
Sighing, I shook my head. “I don’t know. Isn’t your prodigal sister coming in this afternoon?”
“So? My parents are picking Ava up.”
With a short chuckle, I grabbed my cowboy hat and motioned for him to lead the way.
“Did Ava mention if she was coming back for good or just for Christmas?”
Walker laughed. “If I know my sister . . . she’s fixin’ to drop some kind of bombshell that will rock my father’s world.”
“Damn if that ain’t the truth.”
The drive to Mason wasn’t a long one and we sat in silence most of the trip. “You gonna tell me what happened when you went to see that girl?”
“Her name is Taylor, and no . . . I don’t want to talk about it.”
“Fair enough.”
We drove another few miles in silence.
“I don’t understand women at all,” I blurted out.
“Join the club.”
My hand rubbed the back of my neck as I let out a frustrated breath. “I mean . . . I made a mistake and I tried to tell her that. I acted like an asshole and I fully admitt
ed to it. She knows I love her and I know she loves me.”
“But?”
“She’s angry and punishing me.”
Walker let out a roar of laughter. “You think she is punishing you? Why?”
“I asked her for a second chance and she told me to leave. Made it seem like she didn’t love me. Then she tried to prove it to herself.”
Walker turned his attention to me and asked, “How?”
“She slept with some asshole she worked with.”
“Damn. Did she tell you that?”
My body tensed as the memory came back. Fisting my hands, I looked out the window. “No. I waited outside her apartment and saw her coming home with him. He went up and never came back down until late in the middle of the night.”
“How do you know?”
I wasn’t sure if I wanted to admit to Walker I had sat in my truck all night watching Taylor’s place. Swallowing hard, I stared out the passenger window.
“Holy shit. You stalked her.”
My head turned to look at him. “I didn’t stalk her, you dickhead. I sat in my truck all night and just watched her apartment.”