Abby woke up the next morning and stretched. She put her house dress on and opened the window blinds. When she did she looked out across the ranch. The sun shined into her room and across her face. A smile came to her face and her hand ran across her necklace that she had on once again. She looked over at the barn and an even wider smile came to her face when she saw the man that saved her working. He was in the training pen with her father's new black stallion. The horse was running around the pen and Jason just stood there with his hands on his waist. She couldn't help but giggle at seeing him trying to break this horse. It was a fine horse that her father had bought from a French captain. It was a prized breed over in France. Not that Abby cared, she just thought it was a beautiful horse.
A knock came to her door and she opened it. There stood Isabella in her morning dress. "Hey sis. Have you noticed the new added hand to the family?" she asked as she went over to the window. Abby smiled and nodded to her sister. "I think this will be fun to watch. I can see you and him spending a lot of time together." She added and Abby blushed. "Well I guess we will since father made him my personal body guard." She stated and Isabella smiled wide. "Wait father made him your bodyguard? Oh my god that is perfect Abby. Now you and him can spend a lot of time to get to know each other better. Also from the way he is breaking the horse I will say he will be around a long time." Isabella smiled and then walked out of the room. As she was she ran right into Renee. "Hey sis. Did you happen to see who father hired for Abby's bodyguard?" she asked her and Renee shook her head no. "No but I did noticed the new stable hand that is out there with father's horse Spirit." She stated with a smiled. Isabella grabbed her and pulled her to the side a bit. "Well guess what. Abby told me that father has also made him her body guard. Talk about a wonderful surprise huh?" she asked. Renee had a huge smile on her face and they both laughed.
Jason ran for the outside of the pen and slid under the railing. Looking at the stallion as it snorted and pawed at the ground at him. "Look I didn't ask for this job alright. Between me and you, I deal with worse and harder shit then breaking your stubborn ass alright." He stated to the stallion who in return turned around and pranced around the pin. Jason got to his knees and shook his head. "I swear you have the same damn attitude as Frank." He stated as he got up and brushed himself off. "Who is Frank?" asked a sweet voice. Jason turned around and saw Abby standing there with a tray. "Uh the Marshall." He answered as he also bit his tongue for lying. "Oh in that case, yes he does." She said with a smile and Jason laughed. "Here, I brought you some tea and a sandwich. Spirit is a stubborn horse but, he's got his good sides too." She stated and Jason sighed. "I highly doubt that with what I've seen." He said as he took a drink of the tea. After he looked at it was shocked at how well it tasted. It had a bit of a honey favor to it and he looked at Abby. "Did you make this?" he asked and she nodded. "Yes why?" she asked and he smiled. "Never had it with honey in it." He stated and she smiled. "Well we are in the south aren't we? What kind of place would it be without a little honey to sweeting it up?" She said in a matter of fact tone.
Jason laughed and nodded. "Hey some of us could use more of that." He said and nodded to the stallion. Abby giggled and then handed Jason an apple. "Sometimes even the wildest of spirits, can be tamed with just a gentle touch." She said and slid her hands away from his. She turned and walked back to the house. Jason was still in a daze from her hands on his. All of a sudden he was splashed with water. Looking to his right Spirit was there. "You son of a bitch." He stated and Spirit smiled at him. "And to think I was gonna give you this." He said and showed the horse the apple. Spirit stopped and looked at his sad. Jason crossed his arms and glared at the horse. "If you're willing to listen to me I might change my mind." He said and Spirit went and laid down in the middle of the ring. "That's what I thought." Jason said with a smile as he walked back to the ring.