It was some weeks after the now infamous appearance of Sarah coated in sticky treacle and feathers. The other grooms had laughed but had been kind enough to treat Sarah fairly as a friend and so the humiliation had quickly passed. What had not passed was the feeling that there had to be revenge on Hilary, she had been far too devious and Sarah had been caught out. That stupidity had annoyed her and so she started planning.
It had taken sometime, but finally she had the perfect idea. Sarah took some time on her day off to visit David, he was a farmer who owned the land around the stables. He had hear about Sarah's embarrassment and laughed as she explained her plan. It was going to take time and some effort but he was happy to help to allow Sarah to get revenge.
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Sarah walked across the field with Hilary following closely behind her. "Where are you taking me?" Hilary jogged to catch up.
"Look I have something to show you." Sarah smiled and walked towards a secluded corner of the field. This was a shaded corner and was a relief from the summer heat, Hilary regretted having to wear heavy white jodhpurs and long black leather boots. The shade was nice and the trees lined the fence line.
"Well what do you want to show me?" Hilary stood with her hands on her hips. She was really not as stupid as Sarah would like to imagine, she had guessed what might be going on, but she thought she would play along. There had been mutters and giggles around the yard which stopped when Hilary was around. So she guessed that Sarah had something in mind to get revenge. She loved her dearly and loved WAM almost as much so she was quite excited. She had no idea what Sarah had planned.
"Just over there... Go on, walk closer..."
"I don't see anything?" Hilary frowned.
Sarah was becoming agitated. "Just walk over there..."
Hilary smirked, she gave Sarah a knowing look. "So just walk over to the tree?" She smiled. "Okay..." She said innocently. Hilary started to walk across the smooth ground, it was firm as she walked slowly towards the tree. She stopped. "What here?"
Sarah shook her head. Hilary stepped a half step forward, the ground was softer. "Here you mean?"
"No Hilary, closer to the tree."
Hilary shrugged her shoulders and started to turn back. "I can't see anything." She tried to keep the excitement from her voice, she knew now what Sarah had planned and so desperately wanted to goad her into to joining her. Hilary knew exactly how to wind her up. "You are wasting my time... No wonder I was promoted and you weren't"