Sophie's Choice
Chapter Four "Unsettling"
Disclaimer: I only own my characters that I made up!
May 26th, 3:30am
I could hear an insistent buzzing and it was bugging the crap out of me. It just wouldn't stop. My eyes flew open when I realized it was my phone. "Hello?" I answered trying not to sound too groggy.
"Sophie, it's Jim." Something must be wrong for Jim to be calling me at...almost four in the morning!
"What's wrong?" I was wide awake in that instant. I sat up and threw off the covers.
"I was just contacted by the alarm company. The store was broken into and someone needs to be there to meet the police." Jim paused and it was quiet on the other side of the line. "I hate doing this to you but I just can't leave Linda..so I was wondering if you could meet the police there."
"It's no problem! Of course I will. I'll call you as soon as I know anything, okay?"
"Thank you so much Sophie. I'm so glad I can depend on you." I smiled at Jim's words.
"No problem Jim. Now go back to sleep til I call you." I hung up and got back into my jeans. I shoved my socks on and was just pulling my boots up when the door opened. Kit stood there and the light flicked on.
"Hey, I was getting a water and heard you on the phone." Kit stood there in nothing but his t-shirt and boxers. I had to move my eyes quickly to keep the bad thoughts out of my head. "Something wrong?"
"Well the store was just broken into. That was the owner. He wants me to go and meet the police there, his wife has been under the weather so he doesn't want to leaver her so I'm going." I told him as I walked out the door. "I guess I'll call Brad or something."
"No, no. Let me get dressed and I'll drive you." Kit offered. I bit my lip.
"Are you sure? It's pretty early." It was our first date and here I was about to have him drive me somewhere at three thirty in the morning.
"I was raised on a ranch. Three thirty is nothing." Kit grinned at me. "I'll be right back."
Within ten minutes, we were on our way. "Did your boss say anything else or just that it's been broken into?" Kit asked as we drove.
"He just said he got a call from the alarm company and they need someone to meet the police. This is the first time we've ever been broken into." I ran my hand through my hair. Was it purely coincidental that this happened for the first time after Steve was released and knew where I was working or did it have something to do with him?
"Kind of weird that it happens now." Kit mused and looked over at me briefly. So I wasn't the only one thinking it.
"I was just kind of thinking that." I admitted with a small laugh. "But it could just be a coincidence."
Kit nodded. "Could be. We're about to find out." Kit pulled into the parking lot. There was one Darton Sheriff's department car waiting. Please don't be Brad..Please don't be Brad. I thought silently to myself. He would totally think we had been sleeping together. So what? I guess it didn't really matter because I was a grown adult but still it would be awkward.
Kit parked by the sheriff's car and out stepped my brother. Of course! Brad just raised his eyebrows at me briefly as I got out of the truck with Kit but didn't say much. To make matters just even more awkward the other deputy was Jake, Kit's brother.
"Have you gone in yet?" I asked Brad as I walked up to him. He shook his head.
"We just got here a minute before you did. Looks like the front door glass was busted in." Brad's arm reached out and grabbed me back as I went ahead of him. "Hey, I'm the cop, you're the civilian. I go first."
I put my hands on my hips. "I'm not just some random civilian, Brad."
"Let me and Jake check it out first, then you can come in." So I gave Brad my set of keys and they went about checking the store. A few minutes later, Jake motioned for me to come in. Kit followed me closely.
"Doesn't look like they got into the office or anything but you'll want to check the safe." Jake told me as we walked into the store. Brad flipped the lights on and I went straight to the office where I could check over the cameras. All three men stood around me and I felt a tiny bit awkward as I waited for the computer to boot up. I went to the safe and did a quick count of the money. It was all there so were both registers drawers. Hmm.
"Brad, this is Kit Ely. Kit, this is my brother Brad by the way." I introduced them quickly. Kit shook Brad's hand.
"Pleasure to meet you." Kit said to Brad. Brad's eyes flashed between me and Kit quickly.
