A Horse Tale Page #5

-Yum!

-Yes!

-Oh, I almost forgot.

-Cliff:
Thank you, honey.

Okay, I think

that's everything.

Shall we?

-All right.

-Don't hurt yourself.

Yeah. Yeah.

Pass those around.

Whoo!

Good job.

-Sam:
You okay, Dad?

-Yeah.

Sam, I gotta tell you,

that dinner was incredible.

Yeah, it was really

great. Thank you.

Oh, yeah!

Of course.

My pleasure.

Michael, Chloe was wondering

if maybe you'd sign a waiver,

so that she could take some

beginner riding lessons.

Well, honestly,

I was on a horse today

and it wasn't so bad.

I shall sign the waiver

for Chloe to ride...

-Thank you!

-...but you have to promise

me to be so careful. Okay?

I promise. I promise.

So, do you want

to go for a ride

with me tomorrow,

while your dad

is working?

Yeah, that'd be great.

All right. I just hope

you're a better rider

than your dad is.

Oh, okay.

On that note,

we'll say good night.

-Good night.

-Thank you.

-Good night.

-Good night, you two.

Good night.

Poor guy.

I feel for him.

You know,

having to raise

Chloe on his own.

-Yeah.

-That can't be easy.

What happened

to his wife?

She was killed

in a car accident

last spring.

Yeah. You never know

what, uh,

someone else might

be carrying in their

saddle, you know?

Let's go.

-Sam:
Got it?

-Yup.

Good job.

You know, Chloe...

I know we don't know

each other that well...

but I know what it's like

to lose somebody that you love.

And if you ever wanna talk,

I'm here.

Thanks, Sam.

No problem.

Now, shall we?

-Yeah.

-Come on.

Sydney, I don't...

We still don't have April.

-I can't find it.

-Uh... Uh... Uh.

-Um, April...

-See.

-Where? This is not April.

-April!

Aha! April.

You keep April on a roll

of paper towels?

We ran out of paper.

And I think I might've

logged some smaller checks

on a fence post outside.

I'm joking!

Oh...

That's so funny!

What's not funny

is that you keep records

on paper towels.

It's pretty funny.

All right,

I need to ask you about...

This is a letter addressed

to your mother regarding some

old airline stock options.

What do you

know about that?

Who knows? This is probably

some Uncle Buddy scheme.

Did Sam ever

tell you about him?

Yeah, she told me

all about good old

Uncle Buddy.

I know that he tried

to sell Mom some

stock options

on a little airline

that he used to work on.

Maybe she bought some.

Don't you think it's worth

giving them a call?

I seriously doubt it.

Nothing Uncle Buddy ever

touched turned to gold.

I'm gonna give them a call.

What time does

the bank get here?

2:
00 p.m.

Okay. What I'm going to do

is, I'm going to put together

a profit and loss statement

and I'm going to try

and convince them

that you're going to be

able to pay off some of

the debt

after you get

your tax return.

Do you really think

that'll work?

They're sensible guys.

It should work.

Wow, she really likes you.

Yeah, I think

she just wants

another apple.

Nah, she likes you.

I think she wants

her nails done.

Hey, you want to paint

her hooves?

-Really?

-Yeah.

Horses get their hooves done,

just like you get your nails

done.

Hear that, Holly?

You're gonna

get a mani-pedi.

You know, with all

this manual work,

I really think

that I could use

a mani-pedi, too.

My nails look awful.

Well, welcome to

the country, cowgirl.

Hey.

So, Sydney told me

you have a plan.

Michael's gonna see

if they'll give us an

extension till tax time.

Yeah. It's fairly

straightforward,

simple.

I don't see any reason

why they should turn it down.

I have Sydney's

signature and...

if you approve.

All right, well.

Let's hope these guys go for it.

-Bill.

-Yes.

-Hey, how are you?

Come on in.

-Hi. Nice to meet you.

I'm Michael Thompson,

CPA, and...

Let's just go out to my office,

maybe we could work

something out, huh?

-Let's talk.

-All right.

She's gorgeous.

Mmm-hmm.

That's Holly.

She's worth

a pretty penny.

Holly?

She's the one those

folks in Kentucky are

interested in, right?

-Yes, sir.

-She'd make a nice

Christmas gift.

Why do you think

we're ahead of schedule?

I think it's about time

we collect our first asset.

Her.

Did you hear that?

Let's go.

Grandpa! Grandpa!

-What's up, Jack?

-What? What?

It's those sleazy bankers.

We heard them saying,

they were going to take Holly.

-You won't let them, will you?

-Whoa!

Just hold on. What exactly

did you hear them say?

Just something about

Holly being a good

asset to take.

Well, you know,

this is not the first time

there's been a hefty offer

on the table for that horse.

Yeah, but they can't just

take her, right? I mean,

she belongs to you.

Yeah, Mom,

Holly is ours.

Yes! Holly is ours!

And no, we're not gonna

let them take her.

But how can you

be so sure?

Your dad is trying to make

sure of that right now.

So let's just wait

and see what happens.

Okay?

-It's okay.

-Settle guys, all right.

How did it go?

Please tell me

they went for it.

- Wish I could.

- What happened?

First of all,

let me tell you,

those two bankers...

Not my favorite

people in the world.

Not only are they not

going to give us more time,

they want collateral now.

They're talking

about next week.

We know you did all you could,

Michael, we appreciate it.

They didn't go for it

because of Holly,

because they want her.

She's the down payment,

isn't she?

Did they mention Holly,

when you met with them?

They did suggest

a horse as a possible

first installment. Yeah.

See, Chloe's right.

Yeah, but they can't

just take her, right?

We owe them $200,000.

They can take whatever

they want.

Look, just hear me out

for a second.

If you sold the horse,

couldn't you just buy

it back?

No. Okay?

Horses are not like cars.

And besides, we take Holly

over to those Kentucky folks,

they're gonna meet her,

they're gonna fall in love

with her, and they're never

going to want to give her back.

If it meant buying

us more time,

I mean, would the farm

in Kentucky be so bad?

You know, he's right.

They would take really

good care of her.

Sydney, Holly's family.

And sometimes family

needs to make sacrifices.

Then can we sacrifice King?

Don't even talk

about King.

Okay, girls,

that's enough.

The big questions is,

have we considered

every option?

Are we overlooking

anything?

Well, have you gone through

all the books?

I guarantee you,

there's no help waiting

for us in any of the books.

What about that

black-tie ball that you guys

used to throw years ago?

Why don't we throw one this year

and make it a fund-raiser?

Chloe, that ball

that we threw

was to give something

back to the community

and for our friends.

It just wouldn't be right

to charge them now.

Hold on a second.

I mean,

with all due respect,

Mr. Harrison, uh...

Your generosity has been

part of the problem here.

I mean, you've allowed horses

to board for free when people

couldn't pay.

You've allowed families

to go on payment plans

they really couldn't afford.

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