caleb had softly placed the saddle pad atop of angels back. the mare seemed fine. he then carfully lowered the saddle onto her back. still she seemed fine just wary. pushing his luck caleb did the gitrth on one side and brought it to touch angels stomach. she just shook a little. then he did up the girth. the saddle needed a half pad under it. so caleb put it on. once angel was settled caleb started ludging her with the saddle on.

caleb was outside putting a bridle on angel. well at least trying to.. "oh come on angel. put your head down" he was frustrated. "how come your fine with the saddle but a bridle is the end of the world." after 20 minutes of stuggling he finally got it on "see not that bad"

caleb heard the soft sobs and lead angel into the stables with him. he saw taylor crying. was she hurt? "tay? are you hurt?" he asked. maybe it was him. "do you want to help me with angel? might give you the first ride" he offered with a soft sweet smile.

caleb nodded. "ok, if thats what you want" usualy he wouldnt leave he'd stay and want to help. but something between them had changed. he lead angle out to the small arena. he was supposed to take it slow, technialy he shouldnt try to break in a horse for a while. but hed stopped caring about what doctors said a long time ago. the only thing that had held him back was taylor telling him not to

caleb soon untacked angel and put her back in her round pen. he ventured back to his cabin and saw the box of stuff. taylor had made it clear she wanted to forget about him. he truely cared about her and didnt want her to be sad so if she wanted him out of her life hed go because her feelings mattered more to her than his own. he took the box inside and packed all his belongings into boxes and placed them in his truck. he then went to taylors granparents place and knocked on the door