“Come on out. I note that you waited until the real work was done before you offered your services.”
“Go buy some more cattle. I’ll work right beside you while you burn a brand in their hides and cut off their gonads. Hell, I’ll even try some mountain oysters with you.”
“Hate to disappoint you, but I buy my steers already cut. Hauling and branding and calming them down is all I do. So, you won’t get to do any emasculating up here. You reserve that for your big business deals.”
“Yeah, guess my primal savagery was showing,” he responded, giddy at the easy talk between them. “I’ll try to control it. So, it’s okay if I drop in?”
“Sure. When?”
“How about tomorrow?”
“How you coming?”
“Same way I left. I’ll have the company jet drop me in Albuquerque, and take a helicopter up. I’ll try to
