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Quote:Amelia looked toward the tent, hearing Lola. Her brows came together curiously.Lola let the curtain fall and went to the back wall crying.
Sara nodded, and did so.
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Jessup ushered her away. "Go down to the lake and wash up. I need to get things ready for you."
Chester moved forward as well, and the bull, snorting, trotted grudgingly into the pen. Chester bolted forward and secured the latch. "Thank you very much!" he said, his breathing hard. "He's always been a tough one."
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Amelia nodded, and tentatively headed down the path. She hoped no one else would be there..
"You're welcome," Sara nodded. She, too, was out of breath, but glad that they'd gotten the bull in the pen.
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Jessup then went inside. "Lola?"
"You are taking her as a wife aren't you?" She kept her back to him her voice cracking.
"I'm going to see if she works for me." Jessup placed a hand on her shoulder. "But even if I do, Lola, understand that I'll always love you the most." He kissed her lips gently.
Lola turned her head away. "You say that so I will still make you pie. I am still just your house mare. Maybe I love you.. Didn't you ever think about that? And you hit me when I first came, now you are all sweet with her, you want her. I am just handy... go have fun with your wench." Lola was deeply hurt and upset. "I will stay where I belong.. in the corner."
Jessup held her arm so that she wouldn't go. "Was I not kind to you? Lola, I don't love her. I'm protecting her from the other stallions who will beat her like my brother."
"You have been kind... and no I don't want to see her suffer. But will you be protecting every mare now? By taking them as a wife that you 'don't love'. If you really care you would send her back to her home. I am just your house mare and no where near as pretty as that mare. You'll find others and your lips won't find time for mine anymore, and they will become your favorites. I will still be washing clothes, and picking berries, and making pies while you ignore me and they will have your foals and I will have my pies." Lola could not look him in the eyes. Hers were full of hurt and jealousy. "She is waiting for you all pretty and clean. Have fun saving her."
(this will be interesting)
Amelia turned bright red, hearing Lola's words. "Shoot, aready someone hates me." she mumbled in a soft whisper. She waited for Jessup to call her.
Owl.

(( Jessup is definitely gonna need to die soon... ))
"Lola, you just don't understand. You don't know what I know about this place. I can't leave; after I confided in you about my father, do you honestly think that I haven't tried?" Jessup's gaze wasn't manipulative or clouded at all; he was being genuinely honest. "Lola, I don't ignore you. I love you. And if it makes you happy, I won't even touch her. I wasn't planning on mating her."
(Really? Why?)
Amelia's hooves shifted uncomfortably outside the tent.
(( He's a jerk ))
Jessup sighed, and poked his head back out to Amelia. "Amelia, you can come in." He glanced at Lola. "You two meet each other, and be nice."