Yellowstone - John Duttons daughter

The dream is not me

"Morning, daddy." Tessa pulled her horse to a stop besides him, it was still dark outside, everyone up and eating breakfast.

"Morning." John looks towards her, "This is my favorite part. Of everything we do, this is... this is my favorite."

"I do not like when its over." Tessa chuckled, "Even if it all goes smoothly, That part just makes me sad it's over." John and Tessa all joined the others, as the headed off to bring in the next lot of cattle.

***

"Tessie." Hallie pointed to the ground, a still born buffalo laying there

"Lloyd." Tessa called riding over

"What?" he asked

"That's the third one I've seen." Tessa didn't both to elaborate

"One what?" Lloyd asked

"Stillborn buffalo calf." Tessa sighed, pointing, "Just right back there." Tessa and Lloyd rode back over, before heading towards John, and Rip

"Aw, shit, this ain't gonna be good." Rip muttered

"Buffalo from the park been in this pasture." Tessa tells her dad, "Found two dead bison calves there, stillborn. Walker said he's seen two more of 'em." John sighs as Jake rides over,

"Let me guess, you found a stillborn bison." John asks

"Two." he confirms

"Why would that happen?" Clara asked

"Brucellosis, Clara." John explains as Kayce rides over.

"Found something you're going to want to see." He begins

"We found it, too." Tessa looks towards her brother

"Can cattle get it?" Clara asks

"Yes, cattle can get it." John nods

"Well, how can you tell?" she asks,

"Well, we'll test them for it." Tessa sighs, "And if one cow has it, the state destroys the whole herd."

"All our cows have calves." Kayce tried thinking of the positives

"We're not going to solve this on the side of the hill." John muttered, "Let's get em to headquarters. We'll figure it out there."

***

Cows were sent through the crush to be tested, while the remanding of the calves were branded

"Woo! You jumping in on this?" Tessa looked to Clara as Tessa and Teeter went to get the calf Walker had roped "You doing it?"

"Yep." she nodded, Tessa taking a step back as the two

" Oh, yeah. All right, come on. Ready?" Teeter asks

"Right. Right side on one, two, three." Tessa called from the side, "Get him over good. Got him?"

"Yep." Clara nodded

"Great, man, look at the fսckin' girl power." Teeter exclaimed as they held down the calf

"Gun powder?" Clara questioned "For what?"

"Girl power. fսcking girl power, man!" Teeter yelled back

"You speak fսcking English? You speak fսcking English?" Clara yelled "What the fսck are you saying?"

"fսck it. Just do it!" Teeter looked towards summer, Tessa leaning back against the fence with Ryan and Colby, "Come on, little miss sunshine."

"I'm so fսcking sorry, little calf." she apologized as she gave the cow its vaccination, "It's for your own good so you don't get sick. I'm sorry, I'm so fսcking sorry. Sorry, sorry."