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"Not what I thought escape meant." Chapter 38
The drive back was quiet for the most part. They all got a few good laughs while wig shopping in Nashville. Carl treated them all to a very nice dinner. Daryl had offered to drive the truck but Carl said he was fine. Ty remained in the truck with Carl and slept part of the way and spent the rest of his time making sure that Carl was not too tired. They stopped when they got to town at Ty's house. His car was at his house so they opted to save another trip to town. Carl took a deep breath and released it as they passed Flo's Diner. Flo was in her usual place with a cigarette in her hand. Pulling in the drive Carl was thankful that either Joe or someone else had kept the driveway clear. Flo had apparently called Joe because he pulled up as Carl was backing the trailer into the barn. Putting the truck in park Carl lay his head back on the head rest. "Dear Lord please give me the strength and the direction. Please keep my love safe from harm." Carl whispered.
As the driver's door opened and excited Bo met Carl. "Hey buddy. Are you glad to see me ?" Carl said reaching down and rubbing Bo's neck. Running around the truck Bo stood at the passenger door and barked. "Buddy he's not there but I promise I will find him." Carl said as his eyes filled with tears. Joe walked up and put his arm on Carl's shoulder. "Flo told me all about it little brother. Everything will be fine." Joe said. "No I told you so ?" Carl said. "No way bro. I miss him too. No one should have to go through what you or Max are going through. I am sure he is hurting just as bad and probably even worse than you are right now." Joe said. "But he left Joe. He just left." Carl said. " Think about it Carl. We are all guilty. We let Brian abuse him repeatedly and did nothing. Would you have stayed ?" Mary asked. "Well at least sis here got one good slap in on Brian's face." Carl said. "Well I wanted to bend him over my knee many times but we are all at fault here." Mary said. "Hine sight is twenty - twenty. If I had known what this was doing I would have jacked Brian up early on." Daryl said. "That would have made it worse. Max would have felt that was his fault too." Carl said. "Come on little brother lets unhook this trailer. I got your heat going good I think. So the house should be warm. You need some rest." Joe said.
Carl got very little sleep the first night back. Every time he closed his eyes all he could see was the pain in Max's eyes the last time he saw him. "Baby I promise I will find you and make everything right." Carl whispered as he hugged Max's pillow to his chest. The second night exhaustion took over and Carl fell asleep on the couch. He was startled wide awake just before midnight with a feeling of fear that ran through his body. Bo had even decided to sleep in the house to keep Carl company. Bo rose and growled at the same time and then walked over to Carl and lay his head on the edge of the couch. Carl moved his hand to pat Bo on the head. "I know buddy. I miss him too." Carl whispered.
The bus was a little early. Max had reached the final destination of his ticket. Stepping off the bus in a city he had never visited and knew no one he stopped as his knees got weak and fear ran through his body. Looking around Max saw there was a truck stop across the road. The flashing sign said "Showers and Laundry.". "Alright old man. Time to start this new life whatever it is. They usually have lounges where you can sleep on a couch, showers and a laundry mat. Looks like as good a place as any to start. One more night of free lodging anyway." Max thought as he gathered his suitcase and started across the street. Finding a locker to store his things Max sat on one of the couches. Leaning his head back he fought off the tears. "Carl. I hope you know that I love you with all my heart. I loved you enough to leave and protect you from me. I hope you understand." Max thought as he closed his eyes.
The days quickly turned into weeks Ty spent most of his days off or at least part at the ranch with Carl. You could see the constant pain and concern in Carl's face. Daryl, Mary and Joe also tried to keep Carl busy. Mary stood with here arm around Carl as the new sign was placed at the entrance to the ranch. Mary's boys designed a website and a facebook page. "Have you seen our Uncle Max?" The subtitle was "Desperately seeking Max Rexlan." Pictures of Max from cookouts, Christmas and even New Years Eve were posted. Hoping for even more help they posted a video that they had recorded on Skype with the twins. The twins were asking people to help find their missing Unca Max. The video of the twins had almost gone viral and at the end of the video there was a picture of their Uncle Max. Carl had hired a private investigator but had fired him a couple of days earlier. It seemed he would always say he was getting close but needed just a little more cash. "Max would have seen right through this guy." Carl thought. The group still did not know that Flo had hired her nephew which by this point was catching pure hell from his Aunt Flo.
