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Just like Chase said, thirty minutes later, two vehicles drive out onto the pasture and park next to the Jeep.
Chase gets out of the police SUV, and two other men step out of the truck.
“Hey, Rem.”Nathan Price extends his hand for me to shake.“I’m sure sorry about this.”
“You and me both.”I shake his hand and then turn to the other officer.I don’t recognize him.“I’m Remington Wild.”
“Cole Sutton,” he replies and shakes my hand.“What happened?”
“I’m going to let Bruiser explain.”I gesture to my ranch hand and step back next to Chase as we listen to him describe seeing the mountain lion on camera and then racing out here to the field.
“She was poised and ready to kill the calf.She’s been killing cattle for about a month now, and we had to protect the calf.”Bruiser wipes his hand over his face.“So, I shot her, and when I walked up on her, I heard them.”
At his gesture, we turn to the tree line, and Cole says, “Damn.”
“I have traps in the truck,” Nathan says grimly.“We’ll take them to a sanctuary.They might even be able to be released back into the wild at some point.”
“Just far away from my ranch.”
“There’s going to be paperwork,” Nathan warns me.
“Of course, there is.”My phone rings, and I pull it out to find that it’s my mom.“Hey, Mom.”
“Hi, honey.Did you forget about Holly’s eye appointment?”
I close my eyes.Yeah, I had forgotten it in all of this mess.“Shit, yeah, I did.”
“I can’t take her because I have a doctor’s appointment of my own,” she says.“I suppose I could reschedule.”
“No, I’ll figure it out.Just give me a minute.”
I check the time and curse under my breath.I have less than an hour to get my daughter to her appointment, but I can’t leave the ranch until this whole mess is figured out.
So, I call my sister.
“Hi, favorite oldest brother,” she says in my ear.
“Remember that I’m your favorite, okay?I need some help.Tell me you’re not working today.”
“I’m not working today.”
“Good.Can you come get Holly and take her to her eye appointment?I’m hung up here at the ranch.”
“Uh, sure.Give me an hour.”
I close my eyes.“I can’t.She has to be there in less than that.”
“Jesus, Rem, give a girl some notice.Okay, I’m pulling myself together, and I’ll be there shortly.”
“I’ll let Mom know.I’m in the north pasture, so I won’t be at the house when you pick her up.”
“I’ll talk to you later,” is all she says before she hangs up.
“You good?”Chase asks.
No.I’m not good.
But I force a smile.“Yeah, great.Let’s get this taken care of.”
