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Felicity started. Her stationary box slid off to the right of her lap as she sat upright. Felicity's green eyes scanned the now open barn doors. The lightning! She thought as she glanced about. If it flashes again he will be able to see me!
Felicity slowly removed the lap desk and set it down before inching toward the pile of hay in the corner. Her eyes- already accustomed to the dark- located the silhouette of a man. He was approaching the horse stalls. She could have sneezed and he wouldn't have heard since the rain was cascading down so hard. Felicity situated herself behind the bales of hay and adjusted the loose hay just so that it hid her face a bit more.
The man walked up and down the stalls as if he was looking for something. He finally stopped at a stall on the left side. Felicity stood up on a bale of hay and counted to see which one he was standing by... First stall, second stall, third stall. Penny's Stall! She froze. The men slipped open the lock and entered the stall that Penny was in. Felicity's heart pounded and she was sure he could hear it despite the rain. Strangely she couldn't hear Penny's neighing. Perhaps she knows the man.
Felicity was lost in thought as she kept her gaze fixed up the stall door. Felicity remembered when Ben and she would go take Penny for long rides in the woods and then un-tack Penny together. She was remembering when she had found Ben in her Grandfather's woods and brought him back to the Merriman family when she saw the man slip out of the stall as quietly as he had before.
The man stood in the aisle for what seemed to be a long time. The rain ceased to a steady drizzle as the man walked to the end of the barn and to the loft ladder. After adjusting her position in the hay, Felicity saw him standing there doubtful. She crammed her neck to see if she could see his face but his hat hid it from her. After a moment she realized one of his arms was bandaged. He was also the same height of Ben.
Just then a thought popped into her head. Was that... Is this... Ben? Is he injured badly? The sizzle had ceased as he climbed the top rung of the ladder. Felicity bent down as he scanned the loft. He stood at the top of the loft and sighed. Felicity glanced upward when he sighed and saw the back of the man as he observed the other side of the loft. Time stood still as she saw he was staring right where she was sitting. Upon moving a strand of hay she realized that she had left her letter there.
The man came over to the cot and fingered the letter. His fingers are going to brush up against the blob of ink I left there when I was daydreaming, Felicity thought as he read. She was about to duck when he suddenly turned around.
Felicity froze.