Cowboys Never Get A Second Chance: A Johnson Brothers Novel (Chestnut Ranch Cowboy Billionaire Romance Book 3) by Emmy Eugene

Author:Emmy Eugene [Eugene, Emmy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Triple E Publishing
Published: 2019-11-25T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Russ called a meeting for everyone at Chestnut Ranch, and they met in his tiny office on Monday afternoon. He filled everyone in concerning the flood, ending with, “And Momma and Daddy will be living in the homestead for this week. Travis has been working with the restoration company the most, and he’s going to keep doing that.”

His brother nodded, and so did Rex and Griffin.

“Sorry we didn’t get their calls,” Griffin said.

“You wouldn’t have done anything different anyway,” Russ said. “It’s fine. We got them out, and we’ve hired someone to clean it all up.” He looked down at his clipboard. “This week, Travis and I are going to focus on the dog enclosure. Griffin and Rex will take over all the chores except for the dogs. That leaves Darren and his crew to do all the crops. It’s our last week of that for a couple of months, and we need all the fields cleaned up, mowed, and set for the winter.”

As if Mother Nature wanted to make his life a little harder, a clap of thunder filled the sky.

“And it’s supposed to rain a bit here at the beginning of the week,” he said.

“We have ponchos,” Darren said. “We’ll get it done, boss.”

And Russ knew they would. Darren was an excellent cowboy who’d landed at Chestnut Ranch several years ago after an ugly divorce and a bankruptcy at his own ranch just outside of Fredericksburg.

“And Seth is coming back on Sunday,” Russ said, his emotions sneaking up on him. He had no idea where they’d come from, but he missed his older brother powerfully in that moment. He cleared his throat and continued. “We’ll have dinner at the homestead that night to celebrate with him. Everyone is invited.”

“Everyone’s invited to Thursday night dinner too,” Travis said. “And our ranch party next Friday night.” He nodded at Darren, Tomas, and Brian, and they all nodded back.

“Okay, that’s it,” Russ said. “Oh, wait. We need to have one more check of the cattle this week sometime…” He flipped a page. “I don’t like it when it rains and we don’t know if they’re standing in water all the time.”

“The farthest field is soggy,” Griffin said. “I was out there on Saturday, and it was bad then.”

“Let’s move them somewhere else then.” Russ thought about the winter pastures they had ready. “Maybe section eleven?”

“We put the bulls there,” Rex said, moving to stand next to Russ. “What about over here?” He pointed to the southern sections on the map.

“That’s close to the river,” Russ said. “I don’t normally put cattle there in the winter. We lose ground every year to the floods when it rains.”

“It’s just today and tomorrow,” Rex said. “I’ll move them in the morning, and we’ll see how it goes.” He looked at Russ for his approval, and he simply gave it. He didn’t have another pasture at the moment, and if Rex was willing to take lead on a chore none of the brothers liked that much, Russ wasn’t going to argue.

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