Disclaimer: Any characters from the Plum series are from there. Adam and the plot are mine though.
In the morning, as soon as the sun was up, so was Adam.
"Steph, we gotta get the horses out for a little and be on the road, they are expected today so we have got to get moving." He said in earnest.
I stretched then chuckled. If news got to the people on the ranch that Adam kept me on track I would never hear the end of it, the guy had the makings to become an amazing rider and trainer, like his mom, but he could be rather bossy, for and eight year old, of course.
By the time we were back on the road our stomachs were demanding food, so we had to get off, again.
The driving soon became rather boring, and by rather I mean unbearably boring. So Adam, being raised on a ranch and loving country music, had found what had to be the ONLY country station in Pennsylvania. Sadly enough, these days, I absolutely love country. I can actually understand these people's points of view. I mean when someone you love is being an ass, can you help it? No, can you sing about it? Yeah man!
So another boring day on the road, or at least it was boring until around 4p.m. That was when we crossed the border of the state that we were headed for, New Jersey. And of course, we weren't bringing horse for any place other than the Trenton Police Department, just my luck, of course.
I was the one whose name was pulled out of the hat to drop off four new horses for the Trenton P.D. This made a lot of sense, considering I knew how to get around Trenton, being raised there.
~Flashback~
The car that Dillon had passed off to me died, in the middle of a huge snowstorm. I was in the mountains too; god must have had tons of fun planning my future. I mean come on, I was the Bombshell Bounty Hunter, before that I was laid off a job as an underwear buyer, and now I am in the middle of a blizzard in the mountains of Colorado!
All the sudden the snow stopped for a second and I could faintly see a building in the distance. Walk Steph, you can do it! Just walk to the building so you can live to see the dawn of the next day!
Step by agonizing step I saw the building take form more and more. 'It looks kind of like a barn', I thought,' huh, strange.'
When I got close enough to touch the building a door beside me opened and I was rushed into the warm air. I then promptly fell asleep.
~End Flashback~
I popped out of the flashback by the noise of enough windows rolled down to where you can't even hear yourself think. I looked over at the passenger side of the cab that we were using to pull the trailer of horses that had been raised and trained for a life of service. Joe Juniak had called in some favors and the ranch that I now work at fulfilled his request. I don't know why I just know that we did and I was nominated to drive there, and Adam volunteered to go.
The windows were just starting to get on my nerves when we passed a sign that said Trenton was in 35 miles. Adam started jumping up and down, ready to get out of the cab. I was right there with him, but wasn't jumping up and down in my seat.
I began rolling the window up when Adam spotted a very nice car. He was so busy looking at the car he leaned out the window to get a better look. "Adam! Sit that butt of yours down. It wouldn't be a nice feeling to have your head crash onto the pavement. Butt in the seat, now!" I said never removing my eyes from the turnpike, until the end.
"Sorry Steph, it's just this really nice car passed by and I had to get a better look at it!" he pleaded to me with an angelic look on his face. I had to laugh at it, the boy was truly sorry.
"All right boy, now tell me what kind of car it was. Anything I would know?" I asked him. On slow winter days cooped up because of a blizzard or 10 ft. high snow drifts we would talk about cars. It was a topic we both enjoyed and it gave him a taste of freedom. Looking at those cars during the winter kind of reminded him of riding with a cool wind to your back and an entire landscape to be your own. It felt like flying.
"Well, it was a Porsche Boxster, black and brand spanking new!" He exclaimed. I think I almost fainted on the spot. There was only person in Trenton who owned a car like that, Ranger. The last time I saw his car had been right before I rode out of my lot in the car that Dillon had arranged for me as transport.
~Flashback~
When I woke up I was surrounded by warmth and no part of me was cold. The air smelled like horses and hay. I woke up to a pair of starling green eyes. They seemed rather young and worried. The child immediately opened his mouth to ask a question.
"Are you okay?" he asked me after a second of uncertainty. He had sandy blonde hair that you could tell by the color was completely natural, and that many women would kill to have. "My name is Adam; by the way, what's yours?"
When I answered my voice sounded unfamiliar and gravely, "I'm kind of thirsty and my name is Stephanie Parker." And that was how my new life began.
~End Flashback~
I blinked and found myself on the turn off for the Police Department. The radio was still on the country station and Reba's Turn On the Radio was blaring. Somehow gave me the courage to park in the parking lot. I took a deep breath and unlocked the cars. Adam opened the door and ran straight into…..
HA HA a little cliffhanger there! Had so many ideas so you know the deal.
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