"You too." Finally the computer booted up and I went into the camera recordings. We would be able to see everything this person did.
"When was the alarm set off?" I asked Jake and Brad.
"The call from the alarm company came in at three twenty. We were immediately notified." Jake answered me and I flew through the video to that exact time. We all watched silently as we watched the person broke the glass with what looked like to be a crowbar. They stepped in slowly, probably not even knowing an alarm was triggered since ours was a silent alarm, and looked around. They went behind the counter but they were just walking around casually. They had a mask over their face and were covered head to toe in dark clothing. They even wore gloves.
They stopped at the cross-bow case and laid something on the counter. Then it got creepy. They turned to where the camera was placed and waved! Then they slowly walked out of the store and took nothing. I bolted from the chair and went to the cross-bow case. What I saw lying on the counter made me stop in my tracks so fast that Kit rammed into me from behind.
"Sophie?" I tried to reply but no words would leave my mouth. I felt like someone had struck me in the chest and it was hard to catch my breath. "Sophie!" This time Kit shook my shoulders a bit. Brad came to my side immediately and tried talking to me too. But all I could do was stare at the picture laying on the counter. Jake went up and looked at me while Brad and Kit tried to talk to me.
"Is this you?" I heard Jake's voice and I snapped out of my small panic.
"Yeah it's me." I whispered. Kit and Brad stepped forward to glance closely at the picture. It was a picture of my grandma and me at my high school graduation.
"Is that one you keep-"Brad started but I cut him off.
"It's the one I keep in my visor in my car." The words hung in the air. "He's doing it again." I tried to hold back the sob that wanted to tear through me. Brad pushed me back into Kit.
"Get her out of here. Take her to your truck." Brad instructed Kit. "Stay with her!" So Kit pulled me outside and put me in the truck. He left the door open and leaned in. I covered my face with my hands as more officers arrived.
"Sophie." Kit said my name softly and pulled my hands off my face. The sob I had been holding back tore it's way through me. "Come here." Kit put his arms around me and I cried loudly as much as I tried to get myself under control. I heard Jeff's voice and Kit told him he had it under control but he should go see Jake and Brad inside. I finally managed to get myself under control ten minutes later. I shrugged out of Kit's hold.
"I have to call my boss to tell him what's going on." Kit stood there with watchful eyes as I dialed Jim's number.
"Sophie?" I could tell I hadn't woken him up. He had stayed up to hear from me. I felt bad for what I was about to tell him. The store break-in had been my fault. It was because of me.
"Hey Jim. I'm here at the store. There was indeed a break-in but nothing was taken." I told him. I heard him sigh with relief.
"That's great. Any idea why they broke in? Any footage of their face or anything helpful?" Jim sounded hopeful.
"No, I'm sorry." I would go back and check to make sure there wasn't any footage of a vehicle. "They broke in with a crowbar it looks like. Then they.." I trailed off unable to tell him. Would I get fired from my job? Would they decide I was too much of a liability to have with what was going on in my personal life? I knew the Robert's liked me but there was always a line to be drawn with this type of thing.
"They what?" Jim asked, concerned. I sighed.
"The person placed a picture on the counter." I told him. "It was my picture. A picture of me and my grandmother at my high school graduation. This picture is the same one I have in my car."
"You don't think that it's..?" I listened to Jim and watched as Kit walked towards his brother.
"I can't know for sure. The person wore a mask and they were completely covered by clothing."
"Sophie, I'm so sorry you're being put through this. He's doing this to get to you and he wore the mask so you wouldn't be able to identify him." Jim sounded like he was heading towards anger.
"Are you going to fire me?" I figured it was best to ask while Kit wasn't around. I would lose it again if Jim fired me.
"Fire you?" Jim exclaimed. "Why would I fire you?" My eyes closed in relief.
"Well I was the cause of your first break-in so I didn't know if, well I, I just didn't." I stammered.
