Have Faith

Chapter 3

The next day found Faith in the barn. Her aunt owned a huge property that had once been a farm but hadn't been farmed in years. Now it was a rolling combination of meadows and forests. The property came complete with a barn and several other out buildings in addition to the manor house.

The family's four horses were kept in the barn. Faith assumed that the fourth one was for Jane's ex-husband. They had been divorced a year earlier. Faith did not know why the divorce happened and it seemed that her parents were clueless about the cause also. She had always liked Uncle Frank and thought that he and Jane were a perfect couple. Apparently, they weren't.

The twins were supposed to clean out the stalls daily but had not done it at all this week. Jane had pointed this out to Faith and instructed her to do a better job with the children's chores. Faith said that she would see to it that they were done.

She decided that she would do it the first day. That way, she could not be accused of assigning things that she would not do. And she would pitch in occasionally to clean them in the future.

She did not mind cleaning the stalls. She had been around horses her entire life and this was just one aspect that people get used to in the horsey life. The horses were in the field at the moment and she was working on the first stall.

It was hot in the barn. She opened all of the doors to get a breeze blowing through it. That helped, but it still didn't cool her off enough to be comfortable.

She thought about taking off her top and shorts. That would help but she hadn't planned very well for the day. She was wearing panties under the cutoff jeans so that would work. But she had worn a halter top and removing that would have left her naked from the waist up. Under normal circumstances, she probably would have done that but she knew that she couldn't risk having the twins find her so exposed. And she also didn't want to go back into the house. The twins were happily watching TV and she didn't want to risk drawing their attention by walking through the house and having them follow her out to the barn. She would just suffer in the heat.

She got the stall cleaned out and spread some fresh straw on the floor before starting on the second one. By the end of the second stall, however, the heat was unbearable. She went to the door and cooled off for a moment. She looked around and saw that the twins were nowhere to be seen. They were obviously still watching their favorite shows. What had seemed like a risky act earlier now became a necessity. She peeled her shorts down her sweat covered legs and then pulled her top off, hanging them on hooks in hopes that they would dry before she had to put them back on to return to the house.

At last, it was bearable. She blushed a bit as her heavy breasts swayed on her chest as she worked, knowing how wicked it was to be nearly naked outside, but at least she wasn't burning up. She cleaned out the last two stalls and was spreading the straw in the final one when she heard the giggling. She turned to look and froze as she saw two grinning girls at the door of the stall.

"What a pretty pony," Cinny said. "And she even started preparing herself for us."

"Yes. A beautiful filly," agreed Linny. "Nice lines."

"Okay, girls," Faith said as she looked crossly at them. "You've had your fun. Now go find something to do while I finish up."

"Oh," said Cinny. "We already have something to do." She closed the stall door and slipped a padlock into the latch, clicking it shut. "We have a new pony to train."

"You're not funny," Faith said, raising her voice. "Let me out of here this instant or I'll tell your mother."

"Oh, you can tell her," responded Linny. "But it will have to wait until next week."

"What do you mean?" asked Faith, feeling a cold chill snake down her spine.

"She was just here," explained Cinny. "She packed a suitcase and headed for the airport. She said something about an emergency in Europe. She hopes to get home next week but it could take longer."

"We looked for you," said Linny, "but we couldn't find you. We assumed you had gone for a walk or run or something. And Mom couldn't wait. She had a plan to catch."

Faith silently groaned to herself. How was she going to control these imps? Especially when she was trapped and nearly naked.

"Have faith," said Cinny. Then she giggled. "Actually, we're the ones who have Faith. But we can take care of ourselves and we'll take care of you too."

"Yes, we have Faith," Linny giggled with her sister. "Now be a good little filly and give us your boots and panties."

"I will not!" Faith said indignantly. "Give me the rest of my clothes and let me out of here this instant!"

The two girls turned toward the door and started walking to it. "We'll get them; either the easy way or the hard way." They kept walking.

"Wait! You can't leave me here!" The girls just kept walking and quickly disappeared into the sunlight. Faith collapsed against the bale of straw that she had been working on and fumed. How dare they?