"Previously on Heartland:" "And I might be willing to out a deal with you based on sweat equity." "I do enough sweating around here." "This way, your sweat could be an investment in the future." "Copper would be half yours." "Sweet!" "I hear that Caleb's back, huh?" "Yeah." "I guess I should never have done what I did." "Yup!" "I bought him off." "No doubt about it." "So what are you waiting for?" "I mean, just tell her how you feel." "How am I supposed to do that?" "She won't even talk to me." "Are you breaking up with me?" "No, it's just" "This whole time, it's been Amy, right?" "No!" "I think we should just be friends." "You all set?" "I've been up for hours." "It's a roommate issue." "Hey, listen, uh," "I haven't told Amy about this, so keep it to yourself." "But I got these in the mail this week." "You got accepted at two places?" "Yeah." "Grasslands Agricultural College, and University of Manitoba." "What do you think's better?" "Well, they're both pretty good, but if you go to the Agricultural College, you're going to have to put up with the jokes." "The jokes?" "Aggie jokes." "Like, uh..." "There are three types of aggies." "Those who can count." "And those who can't." "I work for sweat equity, okay, and now I've got to do his job?" "Let's do the math." "Twice the work, so two times nothing comes out to..." "Yeah, okay." "I get it Mallory." "But somebody's got to pick up the slack." "Right." "Slack." "Another word for "manure."" "One tall stack, two eggs over easy, and a side of bacon." "Someone's feeling flush today." "Ah, you betcha." "Won broncs at the Caroline rodeo." "Got a big ol' cheque burning a hole in my pocket." "To match that hole in your head?" "What did I say?" "You didn't have to say anything." "Your face did the talking for you." "It just reminds her what a reckless idiot you are." "Comes with the territory." "Exactly." "I mean, who'd gonna take a bronc rider seriously as boyfriend material?" "Unless you holding a life insurance policy on him." "Hey, are you sure you're okay with this?" "Phew, absolutely." "Because I could just cook up something for the two of us." "No." "Are you kidding me?" "A sit-down dinner with the whole family?" "It's gonna be great." "It totally seals the deal." "Like a regular couple now." "Doing regular couple things." "Right, yeah." "Like um..." "Getting dessert." "Hey, do you want a cake?" "Yeah, sure." "Only if you jump out of it." "Yeah, that's the thing about our family dinners..." "I only jump out of cakes on birthdays." "Oh yeah?" "Mm-hmm." "What about after the cake?" "With that other thing that normal couples do, hmm?" "What thing?" "Hmm?" "I'm sorry." "But I cannot kiss a man whose pocket is vibrating." "28 missed calls?" "Yeah." "You know what that is?" "My contractor with 28 lame excuses why my office renovations won't be done by Monday." "That's what that is." "Yeah?" "Well, why don't you just stay out here?" "Oh, yeah." "Sure." "I'd get lots of work done that way, wouldn't I?" "Exactly." "Huh?" "How you get a one armed aggie out of a tree?" "Scott." "You wave." "Hey, you could've told me we were going to the Bailey place." "Kit's mare's in foal." "Why?" "Is there a problem?" "Hey Scott." "Hey." "Hi." "Didn't expect to be seeing you." "Yeah." "Uh, just been working with Scott." "So this is your barrel racing mare?" "Yeah." "I'm gonna have a look." "So uh, how you been?" "You okay?" "Yeah." "Yeah, why wouldn't I be?" "Well, she's all bagged up." "There's swelling, a bit of dried milk..." "I meant to call you, Kit." "I just" "Yeah, you've been busy." "Come on, Kit." "Hey!" "Good news!" "Your mare's gonna pop!" "Well, I mean, not now." "But could be any day..." "Awesome." "Looks good, Mallory." "Just make sure you sweep up after you're finished." "Sweep up?" "Um, sure I can handle that?" "Come on, Mallory." "What is your problem?" "Nothing." "Just that I wouldn't mind working with a real live horse, instead of just their poo." "Do you hear that?" "It sounds like..." "Grampa?" "Grampa!" "I heard you the first time." "Promise you won't get mad?" "What do you think you're doing?" "Well, you remember that money you lent me?" "You loaned Dad money?" "Jack, I'm paying it back." "In cows." "Come on." "We got a deal?" "♪" "♪" "♪ And at the break of day you sank into ♪" "♪ your dream, ♪" "♪ You dreamer. ♪" "♪ You dreamer, ♪" "♪ you dreamer. ♪" "Wow, grampa," "I cannot believe you said yes." "I got to admit," "I might have been a little reluctant at first." "Mm-hmm." "Yeah." "For two seconds." "That's how long it took me to recall that some of the best years of my life were spent in the company of cows." "You picked a good time to jump back in, too, Jack." "Cattle prices being what they are." "Exactly what I was thinking." "Wait." "You're thinking what he's thinking?" "Finally found some common ground." "Yeah." "It's called global warming." "Everybody knows that oil guys and cattle ranchers are the major causes of land and water pollution!" "Just for everyone's information," "Peter's company is doing everything it can to minimize its carbon footprint." "In fact, uh, the whole screw up with my renovation is because it takes twice as long to build a green office space." "Well, if an oilman can claim he's gone green, maybe I should, too." "Maybe I could get my cows to quit passing gas." "You would not believe how much Scott packs into a day." "Like what?" "Well, there were some coggins tests at Forrest farms." "Uh, there was a case of colic at the Bar H." "The Bailey's mare is in foal." "Scott says I'm getting pretty handy with the rectal thermometer." "The Bailey's?" "Like, Kit's mare?" "Yeah." "Oh." "Why didn't you tell me?" "Well, I guess the next place we went," "Scott gelded three colts." "Now that's an image that's gonna stay in your mind for a while." "Yeah, but you didn't date whoever owned the colts." "Hey, you work with Caleb all the time." "And you used to date him." "I did not date him." "We just kind of hung out." "Okay, maybe we dated but..." "It's your fault anyway!" "Oh, you're blaming me for this?" "Well..." "Not for everything." "Just, you know, for taking off on me." "So I had hang out with Caleb instead of you." "Oh." "So you better make sure that never happens again." "You know, I've been thinking about what you said." "You mean, about you being an idiot?" "I mean, you know, if I fall on my head one more time," "I could end up getting brain damaged." "Yeah, but nobody'd notice." "Hey, Mr. Fleming." "How you doin'?" "You know, I was just telling Soraya here" "I'm thinking of quitting broncs." "Though maybe I'd try bulldoggin'." "Yeah?" "Hmm." "Buldoggin', huh?" "I'm a little rusty, but I could probably give you a few pointers." "That would be awesome." "Okay." "Tomorrow morning." "9 A.M. at the rodeo grounds." "Yeah?" "Sold." "Yeah, that's great." "All right." "What's the matter?" "You're kidding, right?" "Bulldogging with Tim Fleming?" "That's like Wayne Gretzky teaching you to skate!" "So how's your coffee?" "It's the best coffee I've ever had in my life." "Yeah?" "Uh, how's your cell reception?" "Are you still looking for an excuse to get your hand in my shirt?" "No." "I'm just trying to get you to see that you don't have to go all the way back to Calgary just to work out of your house." "You could stay here." "Work out of my office." " Your office?" " Yeah." "That's the, the one in the barn, right?" "With the view of the manure pile?" "Is that" "Hey!" "That's where I work of." "I know." "I mean, sure, you run a multinational, and I run a four bedroom dude ranch." "But business is business." "I have high speed." "You have your computer." "Yeah..." "It could work." "That should be the last of it." "I guess we're square?" "Well, I have to say," "I'm a little surprised how much money a young man can win riding bucking horses." "Then again, the way your face looks," "I guess you earned it, huh?" "Well, that's why I'm thinking of switching to something a little safer." "Oh?" "Bulldogging." "I'm hoping Ashley will appreciate that I'm trying to be a little more responsible." "You really do care for my daughter, don't you?" "Yes ma'am." "I do." "But I wouldn't go so far as saying the feeling's mutual." "Why don't you keep this." "No ma'am." "I owe it to you." "Just, call it rent for your trailer, whatever you like." "Just keep it." "What's going on with you, Mrs. Stanton?" "Is everything all right?" "Yes, I'm just..." "Trying to set things right." "I don't want anything hanging over my head." "Well, thanks for the offer." "I do appreciate it, but taking money from you is what got me in trouble in the first place." "So maybe not taking money from you