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Another Move Page 7
 'Why didn't we
just fly?' Katy grumbled to herself, basking in her depression. Since she was
next to the window, Katy could clearly see all the horses grazing and playing as
they rolled by. She watched for about forty minutes, counting up to two hundred
and fifty steeds of all types, sizes, and colors, but finally felt her eyes
slowly drifting shut, despite her efforts to keep them open.
She slept soundly
for the next four hours, by which time the moving truck with its three occupants
pulled into the parking lot of a restaurant called Taco Garden for a lunch
break.
Katy woke up at
her grandmother's shake. She stretched and hopped out, grimacing at the cramps
that screamed out as her feet hit the ground. She ran around the truck to
relieve the aches in her legs before heading to pick up her puppy. She took
Precious out of the Toyota they were towing on a trailer and ran around with the
puppy for a few minutes, obviously to the relief of both parties. Then Katy
replaced the puppy, feeding her some puppy chow. She purposely bought food that
contained no horsemeat at all, opting for the beef, liver, and chicken meals.
She couldn't stand the fact that horses were used for dog food, but felt there
was nothing she could do but boycott the idea. She closed the door with a slam
and joined her grandparents in the restaurant.
Katy ordered a
small taco with no cheese or meat and with extra lettuce, her favorite topping.
She was so hungry she finished it in almost no time at all. While her
grandparents finished their meals, Katy decided to walk around outside.
The bell over the
polished glass door tinkled with a cheery sound as she left. Katy smiled at a
little baby in a stroller and felt a warm glow inside as the toddler smiled a
gap-toothed grin in return. Katy walked under the sheltering shade trees with
her puppy for a few minutes, enjoying the shade in the unusually warm day.
As she wandered,
she could see far down the road for what seemed like miles. She noted that she
could just make out the sign that welcomed them into Ohio.
There was a
drainage ditch full of water by the side of the road and Katy amused herself for
several minutes by seeing how far she could skip rocks in the shallow, grimy
water.
Soon she grew
bored and walked back to the parking lot, noticing for the first time the horse
trailer that was parked there. She headed over to it, unable to resist the draw
of the horses. She could just make out the shape of several horses inside and
was standing on tiptoes trying to make out their colors when she felt a hand
fall heavily onto her shoulder as a shadow fell across the trailer.
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