Chapter 1
It was one of those rare times, about midmorning, after all the chores have been done and after all the horses have been ridden, cooled down, and put back in their stalls. Christina was with Beth and Kevin at the McLean's Cottage and Ashleigh Griffen was just finishing up some paper work when the phone rang. Ashleigh picked up the phone, thinking it might be a client calling to check on his or her horse or a person calling to see if they could board their horse at Whitebrook, the farm Ashleigh owned with her husband Mike Reese. But as soon as she heard the voice on the other end she knew she was wrong.
"May I please speak with Ashleigh Griffen?" said an elderly, yet somewhat familiar, voice on the phone.
"This is she." Said Ashleigh
"Miss Griffen!!! I'm not sure if you remember me but my husband and I are the people who bought Edgerdale from your parents."
"Of course I remember you!!! How are things over there? How's Stardust? And the other horses?"
"Stardust and the other horses are just fine and you should see Wanderer and Black night's graves we have kept putting flowers on them just like you asked. Now I have a request for you: we're going through some tough times and were wondering if you would like to help us out some by possibly taking some of the yearlings, and possibly one or two other horses off our hands? We would really appreciate it." Said Mrs. Joe.
"Of course I'd love to! By any chance could you possibly sell me Stardust to?"
"That was one of the horses I was going to give to you for free because I knew you would want her. So the answer is yes you can have her. She and the 7 other horses that I am selling you will be in the yearling barn."
"Ok I'm leaving right now. See you in a couple of hours."
"Bye Ashleigh and thank you." Said Mrs. Joe.
After hanging up the phone Ashleigh just sat there dumbstruck at the conversation that had just taken place. A couple of minutes later her husband walked in and, noticing the stunned look on her face he asked her: "What's wrong?" She told him, "Nothing's wrong I'm just surprised at the phone call I just had." And she told him all about it and then told him that he should come with her so she could show him what the first farm her parents had owned looked like. So together they hooked up the 8 horse trailer and, after telling Beth where they were going, hooked it up to the truck and drove toward Edgerdale.