now might be a step towards me setting things right." "You have a good day, Mrs. Stanton." "You okay there, Mallory?" "I'm fine." "Don't worry about me." "I'll manage somehow." "How about I give you a hand with that?" "You're in a good mood, Jack." "Well, first day back on the range and it went smooth as silk." "And I'm always in a good mood!" "Hey, Grampa?" "Where's Ty?" "I thought he was with you." "Left before breakfast." "Something about a mare at the Bailey place." "The Bailey place?" "As in Kit Bailey?" "Yes, Mallory." "With Scott." "It's his job." "Her mare is in foal." "Yeah, I wouldn't worry about it." "He's totally over her." "Good thing you called." "She's getting ready to go into labour - but there is a problem." "The foal's upside down." "So, unless it shifts position, it could be a difficult birth." "Is there anything we can do?" "Keep a close eye on her." "And call me if the water breaks or contractions begin." "Thank you, Ty." "Okay." "Thanks." "Hey, I wouldn't worry about it." "It's called dystocia." "It's not as bad as it sounds." "Vets deal with this thing all the time." "They can change the foal's position during labour so." "Wow!" "You're really taking this job seriously?" "Yeah, well, I applied to a bunch of universities for pre-vet courses and I already got two acceptances so." " No way!" " Yeah!" "Hey, you've come a long way since, you know, struggling with grade twelve algebra." "I was not struggling." "Oh, come on." "You're talking to your math tutor here." "Ex math tutor." "All right, Caleb, you gotta anticipate when the steer's going to go." "So you don't want to leave too soon." "But you don't, you don't want to leave too late." "You ready?" "Okay." "Not too early." "Not too late." "That just about covers it, doesn't it, Dad?" "Just remember, when, when you get ahold of those horns okay, you just let the steer do the work." "But let him push you too far." "You got to really plant your heels." "Okay, Caleb, just call it." "You didn't do anything I told you." "Were you asleep in that box?" "Huh?" "You don't dive on the steer like a virgin on his wedding night." "You let him pull you off." "You know, I'll just" "Dad!" "No." "The kid's doing so many things wrong, Amy, it would be a lot easier if I just do it myself." "Come on!" "There you go!" "That's what I'm talking about!" "Huh?" "!" "Oh God, that felt good!" "Hoo!" "Yeah, he must've seen something special," "I mean, he came out of retirement just to show me the ropes." "You done with that?" "Great." "You know, I ran into your mom the other day." "My mom?" "Yeah." "I told her I was switching to bulldogging." "Like she'd care." "That's the thing." "She did seem to care and she got this look and said all this weird stuff to me." "Like what?" "I don't know." "But it seemed like she was putting her house in order, if you know what I mean." "So, how's your grandpa making out with my cattle?" "Well, he seems pretty happy." "Actually, I think he likes being back in the saddle again." "That's good." "Well, that's sorta what" "I wanted to talk to you girls about." "This might sound crazy..." "But keep an open mind." "Amy, you saw me the other day, tell Lou." "After 20 years, does your old man still have what it takes?" "Dad." "You were great, but" "Wait a minute, are you talking about bulldogging, Dad?" "That gold pro-rodeo card I got back in my glory days, it's good for life." "Yeah." "But Dad, your glory days were a long time ago." "Exactly, honey." "I'm older, I'm wiser." "You know, me getting back into the rodeo, is sort of like Jack getting back to cowboying." "Yeah." "Except the last time you tried to wrestle a steer, you almost killed yourself." "Okay." "A man gets to my age, he realizes, he's got to make a choice." "He can be... sitting around, boring people with stories about the good old days." "Or he can" "Grab the bull by the horns?" "That's good." "God!" "You look like you could use a break." "And I could use a hand setting up my stuff in Lou's office." "What do you say?" "I'll give you whatever Lou's giving you plus, five bucks?" "Well, zero plus five equals five so." "She doesn't pay you?" "Tell me about it!" "I'm working to pay off my horse, Copper." "Lou calls it sweat equity." "But it's like, I'm doing all the sweating, and she's just keeping the equity!" "Okay, well, I'm