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Caleb set aside his fork and said, “The reason Sam missed dinner, which I didn’t tell you about, is because he had some extra work to do He spent the better half of the day ements for a new horse”

Saet away for dinner after you left the stable”

Sky looked at Caleb “Why would you keep this from me?”

“It’s a particularly bad case,” Reese explained “Caleb only just barely started to tell me about it and I just… I couldn’t listen anyht be best if you didn’t know about it at all”

Sky’s stomach roiled at the obviously dire situation She pushed her plate away “But you guys will fix him up, so…?”

Sah his slice, either

Not a good sign co from a dessert man

He said to Sky, “Just like soht away about me, darlin’, I saw immediately how attached you become to the horses at the ranch Fortunately, all of our current ones are on the road to recovery This new one, though… Well, he’s in real bad shape We ht not be able to save him”

“What?” Her heart fractured—and she hadn’t even met the horse yet

In a soht have to put him down”

“I knew you’d be upset,” Reese told her “So I asked Caleb to not say anything”

“Well, I’lanced around the table

“True,” Sam concurred, “but it would be best if you and Reese stayed away fro him in from Austin Trust me, you don’t want to see this one, darlin’”

Caleb added, “I have an arrangement with a vet who takes on our more difficult cases and stabilizes them before they come to us He’s done all he can, and h

e needs the space freed up in his facility So we’re going to take on the horse and see if we can improve his condition”