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Moving slower than usual.
The sight immediately killed my amusement.
The old rancher wasn't a man who sat still.
Seeing him forced to watch from the sidelines felt wrong.
Hank noticed me looking.
He shrugged.
"Gout."
"I noticed."
"Getting old is stupid."
That earned agreement from everybody.
Even the boys.
The youngest nodded.
"Yeah."
The entire ranch turned toward him.
The kid couldn't have been older than seventeen.
He immediately realized his mistake.
"Not that I know."
Smart.
Very smart.
Hank laughed.
Then looked at me.
"Need you to handle things today."
I opened my mouth.
Closed it.
Opened it again.
Because the old man wasn't asking.
Not really.
He was trusting me.
With his ranch.
With Sadie.
