Chapter 203 - Foaling

"Let's go?" J asked Jacob with flushing eyes. With a dimpled smile, Jacob replied with a nod. He was more than happy that J became more aware of his presence. She didn't even ask him if he wanted to go with her, which he didn't mind at all. It's like, J is already used having him around with her where ever she goes.

Outside the mansion, a black Hauler is waiting for them. It is an electric cart with 2 passenger seats and a 12-cu ft cargo bed that J uses to go around the estate.

"I'll drive. Just show me the direction." Jacob said as he walks towards the Hauler. But J gave him a disapproving look.

"It's an electric cart. It's not like I can go 200 mph with that!" J said glaring at Jacob who is now sitting behind the wheel.

With one hand on the steering while and the other elbow resting on the backrest, Jacob turned to J and said. "As long as it has wheels, you're not allowed to drive it until your cuts and bruises heal. Hop in. I thought you want to catch the fo..." Jacob paused not sure what to say. "What was that again?"

J smirk. "Foal." Then she walked around the hauler to sit beside Jacob. Then Jacob started to drive. With J pointing the right direction to Jacob, in just three minutes they arrived in the Lodgepole Farm. The hauler stopped in front of a stable.

J hurriedly jumped out of the hauler and walked fast inside the stable. Jacob quickly followed. There were about twenty stalls inside the stable. Each stall was horses with different coats like brown, bay, chestnut, black and white. Jacob continued following J, they passed two empty stalls until they reached the last stall. Inside is a chestnut-colored foaling mare lying down, an equine veterinarian is helping her in her labor.

There were two hostlers outside the stall and another one inside helping the equine veterinarian. They knew that J is coming so they were not surprised to see her coming. What surprises them is the man following her. The hostlers looked at each other with a cocked head, curious. They have never seen J brought a visitor to the Lodgepole before.

"How is she?" J asked as soon as she enters the stall. "How long has it been?" Before the equine veterinarian could answer her, she asked another question.

"It's been almost two hours now. At this point, she is having an intense uterine contraction. I am expecting that her water would break in any moment now." the equine veterinarian replied. It was a female equine veterinarian in her early 30's that J hired to work on the farm to personally take care of the horses. Since the Lodgepole Estate is quite far from the town proper, it would be more convenient for them to have an in-house equine veterinarian.

After a couple of minutes, the mare's water breaks indicating the second stage of labor. J squatted down beside the vet and helped her. They patiently waited for the feet and head of the foal to emerge. Foal is what you call a young horse. Later on, the foal was delivered normally. It was encased in a thin, whitish, transparent membrane that J removed from the foal's face and head to allow him to breathe.

"It's a colt!" One of the hostlers exclaimed upon seeing the foal's sex. A colt is a term to use for a male foal which will, later on, be called stallion when they grow up into adulthood.