Valentine's Day came. Flo and the deputy pulled chairs up to Carl's booth and tried to cheer him up. "He is fine I just know it and you will find him." Flo said. "I don't know Flo. I am still determined to find him but it just feels like every day he gets miles and miles further away." Carl said. Pulling out a small double jewelry box he slid it towards Flo. "What is this ?" Flo said. "Mine and Max's Valentine's gifts. "Holy shit cowboy. If he knew this was waiting on him he would run home." Flo said. "We are talking about Max remember." Carl said looking at his coffee cup. Flo looked at the two rings. They were fairly simple rings but each had a single two karat solitaire diamond. One ring was smooth gold and the other was brushed gold. To look at the rings it seemed that the diamond was not really attached but floating in an area that the gold of the band did not touch. "Honey I sure like your taste." Flo said. Taking the box back and putting it in his pocket. "Its Valentine's Flo. Fat lot of good these rings are doing me." Carl said. "Honey I promise you will get him back and old Flo is seldom wrong." Flo said. "You know he loved you too Flo but he hated you popping that gum. Max said that was like dragging nails across the chalkboard to him." Carl chuckled. "I know. I could see his skin crawl when I did it." Flo laughed. "So you knew ?" Carl asked. " Honey I knew that from the first night he sat at that stool over there waiting on a sandwich." Flo laughed. "You are something else Flo." Carl laughed. "Hey a girl has to make her presence known. With you its my wig. With Max its popping gum." Flo said and patted Carl on the shoulder before heading back to the kitchen.
"Dad, can we have a nover piece of Vawentine canny. ppeeesssee." Shawn said. "Yes ppeeesse." Shane added. "No you two. you have already had too much for tonight. Besides if you eat it all tonight you wont have any tomorrow." Ty said. "Daddy ?" Shawn said. "No you two. Your Dad said you have had enough so no whining. Besides you have to call Uncle Carl and wish him a Happy Valentine's Day." Brian said. "Ummph." Ty let out as the two boys pushed off using his ribs. "I will get the puter." Shawn shouted. "No you don't. Go brush your teeth and I will start it up. Then you can call Uncle Carl.:" Brian called out after the boys.
Carl smiled and laughed at the boys as they tried to tell him about their Valentine's and all the candy they got from daycare and their Dad and Daddy. The more the boys laughed and talked the more Carl's heart hurt. Placing his hand on the chair beside him he rand his hand across the cushion and tried to remember the feeling of his hand on Max's hairy leg. Placing the toughest fake smile he had ever attempted Carl pretended that he was fine. The boys lost interest and headed to play. "Hey Uncle Carl." Brian said. "Hey buddy. I hope you two are having a good Valentine's." Carl said. "I am surviving. Still no news but I have not given up." Carl added. "Yeah, Ty told me about the detective." Brian said. "Well I am looking for another one. A little gun shy at the moment though." Carl said. "I am so sorry Uncle Carl. This is all my fault." Brian said. "No its not. Its all our faults. The thing we have to do now is stay strong and make it up to Max when I find him." Carl said. "We love you Uncle Carl." Ty said. "I love you guys too. Give my little buddies a kiss for me." Carl said. As the call ended Carl finally could not keep the flood gates shut. He had not cried in a couple of weeks but he lay back across his bed and hugged Max's pillow and cried like he had not cried before. A few states away Max lay on the bed of the camper he had been renting weekly from his new boss. "I love you cowboy. I hope the universe delivers that message." Max whispered as tears rolled down his cheeks. Max moved a groaned. "Damn old man. Ranch work made you sore but not like this. Your getting old feela." Max whispered to himself.
Ty and Brian lay in the bed listening to make sure that a second sugar rush didn't send them rushing into the bedroom. "How did it go with your Dad ?" Ty asked. "Same as usual. He found out Uncle Max had given me his portion of the estate and demanded that I give it to him." Brian said. "What did you tell him ?" Ty said. "I told him that for once in my life I was going to do something that would make Uncle Max happy. I told him that I now owned the land right beside him and the land in front of him. Uncle Max gave him the land his house is on but I made an offer to a guy that lives here. He has a bunch of real junkie trailer parks and I made him an offer he can't refuse. So Uncle Max would be happy that Dad would have a bunch of trailer park trash in his yard where they belonged." Brian said. "Oh my. What did he say then ?" Ty asked. "Oh he went on one of his rants. A deputy came in and threw him to the floor and cuffed him and carried him out. As he left I told him that was the last time he would ever see or hear from me." Brian said. "How do you feel about that ?" Ty said. "I sat there and put myself in Uncle Max's shoes as he ranted and raved. I saw myself in my Dad going off on my Uncle. I wanted to scream. Now all I want to do is find Uncle Max and apologize for a lifetime of hurt." Brian said. "Well that's a major step just seeing yourself as your Dad." Ty said. "Well I want to shed myself of every trait I inherited from my Dad." Brian said. "Well there are a couple of things I am glad you inherited from your Dad." Ty said as he ran his hand across Brian's hard cock.
