had gone during the surgery? Why did she leave town instead of sticking up for herself and fighting?
Those three questions would give her book a massive boost if she could get them answered. She was feeling anxious about tomorrow knowing that she might have come all this way for nothing. She put her notebook away as Julia brought her plate of food over.
Ashley brought her bill up to the counter and paid. “I have one more question for you,” she said to the waitress.
“What's that?” Julia asked.
“Do you know of any cheap hotels around here?” she asked, hoping that there was one that wasn't too far away.
“A few minutes down the road from the Horse Riding Academy. Probably ten minutes past it.”
“Thank you so much for all your help.”
Ashley pulled out of the diner and heading south once again looking for a sign for the horse riding school. There it is. It was a rustic looking sign with The Pueblo Riding Academy carved into the wood. She looked down the winding dirt road. She could just about make out a barn at the bottom of the hill. She didn’t want to cause any suspicion in case Sara saw her car and wondered who was showing up so late at night. She would make her surprise visit the next morning.
Now that she knew where it was, she continued on the main road to find the hotel that Julia had said was just a little ways further on.
She found The Late Night Inn easily enough. She didn’t care how much it cost because it was just down the road from where she needed to be.
The receptionist took her credit card and charged it $40 for the night. She got the key card and brought her small duffel bag up to the room. Ashley opened the door and saw that the room wasn’t much bigger than a closet.
“It'll due for tonight,” she whispered to herself as she pulled the covers back and put her bag on the floor beside the bed.
Ashley had forgotten to close the curtains in her room last night so once the sun came up at six-thirty she was awake and wishing she could go back to sleep.
“Another hour would've been great.” She glared at the sun as it creeped further into her room. Thinking that she was going to have a busy day she got up and headed for the shower.
Coming out of the bathroom with black slacks, her comfortable heels and a white tank top that fit her well she got dressed and put on her black blazer.
Ashley smiled as Pueblo Horse Riding Academy came into view. In the morning light it was easier to see where she was going. She turned left onto the dirt and pulled up in front of a large red barn. She wondered if she had come to early but then she saw a woman fixing the fence that ran along the dirt road to the side of the barn.
“Hello.” The woman looked up from the fence she was working on to greet her.
“Good morning,” Ashley said, shutting the car door and walking up to the fence to talk to her.
“Are you looking to get some horseback riding lessons today?” she asked Ashley.
Ashley looked at her for a moment, noticing how attractive she was. Ashley had a secret that she kept for everyone including her family. She was into women. She knew that her family wouldn't be impressed so she kept it to herself. Jason didn't even know that she was a lesbian.
Ashley looked at her long brown hair pulled back in a ponytail and saw that her jeans and shirt were dirty, probably from working all morning around the barn. Her eyes were a beautiful hazel and they seemed to look into Ashley's soul.
“Uh, no. Not today anyway,” Ashley answered.
“What can I help you with then?” she asked brushing some hair that had come loose from her ponytail out of her eyes.
“I was hoping to be able to talk with Sara D'Angelo for a moment or two. Is she around?” Ashley asked, hoping this woman couldn’t tell she was being completely checked out.
“I'm sorry but you missed her by a few
Those three questions would give her book a massive boost if she could get them answered. She was feeling anxious about tomorrow knowing that she might have come all this way for nothing. She put her notebook away as Julia brought her plate of food over.
Ashley brought her bill up to the counter and paid. “I have one more question for you,” she said to the waitress.
“What's that?” Julia asked.
“Do you know of any cheap hotels around here?” she asked, hoping that there was one that wasn't too far away.
“A few minutes down the road from the Horse Riding Academy. Probably ten minutes past it.”
“Thank you so much for all your help.”
Ashley pulled out of the diner and heading south once again looking for a sign for the horse riding school. There it is. It was a rustic looking sign with The Pueblo Riding Academy carved into the wood. She looked down the winding dirt road. She could just about make out a barn at the bottom of the hill. She didn’t want to cause any suspicion in case Sara saw her car and wondered who was showing up so late at night. She would make her surprise visit the next morning.
Now that she knew where it was, she continued on the main road to find the hotel that Julia had said was just a little ways further on.
She found The Late Night Inn easily enough. She didn’t care how much it cost because it was just down the road from where she needed to be.
The receptionist took her credit card and charged it $40 for the night. She got the key card and brought her small duffel bag up to the room. Ashley opened the door and saw that the room wasn’t much bigger than a closet.
“It'll due for tonight,” she whispered to herself as she pulled the covers back and put her bag on the floor beside the bed.
Ashley had forgotten to close the curtains in her room last night so once the sun came up at six-thirty she was awake and wishing she could go back to sleep.
“Another hour would've been great.” She glared at the sun as it creeped further into her room. Thinking that she was going to have a busy day she got up and headed for the shower.
Coming out of the bathroom with black slacks, her comfortable heels and a white tank top that fit her well she got dressed and put on her black blazer.
Ashley smiled as Pueblo Horse Riding Academy came into view. In the morning light it was easier to see where she was going. She turned left onto the dirt and pulled up in front of a large red barn. She wondered if she had come to early but then she saw a woman fixing the fence that ran along the dirt road to the side of the barn.
“Hello.” The woman looked up from the fence she was working on to greet her.
“Good morning,” Ashley said, shutting the car door and walking up to the fence to talk to her.
“Are you looking to get some horseback riding lessons today?” she asked Ashley.
Ashley looked at her for a moment, noticing how attractive she was. Ashley had a secret that she kept for everyone including her family. She was into women. She knew that her family wouldn't be impressed so she kept it to herself. Jason didn't even know that she was a lesbian.
Ashley looked at her long brown hair pulled back in a ponytail and saw that her jeans and shirt were dirty, probably from working all morning around the barn. Her eyes were a beautiful hazel and they seemed to look into Ashley's soul.
“Uh, no. Not today anyway,” Ashley answered.
“What can I help you with then?” she asked brushing some hair that had come loose from her ponytail out of her eyes.
“I was hoping to be able to talk with Sara D'Angelo for a moment or two. Is she around?” Ashley asked, hoping this woman couldn’t tell she was being completely checked out.
“I'm sorry but you missed her by a few
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