"Nothing is your fault sweetheart!" Jim protested. "You're being played with by this man in this horrible game of his. I wouldn't punish you for that."
"Thank you Mr. Roberts." I saw Brad wave to me. "One of the deputies if waving at me so I think I have to go."
"Okay, we'll keep the store closed today until we can get that door fixed. But I want you and Randy to meet me at my house around ten. Is that good?"
"Yeah, I'll make sure to let Randy know." We hung up and I walked towards Brad. "What's up?"
"Can you check and see if there's a view of the vehicle?" Brad asked and I led him back into the office. I pulled up the video again, burning it to a disk this time for him, and we both watched intently as we saw the person get into a vehicle. A very average looking car but the license plates were covered. Are you freaking kidding me!? "He knew what he was doing."
"It was him." I whispered to Brad. He nodded. So he believed me and agreed that it was Steve. Too bad nothing could be done about it. "I mean as soon as he's out, he hits it full force, why?"
"You got a sense of security back since he was put away, you made a life for yourself on your own, you don't need anyone. So he gets out, decides he wants you back. The first thing he has to do.." Brad broke off.
"...is shatter that sense of security." I finished for him. "To make me back into the victim I was before he went away." I didn't notice Kit til a minute later. He came to lean against the desk and I handed Brad the disk with the video tape footage. "I should probably call a repairman to come and replace this door first chance he can."
"I'm gonna swing by your house and-" I shook my head.
"Let me. I should go home and act as if everything is normal." I stood up and took a deep breath. "Before you leave here, there's a board in the back room, could you board up the door?"
Brad hugged me. "Sure. I'll get everything worked out here."
"Can I have the picture back?" Brad looked uncomfortable at my request. "What?"
"Sophie, it's evidence now. I can't give it back."Brad replied softly. "I'm sorry."
Tears started to well up in my eyes but I cleared them. "It's okay." Kit put his arm around my shoulders and we walked silently to his truck. He nodded at Jake as we passed him but they exchanged no words. I didn't speak as Kit drove, I just stared out the window. "I'm so sorry."
Kit glanced over at me. "For what?"
"For making you come here at three in the morning and this must be the worst first date ever!" I groaned.
Kit reached over and grabbed my hand. "I'd like to say it's more like the most eventful first date ever."
"That's being nice about it." I looked at him as he turned down my driveway. "Will you come with me inside the house?"
"Of course! What did you think I was just going to drop you off and let you just be by yourself?" Kit said, a bit indignantly.
"Well kind of. It's not your job to stick around and watch out for me." I shrugged. Kit stopped the truck and I could see from here that my car window was busted out. I pulled out my phone. "Time to call Brad."
So I informed Brad of the window and he told me not to touch it til he could get someone out there to look it over. "I'll have Jeff swing by there on his way back to the station." Kit walked around the house, nothing was there. My alarm was still set as normal and nothing was moved or taken. I closed the door behind Kit and set the alarm.
"Hey why don't you go jump in the shower? I'll meet Jeff when he gets here." Kit seemed to be looking all around at my little house. Maybe taking a shower would help.
"Yeah that would be good. Thank you." Kit gave me a smile and I went to take a shower.
…...
Kit POV
I stood in Sophie's little yellow kitchen and made a pot of coffee. As I waited for the coffee to be done, I looked at where Sophie lived. The kitchen was clean and spotless. There was a small table in the middle of the floor, the fridge a bit away from the counter, a small double sink. If you walked straight out of the kitchen there was the living room. The couch was right on the living room/kitchen line. A TV sat on a mantle above a small fireplace in front of the couch. There were two chairs to match the couch on either side against the walls. A few floor lamps by the windows in the corners and there was an oak coffee table along with a few side tables. I looked down the hall. To your left there was a door that led to, I'm assuming her bedroom, and the door to your right led into the bathroom. Down the hallway there was a closet that's door was half open. It held a washer and dryer.