Brian pulled Ty up so he was laying on his chest. Ty pushed up on one elbow to look into Brian's eyes. "After all I have done and the hurt I have caused you still love me don't you ?" Brian whispered. "I always have my love. I just knew that you were going to have to find the Brian inside yourself that I fell in love with. I could tell you who he was all day but you had to find him yourself." Ty said leaning over to kiss Brian. "How could I have such a sexy nurse fall in love with me. Especially one as special as you and with a smoking hot ass." Brian said as he reached back and pulled Ty's ass cheeks apart. "Well I am wondering how such a sexy soon to be rancher could fall in love with a simple nurse. Especially one that has such a perfect hot dick as mine does." Ty whispered rubbing his nose across Brian's in an Eskimo kiss. "What do you say that we let the two meet and get reacquainted." Brian whispered. "Thought you would never ask." Ty whispered. "Happy Valentine's to me." Brian whispered.
Ty leaned down and began to kiss Brian as though he had not seen him in years. The two rolled and wrestled in the bed with their hands roaming all over but never loosing lip contact. "Get up on all fours baby. Your future rancher wants his Valentine's candy." Brian whispered. Brian looked down at the pink rosebud of Ty's ass as he held the cheeks apart. Leaning forward he blew puffs of warm air on his prize and watched it twitch. Brian watched as it seemed that Ty's ass ring was reaching out trying to catch the source of the warm air. Leaning forward he lightly licked the pink ring causing a deep low mown to come from Ty. "Your rancher has this baby. Just relax and enjoy." Brian said. Brian forced his face in between Ty's ass cheeks. Rubbing his tongue hard around the ring he could feel the muscles loosening. As he felt the ring give just a little he forced his tongue into Ty's ass and reached up and pulled Ty's hips back forcing his face as deep in the crack as he could get. "Ffffuuuuuucccckkkkkk." Ty moaned. Knowing that his lover was enjoying himself Brian unleashed a full on assault on Ty's ass. Ty's body was shaking and his arms getting weak from the pleasure and the lightning bolts shooting through his body. "Oh God baby fuck me. I can't take this anymore." Ty whined.
Brian took at least another five minutes to quench his thirst of Ty's ass. Getting to his knees he reached over Ty to get the bottle of lube. Ty groaned as Brian's raging cock was trapped against his freshly rimmed ass. Brian applied some lube to Ty's already wet ass ring. Taking a finger he pushed some inside of Ty's ass and used his finger to loosen Ty's ring even more. "No baby. Not too much. I need to feel your dick stretch me wide open." Ty whispered. "Are you sure ?" Brian whispered. All Ty could do was shake his head yes. Brian lined the mushroom head of his cock at the entrance to Ty's ass. Pushing slightly his cock met major resistance. "Are you sure baby ?" Brian whispered. "PUSH" Ty growled. With even more force Brian was finally able to push the mushroom head through the tight ring. Ty gasp for breath and his arms gave way. Falling to the bed he took Brian with him. As Brian's body landed on Ty's back his cock was forced in to the hilt. Ty let out a loud almost scream. "Oh shit baby. Are you alright ? " Brian said as he froze. "That was perfect baby now fuck me." Ty said trying to catch his breath. Brian lay his upper body on Ty's back and began to slide his cock in and out of Ty's ass. "Fuck baby. I don't see how you do it. I opened this whole up and used it well just before we went and got the boys. Now its so tight you would think I never touched it." Brian whispered into Ty's ear. "It needs you to get it good and loose again baby. " Ty whispered.
