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“What’s that?”
“It’s all over for Jihtin’”
Tell frowned “Why would that interest ed her a couple times and then she o Why?”
“She reether fondly Hell, I think she ree is on the skids” Dalton sets down to the ith Ji and move to Austin to live with her sister”
“When did Char spill her guts to you, D?”
“She stopped by here yesterday whenabout a cute kid o all soft and talkative Anyway, if we play our cards right, we could get first crack at it”
That caught his interest “First crack at everything?”
“Yep” Dalton’s face turned into pure business “The land is already divided into two parcels That larger section wouldn’t be a bad invest a feedlot in a few years”
“I aiven land prices, there’s no e can afford it Even if she gives us a friends and forot saved up“
“There’s no e can afford to pass up this opportunity, even if it takes us a few years to get the feedlot up and running This time ouldn’t have to rely on someone else to run interference for us We could handle the details ourselves and no one would know until after the fact”
They both had a bad taste after a land deal had fallen through a year and a half ago “I don’t know I’d hate to get ain We’ve been talkin’ in abstracts What if I’ You’re the smartest person I know, T, and if anyone can make it profitable, you can show us how You’ve done more than talk in abstracts You’ve already studied up on the regulations”
His brother’s faith in hi
“And wouldn’t it be sweet to stick it to Little Miss Know-It-All-Ecologically-Sustained-Agriculture after what she done to us?”
He spit out his beer at hearing Dalton refer to sweet Rory Wetzler in such a way “Hey, you’re the one who got drunk with Rory and spilled the beans about us wantin’ to buy her antic feedlot”
Dalton sighed “Yeah, that wasn’t sed to keep that part of our plan even from our cousin Ben”
“You should’ve expected Rory would blab to herto Gavin so fast Both Rielle and Rory have that hippie attitude and don’t want any changes to the land”
“Well, they’re getting their wish since Gavin hasn’t done shit with it”
They chewed on that in silence
“You be all right doin’ chores Sundayalone?” Dalton asked “There’s a poker tournarand”
“Go for it Get drunk, get laid and win the pot I’ll need payback next weekend”
“Where’s the rodeo?”