Just Shocked

The moment Julie answered the phone I said a word that I really
hadn’t expected to ever be forced to use. Not with her.



“No. No way,” I said, shaking my head at the same time. I was
standing in the barn, my knuckles white from where I was gripping one of the
stall rails. “There is no fucking way.”



There was a brief pause. “Whoa there cowgirl. Get