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“But I don’t like him, either.”
I roll my eyes and dig into the cooler for the little apple tartlets that I included and break one open.
“You know as well as I do,” Rem continues, “that there are players or teams that your dad didn’t get along with.There were rivalries there.”
“It’s asport,” I reply.“That’s not the same thing as despising yourneighborfor the better part of two centuries, Grumpy.That’s just stupid.”
“Ah, well.”He shrugs and grabs his own apple tartlet.“It’s tradition.”
He starts to say something else, but I stop him, listening.
“I think I heard something,” I whisper.We’re both still as we wait and listen, and then Remington stands, pulls me to my feet, and we hurry to the Jeep.
When I’m safely inside, he grabs the gun.
“You’re not going back out there,” I say.
“Hell yes, I am.You stay here, you hear me?”
“I’ll stay.I don’t want to get eaten by a bear or a mama moose.”
“Me either.”His face is grim as he walks to the back of the Jeep so he has a wider vision of our area, and then I see him hightail it to the driver’s side and climb in.“It’s a motherfucking grizzly bear.”
“What?”My voice is a squeak.“Where?”
“It’s still about twenty yards away.I can’t let it eat our lunch.”
“I don’t mind sharing.”
“No, I’ll explain later, but just stay here.”
Before I can protest, Remington jumps out of the Jeep and runs to where we were just sitting, grabs all of our supplies in his arms, and runs back to me, tossing everything unceremoniously into the back and shutting the door.The bear stops on the grass, staring at Rem.
“He looks irritated at you.”
“I’m sure he is.But he’s not allowed to eat human food, or we’d have to have him put down.”
“Oh, my God.”I frown over at Rem before turning my gaze back to the bear.“Holy shit, he’s a she, and she’s a mama.”
Two tiny, little fuzzy cubs come sauntering along behind her, bouncy and playful.
“We have to go,” Rem says and starts the engine.That startles all three bears, and the mama rises up on her hind legs.“Jesus H.Christ, she’s big.”
“Could she get into the Jeep?”
“Easily,” he confirms and starts to back away.“But she can’t catch us.She won’t want to.She just wants us gone.”
“Happy to oblige.”
Rem nods and then turns the wheel and takes off in the direction that we came.I look in the mirror and see that the mama bear isn’t chasing us.She’s standing with her cubs, watching us leave.
“I need to make sure I let the guys know she’s out here,” he says.“We’ll need to keep an eye out.She’ll eat my cattle if we’re not diligent.”
“I didn’t even think of that,” I admit with a sigh.
“They don’t often.They’d rather eat fish and berries or smaller rodents.But if it was a harsh winter, and they’re starving, they’ll eat whatever they can get.I don’t like that she’s on my land.I’ll call Fish and Wildlife and have her tracked.”
“Good idea.Wow, my first bear in the wild.She was gorgeous.And her babies are just so adorable.Makes you want to hug them.”