Brian began to pound into Ty's ass as he assaulted Ty's neck. Brian reached down and pulled one of Ty's legs up and turned Ty's hips onto its side with his back still landing flat on the bed. Ty's eyes seemed to be rolling around in his head. Brian was still in the missionary position as far as a sexual top is concerned pounding into Ty's hips sideways. Brian had Ty's knee cupped in the bend of his elbow and had the other hand under Ty's neck as he leaned over Ty's body. Brian's cock fought for new territory inside Ty's ass while his tongue sought unchartered areas of Ty's mouth. Ty felt like he was about to hyperventilate he was breathing so hard and so fast. Brian's orgasm had been on edge for at least three or four minutes screaming for release when Ty shouted into his mouth. "UUUUuuuugggggggghhhhhhh......ccccuuuuuummminnnnggg.." Ty shouted as his body shook. The first shot flew out and over the edge of the bed missing the towel. Ty's ass ring gripped so tight on Brian's cock all he could do was push in as deep as possible. "Ffffuuuuuuuuucccccckkkkkkk....." Brian growled as his body shook and his cock flexed inside Ty's ass spewing his built up seed. Ty's body shook as one last unexpected shot came out from being so turned on feeling Brian's seed flood his insides. "I love you baby." Ty whispered trying to catch his breath. "I pray I never have to remind you that you said that baby." Brian said as his body still shook in after shocks every time his dick flexed seeking even more seed to spill deep inside Ty.
"Yeah baby. Yeah take that cowboy dick. Got to love my sweet Georgia peach ass." Carl whispered. Still mostly asleep Carl had reached down and was jacking himself off. As he got close to the edge he woke up realizing that he had been dreaming about Max. His dream had Max setting on his lap and moaning as he rode Carl's cock. Feeling his release coming fast Carl closed his eyes and lifted his ass off the bed as the first shot of his orgasm flew past his head and hit the headboard. As Carl caught his breath and lay back on the bed he realized that was the first orgasm he had since the twins were taken. Tears began to fall from his cheeks. "I am sorry baby. That should have been for you where ever you are. Happy Valentine's day my love." Carl whispered and stared at the ceiling. Not concerned about cleaning himself or the sheets Carl rolled to his side in a puddle of wet cum and hugged Max's pillow and once again cried.
February and March seemed to be a blur. Carl was back to his old reserved self. Never smiling and never joining in on conversations. He had hired a local crop duster with a helicopter and flew around the lake area. Landing and the lifting off to see what timber needed to be cut to give the most breath taking view of the mountain range and valley below. Happy with the progress he felt like he had made the decision that Max would have made the timber company had cleared most of the trees. The stumps would be removed when the snow melted. The timber in the new fields areas had been cleared. The stumps would need removing also but they had started even in the snow there. His decision was to let some of the grain fields rest and had added fencing around those to hold the cattle. The new ground would hopefully bring even better crop yields. Since all the ground had to be plowed anyway it was not a concern with removing the stumps even in the snow.
Carl had flown to Atlanta for a couple of quick meetings and spent a couple of days with Brian and the twins. The twins brought him joy but he still had a tough time forgiving Brian. He felt like he could finally let that go once he found Max. "So I am guessing there has been no word." Bob said. "Not yet. I am flying back this afternoon. I have to interview another private detective." Carl said. "I wish I could have done more to stop him." Bob said. "You have known Max longer than me Bob and even I know that at that moment there is no way anyone could have stopped him. I just pray that he is safe." Carl said. Bob sat quietly wanting to tell Carl that he knew that Max was safe but had been sworn to silence. "I am sure he is alright. He had his new driver's license. If something would have happened they would have contacted that address." Bob said. "I know. I just need to see for myself." Carl said. "I looked at your financials. It doesn't seem that you have spent hardly any of that money. In fact it seems to be growing." Bob said. "Without Max I would not have had that money so as far as I am concerned without Max it is not mine to spend." Carl said. "I am sure that it will all work out buddy. Paul wanted you to come eat dinner with us tonight." Bob said. "Make my excuses if you will. I am not even going to see Brian and the twins this trip. Flew in this morning and fly back out at three." Carl said. They finished their business and shook hands. Bob pulled Carl in for a hug before he left the office.
Setting back at his desk he picked up his phone. "Hey Lee. Carl just left. It broke my heart to not tell him that you had found Max and he was alright." Bob said. "I understand Bob but this is a grown up thing. The twins were different. I like Max and Carl so I just wanted to make sure he was not in trouble. We know he is safe so the rest is up to those two. I hope you understand." Lee said. "Yeah I understand but what I saw today was not the bright and happy cowboy we met. I had a broken man in my office." Bob said. "Lets give it some more time." Lee said.