I walked through the living room to look at her pictures. On the mantle there were plenty of a little boy. It was most likely her friend's son she had mentioned last night. In a few pictures he was with either her brother, Sophie or a dark haired girl that I recognized from Clara's as a waitress. So that was Sophie's friend. On a side table by one of the chairs there were pictures of the older woman who was her grandmother(I recognized her from the picture at the store) with various aged Sophie and Brads. One lone picture stood of a young couple with two young children. Maybe Sophie's parents? Besides Brad she hadn't really mentioned anything about her family.
The coffee pot beeped at the same time there was a knock on the door. It was Jeff, one of the deputies that worked with Jake. I could see through the window that was in the door. But I couldn't open it because the alarm was set. I held up one finger to let him know I'd be right back. I knocked on the bathroom door, Sophie opened the door, cracking it.
"What's up?" Steam rolled out like a heat wave in summer.
"Jeff is here but I can't open the door because of the alarm." I informed her. She groaned.
"Oh! I'm so sorry! I totally forgot about that." Sophie came out wrapped up in a towel, her short blonde hair was wet and hung all around her face. I kept my eyes on the floor as I went with her to the door. She put in a password and the alarm was off. She yanked the door open. "Sorry Jeff! I forgot I set the alarm before I got in the shower."
Jeff eyes briefly trailed over her form but then went to the ground. "Ah, Sophie, go ahead and get dressed. I'll wait out here with Mr. Eloy while you do." She blushed a bit and ran off to her bedroom. "Doesn't know the effect she has on men that one." Jeff pointed after Sophie. I let out a laugh.
"No, no she doesn't." I shook my head. "Did you want a cup of coffee while we wait?"
"Sure, it's been a long night." Jeff sat at the table and I had the idea he'd been here before. It made me wonder. As I searched for sugar I heard a chuckle. "Sugar is in that big blue canister there." Jeff pointed it out and now I knew he had been here before. A lot.
I handed him a cup of coffee and I found some creamer in the fridge. I sat it on the table as I sat down. Sophie emerged before either of us could talk. She was dressed in a black tank top, jeans and her boots. Her wet blonde hair was brushed and framed her beautiful face. I knew I was a lucky man for even getting a chance to date her.
…...
Sophie POV
I watched as Jeff dusted something on my car to see if there were any finger prints. "The ones I see look small so they're probably yours but I'll take one or to with me to the lab just to make sure." Jeff tossed me a pair of gloves. "Look and see if there's anything else missing."
So I went through my glove box, my stack of car related papers. Everything else was there. It was just my picture was missing. But of course that's what hit the hardest. My pictures of my grandmother was one of the last things I had of her besides a few items I had of hers. He knew they were important to me, he knew what would get to me and what wouldn't. "Nothing else is missing. Just that picture." I told him sighing.
"It has personal meaning to you. That's why he used it." Jeff said, disgusted then laid a hand on my shoulder. "And your car alarm I'm sure went off but you have no close neighbors so no one would have really heard it going off. Looks like he possibly snipped some wires in there to cut it off."
"You do live awfully far out here by yourself." Kit commented with a look around the land surrounding the house. It wasn't my landlord's, it was a farmer's in town. "Where's your closest neighbor?"
"A mile up the road. It's an older man who lives by himself." Kit and Jeff both looked at each other. "I know it's not great but when I moved out here, I wanted to be by myself and not have lot of neighbors."
"Well why don't you go stay with Elise for the time being?" Jeff suggested. I shook my head so fast I got dizzy.
"There's no way I'm bringing Elise or Harlan into this. Steve is just going to keep escalating and I refuse to bring either one of them in danger." There was no way I'd bring Harlan into this.
"I don't think it's safe for you to stay here anymore." Jeff told me and I could hear the worry in his voice. We had known each other for years.
"The only thing he's done is break into my car." I pointed out.