sure Lou's not trying to pull a fast one, on you." "So let's see here um, how long you been working?" "About a year and a half." "After school." "Weekends." "And all of last summer." "Um, wow!" "How much do you think a horse like Copper would be worth?" "Well, he's kind of old and slow so..." "Something like that?" "Oh my God!" "Okay, I'll be right there." "Bye." "Amy, I'm really sorry." "I can't do the turnouts." "Scott just called from the Bailey's place." "The mare's water just broke." "Oh wow, your first foal." "Up close and personal." "Well, you better get going." "You'll be fine." "But things happen fast once the water breaks." "I'll call you." "Can somebody get that?" "Could someone?" "Ah, Heartland Equestrian..." "Damn it!" "Mallory?" "Didn't you hear me?" "What are you doing?" "Nothing." "I'm on strike." "Why?" "Funny you should ask." "I'm being exploited." "Even with the deductions for Copper's board and the exemptions for agricultural workers..." "Mallory, what are you talking about?" "Remember our deal?" "I'm supposed to work to pay off half of Copper?" "Yeah." "Of course I remember." "Okay." "Well, guess what." "I've already paid my half about a million times!" "And what makes you think that?" "I went to the top." "The CEO of Bedford Oil." "What?" "You talked to Peter about our arrangement?" "Yeah." "So?" "Oh." "Are you guys going to fight?" "Your first fight?" "Because of me?" "No, Mallory." "Peter and I don't fight." "We talk." "Just like me and you." "And right now I'm saying get back to work!" "How's it going?" "Scott needs some help." "Get this on." "Hey, it's gonna be all right, okay?" "No, it's serious, Ty." "Scott says the head and the right front leg are stuck." "You know that local rodeo up in Longview?" "Longview Stampede?" "Came second in saddle broncs last year." "Yeah." "Like I said, local." "I signed us up for it." "I figured we could use the practice." "Great." "I mean I" "I didn't think we'd be out there that soon but" "Okay, so here's the deal:" "I think, in terms of winning, it'd probably best if I did the steer wrestling and you hazed for me." "Oh... sure." "I guess." "You guess?" "I mean, one phone call," "I'd have ten guys lined up to haze for me." "No, there's no need." "I'm your man." "Good." "What the hell was that?" "!" "Where were you?" "I don't know- I was just doing" "I'll tell ya where you were." "You were in the wrong place." "Come on!" "Let's do it again." "Okay." "Dad!" "Dad, are you okay?" "Oh, I'd be a hell of a lot better if he had a clue what he was doing." "Ugh!" "What's the idea letting the cow wander all over the place?" "Sorry." "Yeah." "Me too." "Why don't you go get my horse?" "You think you can handle that?" "Dad!" "That's a little harsh, don't you think." "He's just starting out, the least" "Please." "Come on, the guy's a real tough guy, and then it's boo hoo when somebody tells him he screwed up?" "Okay, that's not all his fault!" "Well lookit, if he can't cut it in practice, what's he gonna do when there's actual money at stake?" "Well, it didn't look to me like you were actually pulling your weight out there either." "Oh, thanks, hon!" "Nothing like a little honest criticism from your daughter." "That's a good girl." "Easy girl." "Good girl, Daisy." "Easy." "Easy." "You feel anything?" "No." "No movement." "What?" "What's that mean?" "What's happening?" "Usually, when you put your finger in the foal's mouth, it'll suck on it." "You can feel twitching, or a bit of a shudder." "But..." "We can't- there's got to be something." "I mean we can't just let it..." "I'm sorry." "The foal's gone." "Ty, why don't you take Kit out." "No." "Come on, Kit." "Let's go." "Come on." "Hey, Bill?" "Uh, it's Scott Cardinal." "Yeah, I'm over at the Bailey ranch." "Yeah." "One of their foals was stillborn." "I don't get it, Ty." "What's, what's Scott doing?" "How's my mare?" "Your mare's okay." "Scott wants to keep the stillborn foal in the stall with her." "We tried to take it out, but she's still protecting it." "She won't let anyone go near it." "It's like she thinks it's going to get up any minute and start to nurse..." "Maybe if I went in?" "Nah." "That's not a good idea." "But I do have a lead on an orphaned foal that the mare just might accept." "You gonna be okay?" "Yeah." "I guess." "I mean, this kind of thing