“Rude.” Sanders warned to the dismissive horse, though he had enjoyed watching the riding instructor get snubbed again. The twang in her accent had come across particularly strong for a moment which drew a big smiled from the cowboy. Something about southern accents always warmed him up.
Akiko seemed in her usual mood again after her lesson. Right back to playfully sassing him about this or that and running off again. He liked the familiar way Akiko was with him. Though he was her father, he also felt a kind of freedom to be a friend to her. She had almost no responsibilities while she stayed with him that he had to enforce. And the well-behaved child needed little enforcement in anything. Which left them to enjoy one another’s company without the usual tensions that existed between teen and parent. He knew things were not the same with her mother.
“Yes she does.” Sanders agreed with Loch’s assessment of Akiko’s energy. “Colorado sunshine does that to people.” The ever present smile remained as he debated on confiding in Loch the changes he witnessed in Akiko from the time she arrived to him at the beginning of the summer to the time she left him at the end. Something about the ranch left her full of herself. Something about California returned her to him needing to be recharged.
Loch’s change of subject was along that vein so Sanders held the thought for the moment. “No of course not. No problem at all.” He reassured Loch that she wasn’t offending him with the topic. “My life is an open book.” He said sarcastically, not meaning to chide Loch, but rather referring to the fact that it was difficult for him to deny his situation when Akiko’s mother had already embarrassed them with her phone call during their first lesson.
He pursed his lips unable to hide his disappointment with her information. “Oh.” This news was not something he would enjoy breaking to Akiko. “She goes back to California the second week in August.” He walked away from Loch a few paces shaking his head as he mumbled something about another disappointment for Akiko thanks to Dawn.
“I’ll talk to her. I can’t imagine she would want to quit her lessons.” He turned back towards the riding instructor trying to assure her. “This is for her though. So ultimately, I’ll leave it up to Akiko to decide if she wants to keep on without being able to compete. I know she was kind of … excited about that part of all this.”
He continued to move towards the barn door, turning to his side to wait for her to catch up to him.
Akiko seemed in her usual mood again after her lesson. Right back to playfully sassing him about this or that and running off again. He liked the familiar way Akiko was with him. Though he was her father, he also felt a kind of freedom to be a friend to her. She had almost no responsibilities while she stayed with him that he had to enforce. And the well-behaved child needed little enforcement in anything. Which left them to enjoy one another’s company without the usual tensions that existed between teen and parent. He knew things were not the same with her mother.
“Yes she does.” Sanders agreed with Loch’s assessment of Akiko’s energy. “Colorado sunshine does that to people.” The ever present smile remained as he debated on confiding in Loch the changes he witnessed in Akiko from the time she arrived to him at the beginning of the summer to the time she left him at the end. Something about the ranch left her full of herself. Something about California returned her to him needing to be recharged.
Loch’s change of subject was along that vein so Sanders held the thought for the moment. “No of course not. No problem at all.” He reassured Loch that she wasn’t offending him with the topic. “My life is an open book.” He said sarcastically, not meaning to chide Loch, but rather referring to the fact that it was difficult for him to deny his situation when Akiko’s mother had already embarrassed them with her phone call during their first lesson.
He pursed his lips unable to hide his disappointment with her information. “Oh.” This news was not something he would enjoy breaking to Akiko. “She goes back to California the second week in August.” He walked away from Loch a few paces shaking his head as he mumbled something about another disappointment for Akiko thanks to Dawn.
“I’ll talk to her. I can’t imagine she would want to quit her lessons.” He turned back towards the riding instructor trying to assure her. “This is for her though. So ultimately, I’ll leave it up to Akiko to decide if she wants to keep on without being able to compete. I know she was kind of … excited about that part of all this.”
He continued to move towards the barn door, turning to his side to wait for her to catch up to him.
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