"Yes but now we definitely know he knows where you live. Do you know how long it takes us to respond to here? At least fifteen minutes." Jeff crossed his arms. I knew Brad would agree with him about not staying here.
"Well I can't break my lease and I can't afford two rent payments." I protested. "I still have four months left in my lease."
Jeff sighed looking tired. "We'll figure something out for you." He packed up all his stuff and then left, telling me Brad or him would call the minute they knew anything at all. The morning sun was just starting to come up and I was exhausted.
"I think maybe both of us should go in here," Kit gestured towards the house. "And try to get some more sleep."
I smiled. "I think that sounds like a great idea." Kit followed me into the house. "I only have one bedroom." I said blushing.
"That's okay, your couch looks very comfortable." Kit grinned at me. I got him some blankets and pillows so he could set himself up on the couch.
"It is." I yawned. "I have to meet my boss around ten so I'll probably set my alarm for nine."
"Okay, I'll leave for my house around then." Kit pulled his boots off and tried to get comfortable.
"Well I'll be in the bedroom if you need anything." I said backing away. Kit gave an "okay" gesture. I went into the room and remembered to text Randy about the meeting and that the store was closed. I told him I'd explain at the meeting. Then I fell into a deep sleep.
I groaned a little over two hours later when my alarm went off. I was still exhausted. Hopefully we could get done with the meeting and I could go back to sleep at some point. I walked out of the room and saw Kit was still asleep. I warmed up the coffee and poured myself a cup. I had just sat the cup down when I was spun around and Kit pressed his lips down on mine. By the end of the kiss, I was breathless.
"Um, well, good morning." I breathlessly said to him as he grinned at me. His hands were on my hips.
"You look really good in these jeans." Kit kissed me again. "And you're just so beautiful." I blushed and put my head on his shoulder once he stopped kissing me.
"I'd say you know how to brighten a girl's day." I laughed and Kit grinned.
"That laugh is music to my ears right now." Kit grabbed my hand. "The fact that I can make you laugh during this stressful time makes me very happy."
"Well keep kissing me like that and I'm sure you could make me very happy." I laughed again as he tried to kiss me and I kept him back. "I was kidding!"
"As much as I hate to say this, I should probably head home to shower." Kit leaned his forehead against mine. "Text me when you can. Maybe we can hang again sometime this weekend."
I nodded. "Yeah, I don't know if we're opening today but I'll definitely text you." After one more brief kiss, Kit left. I spun around in the kitchen feeling giddy. I missed this. I missed feeling this happy after a good first date and feeling hopeful for the next one. I really couldn't wait to see where this was headed.
…...
Steve POV
I watched as the man at Sophie's drove away in his truck. She hadn't been home all night, she had been with him. Getting to be a little bit more of an "easy" girl since I left. I had waited two years for her to sleep with me. This man got lucky on the first date. I had first thought she wasn't home from her date yet when the car alarm kept going off and no lights turned on, no Sophie came out. Then that stupid man from the store drives up with her this morning in his truck.
I watched as she vacuumed the glass off the seat of her car. She was getting ready to leave again. Where was she going now?
…...
Sophie POV
Elise picked up and drove me to Brad's house so I could borrow a car off of him. "Thanks again." I said as I held the keys to his old Ford bronco. Brad looked at it sadly.
"Just be nice to it." He pleaded. I laughed and rolled my eyes along with Elise.
"Brad it'll be fine." I got in and drove to Mr. Robert's house. Randy was already there. After knocking, I opened the door. Jim, Linda, and Randy were all in the living room. Randy handed me a coffee and a box of donuts.
"How are you?" Linda asked gently. I shrugged.
"I'm okay as I can be I guess." My voice wavered a tiny bit. "My car window is busted out and some wires are cut so my car had to go into the shop."
Randy and Jim both shook their heads disgustedly. "So much to go through just to mess with someone." Randy sounded like he just couldn't believe Steve was going through all this to get to me.
