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With everything he'd spent his life building.
That landed heavier than I expected.
Finally I nodded.
"Okay."
The boys cheered.
Actually cheered.
Like I'd accepted some kind of award.
Idiots.
Every one of them.
The youngest pumped his fist.
"Boss said yes."
I pointed.
"Stop calling me that."
"No problem, Boss."
I sighed.
Long.
Painfully.
This was my life now.
Apparently.
Then the oldest ranch hand spoke.
"What's first?"
I looked around.
At the escaped calf.
The crooked feed truck.
The broken gate.
The chaos.
The disaster.
Then toward Sadie, who was watching me, smiling.
Warm.
Proud.
