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Chapter 2 “So she dumped you just like that?” Eleanor Haynes said, dropping a hoof pick into her grooming bucket and retrieving a curry comb. Her black and white Paint gelding stood placidly tethered to a ring in his stall, tail swishing. He appeared to be dozing as an autumn breeze swept through the barn, bringing the smell of recently cut hay. Eleanor began to work the dirt from his coat. “She didn’t even give you a chance to explain or anything, just up and decided it was over?” “Yeah,” replied Nathan, doing his best to keep the hurt from his voice. After a less than peaceful night, he’d headed out to the barn bright and early, thankful not to be needed at work. All the time he spent with his mare may have been a deciding factor in the abrupt end of his relationship, but it was the o