Kayla looked at the time. It was 6:00am. She had been up and working for hours now. She didn't figure Mark would be helping her this week since his girl was in town. She went to let the horses out to the pasture.
"Morning Darlin."
Kayla turned around smiling.
"I didn't think you would be helping me this week, since you got company." Kayla said.
Mark came over and tugged on her braid.
"Of course I will silly." Mark said.
Mark went and got Blackie.
"I'm going to take the cattle out to the far pasture." Mark said.
"Okay." Kayla said and went back to feeding the livestock.
Kayla was glad she would get to spend some time with Mark today even if it was working.
Mark and Kayla were done by noon.
"I'll bring the cattle back down these evening." Kayla told Mark.
"Okay." Mark said.
"Do you want to come up to the house and have dinner this evening?" Mark asked.
"No thanks." Kayla said.
Mark frowned as Kayla walked away. It looked like she was going to stay away as long as he had company. He shook his head and walked back up to the house.
Cindy and Amber decided to explore the ranch while Mark took a shower and then they were going into town to do some shopping. They wondered into the stables.
Kayla was in there brushing Chestnut out.
"Well, well…Look Amber it's the stable girl." Cindy said laughing.
Kayla just glared at them.
"Kayla you really need to do something with your self, you look like a boy." Cindy said laughing.
Kayla was determined to ignore them. They both stood there laughing at her.
"You know the only reason Mark gave her a job is because she didn't have no where else to go. He felt sorry for her." Cindy told Amber.
Kayla felt her temper fixing to blow.
"Yes she's just some little homeless street kid he took pity on." Cindy said laughing.
"Fuck you bitch, get the hell out of my stables before I kick your ass!" Kayla screamed starting toward them.
Mark had just rounded the corner so he heard Kayla. He didn't hear what Cindy had said to her.
Kayla seen the look on Mark's face and knew he was pissed.
"Cindy you two go wait at the truck, I'll be there in a minute." Mark said.
Cindy threw Kayla a triumphant look and her and Amber turned and left.
"Kayla I don't know what your problem is, but their my guests and you wont speak to them like that, for that matter if I hear ya talking like that again, we're going to take a little trip behind the barn and I'm going to give you a tanning you wont forget." Mark said angrily.
"I'd like to see you try Mark Callaway, you're my employer, not my daddy. If you lay one hand on me, I'll kick your ass too!" Kayla yelled at him.
"Well just see about that little lady, you best remember what I said. Keep a civil tongue in your mouth or I'll lay my belt across your backside." Mark said and turned around and left.
Kayla kicked at a bale of hay. It wasn't fair; he didn't hear the shit she had said to Kayla.
Kayla ran up to her room and grabbed her note book. She was going to the library to print off her story. Hell if she was going to let that bitch ruin her whole day.
Kayla came out of the library and went down to the post office to mail her story. It was about 4:00PM. She decided to go to the diner and have dinner. She sat down in a booth and decided on country fried steak. She was sitting there waiting.
"Hey Kayla."
Kayla looked up and smiled.
"HI Mr. Thomas." Kayla said.
Mr. Thomas had been her writing teacher in high school.
"Hey your out of school now, call me Steve," He said.
"Can I join you for dinner?" Steve asked.
"Yea sure." Kayla said.
Steve had been her favorite teacher in school, plus she had a slight crush on him in school.
He had brown eyes and black hair and he was tall.
Kayla and Steve sat and ate while they talked about her writing.
"I just entered a contest." Kayla told him.
"Well you're a great writer, I'm sure you'll win." Steve said smiling.
Just then Mark and Cindy and Amber walked in the diner. Kayla didn't see them she was too engrossed in her conversation with Steve.
Mark saw her however. Who the hell was she with? The man was a good bit older than Kayla. He didn't like this one bit. Cindy however pulled him toward a table trying to get his attention back to her. Mark went and sat down. He would have a talk with Kayla when she got home and find out who this clown was.