"MOM...DAD...HURRY !!" the boys shouted. "What's wrong ?" Daryl said as he ran to the den. "Come here quick. We got a hit on the facebook page." one of the boys called out. Flo had stopped by and followed Mary into the den. "Look at this guys. This lady sent us a private message and swears that she saw Uncle Max at a truck stop in Texas. " the other said. "You think its a joke ?" Mary asked. "Might be close. I know he was seen at a bus station in Oklahoma." Flo said. "How do you know ?" Daryl asked. "Remember my nephew Darren ?" Flo asked. "Yeah I remember him. He use to come spend a few weeks with you some summers." Daryl said. "Well I gave him the money to become a private detective. I hired him the day Max went missing to start looking for him. He has been focusing on Oklahoma. How do I get him in touch with this lady ?" Flo asked. One of the boys clicked on her name and pulled up her profile. This is all the information we can get. Tells where she lives and where she works." one said. "Can you put that in an email for me. I will call Darren and tell him to check it out." Flo said. "Sure." they said. Flo wrote down the email information and called Darren to tell him where it came from. "Alright hun. I will get them to do that. Now don't waste my money and go find him." Flo said. Flo gave the boys Darren's name and phone number and asked them to send her a message and explain who he was and to be expecting a call from him. "Now not a word to your Uncle Carl. It may be a hoax." Daryl said. "And not a word from any of you to Carl about what I have done. Understand ?" Flo said just as Mary walked over and hugged her.
Daryl and Joe helped Carl the next day as he checked and serviced all the tractors and equipment. Joe had been told but sworn to silence. The conversation leaned more to the joy they all had that Joe's divorce was final. Bob had gotten a letter from Max after he left advising him to cancel all credit cards issued to Carl and have new ones issued. This had stopped a major incident that Joe's wife tried to pull. Carl never knew that Bob had gotten the letter. He just thought that Bob was watching out for him where in fact Bob would have never thought to do that. Carl had bought a couple of new tractors and some new equipment. Carl didn't seem to care about the expansion anymore but Joe and Daryl were stoked. "We need to tell him." Joe whispered. "Not yet. Mary was right. It may be a wild goose chase." Daryl whispered. "What are you two whispering about ?" Carl said. "Oh nothing but the fact that your older brother has been seen around town in the company of a certain lady." Daryl said. "That's great Joe. Who is she ?" Carl said. Joe had ran into his old high school sweetheart. Her husband had died in Iraq and she had moved back to Rex to take care of her ailing mother. "That's great Joe. I hope this is the right one." Carl said. "I hope so too. She contacted the kids. I got a call from them last night. First time they have spoke to me in seven years." Joe said. "That's great. Tell them to give their Uncle Max a call too." Carl said.
"Set still sir. I will get you another fork." the man said. Darren looked at the picture he had and then at the man that was headed back to him with a fresh fork. Max groaned as he bent down to pick up the fork from the floor. "Sorry about that buddy." Darren said. "No problem sir. Is everything else alright ?" Max asked. "Fine. Got a question though. I am new around here. Can you tell me anything about the town ?" Darren asked. "I am new here too. All I have seen of it is what I see from the window of the transit bus but I am sure your server can answer your questions." Max said holding a hand on his hip massaging a sore muscle. "Busy day ?" Darren asked. "Pretty normal but I work seven days a week from open to close. Got to have the pay check." Max laughed as he resumed clearing the table beside the man. "Transit bus ? You ride the bus to work ?" Darren asked. "Yeah there is a bus stop about a mile and half from where I live. So I walk to and from the bus stop and ride the bus." Max said. "I bet that's rough in the rain." Darren said. "Oh I don't mind that. Friday night and Saturday night are rough though. We close late so the buses are done by the time I get out of here. That seven mile hike makes my age tell on me." Max laughed as he wiped the table.
"What do you recommend on the menu ?" Darren asked. "Oh your server can help you there sir. Too expensive for my pay check so I have never eaten here." Max said. "Well it has been nice to meet you. My name is Darren by the way." Darren said. "Nice to meet you too young man. My name is "Max". Enjoy your meal. Everyone says the food is amazing." Max said as he picked up his bus boy tray. "Max don't you have tables to clean ? Don't bother my customer." the young girl said. "Wasn't a bother at all. I stopped him. Besides he may have just gotten you a bigger tip." Darren said. The young girl grabbed Max by the arm. "You know you aren't suppose to talk to the customers. Keep it up and I will get your ass fired. You hear me." she said. "Loud and clear." Max said as he walked back towards the kitchen. "That was uncalled for." Darren said. "He's just an old man. Its hard to find good dishwashers." she said. "Seems to be even harder to find competent wait staff to me." Darren said.
