Heart Of Evil

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“Are you okay, Ashley?” he asked.

“I’m fine. The light is playing tricks, that’s all. I thought I saw a Confederate soldier at the window. Toby Keaton does workshops and tours on the real workings of a sugar plantation over there. We do the Civil War—keeps me sending tourists to him, and him sending them to Donegal Plantation,” she said. Would she have told the truth if Jake were here? Jake, who seemed to know what the dead were saying.

“You have Charles Osgood on your mind,” Justin said.

“I do. I can’t help it.”

They rode along the bayou for a while, and then Ashley led them around the second trail to head back to the house. The girls chattered the whole time.

Justin nudged Jeff and the horse trotted up next to Ashley again. “I know you were hoping to find Charles,” he said.

“I am worried, Justin, really worried,” she said.

“He’ll show up. But let him know how worried you were. That will make him feel good,” Justin told her.

Ashley offered him a smile. “Sure, thanks.”

Back at the stable, Ashley tried to keep her mind busy, letting the girls help her with the saddles and bridle and tack. She taught them how to groom their horses.

As she put away the last of the brushes, Justin strode over to her. “Great. Now Jeanine doesn’t want a puppy anymore. She wants a horse.”