My Ex’s Dad by K.C. Crowne EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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BETH
“Whoa, easy!”
A flash of horse tail accompanied by a piercing whinny
nearly knocked me off my damn feet. Margo, my Palomino, did not want to
go outside. I hurriedly placed my hand on her ivory white mane, stroking
her slowly in an effort to calm her down.
“There we are, sweetie,” I said, speaking softly. “That’s it.”
Margo, good girl that she was, calmed down right away. It was unlike
her to get worked up like that. Out of the three horses we had on the family
farm, she was easily the most mellow and easy to handle. When I caught
sight of the pasture through the open barn door and spotted flurries of snow
dancing on the early winter wind, I realized right away what was wrong.
“I swear, girl,” I said, a smile on my face. “You’ve always been afraid
of the snow—ever since you were a dang foal.”
Margo snorted, her big, dark eyes situated on the open door, as if on
guard. With her white mane, golden coat and powerful muscles, Margo was
about as gorgeous as horses came.
“Well, let me tell you about a concept I learned back in college. It’s
called exposure therapy. You ever heard of that?”
Margo kept her eyes on the snow as I hopped up on a nearby worktable,
clapping my hands onto my knees.
“It means that if you’re afraid of something, like spiders or the dark, or
in your case my fine-coated friend, a little snow, the best way to get over it
is to expose yourself to it a little at a time.”
Another snort, timed perfectly to appear as if she were dismissing the
concept altogether.
“Now, now,” I said, holding up my gloved hands. “I know it sounds a
little crazy on the surface. But trust me—I think it could do you wonders.”
I hopped off the workstation and headed over to the barn door. I looked
out to the huge stretch of pasture of our Colorado farm, the Rockies rising
in the distance. The grass was dusted with snow, the air chilly enough to
make me pull my shearling coat a little tighter.
“See? Nothing to be worried about. Just a little fresh winter powder to
invigorate.”
I couldn’t speak for Margo, but I was eager as hell to get out there. I’d
spent the last few hours holed up in my room going over legal documents,
trying to make heads or tails of the convoluted legalese within. Some fresh
air sounded like just the thing to get my mind right.
Margo, on the other hand, didn’t want to budge. I turned, putting my
hands on my hips.
“Alright, girl. Lucky for you, I’m not above a little bribery now and
then. So, how about this; we go out there for a little while and when we get
back, I might let you have a few of those apple-oatmeal treats you can’t get
enough of.”
Margo let out another snort and stamped her hoof. She was responding
to my gentle tone more than anything, but sometimes talking to her felt like
negotiating with a misbehaving toddler—a massive, furry toddler.
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