Chapter 5It all felt like a bad dream later, the sequence and details never quite clear in Lou’s mind. Somehow they got Spark and the injured horse down to the pickup and trailer. Calm and sure, Jason and Casa loaded the two horses after they got Spark and Lou settled in the pickup. Spark leaned forward against the back of the front seat, while Lou sat beside him, holding compresses against what seemed the deepest of the gashes in the cowboy’s shoulder and upper back.
Time lurched at an uneven pace as the truck rocked and twisted back down the rough forest road and then sped along a two-lane highway back to the ranch. When they reached the headquarters, Spark lurched out of the truck, clutching the side of the bed to stay on his feet. He insisted they call the vet at once to come look at
