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Elroy gave his you need to do before I’ll consider reco you for reinstateht I don’t wanna hear about you, I don’t wanna read about you in the trade s or see your naked ass on YouTube No interviews, no drunken brawls, no excess of easy wos anywhere You vanish Understood?”

“Yes, sir” Chase exhaled the breath he hadn’t been aware of holding “What else?”

“In the meantime…try to remember how to ride a damn bull, okay? Practice, relearn, do whatever the hell it takes to get back to the professional level where you belong Give ure out what you’ve been doin’ wrong and try and fix it”

Jesus That fking stung He said, “You have my word, Elroy,” and wondered hoas supposed to relearn so for over a decade

“You do those two things Prove to et back in as soon as the season restarts”

Chase didn’t botherthe break would put him out of contention for the world title this year because he wasn’t even close to contention In fact, if he didn’t get his shit together, he’d soon be off the PBR tour altogether

Helluva ot yourself in, McKay

“Try to behave, and I’ll be in touch,” Elroy said

With nothing left to say, Chase started across the parking lot toward the ht, he almost bumped into Winnie when she slithered from the shadows

She blocked him like a sentry, arely defiant behind glasses

“You stick around to gloat?” he taunted

Winnie sighed “No, I don’t enjoy this, but it’s necessary to speak o ahead and tellwords in my mouth” She held up her hand to stop his rebuttal “And I don’t need to hear for the u else inexactly what I’onna say?”