Now she was reconsidering. Had it started back then? Was that why James had abandoned her? It was so embarrassing to think that the Burghley House boys and the showjumperettes all knew about this before she did. It was bad enough being dumped – but being tossed aside for a superficial showjumperette like Arden Mortimer really sucked. Luckily for Georgie, her failed love life was about to be eclipsed by a much more outrageous scandal. The appointment of Hans Schockelmann as the showjumping coach at Adelaide House had the whole school talking, and not in a good way. Georgie had heard the rumours, but it wasn’t until the showjumping team meeting at Badminton House that she got the full story from a furious Kendal Dupree. “It’s cheating – straight out dirty cheating!” Kendal said. “Hans is ranked the number one showjumper in the world! They can’t have him as team coach. It’s like getting Stephen Hawking to help you with your science homework!” Georgie was confused. “Why don’t Adelaide just have one of the house masters like the other teams do?”
