A Horse Tale Page #8

We're rich!

-We're like,

disgustingly rich!

-You're rich!

-Congrats! Ben...

-Great job.

-Cliff:
What? Are you serious?

This is not a joke?

-No joke! No joke!

Way to go, man.

Chloe found 'em.

-Come here, Chloe!

Right here.

-All right.

-Good morning.

-Good morning!

-Good morning.

-Guess where we're

going today?

We're going to spend

all day pampering

and beautifying,

and by this afternoon,

-the boys won't even

recognize us.

-Sweet.

-Come on.

-Bye, Dad.

Nice shirt.

Chloe:
I gave it to him!

-See you later.

-Bye.

So, what you're telling me is,

you have no idea where he is

and you don't know

when he's gonna be back?

Is that what you're saying?

Uh-huh.

Okay, thanks...

for nothing.

-Hey, Michael,

Cliff was wondering--

-One sec, Ben.

One sec.

-I've got you.

-You okay?

I've got you.

Do you know where

the bankers took Holly?

-Um, yeah. Why?

-How far away is it?

It's not far,

like 10 minutes.

Come with me.

We're gonna see a man

about a horse.

Would you like me

to do your hair?

Yeah, sure.

Let's see.

Oh, wow.

Beautiful hair.

Hey, who's this?

Oh! That's my mama

and Uncle Buddy.

He's funny-looking.

Yeah, we got our looks

from our mom's side of

the family.

But he did save the farm.

I just wish that we wouldn't

have left Holly go so soon.

So should we go up?

Like that kind of thing?

-Like French twists.

-Or down?

You're gonna need

a lot of bobby pins.

-And hairspray.

We got it.

-Oh, yeah.

Just waiting on

some paperwork

and then we'll get

Holly loaded up in

the trailer.

Sounds good.

You expecting someone?

No.

-Hey, Bill!

-What are you doing here?

-Where's Holly?

-Holly?

Well, I thought

we covered this, Michael.

Holly's been ceased

for non-payment.

She's being prepared

for transport as we speak.

Being that we're in

the country and all,

I gotta say this...

We can do this the easy way

or we can do this the hard way.

What are you

talking about?

Ben, you ever heard

of Masters Folly?

I... Oh, yeah.

Wasn't that, that

famous race horse?

Evidently. See, it turns out

that Holly could be

the surviving member

of Masters' lineage.

But you already knew that,

didn't you, Bill?

'Cause you were planning on

selling her, for what? Ten times

the amount you credited us for?

And didn't you find

authentication

papers on Holly?

Michael:
Yes,

and I had them

verified this morning.

Turns out you

were right, Bill.

She is horse royalty.

And I'm sure the bank

would be very interested

to know that you were

planning on sticking the

difference in your own pocket.

So, I'm gonna ask you,

we can do this the easy way,

or we can do this

the hard way.

-Ben:
I like the hard way.

-Yeah, the hard way

is getting my vote, too.

Look, we can work

something out.

Good.

Now get us our horse.

Hey, girls, y'all better

get down here. I think you're

going to wanna see this.

Well, I'll be...

I think we have

a missing family

member of yours.

Thank you, Michael.

-You got it.

-I can't believe

you brought her back.

-Holly!

-Holly!

Hi, baby.

Good girl.

Hey, Dad, I wanted

to give you your

Christmas present now.

What?

Open it.

Sweetheart, you didn't

have to do that.

-Come on.

-What? Now?

Mmm-hmm.

Okay. All right.

"The World's Best Dad!"

I... love them!

I love you, Daddy.

Even when you

drive me nuts.

And let's face it,

you needed better pajamas.

Yes, and these are

very high-fashion.

So, thank you.

When did you do this?

Oh, Sam helped me.

-She did?

-Mmm-hmm.

Wow.

I happen to have

an early Christmas

present for you, too.

-Really?

-Mmm-hmm.

That was your mom's.

That was my gift to her

for giving me... you.

Thanks, Dad.

-I love it.

-Do you?

-Mmm-hmm.

-Well, there's more. Here.

A year's worth of

riding lessons! Seriously?

Thanks, Dad.

I'm going to work

on giving you some

more space. Okay?

Okay. Thank you.

Within reason.

-Of course.

-Because I'm still your dad.

-I know.

-Now go get ready.

Need to gain

some weight.

I gotta go.

- Hey!

- Oh, my gosh.

-How'd I do?

Do you like it?

-Oh, my gosh,

you look so beautiful!

Thank you. So do you.

-I just finished

talking to Michael.

-Yeah?

I think you should

give him a chance.

-Really?

-Really.

You're bad.

Hi, Gilbert.

It's so good

to see you.

-Have you met my sister?

-Hello.

-I'm gonna take him around.

-Yeah.

See, I knew you

would like it here.

I never doubted my

executive assistant

for a second.

That's right.

Thanks, Nikki.

-Hey!

-Michael, how you doing, buddy?

Good. Good. Listen,

I'm looking for Sam.

Well, you might try outside.

She's not big on large crowds.

-Okay, I will.

-Hey, man, I want to talk

to you about something.

Now that you're going

to be around a lot,

you know, with Chloe's

riding lessons and all,

I'd like to see you

have your own space.

You know that guest house...

-Yeah?

-It's for you.

-Mr. Harrison...

-You call me Cliff.

Cliff.

I mean, I don't know what

to say, thank you so much.

You're welcome.

You've earned it.

You really have.

I appreciate your help.

Thank you, sir.

One more thing,

on your next visit,

we'll sit down...

We'll talk about that

office in the barn.

Well, I'm not so

sure about that.

I'm kind of liking King

as my counting assistant,

you know?

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Well...

Looks like we

saved the farm.

Yes. By the skin

of our teeth.

Yes.

But you going the extra

mile like you did,

and bringing Holly home...

I really can't

thank you enough.

Well, I couldn't leave

things the way they were.

Holly wanted to be back

with her family.

I'm really happy

for you guys.

Thank you.

You know, I had the most

interesting conversation

with Mrs. Parker earlier.

Ah! Do tell.

Oh, do you remember

Mr. Parker, the gentleman

that was gonna take his

business down

the road to K&T?

Yes, of course.

Well, he didn't tell

Mrs. Parker.

-Ooh, that's bad.

-Yeah.

That's real bad.

She's not having it.

So they aren't leaving.

They even gave

a six month advance.

Well, that is

a happy ending.

Is it?

What do you mean?

Well, what's going

to happen with us?

Are we going to have

a happy ending?

According to your

father we are.

My daddy gave you the keys

to the guest house and didn't

tell me?

You say the word

and I'm gonna give 'em

right back to him.

Well, it just turns out,

that I have a thing for

hot city boy accountants.

That's good.

Chloe, it's snowing!

It's snowing!

It's snowing!

Dad, look, it's snowing!

It wasn't supposed to snow!

-Oh, my goodness!

-Would you look at this!

Merry Christmas, honey!

Cliff:

Nobody said

anything about snow.

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