Welcome to Hickstead, home to both Seven Oak Stables, and Blue Acre - two rival stables. Both offer opportunities for their clients to reach the highest level of excellence. Each stable differs from the other, so choose wisely and never forget, loyalty is everything... Meanwhile as the stables battle it out, there's trouble brewing at the university. Be careful, if you don't pick a side you may get caught in the cross-fire...
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April was about to begin and Kegan felt a bit caught off guard. It wasn't a bad thing, but it just made her realize how much time had passed. It also meant there were a few birthdays that were coming up if she was remembering correctly.
Birthdays were always celebrated while she was in Texas. There were no shared month celebrations, always on the day for someone - or close to it. It meant a lot of cake and fun- but it made the staff smile. She unfortunately hadn't done too much the first year, mainly from business and Kegan didn't know how people felt about it yet. But she did write small cards with a gift card.
As she mulled over her options, a knock at her office door reverberated through the room. Which meant that she didn't have enough decor in it yet.
“Come in,” Kegan said out loud as she gave a small glance at her calendar. No meetings so it was most likely a question from someone. None of her staff had become comfortable enough with her yet to just come say hi. Unless today was the start.
Lani was so happy that the weather was warming up, and she shoved her frozen hands into her pockets as she headed from the building she now lived in and toward her boss' house. When she'd first arrived at the ranch, and been given a home here, she had lived in a cabin, but that had changed when the ranch had sold and the new owner came in and Lani had found herself moved into a building that gave her a summer camp feel, just she was the only one at summer camp - which worked well for her, as she wasn't surrounded by other people's germs.
She knew that this meeting should have happened when the woman first took over, but Lani had been pushing it off as long as she could, and even when she wasn't feeling one hundred percent, she still did her best to keep up with her chores, and night classes, and everything else, so that it would keep Kegan's attention off her.
Pulling the bottle of decongestant nasal spray from her pocket, she used it to clear her nose before shoving it back into her pocket and drew in a deep breath before she lifted her hand and knocked on the woman's office door. She drew in a breath when she was given entrance, pulled up her big girl panties and opened the door. "Hi... Eh, good evening." She gave a nervous cough. "I'm Lani, thought I'd come and say hi, make sure everything's good."
Kegan looked up and smiled. “Nice to meet you Lani,” she said, fully aware of who she was already. Well, to the extent of what she overheard. It was a mix of good and bad, mainly complaints from former folks that she received special treatment from the old owner. “Come sit. You came at the right time.”
She didn’t necessarily want to trap Lani but might as well start her questioning process while she had the time. “You were here for a long time, correct? How are you fairing with the new changes?” Kegan got straight to the point
Lani smiled, as nice wasn't often a word used when people met her, but she wasn't going to talk about semantics. She took a set as she silently studied her new boss, trying to get a read of the woman, but she had never been one to be able to tell a lot about someone without seeing them work.
Her brow rose at the question, as she hadn't been here as long as others, and it wasn't like she was squatting, she worked just as hard as everyone else and picked up extra jobs if the herders needed an extra pair of hands, as getting her hands dirty was one thing she had never been afraid of. "I was thankful for the job offered, rather than being arrested for trespassing." She was thankful that she could think on her feet, and saying she was there to see if there was a job, when the old owner caught her taking photos of the horses, and it really could have gone either way. She shrugged at the second question. "I ebb and flow with the tide." She replied. "I've always been a go with the flow person." Part of her wondered if she was about to be dismissed, the old 'you work well, but you're just not what we need', speech. Things could get interesting if that were the case, as this job came with accomodation, and while the town didn't have a lack of barns to work in, she would also need somewhere to live, which would mean needing a second, if not a third, job.