"He thinks it's worth it. It's a lot of the same antics as before." I said, talking about before he had went to jail. "I'm trying really hard not to let any of this get to me."
Linda reached over and grabbed my hand. "Let us know if we can do anything for you Sweetheart. We'll do anything we can to help you."
"Me too." Randy agreed. I felt such happiness at my little work family. We were so close and bonded so well.
"Thanks guys. It means a lot to me." I smiled at all of them. "Unfortunately there's not much anyone can do besides the cops and a judge. I really need to find solid proof of what he's doing. Yes he's shown up at the store but it's a public, popular place so that's kind of out. This break-in the person is completely covered..he just is being more careful this time."
"We'll figure something out." Jim patted my shoulder. "If you and Randy wouldn't mind, I'd like you both to come with me to the store so we can get the repairman in to fix the door and maybe we can get a deputy from Darton to come out and see about a no trespass order for Steve."
So we said goodbye to Linda and headed to the store. We all pulled in at the same time and as we got out of our cars, I was amazed at the sight of seeing Kit and Quinn at the door of the store. There was a new door in place and Kit was putting tools back in a tool box.
"Kit?" I said in surprise. Kit looked up with a "got caught" smile. Quinn stood up
"Hey there Sophie, Randy." Kit nodded towards my co-worker. "You must be Mr. Roberts." Kit held out his hand.
"You must be Kit Ely, rodeo star." Jim smiled. "Bronc rider right?"
"Yes Sir. Well used to be, now I'm a ranch hand." Kit grinned at me then gestured towards the door. "I knew about the break-in and saw the door. Thought it'd be the nice thing to do and save you the cost of a repairman if I came out and fixed it."
I bit back my big smile. I couldn't believe Kit did this! How sweet of him and how nice! I felt very happy on the inside. Randy and I exchanged a happy grin together. "Well thank you Kit, that is so nice of you!" Jim shook both of their hands. "You too...?" Mr. Roberts trailed off as he shook Quinn's hand.
"Quinn." I supplied for him. Quinn gave me a quick smile.
"Thank you too, Quinn." Mr. Roberts had them follow us inside. "Sophie ring these boys up a twenty dollar gift card each. Go ahead and write it off." Both of them protested. Jim waved them off. "Non-sense! You saved me a forty dollar fee for the repairman just to come out—on a Saturday no less—and probably a hundred or more dollar fee to replace the door."
I went to the register and rung out the gift cards. I stuck the receipt in my pocket so I could write it off and handed Quinn and Kit their gift cards. "Maybe yours could go towards one of those cross-bows you were eying up the other day." I gently bumped into Kit with my shoulder.
"Maybe. Hunting season will be here before too long." Kit said with a smile.
"Yeah, that's always fun." I smiled back. Kit's eyebrows raised.
"You hunt?"
I nodded. "Uh duh. I work in an outdoors/hunting store. I also fish, have a little bit of an obsession with rifles and shooting them...paintball is pretty fun too but no one ever plays with me anymore." I mock glared towards Randy.
"You know what, I think I still have a mark from where you shot me last time!" Randy protested. I chuckled a bit.
"You were my opponent, was I not supposed to shoot you?" I put my hands on my hips. Randy just jokingly made a cross sign and backed away. I burst out laughing as he did. "Randy, stop!"
"Why don't you two get busy and start pulling signs? What do I pay you for?" Jim teased but we both knew he loved our antics. "I'm gonna go ahead and get the drawers. We might as well stay open now. You two pull signs, I'll work the register." Jim paused. "Around lunch time we'll close up for a bit and call Darton's sheriff department about that no trespass order."
I gave Kit a hug as Jim and Randy walked away. "Thank you so much for the door. That was really great of you."
Kit shrugged as if it was no big deal. "Just being nice."
"Well I'm gonna get to work, you two are free to look around." I gestured to all the aisles and shelves. Quinn headed for the some of the hunting apparel and Kit grabbed my arm before I left.
