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"I agree," Jack tells Mr Winchester, and Abby swoons so hard I’o back into the kitchen to get another bottle of wine and a breadbasket When I reenter the dining rooo to a faoes on "I want somebody ill treat it as his own and take care of it"

"Yes, sir," Jack says, sneaking a glance at his father Mr Goodwin’s face is stoic, un

"Honor is important, wouldn’t you say?" Mr Winchester asks as he shakes his glass, rattling the ice I can’t believe a irls like shit

Jack looks up atat ether

"I remember when I met your father," Mr Winchester says to Jack "It was athow much he loved Churchill Downs and hoanted to own his own racetrack I liked that And that’s why I’ to entertain your faasp Mr Goodwin and Jack sit there with impassive looks on their faces, quintessential businessmen

So the business deal is that Mr Goodants to buy a co my own horse and they want to buy an entire track? Is this why Jack has to suck up to Abby Winchester all the time?

What if Mr Winchester wants Abby to marry Jack, so they can keep Paradise Park in the faers and points at his wine glass After I’ve refilled his glass, he doesn’t thankhis lower lip Perv

The Winchesters are the epitome of rich people

How do the maids serve people like these assholes all the ti my memory box out from my top dresser drawer, open the lid, and pull out a weathered envelope that’s spotted yelloith age Before she died, ive it to me on my sixteenth birthday

She toldI want if I work hard enough, that I can go down in history

I needed to hear those words after everything that happened today

All I can think about are Marcus’s eyes staring down ood enough for hi bad happens to you, you can never forget about it no matter howMoonshadow, I cried and begged Dad to find a way to buy her so she could stay with roomed her after Moonshadow took care of ot sold I was her hoh Mr Cates said Moonshadoasn’t worth the cost of grain to feed her, Dad still couldn’t afford to buy her

And then she was gone and later I heard what happened to her…

I shakemy eyes shut

These terrible memories are branded in oes cold and clao back in time and demand that Mr Cates keep Moonshadow, tell hi as it takes to save her

Before I knohat I’ out of Hillcrest in the direction of Greenbriar, ripping through the cool night air At the barn, I light a lantern and ht A pair of brilliant brown eyes ue, and then he’s right there besidethe bad e of Pace

"You can do better than that! That was complete shit, Barrow Complete shit!"

Gael shouts atlike crazy I steer Star over to the the dirt

"Shut up, Gael You know that was perfect" Dad shakes his head at hs "What wasood"

"You hear that, buddy?" I say, rubbing the colt’s sweaty neck Star pins his ears and snorts when Dad reaches out to rub his nose

My father laughs and shoves the colt’s face away fro so well You were a brat just like him when you were a toddler"

I smile as Star jerks his head around He swishes his tail back and forth

"Let’s get you soe hireen Rolex clock On the way to the barns, I see Jack standing with his father His dad writes in a notebook while Jack yawns and checks his watch Neither of the used to the rapport I have with the horse We’re last week’s news

This week’s news is whether Star can get his first win today here at Keeneland He’s running in The Dogwood, a race for horses that haven’t wonhis breeding and all our hard work The purse is 85,000 This should be easy peasy, considering hoell he’s run in the past week

An outrider on an Appaloosa pony co up to me She smiles and pats Star’s neck as the pony and Star sniff each other

"He’s a beautiful horse," the wo Star sers, acting silly He nickers and nuzzles her thigh "A flirt too, huh?"

My eyes narrow "Not usually"

"Good luck today," the outrider says to Star, and I squeeze the horse’s girth with both heels to move us toward the barn

I roo about today Keeneland is a beautiful track--it’s near the Maker’s Mark distillery, and it’s nestled in the reen hills you’ve ever seen Scotland can kiss Lexington’s ass, that’s for sure

In his job as acting owner of Cedar Hill, Jack entered Lucky Strikes in a race called The Fort Harrod, which has a purse of half aabout it, and it’s clear he wants to i wins

About half an hour before Star’s race, Bryant Townsend co As soon as he steps inside, the horse charges him