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‘Then, will you please stop talking to the horse,’ Danny co here while you run your equine counselling service’

‘Here—’ Lizzie tossed a tube of mints across for Danny to catch

‘Do you think we’ll evera handful ofto doubt he exists’

‘We know he exists,’ Lizzie said sensibly, wishing Danny hadn’t brought up the subject of Chico Fernandez ‘He piloted the plane that brought us here’

‘So, where is he?’ Danny demanded

‘I don’t know I’m in no hurry to see him Are you?’

‘Liar,’ Danny accused ‘Your face has pinked up, and your eyes are huge I’ into any further anatomical detail on the basis that it wouldn’t be appropriate between friends But, honestly, Lizzie, please don’t ask me to believe that you’re not eaten up with exciteain’

‘That’s where you’re wrong I bla else’ Which was also a lie, but Danny didn’t need to know that

‘I remember,’ Dannybut having a life with horses, just like hi ranch,’ she exclaimed

Lizzie faked a laugh, wishing she could join in Danny’s upbeaton Fazenda Fernandez had surpassed her wildest expectation, and she was more determined than ever to excel and pass her diploma with top honours, but when it came to Chico

‘Suck him dry, Lizzie, and then take his ideas back to Scotland, so you can use them to set up in competition and destroy him’

She didn’t hate Chico as much as her father wished she did In fact, she didn’t hate him at all, but she did feel disillusioned by him She couldn’t even blauessed Serena would be the instigator Would Chico force himself on her mother? No Would he rape her? Absolutely not But Lizzie’s mother was still a very attractive woman, and Chico had always been a free spirit But he could have been straight with her instead of prodean House, and then disappearing without a word

‘Share your thoughts,’ Danny insisted, crunching mints noisily as she sprawled out on the hay

Not a chance, Lizzie thought ruefully In this instance, she wouldn’t be confiding in her friend ‘Hang up the tack forafterherself, Lizzie started to peel off her breeches and claggy top She relished the freedo for her jeans ‘The heat, when you’ve been working as hard as we have, certainly takes it out of you’

‘It’s not the only thing that’s hot,’ Danny observed with mischief in her voice

‘Theher arht copper hair up into a band

Danny opened an eye ‘Don’t pretend you haven’t noticed theauchos are off-the-scale hot, while the polo players are like gilt-edged invitations to sin’

‘Really?’ Lizzie’s lips pressed down ‘I can’t say I’ve noticed’