Training My Heart to Love You by Monica Walters

Author:Monica Walters [Walters, Monica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: B. Love Publications
Published: 2019-08-21T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Zayson

“Shit! He hopped his ass right out of that damned rope.”

“Naw. Yo’ ass rusty. Yo’ timing off. But that’s what we practicing for. You gon’ get it back,” Legend said.

That’s why I considered him and Red friends. They said what I needed to hear and didn’t just go along with shit. That was how you knew when a muthafucka was trying to bring something to your life instead of just taking from it. “Yeah. You right. It’s been a couple of years since I heeled a steer.”

I glanced over at Kortlynn and she was talking to Harper and Shana. They seemed to be enjoying themselves. She looked back over at me and smiled, then blew me a kiss. I winked at her. That was my baby for real, and I knew, without a shadow of a doubt, that I loved her. “That’s why yo’ ass can’t heel. You distracted. Do we need to ask the women to go in the house?” Red asked.

“Naw. I got it this time.”

“Uh huh. You betta, nigga.”

I laughed at the smirk on his face. That was their way of pushing me to do better. They did this shit almost every day, so they knew it would take me a minute to get in the groove. Legend got the steer ready while I backed my horse in the box on the right side of the steer and Red backed up on its left side. When Legend released him, the steer would run up the middle, and Red would rope the horns and take a dally, which was wrapping the rope around the saddle horn, and turn left, causing the steer to turn left as well. It was my job to rope his hind legs.

Like Legend had said, my timing was off. I had to throw the rope at exactly the right time, or the steer could hop right out of it before it could tighten around his legs or I could just miss him altogether. I could see the ladies watching us, but I closed my eyes for a second, so I could focus. This time, I had to heel that fucker, even if only to prove to myself that I could still do this shit and be good at it. Looking over at Red and Legend, Red gave the head nod. Once the steer broke for it, our barriers dropped, and we went after it. Red did his job, perfectly, and I threw my rope and caught that son of a bitch.

It was about damn time. The ladies were all clapping and cheering. I looked over to see my baby standing on her feet with an excited expression on her face. Knowing I had her support was like the wind in a nigga sail. After that, I didn’t miss another one. “Well, looka here. A nigga back in the saddle,” Legend said.

We all laughed. When I dismounted the horse, and had left the gate, Kortlynn ran to me and hugged me tightly. “You did so good!”

“Thank you, baby,” I said, then chuckled.

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