Chapter Five
Maddie slowed her horse to a walk as she approached the stables. One of the Fermilab perks she enjoyed most was the stable they kept on site. When she’d been a student at MIT, she’d desperately missed her horses. Even though there’d been no time for regular rides. But shortly after she started at Fermilab, she’d convinced her cousins Gunnar and Axel to drive up her Palomino, Daisy, and another mare for Jamey. Her uncle was the best horse trainer in the region, and she was secretly thrilled her cousins had opted to stay in the family business. At the very least, they helped keep an eye on her dad.
She dismounted and led Daisy to her stall near the barn door to begin the routine of unsaddling and grooming her. The ride, an extra long one today, hadn’t given Maddie the relief s
