Beth was practically skipping while her father followed at a more leisurely pace. Judging from the slouch of his broad shoulders and the tousled hair, Julia guessed that Beth had prodded him out of bed earlier than he would have liked on a Saturday morning. Near the barn, Star nibbled spears of grass while waiting for her official breakfast—a flake from one of the bales of hay stacked in a corner of the barn—to be served. Julia was relieved that the mare seemed to have a calm, friendly disposition in spite of the way she’d been treated. Most people would have dismissed the neglected mare outright. The fact that Nick hadn’t made her respect him even more. But it still didn’t mean she wanted the horse living in her barn. Don’t get involved, Julia warned herself as she stepped away from the window before they spotted her. The only thing you agreed to provide was temporary housing. She knew Nick hadn’t understood her reaction when she’d seen Star in the barn. Julia hadn’t quite understood it herself.
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