The Voice, by Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould

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"Then make him account for it!" Alissa shouted as Attila
suddenly fell back.

I should have seen the look of alarm in Alissa's eye, but
it wasn't until a second or two later that I saw the hedge
looming ahead. I had no choice but to jump now and as I
pulled hard on Juno's reins, the inertia drove us up and
over until we landed on the other side.

It wasn't a difficult jump, not for Juno anyway. Jumping
through hoops was her specialty. But my hoop jumping days
were over. That was something I intended for Rick Kendall to
know.

"You have to see him dad." Alissa said, as she trotted
the black stallion around to me. "Mom would want it that
way."

"I know, Alissa." I said as the idea sank in and I slowly
regained a sense of control. "I'll give him a call in the
morning."