Page 16 of Dashing for Love

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Ha! See? You’re a cowboy. You sent me a picture of a horse and you’re a cowboy

Again: not exactly

Agree to disagree

Want me to tell you the horse’s name?

Sure

Peppermint

Well, that’s adorable

She’s a good horse.

Where is she located?

Oh, I see what you’re doing there—nice try.

It was worth a shot.

Though technically, I could tell you where Peppermint is, and you’d still not know where I live.

Wait—how do I know that the photo is even yours? Like, you could have just grabbed that off the internet.

That’s true. I didn’t, but how can I prove it?

You need something to show today’s date. Then put that in the photo with Peppermint.

What, like a newspaper? When are we?

Ha ha. Newspapers are still a thing, you know.

They are, but I can’t put my hands on one right now. I’m in a barn. Pick something you’d find in a barn and tell me what that is, then I’ll send a picture of it

Okay, but what if I don’t know what’s typically found in a barn?

A barn with horses. Does that help?

Hay?

Okay, hang on.

[photo of hay in front of Peppermint’s face]

I gotta tell you, James, you are not the best photographer

That’s fair

But I believe you now. You’re a real cowboy.

That backfired spectacularly

Lol it’s going to take a lot to convince me you’re not one.

I sent you two photos—send me another?

Nah

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