Grant started laughing—a deep, uncontrollable laugh that shook his shoulders and echoed around the room, almost turning other people's heads. He couldn't help it. The love of her life was a horse. All the tears she'd shed, the way her voice had cracked when she'd been sobbing in his arms...no, in the office—it had all been for Todd. And the ironical part, an insidious voice whispered in the back of his mind, was that he'd been jealous. Jealous of a horse. He shoved the thought aside, determined not to let it take root. No, this wasn't about that. It was just the sheer absurdity of the situation.
Innocensa tilted her head, her eyes narrowing as she stared up at him. "Why are you laughing? What's so funny?" Her tone wavered between confusion and irritation. "Try getting sniffed all over by something twice your size,and then tell me how funny it is! Let me remind you to even his last day, Todd was taller than me."
