"I'm glad you called. Do you need me for talk or for something more?"
Don timidly looked down.
"You came right away..." he replied shyly to Nelson. "Weren't you busy with something?"
"What could be more important than you?"
Don Alston swallowed hard. These words, this tone of voice ...
"I apologized to Martin and confessed in the stable that I was involved in the incidents on the track ..."
"Did they do something to you?" Nelson clearly became concerned. "Did Paxton hit you again?" his voice grew cold and threatening.
"No. They… I think they forgave me. I do not understand this."
Nelson put a hand on his head and stroked him very gently. Alston twitched under the touch, but not in disgust or resistance, Nelson's touch was so warm and tender!
