[nemesis] our lot in life

[Sean Maximillion Ferreira]

It had been a mere handful of months since Sean had had to bury his beloved wife and move what he had left of his family to Addison. In a way he was happy. Lonely, yes, but there was little left in life to find joy in. The world had been changed to greyscale since he watched the accident that had changed his life. The way he held that lifeless body in his arms, the way that he had to break the news to Mackenzie about her mother. Everything had changed. Yet, when he looked at his daughter, his saw an exact replica of his late wife, everything about her a reminder of the happier times that they spent together.

Slowly, and without fail, Sean had made his way back to the track, watching Mackenzie's races, and saw that she did indeed have her mother's talent. It made him wonder if she was indeed his daughter, but she was just as stubborn as he was, more set in her ways, that Sean often failed to provide any sort of discipline. Not that he cared. He wasn't alone and without family. Parking his truck outside the barn, he watched as a light snowfall fell to the ground. Looking into the barn, he could see Deck, the grey gelding that Anna loved so much, hang his head over the stall door, looking depressed.

Sean thought he had loved Anna, but the grey had loved the woman even more. The gelding had hardly been eating lately, just depressed in general, so Sean gave him so extra attention, hoping that he would realise that he would be okay. Anna may not be coming back, but he was sure that something would trigger in the gelding to be happier again. Sean's faded cowboy boots clacked slightly in the barn aisle as he walked up to the stall, pulling out a few carrot pieces from his coat, lifting the gelding's head and looking the horse in the eye. You gotta get better bud. For me. For Anna. We can do this if we just put our minds to it. We can move on, he murmured to the gelding, a faint smile crossing his features as Deck lipped at the carrots, chewing slowly. To be honest, Sean couldn't lose another connection that he had to his late wife.


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[Mackenzie Jacinta Ferreira]

Kenz sighed as she pulled into the stable car park. Alycen and the rest of her little posse were driving her up the wall, although Morgan seemed to be taking it worse. Inez was all in a mess over Adrian, and frankly their little trio was not having a fun time of it right now. The brunette very nearly let out a groan of annoyance at noticing her father’s car a few spaces down, because it would probably mean another argument and at best, it meant she couldn’t relax until he left. She knew they both missed her mother, but then she didn’t understand why they’d left Kentucky so suddenly after. Still though, Anna was the only tie she shared with her father these days bar the racehorses. They’d never been that close, and now she was the only thing he had.

There he was, standing with Deck. The grey was suffering from her mother’s loss along with the woman’s husband and daughter, and it was just yet another reminder to the seventeen year old that she never would be her mother. The person that everyone had loved as soon as they’d met her, who even her rivals had missed when she’d been killed. It was sick really, how much pain someone who had never hurt a fly in her lifetime had left behind. Mackenzie slid into Smoothie’s stable before her father could notice her, taking some time just to get herself into that headspace she needed to be in to deal with her dad.

Eventually though, she had to leave the little Welsh pony to his hay and brave the minefield that was dealing with Sean Ferreira. Adjusting the strap of her bag on her shoulder, Kenz slid a hand down Deck’s nose, watching him as he reluctantly chewed on the carrots he was being fed. Her dad was so good at seeing the horse’s pain, but Mackenzie was slowly beginning to lose her mind and Sean hadn’t even noticed that she was just smiling for the sake of keeping him happy. He hadn’t seen that fracture in her, the part mom had broken when she’d gone. She couldn’t understand that.

“Hey dad,” she murmured, still watching the horse in front of them.

[Sean Maximillion Ferreira]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, background-color: f9f9f9; border: #AC2E2E solid 10px; width: 420px; padding: 15 5 15 5px;] the sharing of secrets we thought no one else knew Sean had always left the raising of Mackenzie to Anna. He was there for discipline and he loved his daughter, but he didn't have the same instincts to raising his teenage daughter the same way Anna had had. Then when the accident had happened, Sean was suddenly thrown in the deep end, and it left him hoping that he was doing the right thing, that the way he was raising her was the right way. Anna had always teased him, saying that he would have made more of an effort to understand people if their actions were as clear as a horse's, but when she had died, he realised how true it was. He didn't have the same relationship with Mackenzie as he had had before the accident. Things were tense between them, and he didn't know what he was doing wrong. They hadn't talked much about the accident, in fact, they hardly talked, Sean hardly saw his daughter these days. She was always out with her friends, training and riding. Anna would have told him to relax, to let their daughter live her life. Sean knew that his daughter wasn't academic, so he didn't pressure her into studying. The appearance of Kenz by his side made the grey gelding perk up slightly, but there was still the deadness in his eyes. Hey, he returned the greeting, the demands of asking where she had been dying on his lips. Have a good day at school? he asked her, just wanting to feel like was doing something right. that's what i miss about you tagged tags words 0 muse muse notes notes credits irish & katie melua! if you would like a template, ask, please do not steal!

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