❥ ℛℯ𝒸𝓀𝓁ℯ𝓈𝓈 𝓁ℴ𝓋ℯ ❥ •𝖦𝗂𝗅𝖻𝖾𝗋𝗍 𝖡𝗅𝗒𝗍𝗁𝖾•

•𝒯𝓌ℯ𝓃𝓉𝓎-𝒻𝒾𝓋ℯ•

AMYBELLA WAS WALKING TO THE
paddock with Abraxas, mumbling and sinking in her thoughts.

„Amybella McCurthy." she heard a voice calling her name. She turned around and spotted Billy Andrews.

"Billy?" She asked confused, then it dawned on her and her gaze hardened. She let her stallion into the paddock and closed the gate.

"You're looking better. Your face isn't sly anymore." She commented and turned around with a confident look on her face.

"My father sent me. Heard Blythe is proposing to someone else?" He knew very well that it hurt the girl, when he said that.

"My father is giving you another chance you know. It's very generous of him to do that!.. at all. I think it's mostly out of pity." Bella laughed at the boy.

"Pity? I'd rather kiss the dirt and stay poor forever than put up with YOU and your FAMILY." He approached her.

"Careful. Your reputation is already under attack anyway. You don't wanna end like Josie-.." his eyes darted down and up to shy Bella away.

A sharp sound filled the air before Billy flinched and held his red cheek in pain.

"Don't you dare.. THREATEN me! Andrews!" Billy got angry and made another step towards her and grabbed her arm.

"Who do you think you are, orphan?!" he was suddenly pulled off the girl and shoved to the ground.
Bella spotted blond hair and soon after that the tensed face of Cole.

"I say you go now." The boy said with a much deeper voice than Bella remembered from him. He looked down at Billy, who was seemingly shocked about Cole's appearance. His jaw was tense, his hands clenched into fists. The last time Billy had seen him was when Cole was much skinnier and weaker.
Billy got to his feet, intimidated by his size and probably because the last time Billy had messed with Cole, his ear had almost been blown off, so he left them alone and went off.

"You blew your chance!" he shouted, turning back a last time..

"GET OUT ANDREWS!" Bella looked at Cole, then back at Billy, who was already gone.

"Bella-.." The boy said when Bella sank to her knees. She immediately felt two arms around her.

"Cole. Everything is going wrong." She said, devastated.

"Let's go inside. Come on!" The boy said and they went into the house. Bella calmed down quickly and made them some tea, then she hugged the blonde boy.

"What are you doing here? Sorry you had to greet me like that." Cole smiled.

"I was bored and wanted to see you! Find out if Gilbert has moved in yet!" Bella bowed her head.

"He's marrying someone else. She's offering him a great future. He'll be happy." She said shortly and gave him his tea.

"Yeah, aunt Jo told me. But how could he be happy without you?" said Cole. Bella shook her head.