Cowboy Under the Mistletoe
“Multicolored Brahma brood cows grazed peacefully in this section of Manny Morales’s pasture land. Not one of them looked up as Jake roared by and pulled beneath the Double M crossbars.
In the near distance, a sprawling ranch house sat like a brick monument to the success of a Mexican immigrant whose work ethic and cattle smarts had created a well-respected bucking bull program. Jake knew. He’d worked for Manny before the Buchanons and the rodeo had given him reason to leave Gabriel’s Crossi...ng.
Dust swirled around the truck tires as he parked and got out. Manny, short and stout and leathery, stood in the barn entrance, white Resistol shading his eyes.
“Manny!” Jake broke into a long stride, eager to see his friend and mentor.
“Is that you, Jake boy?” The older man propped a shovel against the barn and came to meet him.
With back slaps and handshakes, they greeted one another.MoreLess
In the near distance, a sprawling ranch house sat like a brick monument to the success of a Mexican immigrant whose work ethic and cattle smarts had created a well-respected bucking bull program. Jake knew. He’d worked for Manny before the Buchanons and the rodeo had given him reason to leave Gabriel’s Crossi...ng.
Dust swirled around the truck tires as he parked and got out. Manny, short and stout and leathery, stood in the barn entrance, white Resistol shading his eyes.
“Manny!” Jake broke into a long stride, eager to see his friend and mentor.
“Is that you, Jake boy?” The older man propped a shovel against the barn and came to meet him.
With back slaps and handshakes, they greeted one another.MoreLess
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