Lead Change (Show Jumping Dreams ~ Book 29)
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“Go see for yourself,” I said.
Dad finished ordering the pizza. I don’t think he believed the fact that my mother and step sister had just vanished. But he went upstairs to look anyway and when he came down his face was pale.
“They’ve gone,” he said.
“I know, that’s what I told you,” I replied.
The pizza came and we ate it in silence though neither of us felt like it. We’d given up everything for my mother. She was the wedge that had come between Dad and Missy. It was because of her that they broke up and we got kicked out of Fox Run. Because Missy wanted revenge. Well now she had the best revenge of all because here we were, sitting in our tumbledown farmhouse and the very reason we had left our life of luxury had just up and gone without even saying a word.
“They didn’t leave a note,” I finally said. “Maybe they’ll come back.”
“If they were coming back, they wouldn’t have taken all their stuff,” Dad said.
“What are we going to do?” I asked him.
“We’re not going to do anything,” he said. “They left us. That’s their choice.”
He threw his plate in the sink and I heard it break. I knew that he was only pretending that he didn’t care.
“We have to do something,” I said.
But Dad didn’t reply.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Claire Svendsen fell in love with horses at age two when she got her first pony. The only trouble was that it wasn’t a real horse, it was a rocking horse. From that day on she begged, pleaded and bribed for lessons, riding clothes and a horse of her own. She had to wait and work really hard to finally get her first real horse but when she did, it was a dream come true. Over the years she has trained horses, given lessons and even run her own stable.
No longer able to ride due to injury, Claire lives vicariously through the characters in her books. When she’s not busy writing, you’ll find her hanging out at the barn with her retired Thoroughbred Merlin who loves carrots, apples and bowing on command.
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COLLECT THEM ALL
Other books in the Show Jumping Dreams series by Claire Svendsen
#1 Secret Rider
#2 Pony Jumpers
#3 Winter Blues
#4 Star Pupil
#5 Sale Horse
#6 Last Chance
#7 Hunter Pace
#8 Turf Wars
#9 Beach Ride
#10 White Horses
#11 Trick Pony
#12 Off Course
#13 Winter Wonderland
#14 Gift Horse
#15 Half Halt
#16 Young Riders
#17 Show Time
#18 Beginner’s Luck
#19 Chasing Ribbons
#20 Double Standards
#21 Stable Vices
#22 Jump Off
# 23 Dark Horse
#24 Boot Camp
#25 Second Chances
#26 Barn Sour
#27 Heart Horse
#28 Catch Rider
#29 Lead Change
(COMING SOON) #30 Two Strides