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“Could barely walk.”
“Sweet little thing.”
Putting the sucker in her mouth, Rowan crossed her arms on her thighs. “In a few days, it will be fluffy as it follows its mama all over the place.”
“Do you like cows?”
“We like cows.”
Rowan admitted with a funny face, “I don’t like cows or horses because I’m a scaredy cat.”
“You’re scared of horses?”
“But...they’re so pretty.”
“I know and Iwantto like them but they’re just so big and high off the ground.”
“Gage puts us on cows.”
“And horses.”
“He brings his big horse over.”
“And lets us hold the…”
They looked at Gage and he supplied, “Reins.”
“Uh huh...the reins.”
“Is Gage your friend?”
“Yes,” Rowan answered. “He’s my friend.”
“Our mom had a friend.”
“He didn’t like us.”
“Not like Gage does.”
“They dropped us off.”
Staring into the soft brown eyes of two children who were simply abandoned by people who didn’t want to be bothered made Rowan tear up.
“I’m sorry that happened. Now you have Miss Jeffries and all her friends. She’ll make your life wonderful. Like she made mine when I was a little girl.”
“You were one of her girls?”
“You lived here?”
“I was and I lived here for many years.” Smiling, Rowan asked, “How old are you?”
“Four and three-quarters.”
“Small for our age.”
“That’s what everyone says.”
“We hear it a lot.”
