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lifting the foal into his arms. Angelica picked up the blankets he had brought and followed him to an empty stall. He dabbed some salve on the foal’s broken umbilical cord before settling her back into the straw. Angelica covered it with a blanket and sat down beside it. Luke smirked but he didn’t say anything.
    “The cow that is going to play wet nurse is in the next stall.”
    “Luke, you should get some sleep. I will look after her. If I need anything I will wake you.” He looked at her for a long moment as if he couldn’t decide. Then he finally relented.
    “Alright, come an d get me if you have any problems.”  She nodded and he looked at her for one more long moment before he left.  Angelica waited until he was gone before she lay down beside the foal and spread the remaining blankets over the two of them.

Chapter 4
    “Luke, have you seen Angel ? She is usually up and helping me with breakfast by now so I went to her room to check on her and she’s not there, it looks as if the bed hasn’t even been slept in.”  Luke had barely stepped in the door before Ella accosted him, she was wringing her hands obviously very worried.
    “She is in the barn,” h e said, proceeding toward his original goal which was the coffee pot.
    “The barn?” Ella sounded relieved but confused.  “What is she doing in the barn?”  Luke poured himself a cup of coffee and took a swallow despite the fact that it was very hot.
    “Sophie foaled last night, she hemorrhaged and I had to put her down. Angel was there, she wouldn’t let me put the foal down. She stayed out in the barn to keep her warm and fed through the night.”  Ella didn’t respond she just stared at him. “What?” he asked finally.
    “She wouldn’t let you put the foal down?”  Ella’s voice was heavy with disbelief.
    “What did you want me to do pry it out of her arms just so I could kill it? Come on Ella I am not that heartless.”
    “Well I suppose not, but without a surrogate I’ve only ever seen a handful of orphaned foals survive.”
    “I know.”
    “Well how lon g are you going to let it go on?”
    “I told her I wouldn’t let the foal suffer.” Ella was still looking at him in a very peculiar way and it was starting to make him uncomfortable. He was grateful when she had to turn away to take biscuits out of the oven.
    “So, she has been helping you with breakfast?” He asked hoping he sounded casual.
    “Mmhmm.”
    “How long has that been going on?”
    “Ever since she came out of that room, she tries to help with anything she can, I think she finds it really frustrating that she can’t remember how to do anything.  I feel bad for her, she is actually a really sweet girl.” Luke didn’t respond he just took another swallow of his coffee.
     
                  Angelica opened her eyes only to find one big blue eye staring at her. She smiled at the little foal. “Are you hungry?” She sat up and picked up the bottle then held it up so the foal would have to stand up to drink. She did and once she had drunk her fill Angelica saw that the glass bottle was nearly empty. She remembered that Luke had said the cow was in the next stall. She wasn’t sure she knew how to milk a cow but she decided to give it a shot. “How hard can it be?” she thought.  She held the bottle under the udder with one hand and pulled on the teat with the other but nothing happened, no milk came out. She tried a different one but still she couldn’t get milk.
                  “Need some help?” She jumped at the unexpected voice and looked up and saw Luke.
                  “I don’t remember how to do this. Or possibly I never knew how to do this.” 
                  “You want to hold it like this,” he showed her how to hold it, “and then you squeeze and pull.” He demonstrated and milk sprayed into the waiting jar. She tried again and still produced no milk. “No, like this,” he wrapped