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- You been shopping at

Baby Gap or something?

- Whatever, man.

How you been?

- I ain't miss being

in there with your ass,

but I'm good.

Let's get out of here.

- Yeah.

Man.

Thanks for keeping

this stuff for me.

- Ain't no thing.

- This place is aight.

- It ain't the dream.

Better than the game.

- We should go.

- Why are you meeting with

him if you're leaving anyway?

You know this thing could

be a new start for you.

- You know it ain't

that easy with Marquis.

His boys looked out

for me on the inside

and he asked me to come

see him before I leave,

so that's exactly

what I'm gonna do.

- How was the ride?

- Long.

- Living room.

Watch your step.

Julia leaves her

toys everywhere.

Kitchen through here.

Fly swatter.

You're gonna want that.

Yeah.

This is where I usually stay.

It's...

I'll get you a towel.

Good luck with that.

There's a sweet spot for

signal up by the bonfire.

I know, it's a pain in the ass.

That's them.

- You are a big boy, aren't you?

- Aunt Beth, this is Byron.

- No kidding.

This is Julia.

- He's got the

SUV to get around.

- Can you drive a tractor?

- No.

- You ever do any construction,

anything like that?

- He can do cows and feeding.

You been helping your mom out?

Yeah? Good.

Because farming's done by who?

- Family.

- That's right.

There's Eliza too.

- Who hasn't farmed

since we sold the horses.

- She works at the bar in town.

- Were you in jail?

- Yes he was. Just

for a little bit.

Hey.

Could you grab one of those?

In the back.

You'll be in here every

day, so get used to it.

When they deliver feed,

sometimes bags come

to us that shouldn't.

There's no delivery

due for a little while

but when one comes,

if you see these,

just make another pile

and I'll come get them.

Yeah?

- Okay.

- Watch your hands.

I'm gonna be busy getting

back up to speed with work,

but I'll come back when I can.

- Cool.

- When's your first meeting?

- Day after tomorrow.

- Good.

- Marquis, Spenson, you guys?

- I just got out. It's

not what you think.

- That's good. Cool.

Oh.

I forgot to give you this.

It's your mom's.

I'm sorry I couldn't get you

out in time for the funeral.

I miss my dad every day

and it's not exactly

been easy for them.

Maybe, in time, you'll

see them as family too.

- How do you know

that sh*t works?

- Yeah, all right.

See this family as you want.

You can either work

here because you owe me,

which you f***ing do,

or because it's

good for you too.

I gotta go.

- Hey.

- Hey.

- Do you have a tool

kit I could borrow?

- Yeah, what for?

- I just wanted to

tighten the bed up a bit.

- Oh, that squeak's

been there forever.

- I just don't wanna break it.

- Okay.

There you go.

We do all the work ourselves.

Got a little help

from Josh and Flea.

You'll see him when we can

afford to have him around.

Now, our fields go all the

way to the woods there.

Back here's our old barn.

We do not use that anymore.

I will teach you how to milk,

but most of the work

you're gonna be doing

is with these calves over here.

Feeding them and the heifers

we've got in the shed over here.

You're gonna wanna

pull this latch down

when you walk in here

because if you don't, it'll

fall down and lock you in.

- Can't find the nipple.

- All right, I'll

take it for you.

That's all right.

Good girl.

I think we're just gonna keep

you on feeding the calves.

One bottle for each pen.

Go ahead.

Come in here. Come in here.

These two don't know how to

feed from the bottle yet.

Come on, baby.

Come on, baby.

- Oh.

- These are the smallest ones.

Gonna have to get used to these

or you'll be completely useless.

Come on.

There we go.

Right there.

Hey, the feeder broke again.

- Yeah, I'll take another

look at it before I leave.

- Okay, thanks.

- Hey, my check bounced again.

- Ah.

I have some cash I

can give you instead.

Sorry about that.

I don't come in here.

Except when I have to.

You wanna ride or not?

Grab one of these

from the parts store,

so if we can fix it tonight

or we'll be pushing

feed in there,

which isn't much fun.

Eliza can show you

where the store is.

You're not driving.

Some boyfriend Sean is

to let you drink and

drive home again.

You don't think I

heard you puking

your guts out all morning?

Every time you get in that car

drunk, you mock your father.

- Late night, huh?

- Yeah.

Thanks for the ride.

- Hi.

Hi, I'm Daisy.

- What's up?

Is it true what they

say about how big it is?

- Oh my god, okay.

You're gonna head up

the road, make a left.

You can't miss it.

- Aight, thanks.

- You're so weird.

- Hello?

Hello?

- Sorry.

I'm right here.

Hello.

- Is that cherry?

- Yes.

- I'll take one.

Where's that turn at?

- What the f***?

- Who is that?

- I think I know who that is.

- Damn.

- I need to get to the Lawson's.

- Second right, back there.

Hey, you're Josh's

step-brother, right?

- Yeah.

- It's not a good idea to

go on other people's land.

They don't like it.

- Get lost?

- Yeah.

I got the fuse.

- Flea's gone for

the next couple days,

so it'll have to stay broke.

- Sorry.

- I'll show you how to

do it by hand tomorrow.

Wow.

This is a better start time.

- I actually have

my meeting first.

- Well get back quick

because you got chores.

Thinks it's a vacation home

in the Bahamas or something.

- B*tch.

- Have a seat.

Byron Smith.

- Yeah.

- How's you get here today?

- I drove.

- Got insurance on the vehicle?

- Yeah.

- You wanted to work on a farm.

- I need a job, don't I?

- I'm gonna give you work

to do as part of my program.

You're gonna turn up

on time and hand it in.

I got no interest in sending

you back inside unless you do.

You know what constitutes

a violation for you?

- I think so.

- They're listed in that pack.

General rule,

if you think something

might be, then it is.

- What're you doing down here?

- It's easier when

that's working.

I would fix it, but

I think Flea should.

Because last time I tried,

I broke it even worse.

Wanna see something cool?

Daddy put this up

here for the winter

so that it wouldn't freeze.

This is my favorite place

because all the old stuff.

I saw a snake in there once.

- Enough said.

- Julia!

How many times do I have to

tell you not to play down here?!

Did it look safe on

that stuff to you?

Get in the house.

I am not taking you

to the emergency room.

- You have one unheard message.

- Yo, Byron, it's Marquis.

Look, we've been

working on some things

we might be able to

get you in on, up there

sooner than we thought.

Nothing solid yet, though,

but you know.

Anyway,

pick up the phone if you

need anything, you hear?

Bye son.

- F***!

- Real interesting stuff?

- I don't think I've ever

seen a cow up close before.

They're bigger than you think.

- Heard you ran into the guys.

- They your friends?

- The one who stayed at

the car is my ex-boyfriend.

- The guy with the gun.

- Yeah.

He's a f***ing a**hole.

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