happens all the time, right?" "But when it happens to your horse though it's" "I know." "It's different." "See you later, guys." "Mom?" "Hi." "I got your message." "Um, had to listen twice to make sure it was you, though." "Oh." "Well, it's no big deal." "I just wanted to see how you were." "Can I get you something?" "Coffee would be nice." "This is frontier stuff." "If it works." "You're going to need some deep pocket investors to develop the fields." "Hey, what are we looking at?" "Heartland Equestrian Connection..." "Yes, we do have some availability next month." "I'm gonna stop you right there." "Sorry, can you just keep it down a little bit?" "I'm in the middle of something here." "Thanks." "Sorry." "Okay, guys." "Sorry go ahead." "Our rate chart is on our website." "Website." "Ashley, I've been doing a lot of thinking lately and," "I might have been wrong about your cowboy friend." "Caleb?" "I don't really think of him as my friend." "Not since he lied to me about that money you gave him." "Yeah." "Don't blame him." "It was my fault." "I was the one who paid him off to leave town." "And I was also the one who told him not to tell you." "I'm really sorry about that." "He paid me back, you know." "Every single cent." "He didn't say anything about that." "He's a decent young man." "And maybe it isn't right that you're living in his trailer and not paying rent." "Since when did you care about what's right?" "Maybe if I'd started sooner you wouldn't have left home." "Ashley, do you think you could give me a second chance?" "I really miss you." "There you go." "Well, his name's Merlin." "Hopefully he'll be a bit of a magician." "It's okay." "These things can take time." "Yeah, I guess." "He'll get hungry." "He'll smell the milk and, hopefully, he'll go for it." "And what if he doesn't?" "What if- what if she doesn't let him?" "Well, we can't let him starve, so I'm going to leave you with some bottles and some formula." "Can you handle this?" "Yeah." "Sure." "Uh, maybe you should stay." "Are you sure you don't need me?" "Check back on you later." "You know, I appreciate this, but you don't have to." "It's okay." "Um, I'm just gonna make a quick phone call." "Yeah." "There's definitely some heat there." "Yeah." "Yeah, he worked pretty hard yesterday." "You know, I really let him down." "Not just him, either." "Your dad too." "I really sucked out there." "Caleb, maybe you should just stick with what you want, and not what my dad wants." "Come on, Amy." "Four time national champion?" "Any cowboy would give his right arm to haze for him." "I could help you practice." "Mmm." "Hey." "Oh." "That's terrible." "I- no, that's no problem." "Okay, bye." "Kit's foal died." "Oh, damn." "She had a lot riding on that foal." "Yeah, that's what Ty said." "Is he staying out there with her?" "Yeah." "Yeah, they're trying to get the mare to bond with an orphan foal." "You know you got nothing to worry about, right." "He keeps trying to nurse, but she won't let him." "Ugh!" "I can't stand this any more." "He must be starving by now." "I think we should bottle feed him." "Just wait." "She knows that her real foal is..." "She doesn't want to have anything to do with this other guy!" "It's going to be okay." "Okay, please!" "Don't pretend like you give a damn about me." "I'm not pretending, I care about you and I always have." "Yeah, right." "I should've known that "we'll still be friends"" "is just what guys say when they're breaking up with you." "Come on!" "Why didn't you tell me the truth?" "It took me awhile to figure it out, Kit." "Yeah, well, you could've asked me." "I would have told you." "I knew before you did." "Well, great end to a great day, Lou." "I gotta admit, this working together thing?" "I wasn't sure, but I was pretty impressed by the way you handled that situation today." "Well, you work for a few years in an investment bank in a cubicle and you learn pretty quick how to ignore irritants." "Irritants?" "I've been downgraded from boyfriend to irritant now?" "No!" "Not at all." "Just, you know," "I mean the teleconferencing thing that was a bit..." "I mean, you could have worn headphones." "You're right." "Absolutely." "Um, next time, promise." "'Kay." "As long as you don't hum." "Me hum?" "Who hums?" "Yeah." "That's it." "Does that sound familiar?" "Wow, I can't believe