Take Me to the River Page #3

- Yeah.

- Molly's sister.

My dad wanted me to say

sorry to Ryder for yesterday.

He wanted to say sorry because he was

angry and he shouldn't have yelled.

And he doesn't want Ryder to be

afraid of him or mad at him.

He-He...

He hopes that Ryder will have

dinner with us today at our house,

and he sent me to pick him up.

Just Ryder or...

I don't know.

You could call him.

But I only brought

one extra horse.

Well, we can take the car.

Why am I the only one invited?

I don't know.

Did he say anything else?

He said he just wanted you to feel

welcome at our house on your own.

But only if you want to.

Why don't I give Keith a call?

Mom, can I talk to you

for a second?

Yeah. Are you sure

you don't want to come in...

and have a little something

to drink before you go?

No, thank you.

He didn't want me to stay long,

so I'll just wait here for Ryder.

Mom!

Yeah. Coming.

I think it was Keith

who wrote on the car.

What? Where are you

getting that?

Yeah, he's trying to scare me.

Can we let today be peaceful?

What's happening?

I have to go over there.

Are you sure that you want

to go deal with him again?

What kind of...

What?

Hey, hey, hey, hey!

Honey, what are you doing?

- You cannot wear those to Keith's house.

- Yes, I can.

Honey, be smart.

I am being smart, Mom.

Listen, I know you are set on not

listening to your mother right now,

but you do not know Keith

the way I do.

This is not the time to make a statement. This

is the time to try to smooth things over.

I am not lying anymore. Will you

get that through your head?

The Ryder I know

is smarter than this.

Go.

You know how to ride?

Yeah.

We should go now. Dad said

to be home by dinnertime.

Don't pull on the reins.

Just follow.

I thought that there was

a road leading to your house.

There is.

This way is faster.

Dinner will be ready soon.

Jesus Christ. Is it

always this hot out here?

Whiskey, come on.

There's the house.

Hey.

Give me your rein.

All right.

Come on.

Hey, Daddy.

You guys are just in time.

How you doing there, Ryder?

All right.

Come on.

You've got to shake my

hand better than that.

I feel like I'm shaking

a dead fish.

No, it's all...

It's all in the grip.

Like...

There you go.

All right.

You're welcome

in my home, Ryder.

Any time you need.

All right?

Well, all right.

Okay, come on inside.

Girls are waiting for you.

You almost ready, Ruth?

Yeah. I was just waiting

on you men.

Gotta put this salsa

on the table...

and we are ready to go.

Hey, Mr. Ryder.

Where are your folks?

They're back at Grandma's house.

Well, that was nice of them

to let us have you today.

Run and get

seven settings, honey.

- We're having tacos.

- I hope you like tacos.

Yeah. No, that sounds good.

Probably nothing compared to

what Grandma's been feeding you.

It smells great.

It's kind of a serve

yourself sort of deal.

- Ready for Molly?

- I think so.

Molly!

Dinner's ready!

Hey, why don't you take the

head of the table today, Ryder.

Ruth, you there.

Ryder, can I get you some pop?

Sure.

Girls, you all want pop?

Yeah.

Okay. Everyone give me

your cups.

Is Molly still in her room?

I called her in. Molly!

We're waiting on you.

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Thank you.

There she is.

Hi, Molly.

Let's eat.

Yum.

So, Ryder, I was meaning

to tell your mom...

about this, winery...

I guess you'd call it,

that just opened east of town.

I read about it in the paper. It seems

like they've got quite the operation.

Really?

Yeah, and I was thinking

to myself, you know,

Cindy's family always brings

wine when they come into town.

I'll bet they'd enjoy this.

Yeah,

that-that sounds good.

They ever let you taste wine?

'Cause you're not 21 yet, are you?

No. I'm 17 but, yeah, like,

you know, at dinner they'll let

me have, like, a glass of wine.

Hey, Ryder.

Which of these girls

looks the oldest to you?

What?

Forget about who's actually

the oldest.

Which one looks the oldest?

I-I don't know.

Well, you don't have to

get it right.

I...

Molly, I guess.

Okay.

Now, which one...

Which one's the next oldest?

I-I really don't know.

Just guess.

Okay...

I guess one, two,

three, four.

Fair enough.

Guess we have to get you

some new clothes then, Abbey.

Hey, Ryder.

We heard about your big news.

You, won some sort of

trophy at your school?

Yeah, it was...

It was a songwriting

competition.

It was last year.

Basically, wait...

How do you know about that?

Grandma must have told us.

She gives us little updates about

you guys every once in a while.

But...

Yeah it was...

You... Tell me again,

you wrote a song?

I wrote a song and then,

I played guitar with it.

- And it was part of, some school thing, right?

- Yeah. Yeah.

See, that is so neat to me that schools

out there have things like that.

I guess it's pretty cool.

Yeah, so...

Well, maybe we'll have to

have you sing it for us.

Sure. I...

Like-Like right now?

Or...

Don't you need your guitar?

I mean, I could sing it

a capella... if you want.

Well... okay.

Yeah, that-that would be nice,

if you'd like to.

I didn't know we were gonna

get serenaded today too.

All right, now, everyone, no eating

while Ryder's singing, okay?

So the, the song

is called All The Way.

There's a...

There's-There's another verse.

And...

That was very nice.

Wasn't that nice, Keith?

Very.

Yeah.

Well, Ryder,

it certainly is a treat...

every time we get to

have you back on the farm,

even if it only is

for a couple days.

Gosh, sometimes I get so sad thinking

about you and your mom and dad...

all the way out there

with no family around.

Well, I... I mean, we have a

lot of friends, so, it's...

You got any special ladies

out there in California?

Grandma told us that you're not

seeing that Julie girl anymore.

No, no.

We were just friends.

Come on. I bet you've

gotta fight them off...

with a voice like that.

I... I don't know.

Come on, be honest.

Are you a heartbreaker?

Or are you just teasing,

like your mom used to do?

Keith.

I'm taking to Ryder.

Not-Not-Not really.

Why not?

I don't know. I...

Can-Can I use the bathroom?

Of course.

- It's over there?

- Just on your right.

Thought we lost you there.

No.

Sorry, I didn't know

if you were done or not.

- No, that's okay.

- Sweetheart, can you grab that?

Can I help with anything?

No. Don't worry about it.

I got it.

Girls, can you please help me

gather up the place mats?

Molly, why don't you show Ryder your room?

Show him your new trophy.

Okay.

You all right, Ryder?

Yeah.

What's the matter?

Nothing.

Abbey, leave them alone.

Come here!

Sorry, I...

Is that...

Is that your trophy?

Yeah.

It's cool.

Hey, are...

Are you okay?

Like-Like

from yesterday?

Yeah.

So, pick a number.

One, two, three or four.

Four.

Pick purple, black, orange

or yellow.

Black.

Pick green, blue, white or red.

Blue, I guess.

What does it say?

What? What does it say?

Wait...

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