Maxine's POV
Jake was so under the weather! He didn't look up at me, and he barely ever ate. He ignored his brothers antics, and when he rode Witch, he rode her out for hours at a time. He was disappearing. Sam was a part of him. Someone important. She made an influence on her.
Maxine could see this. She went out to the barn to watch Jake tack-up one day. She was out their getting ice from the old icebox, but whatever. Jake saddled up, and turned around to grab a lead rope from the rack, then stopped himself. Maxine knew why. Jake always brought an extra lead rope with him in case he had to lead whatever horse Sam was riding that day. He didn't always run into her, just 99 in a 100 times. He purposely rode by the La Charla River so that she could see him, and come galloping out on a pony, or the horse she was riding that day.
Maxine knew this because she read Jake's diary. She shouldn't, but she did. Jake was always the most sensitive of the boys. He would never tell anyone if anything was wrong, because he was to proud. Jake often talked about Sam in his diary. Sam said this. Sam did this. That girl drives me nuts!
Maxine knew that Jake and Sam were meant to be. That's why jake was such a mess. Sam still hadn't come out of her coma. Maxine couldn't help thinking, Only they can help each other.