Hooves on the Heart: Book 1 Start of Steele

Chapter 1

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My face was plastered to the window as we pulled into our new long white gravel drive. There were tall oak trees towering over the driveway with a white fence running down the entire span of it. As we slowed to a stop in front of the big two-story farmhouse, the family piled out of the white truck and stood together awed at the sight of our new home. The house was a grey two-story ranch style farmhouse, with a wraparound porch. " Dibs on second biggest room!!!" Nathan my brother exclaimed taking off into the house. We all took off running into the house after him, the inside was just as beautiful as the outside. I took the stairs two at a time looking into each bedroom seeing which one felt like me. I finally stopped at the last room at the top of the stairs with the window facing the barn, and I knew this was it.

The barns exterior looked to have been built in the early 1900s with red paint and white trimming. I was super exited about checking out the interior of the barn tomorrow after we finished unpacking. The sound of footsteps entering my new room had me turn and face my father. I was grinning from ear to ear. " Somehow I new this would be the room you picked ," he chuckled. " I love it here ," I declared, walking over to embrace my dad in a hug. " Well Im glad you, Nathan and the twins love it . Looks like it is going to take Noel awhile to warm up to the place." he said, his smile falling a little. Noel my sister had been very popular and had many friends in school back in our old hometown of Louisville ,Kentucky. The fact we moved had caused her to get very upset and quiet the last few weeks. " She will get adjusted soon dad , It is just gonna take time for her to settle in." I stated . I stepped back from my dad , and watched as his smile came back full force. "You are right. O the reason why I came in here. We will be needing at least 10 good mares to get our breeding program off the ground and 5 two year olds to start on the track. The day after tomorrow I will be going to the big horse auction here in town.I have seen some promising horses in the auction catalog. Do you wanna go with me to pick out the horses? " he questioned. I jumped up and down clapping my hands in excitement. " Yes yes yes...." I declared . My father laughed heartily . " Ok we will be leaving the day after tomorrow early in the morning. Please finish unpacking your room and afterwards if you don't mind can you go out to the barn to get those stalls bedded down and ready for the new horses?" He questioned. " Yes sir." I replied. My father nodded as he walked out of my room and back down the stairs. Wow fifteen new horses, my family had never even owned one horse much less fifteen.

My dad's father Herald Fagan was a great legendary race horse trainer , and my dad got his trainers license from assisting him. At a race one day he met my mom walking through the stalls and checking out the horses. That day is when they started their courtship , and not long after my dad married her. He moved with my mom to Louisville Kentucky to train race horses on the track. One by one my parents had each one of us children, as we grew my dad gave us riding lessons and horses were in grained into our very beings . Helping ride, cleaning, and taking care of the horses was a big part of my life and I loved it.When my dad and mom finally sat us all down , and told us he had saved enough money to buy our own farm to raise and train race and rodeo horses we had all been ecstatic; Well except Noel. " Khloe quit daydreaming out that window and go help your siblings by getting your boxes out of the truck." my mom said standing in the doorway with her hand on her hip." Yes mam ," I replied taking off down the stairs. Nathan was in the truck handing out the boxes to my sisters which had their name on it. As soon as he saw me he laughed. " I thought you were never going to come and get your stuff, " he remarked. I smiled . " O shut up, " I replied. Nathan helped me set my boxes on the ground out of the back of the truck , and then we carried each one of them up to my room. " Ha figures you picked the room facing the barn." he declared. " Well of course." I smirked. The first box I unpacked were my figurines. I was know missing a dapple grey horse out of the lot , but it would always help me to remember my friend Charlotte.

I had not been popular like my sister had in school back in Louisville, I was a loner ; but one day I was reading a book on horses in the cafeteria when a new young girl with black hair walked in. She had seen what I had been reading and came over immediately. " I love horses. Hi my name is Charlotte. " she had said , holding out her hand for me to take. That was all it took and we immediately became fast friends,from then on we were attached at the hip. The unpacking took hours, but finally we were done . My mom had ordered pizza , and we all ate like we were starving . Soon we all went to bed , exhausted after a long day of moving. Laying down facing the wall , I let my mind wander imagining what it would be like if I could have my very own horse.