Phantom pain

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"goddamn, I love when Travis comes to the ranch." Jake muttered, Travis and his crew rode horse around in the yard.

"We work both those reds, mine and the baldy." Travis calls before turning to teeter, "You're from where? Texarkana?"

"Yeah, Texarkana." She nods

"Which side of the river?" Travis asked

"North." Teeter tells him

"That is not Texas, that is fucking Arkansas. Don't tell people you're from Texas." Travis orders

"Whatever you say, sir." Teeter nods

"Don't you fucking do it." Travis adds

"Hey, Travis, congratulations on that derby win." Tessa says as she rides over

"Thank you, Tess." He smiles, "That's a hell of a horse." Travis adds, looking at the one she was sat on, "made a got choice with him."

"When you gonna show him next?" Tessa nods towards his horse

"I sold his ass at the back gate."

"You sold that horse? You out of your fucking mind, Travis?" Tessa questioned shaking her head in disbelief

"Tess, my goal is to leave every horse show with an empty trailer." Travis responds, turning to Rip as he lent against the fence besides them, "Had Andy Masci make you something."

"Oh, yeah? What's that for?" Rip asked unable to hide his smile

"Little wedding present." Travis shrugs

"How'd you figure that out, motherfucker?" Rip chuckled

"I'm a horse trainer, brother. When a woman goes off the market, I get a fucking email." Travis replies, "Tammy Joe! Bring him." He waves a person over with a horse.

He climbs on the hose kicking him into a walk,

"Oh, shit. This is that Dual Rey Geoffrey Sheehan was showing." Jake tells them all

"Hey, Arkansas, you study real hard in school, and save your allowance, one day you might get a horse like this." Travis tells Teeter as he rides last, "But I doubt it."

"Teeter, come grab these horses." Rip calls as John and Kayce ride into the yard

"Did Doc say it's okay for you to be riding?" Asked Tessa

"Yeah, well, I didn't ask." John chuckled watching as Travis and his horse chased the cows around.

"Goddam, he gets the livestock, doesn't he?" John muttered

"Yeah." Rip agreed, "What are you all shopping for?"

"Legacy." John replies, "Look at the King Ranch down in Texas. 825,000, acres. The land around there is so thick with oil you stab the damn ground with a shovel and you find it." How is that ranch still
there, that's the... that's the question." The chuckled

"Yeah, you'd think some big oil company would have bought it up by now." Rip agrees

"Well, that's 'cause they got ahead of it, you know? Started their own oil company before one could get to 'em." John replied, "Their own breed of cattle, hell, their own breed of horses, not a damn horse in that arena you can't trace back to the King. They made such a name for themselves you can buy a damn truck with their brand on the seat."

John looks back towards Travis, "That's what we're going to do. Outside this valley, who knows we're even here? I'm gonna let the world know we're here. Thinking of putting Travis on the road." John turns to face Rip, "You know him best, what do you think?"

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