I do that." "Not just that." "Okay." "You're right." "I get it." "So uh, keep my day job, right?" "Especially if it doesn't include labour negotiation." "I'm not following." "You have dozens of employees, all around the world." "I have exactly three." "But all of yours aren't enough for you, you've got to meddle with mine!" "Meddle?" "You're talking about Mallory?" "Yeah." "She's your employee but you don't even pay her!" "Okay." "What are you, her agent now?" "We're making the right decision." "Look, I don't want to be a problem for you, Lou." "You know?" "Just... a solution." "Sure." "Yeah." "I mean it's, it's crazy to let office issues mess us up, right?" " Totally." " Yeah." "So good." "See you later." " Bye." " Bye." "What the hell are you looking at?" "Wh-what happened to work around here?" "Or is everyone on strike now?" "Hep!" "Hep." "Hip!" "And through that gate." "Don't you go there!" "There you go!" "Catch up to your mamma." "Hup!" "Ho!" "Lousy no good cow." "Gotcha, you stubborn" "Great!" "Where the hell do you think you're going?" "!" "Have you uh, have you heard from Kit?" "You mean, about the mare?" "Or the fact that Ty didn't come home last night?" "Well both, I guess." "Don't worry." "Ty knows if he messes with either of you, he's gotta answer to me." "Oh, yeah right!" "Come on." "Get going or I'm gonna start asking you embarrassing questions about Ashley." "Fair is fair." "♪" "Take it off Amy!" "Whoo!" "Go faster!" "Steer grunting)" "Yess!" "Whoo!" "Grampa?" "Grampa!" "Grampa!" "Hey." "You okay?" "I got dragged off my horse." "You know, I really think you should get some help with these cows." "It's not a one man job." "And you don't think I'm the one man for the job?" "You know, you're like Dad trying to relive your glory days." "How about you just help me get this damn steer through this gate?" "Keep your horns to yourself." "She won't let it nurse." "But we still haven't fed him." "Well, he's gonna have to eat soon." "Well, is there anything else we can do to make this happen?" "In the old days," "I would've called Amy's mom to come and work her magic." "Okay, maybe I've been stubborn." "Maybe my days as a one man band are over." "If I want to keep this herd" "I'm going to need an extra hand." "Well, I could help you." "You know that I would love that." "But you've been pretty busy lately." "I'm sure I can find time" "Hey..." "Yeah." "I'll be right there." "I will." "You go ahead." "I'll be just fine." "You know, Mallory." "I uh, I think I might have let the whole" ""sweat equity" thing go on a little too long." "In fact, I probably owe you some back pay." "I'm willing to forget all about that if we negotiate a new contract from a go-forward position." "Now, who does that sound like?" "Let me guess." "Peter?" "He has a good head for business." "I kind of miss him." "Yeah, me too." "Hey, Mr. Fleming?" "I just wanted to tell you," "I've been working the whole bulldogging deal with Amy." "Well... there's a bit of a problem." "Problem?" "Yeah." "I mean, it's going okay with her, but- that's your problem." "See, it's not enough to be just okay at something." "You gotta be the best." "And from what I understand, you got the potential to be the best damn bronc rider around." "Yeah." "I was thinking that way too." "It's just- well, I figure Ashley, would just take me a whole lot more serious if I gave up broncs for something a little safer." "Oh." "Like bulldogging." "Are you nuts?" "Bulldogging is twice as dangerous as broncs 'cause you gotta factor another animal into the mix, you can't predict what's gonna happen." "Caleb, take it from a guy who spent ten years recovering from one little bulldogging accident, because the cow zigged when it should've zagged." "Yeah." "Think about it." "Thanks." "Hey." "Hey." "I'm really sorry about your foal." "Yeah." "Me too." "He really needs to eat." "How long has that blanket been on the dead foal?" "Twelve hours." "Since I delivered it." "'Cause I was thinking, wild horses rely as much on smell as they do on vision." "So maybe if we take that blanket and rub it all over new little guy, then, he'll smell enough like her foal and she'll accept him." "I mean, you have the best chance." "It's your mare, she trusts you." "Yeah, I can do it." "I can try." "Easy girl." "Hey, buddy." "Good boy." "Hey." "Hey." "Did