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LEVI
The one thing I’d learned about Charlie was that she was ridiculously smart. That brain of hers worked all the time. Even when she was sitting still, she was thinking about something. There was a saying about a brain being like tabs on a computer browser. Well, Charlie had about fifty open at once.
I couldn’t blame her. Being sheriff made me juggle all kinds of complaints and issues at once. Thankfully, the county was pretty peaceful, and we had more issues with natural disasters than human ones. Charlie, though, had lots on her plate. Between her work and her grandfather, that was plenty.
I wanted to help her, to shoulder some of that load, but really, I couldn’t. I wasn’t a vet. I had barely any knowledge in animal husbandry, and her boss was expecting an impregnated mare upo
