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Upon hearing the news of the Mailman's death, Theresa felt out-of-place in the moment, as if the present were some mixture of deja vu and premonition. She had left him nothing but a 10-dollar-bill in an envelope each Christmas; that and six years of small talk just beyond the threshold. She knew his name was Steve, and that he had an 11-year-old Daughter who wanted to ride Horses. It was only at that moment, upon hearing the news of Steve's Death, that she realized: he could never have afforded to pay for horse riding lessons on a Mailman's salary. She decided: she would find The Girl and pay for the lessons herself. Just over a year later, The Girl's Horse got startled and bucked her twenty feet into a century-old stone wall, killing her almost instantly. The Receptionist at the equestrian yard's offices, despite just over a year of weekly small talk with her, could only remember The Girl's first name: Samantha.
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