The Longest Ride Page #4

Yeah, that looks good.

Thank you.

Okay.

There you go.

Put your feet in. Grab the reins.

- You ready?

- Yeah.

Pull back on those reins.

Come on.

Hey, there we go!

Oh, we're going backwards!

This is awesome!

Yeah, there you go, just like that.

Lay your hands down.

Okay.

How are you doing that?

Why am I bouncing so much?

Ease up on those reins a little bit.

All right.

Atta girl!

I don't think you can keep up with me!

I have to admit

you're pretty good on a horse.

Well, thank you.

But I don't know...

I bet you couldn't beat me to the barn.

I wouldn't go that way!

Oh, my God!

Oh, my God!

Come here.

I tried to tell you.

I know you did.

Well, this is home.

Wow. This is nice.

- Really nice.

- Yeah.

The shower's right in there...

and there should be towels

and everything.

Okay.

Hey, Sophia?

Did you want soup?

Oh, you make soup, too?

Kind of.

Soup, soup, soup...

Oh, my God.

Come on.

There you go.

Put your hands right here.

The goal's pretty simple.

All you gotta do

is hang on for eight seconds.

Wow!

There's nothing to it.

Yeah, some bulls are nice like that.

This is... Yeah, okay.

Excuse us, sorry.

Sorry.

So how do you know

which one you're gonna get?

You don't.

You pick from a bowl.

And the fan favorite

from Walkertown, North Carolina...

Luke Collins!

Number four is the chip you selected...

and that is Gunpowder and Lead, Luke.

Jared Middleton reaching in...

and pulling out chip number two.

You have Asteroid.

- That's impossible!

- Yeah!

You can only touch

with your riding hand.

All other touching's against the rules.

Okay. I got it.

Let's go!

If you are off balance even a little,

you lose points.

But if you control the bull,

you get style points.

Is that how you do the hand? That?

More or less.

The bull is judged too,

on speed, agility and power.

Whether it bucks or blows out,

turns back around on you.

Some bulls are just plain mean.

And others...

Others are monsters.

Let's brave the storm.

Let's do it.

This is certainly better

than the hospital, isn't it?

How are you feeling?

The better question is, how do I look?

Very handsome.

All I care about.

Hold on one second.

Hello?

Hi, Sophia. This is Adrienne.

Hi, Ms. Francis.

My client has an exhibit in Charlotte

next weekend.

Can you be there?

Yeah, I'd love to. That sounds great.

This could be a real opportunity for us.

Okay.

I'll email you the details.

All right, I'll talk to you soon.

Bye, Sophia.

Thanks, bye.

Good news?

Yeah.

The woman I'm working for this summer...

she has a client

with an art exhibit in Charlotte...

and wants me to help her out.

I didn't know

you had an interest in art.

Only since I was, like, five.

Ruth also loved art.

Yeah, I remember the story

with the painting in the hotel lobby.

You've heard of Black Mountain College?

I'm doing my senior thesis on it

right now.

That's where I was headed...

when I got in that fight

with the guardrail.

Are you sure this is how

you want to spend your honeymoon?

I promise you're going to love it,

I promise!

I'd rather we'd just stayed in bed.

You weren't able to engage your passion

for contemporary art...

in our little town...

so Black Mountain College was a godsend.

It's so amazing!

Really look at your work

to understand it.

But I want to be able to

control the accidents...

and not leave them to fate...

or the Lord or chance,

whatever you want to call it.

I teach you to see.

Then even an accident

will have purpose...

and direction.

Oh, I love it!

For over 500 years,

artists have been reproducing...

quite literally

what they see in front of them.

Then Kandinsky came

and broke all the rules, all of them!

Sorry.

I love it!

I can't believe we met Josef Albers today.

It's just a bit further.

You all right?

You ready?

Yeah.

You like it?

From one happy day to the next...

You said you love the house, right?

we began the process

of creating a life together.

- Doesn't look like anyone's home.

- No, I don't think you should go in.

- Ira!

- What?

Well, let's just use the key.

No! Oh, my God!

You wonderful person!

Wait, wait, wait. Come here.

Yeah, there.

No.

There.

There!

First thing you see when you come in!

Life was busy and happy for us.

I took over my dad's booming business...

and you found a job

teaching at the local school.

Who understands this, huh?

Look at this!

You're all on your way

to becoming math geniuses.

Solve the problems on the board.

If you have any questions,

please ask.

Wow, it sounds like you made her

very happy.

I did.

For a while.

His first cowboy hat.

That is so cute!

Never took it off.

He ate in it.

He slept in it.

He even tried to glue it to his head

so it wouldn't come off!

Mom!

What?

He broke his arm riding a calf

when he was seven.

I found him sneaking into the barn

at night to practice...

hanging on with his non-cast arm.

Even then, I couldn't get him

to stop riding when he shouldn't.

Hey. There you go.

Thank you.

Sweet.

That's Luke's dad, Jack.

He was a great man.

Great rider, too.

Even if you stop now, you'd still have

a better career than he had.

What happened?

He died of a heart attack.

Yeah, almost five years ago now.

How about a little dessert?

Luke, wait till you see

what I made for you.

Sophia, it's worth the calories.

No.

How come your mom keeps talking

about you giving up riding?

She's just being an overprotective mom.

How bad did you get hurt?

- Sophia...

- No.

I know all riders are bound to get hurt.

It's not a matter of "if" but "when."

That's right.

They say all bull riders

are either stupid or crazy.

Yeah, and which one are you?

I don't know. I guess a little of both.

What are you doing?

This is a new painting by an artist

that Adrienne Francis represents.

You know, the woman I'm interning for?

$80 grand, really?

A lot of people think he's a genius.

Yeah, he most certainly is...

getting people

to fork over $80 grand for that.

Are you sure that you wanna

go to this gallery showing in Charlotte?

You want me to, right?

Of course.

Then I'll be there.

Yeah, but you're riding that afternoon.

I'll be there.

Wow! Don't you look nice!

Never seen you in a coat and tie before.

Yeah, doesn't happen too often.

Oh, that's my boss, Adrienne Francis.

I gotta go. Okay?

Yeah. Go.

Hi. Sophia. Nice to meet you.

Hopefully, Sophia will be joining me

in New York, and my team.

You usually find these sort of things

in process art or lenticular prints...

but it's very rare in brushwork.

That is what makes this piece so special.

If you have any questions, let me know.

Thank you.

Excuse me.

Just one second.

It'll be worth twice that

a year from now.

At $20,000, it's a steal.

- Sure.

- Good.

Do you wanna get it?

- Let's do it.

- Okay.

I'll fly you to New York.

See the space, meet the team.

Yes!

These are some very important people.

So if you can't do it, don't say yes.

I know you have finals

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