Willow Creek Ranch: Arabian Challenge

Chapter 7: Those Magic Words

"Never! I won't let her go!" He says to Chase. To me he whispers, "you'd better say you love me, or else, I'll hurt you and him."

"Let her go." Chase growls.

"She said she loved me. More than she loves you. Right Amanda?" He asks me.

I can't say I love him. But what if he hurts Chase? Oh, I'll just play along with him so he doesn't hurt Chase.

"Is that true Amanda?" Chase asks looking hurt.

"Yes it is." I say and I look down.

"Get away from me. I don't want to see you." Chase says. He winks at me.

I knee Chandler where the sun doesn't shine and run into Chase's arms. He hugs me close. I start crying.

"I was so scared!" I say as I cry.

"It's going to be al right." He says as he hugs me. Meanwhile, Chandler gets up and starts walking toward us. I back up into Chase's chest and stare at Chandler in fright.

"Get out of here!" Chase says rather loudly.

"I'll be back." He growls and smirks at me.

When he left, I turned around and sobbed into Chase's arms.

"I won't let him hurt you. Don't worry." Chase says. He kisses the top of my head.

"Let's go to the house." He says. I nod.

When we got to the house:

Chase sat me down but I clung to his arm and said, "Don't let go of me!"

So he sat down with me.

"Do you want to go in your bed?" Chase asks.

"Just don't let me go." I whisper.

"Ok." He says. He picks me up and brings me over to my bed. He lays me down and sits on a chair and holds my hand.

I turn so I'm facing him. He brushes my hair away from my face and smiles.

"I love you." I say.

"I love you too." He says.