"To thine own self be true" Yellowstone fanfiction

chapter 34 "old habits"

5 years later

"Atta girl!! Atta girl!! Run it baby!! Run it!!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. The crowed screamed louder than I ever could, the cowboys yipped and hollered as her small hat was tossed in the air. 15 seconds on the clock, new state record for the longest bull calf riding in the child age group. She picked up her hat tossing it into the air again. She stuck her arms proudly in the air running towards her father. Rip held out his arms to yank he rip over the stadium walls. "Did you see me Daddy!! Did you see me!?" She screamed. Rip smiled with bright joy. "I did baby girl!" Her smile was wide as she looked around. Her smile grew twice it's size as she watched her grandfather walk towards her. "I did it paw! I did it!!" She called out. Lloyd yanked her tossing her into the air. "I told you!! I told you! Didn't I peanut! Worth all them hours of practicing huh!?" She nodded her head hugging Lloyd tightly. "Jen go on look! They're waiting for you to get your damn trophy" I pointed behind her at a group of 5 judges waving her on in the middle of the arena. With a smile Lloyd lowered her back down the stadium walls before she ran straight to the judges. In the middle of the arena stood my strong independent daughter with a trophy twice her size.
The judges pawned her off as the crowd cheered.  "What did I miss?" Carter panted as he jogged up to both rip and I. I looked him up and down. "You missed everything" I say. "Shit. Really? Did she win?" I laughed patting his arm. "yeah she won. Where were you?" His face turned hot. "I was in line for popcorn" I rolled my eyes "then wheres your popcorn?" I questioned. "Oh...uh.. it's uh" I smacked him upside the head "stop messing with them buckle bunnies Carter! They'll make your pecker itch!" I smirked. "Ma I wasn't doing nothing" he mumbled as he adjusted his hat on his head before turning back to watch the barrel racing girls in their tight clothes. I shook my head before looking back into the stadium. "I knew letting that boy around them cowboys was an awful idea" I laughed softly. Rip ran his hand around the front of my waist from behind. "Could be worse. Could've ended up like jimmy. Duggie thief" he says before kissing my neck gently. I scoffed "Jesus yeah. We saved them both form that shit" I gently ran my finger tips over Ripd rough skin on his hand. "Speaking of jimmy" I cocked my head to jimmy staring and flirting with a brunette girl who was gearing up her barrel racing horse. "Let's hope he keeps it in his pants" rip chuckled as he pulled my waist. I followed his lead while still watching jimmy. "let's get our baby girl and get outta here before she thinks this rodeo life is meant for her" rip said. "hey! She did a great fuckin job! You're the one who didn't want her in this rodeo at all!" I laughed as we walked to the back rooms. "I didn't want my little girl to end up with some kind of brain damage or broken bones"

"Little kids are made of rubber rip. They'll never break" I smirked. "Carter!! Did you see me! Did you see!?" Jen called out as she yanked onto Carter's arm. "No I missed it. I hear it was really cool!" Carter smiled softly at her. "It was! It was fucking awesome!" She yelled. "Hey!!" I shouted. Rip grabbed Jen by her belt loops swinging her over his shoulder like a hay bale. She screamed with laughter. "Little ladies don't talk like that!" Rip patted her bottom repeatedly. Jennings laughed. "Mama does!" She giggled. "mama ain't a lady! She's a mama! She can talk like that!" Rip walked ahead of us as we exited the building to the busy parking lot.  I glanced over at Carter who walked beside me. "Did you see my old man?" I asked. He shook his head. "No. I didn't" "Figures" I sighed. "But I did see Casey" Carter says. I furrowed my brows "Casey? Was he by himself?". Carter nodded. "That's weird. Haven't seen him in forever yet he's here by himself" Carter shrugged "I thought it was weird too. But what are you gonna do" he quickly jogged ahead of me to the truck. "I call shot gun!" He yells. "Fuck you do! I'm strapping your ass to the roof!" Rip called out with sarcastic laughter. "Twitty!" A voice called behind me. I turned around to face Casey who was in distress. "Casey?"
"I know you don't wanna see me. But.. I need your help" he looked worried. Almost like he witnessed death. "The hell do you want boy?" Rip growls under his breath as he stepped forwards from his truck. "nothing that concerns you" Casey glared at rip with eyes that were filled with hatred. I held my hand up "I can hold my own rip" rip nodded before walking back to strap in our child. "What is it Casey?  I don't have time for bullshit. You ignore me for years but when you need something you come running. Sounds a lot like dad don't it?" Casey scoffed. "Says the one till working and living on his land and living off his money" I shook my head "you got a lot of nerv Casey. If I could go somewhere I fuckin would" I pulled my shirt down to show the brand between my breasts. "I ain't like you"
"I'm not here to argue Twitty. I need help" he sounded scared, almost Helpless. My face softened. "What is it baby?" He gulped down his ego and pride. "Monica...she got hurt at work. Some kids where in a fight...she got in the way.. she hasn't been right ever since...I..I can't take her to the doctor...they'll call CPS. CPS is already on our asses. I need help. She! She need help" Casey pleaded. He was terrified and honestly I didn't blame him. I left him with a nod. "Alright baby.. take me to her." I jogged quickly to the truck. I opened the back passenger door, quickly I reached underneath the car seat pulling out a large duffle bag of. "Where are you going mama?" Jennings asked. I looked up with a smile. "I gotta go help your uncle with something" I placed kisses on her porcelain cheeks before shutting the door. "Get her home. Feed her then Bathe her then bed got it?" I smiled as rip placed his hands on my cheeks, rubbing his big thumbs over my dimples, he grins "yes ma'am. I'll see you later" he kissed me deeply before sending me on my way