Darren sat in his rental car as Max left for the bus stop after closing. "What the hell is he doing ?" Darren thought as Max walked past the bus stop. After the third bus stop that Max walked past Darren was beginning to wonder id something was wrong. Afraid to pull up and offer a ride he held back and caught up with Max ever so often. "That stupid little bitch. Hell the guy left her a twenty as a tip but NO. She has to go complain to the shift manager. Now my hours have been cut. Shit I only had thirty dollars left at the end of the month with the overtime. No more bus rides I guess." Max whispered as tears fell down his cheeks. An hour and half later Darren pulled to the side of a little dirt road as he watched Max turn the corner into a trailer park. Walking quietly he saw Max open the door to a small camper that was once used in the back of a pick up truck. Max still had tears in his eyes as he pulled his work shoes off. Looking at one shoe. "Well buddy you are going to have to last a little longer. Wont be any super glue this pay check." Max said as he flopped the sole back and forth and then rubbed his aching feet. Pulling his money out of his pocket. " Well I have six dollars and eighty cents left and after my check Friday and pay the rent I will have an additional maybe, oh I don't know, three dollars maybe. So ten dollars for two weeks. Guess it could be worse. Shit. No more overtime. I will need more than that ten in two weeks to cover the rent." Max sighed and lay back on his bed with his hands over his face.
Pulling out his cell phone Darren held it to his ear. "Flo's" he heard on the other end. "Aunt Flo. This is Darren. You ready to forgive my loan ?" Darren asked. "Only if you have good news sonny." Flo said. "I found him." Darren said. Darren heard a cough on the other end. Flo almost choked on her gum. "Are you sure ? Is he alright ?" Flo asked. "You would never know he was worth millions. He looks like he has been rode hard and hung up wet but he seems to be fine." Darren said. "Give me all the information you have and I will decide where to go from here." Flo said as she pulled her pen from behind her ear. "Thanks Darren. I got it. Now do me one more favor. Hang around for a couple of days and keep an eye out." Flo said. "I will Aunt Flo. Now what do I owe you ? " Darren laughed. "Sonny boy if this is really him all you owe your old Aunt Flo is a hug and a kiss. Oh yeah and a bill for your latest expenses." Flo said. "Aunt Flo after the way I saw him treated tonight if you can get him out of here these expenses are on me." Darren said. "That bad huh ?" Flo said. "Aunt Flo they treat him like trash and he walks seven miles to work and seven miles home. If you could call it a home. Hell it has duct tape in the roof to keep the rain out." Darren said. "Sonny it makes us feel grateful for what we do have. Now you keep a close eye on him. I will talk to you tomorrow." Flo said.
Flo jumped and clinched the piece of paper in her hands. "Good news of some sort I am guessing." the deputy said. Flo ran around the counter and grabbed the deputy and kissed him on the lips. "He found him." she said shaking the paper in her hand. "Well I like this finding people business." the deputy smiled. "You dirty old man." Flo said and lightly tapped the deputies shoulder. "I will be right back. Got to ask a favor from an old friend." Flo said heading towards the kitchen.
Looking through her business cards Flo pulled out one and kissed it. Laying it on her desk she dialed the number. "Hello." the man said. "Yes can I speak to Fred Durk please ?" Flo said. "This is he." the voice said. "Well you old sod buster. This is Flo from Rex. How the hell you been ?" Flo said. "Well talk about a blast from the past. What the hell you up to Flo ?" Durk said. "I know its been years but i need a favor. You still raise that special breed of cows that cost so much ?" Flo said. "Yeah that's our bread and butter why. You want a cow ?" Durk asked. "Oh no honey. I am the only old cow allowed at my place." Flo laughed. Flo told Durk the story and that she had sent her nephew there to find him. "What I need you to do is call this rancher here and get him to your place somehow to look at them expensive ass cows you have ." Flo said. "I will sure try." Durk said. "Honey do more than that. Remember old Flo has more secrets on you than she cares to tell." Flo laughed. "Well I got a few on you now Flo." Durk laughed. "Shit Durk. These folks around here would just laugh and say they figured that already." Flo laughed. Durk and Flo worked up a plan to get Carl to Texas and then get him to the restaurant. "Let me give him a call tomorrow and I will let you know what happens." Durk said. "Thank you old friend and I promise I am coming to Texas to visit one day. I want to see these damn cows that cost so much myself." Flo said.