"Who is the trespassing order for?" Kit asked quietly as some customers walked in and started talking to Jim. Probably asking about the break-in, news got around in a small town.
"Steve." I smiled a bit victorious. "Jim said he's gonna get one put on him so he can't come and harass me at work anymore."
Kit shared my joy. "That's great! Now you don't have to worry about him showing up here all the time."
"I know it's great." I glanced towards the aisles. I really needed to get to work. "But I've really got to get to work now so I'll shoot you a text later, okay?" Kit pushed me back out of the customer's and Jim's sight so he could kiss me.
"Okay beautiful. I'll be waiting." Kit winked and then went off to find Quinn. I tried to hold back my grin as Randy rolled a cart to me and wiggled his eyebrows. Maybe this day wasn't going to be totally horrible.
…...
Need PS book purchase suggestions—Read at very bottom of long AN for details!
A/N: Hey readers! I hope you're happy with your update and I'll try to get another chapter up soon. I'll be updating my stories every few days/weekly now, I seem to be getting into a rhythm. I just updated a few Phantom Stallion stories like Juliet's Moon(3/14), Mine(3/10), Jillian's Miracle(3/9), and Savannah's Journey(Twice! 3/3). I also updated my Criminal Minds Story, Stronger Than I'll Ever Be(3/12). I have also started a new story but won't be posting it unless there's interest. It's a Phantom Stallion: Wild Horse Island story. I went into the story category for PS: WHI and there isn't too many stories so I didn't know if there would be an interest or not. I have a poll on my profile that you can vote for it to be posted or not. I wouldn't post it until I had multiple chapters done(at least 3) or until I was done Ripped Pictures.
And talking about Ripped Pictures, I am really trying to get a chapter up for you RP readers! I'm struggling a bit. (sigh). I go back and re-read it before I try to write to put myself back into the world of Belle and Quinn and it's just hard. I really( I think anyways) have come a long way from that first story and I don't like some of what I wrote in RP lol..I've been thinking about re-writing it over to fix all my mistakes(and to better my writing) but figure my readers would kill me! Haha. Maybe I'll do that after it's finished. It's been going on six years now that I've been writing it so hopefully by May/June I can have it finished and have awhile before I start on the sequel(if the readers want one).
You know it's interesting because I've been re-reading my Phantom Stallion books(the ones I can find) and PS: WHI books(I've been loving how much Kit is in them and I've really fallen back in love with Wild Horse Island! I am determined now to visit Hawaii one day lol) . I've finding little mistakes that I am going to have to correct in my stories. Like Mrs. Allen's daughter's name(and Gabe's Mom) is Cynthia. I didn't know she had a name til I re-read book sixteen. And if you read #14, Moonrise, you can find one mistake of Terri's. It says that Chocolate Chip is Bryan's horse..when every other book says it's Quinn's horse. Haha. And did you ever notice Nike is sometimes there and sometimes not? Like it'll say that's the horse that Pepper rides and then it says Pepper usually rides Jeep? Idk. And does it ever mention a real name for Pepper? I saw Peter once in the books but never again. But I don't think Terri mentions it.
I'm debating about another PS book to buy(I lost almost all of them, I have 1, 9, 14, 19, 20 and 24 left). Any suggestions on which book I should buy? I actually just bought 20 and 24. I bought 24 because it's exciting and Kit is involved and I needed that for my story. I bought 20 because you get to know Ross more in that book. Is Pepper more involved in any of them other than book 9? What is the most interesting one?
Oh and I read on Wikipedia that Terri recently announced that she had signed a 16 book contract and released upcoming titles...will this be a part of Wild Horse Island series? Does anyone know anything about this?
Oh and I'm in the process of setting up a photobucket account with all the people I chose as my characters into albums for each story so soon I should have a link for you all to see my characters for each and every story!
Sorry about my rambling! I'll stop writing this AN now! Enjoy your chapter and review please!
Thanks for reading! -Quinnandseth'sgirl15