you forget something or?" "Ah, yeah." "I forgot to tell you not to take this whole office thing too seriously, Lou." "Well, that's easy to say." "But if you can give up on us working together after one day, what happens if we..." "What?" "If we what...?" "If, I don't know, we live together..." "Or something." "You know, like a regular couple?" "Are you, are you just going to pack up and leave at the first sign of trouble?" "Listen," "As you know I do have some faults." "I hum." "I meddle." "There's actually a few that you don't even know about to tell you the truth." "But there's one thing for sure." "Come here." "I'm not throwing in the towel here." "And you call me crazy, but we will never be a regular couple because you are way too extraordinary a woman to let a regular guy like me drag you down." "I'm here to be honest with you, Ash." "You don't have to say anything," "Mom told me all about it." "You know that I'm going back to broncs?" "Broncs?" "I'm talking about the sponsorship money." "My mom told me you paid it all back." "Oh." "I was planning on telling you." "I was just waiting for the right time." "And when would that be?" "I don't know." "When you started talking to me again." "When you smiled at me." "I just didn't want it to be about the money." "I was sorta hoping you'd stop hating me all on your own." "Maybe what my mom says is true." "Maybe you aren't some no good rodeo guy." "No, I'm not." "And your mom, well..." "She ain't so bad either." "Yeah." "She has her moments." "Ugh!" "You know, it's not fair!" "What she did is totally wrong, but the way she is now," "I can't be mad at her any more." "Come on, Ty." "I'll show you how to get a bottle ready." "I was really hoping this would work." "I appreciate you coming out here and everything," "I mean after..." "Yeah." "I know." "Things got a little weird between us." "But it's great about Ty, hey?" "Hmm?" "Getting accepted at two universities?" "Oh, yeah." "Yeah, it is." "Look at her." "She just keeps pushing him away." "No, I don't think so." "That's what mares do to get foals to suckle." "Wow!" "Wow, look at him go." "Maybe that little guy will turn out to be the world's greatest barrel horse, huh?" "By the way, the fridge stopped working a few days ago." "And that hole in the roof?" "The one you supposedly fixed?" "Not happening." "Oh, here let me give you a hand with that, Mrs. Stanton." "Thank you." "For everything." "It's weird, I'm uh, really gonna miss this place." "No you're not." "Now get out of here." "The thing is..." "I'm a bit over-extended, now that Ty's off with Scott." "And we both know that Caleb's on the rodeo circuit half the time and, well, truth of the matter is" "You're offering me a job?" "Like, ranch foreman?" "I don't give a damn what title you give yourself." "I hate to say this, but the cattle business, for a man your age?" "I could see that coming." "Oh, yeah." "Well, that sounds good, coming from guy who decided to go back to steer wrestling." "I woulda done it, too." "Except" "The shoulder." "Well, I could say the same thing for myself." "If it wasn't" "Your arthritis?" "So if I'm gonna be foreman, we might as well move ththe cattle back to Big River, the way things used to be." "Except instead of you paying me back, now I'm paying you." "Well that's one way of looking at it." "Ah!" "Course if your cattle is gonna be eating my grass," "I'll have to charge you a grazing lease." "And my salary." "Don't forget my salary." "Must have been a couple of rough days, huh." "Yeah." "Until you showed up." "You were amazing." "I'm not sure I'll ever get horses the way you do." "But I t think I'm starting to understand what vets have to go through." "And I think I can handle it." "Yeah." "That's what Kit told me." "She said you got accepted to two universities." "You told her, but you didn't tell me?" "It's easy to tell her." "It doesn't mean anything." "It doesn't change anything." "But telling gou that I'm 'moving away..." "That we won't be working together, that I won't get to see you every morning that we can't be together." "That's not so easy." "And I guess I still don't really know how to tell you, because I'm doing a lousy job of it." "No, you're not..." "You're doing just fine." "Hey, we're gonna make it work, okay?" "No matter what happens, we'll get through it."