Yellowstone - John Duttons daughter

Resurrection day & behind us only grey

"Tate, what are you doing here?" Tessa asked yawning as she walked into the living room. Tate was laying on the couch.

"Dad went off with Grandpa." He tells her, "Told me to stay here."

"Let's go then." Tessa tells the boy, "Come on."

Tessa grabbed her hat of the rack, by the front door. Before leading Tate over to the barn.

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"My dad used to do this." Tate tells Tessa as she lunged the horse around the round yard.

"Oh, yeah?" Tessa asks, although she already knew this.

"When he breaks colts, he does it." Tate goes on, "Why do you do it?"

"Well, I want to get all the shit out of his system so I can get on him." Tessa explained

"You owe me a dollar!" Tate yells

"I ain't paying you a fuckin' dollar." Tessa shakes her head

"So you don't go ass over teakettle?" Tate changes the subject

"Yeah, that's right." Tessa nods, lowering the lead rope down, "Here, here, here, here... Here."

The horse slowed down to a walk, before stoping in the middle of the yard.

"See that, Tate?" Tessa asks walking towards him, "That's him submitting."

"What does that mean?" Tate asks

"That means he's ready to go to work ." Tessa explained clipping the lead rope on. Give him a pat, There you go."

Tate gently reached forward to give the horse a pat on the nose; "when did you get your first horse?" Tate asks

"Well I had a little buckskin Shetland pony." Tessa smiled, "daddy brought him when I was 2."

"Have you still got him?" Tate asks, Tessa nodded her head; "he's about 16, but we've got no one small enough to ride him, he's half retired."

"All right, what do you say?" Tessa changed the subject, "Should we get another one?"

"Yeah." Tate smiled

"Alright." Tessa nodded, "Go get the gate for me."

Tate ran to get the gate, as John and Kayce rode towards them.

"You can add babysitting to my list of talents." Tessa smiles

"I need to talk to you, Grandpa." Tate said walking towards him, "It's very serious."

"All right." John nodded

"Do I need to be part of this conversation?" Kayce asks

"You ain't got any money." Tate deadpanned, "Gotta be him."

"This should be good." John chuckled, "Come on."

They two walk a few feet away, Tessa taking Johns horse following Kayce to the barn.

"Thanks for watching him." Kayce tells Tessa

"Well, you didn't give me much choice." Tessa joked, "walked downstairs and there he was."

Tessa tied her horse up out the front of the barn, she still planned on going for a ride with Tate after.

"I'm glad your back Kayce." Tessa tells adds, as Tate comes running over to them.

"Daddy! Daddy!" He yelled looking excited, "You gotta train my horse!"

Shit, Kayce." Tessa chuckled, "what's have you got yourself into."