The Rodeo Thief

Find out what you've got

and if it's one of 30 bulls of the whole pen,

you're hurtin'.

Your meniscus is hurting,

your carpal tunnel is bothering you,

and so you just pay a few then you leave.

Call people out like for stealing your stuff

behind the shoot again.

Four-second ride, put that baby in slow motion, 60%.

That's an eight-second ride on social media, people.

I mean, you're at school in math class, like, oh oh oh.

On to the next one.

Every single post put "On to the next one."

The last thing you wanna-

Lovely day, lovely day.

Yeah.

How you guys doing over here, huh?

Another day, another dollar.

Ah.

Oh.

Pest control?

- Oh. - Don't move.

Don't turn around.

- Don't turn around. - Okay.

- Act natural. - Okay.

That's fucking natural?

Get the fuck in here, you stupid son of a bitch.

What are you doing?

- You stupid shit. - Okay, okay.

Leave it.

Let it bleed.

What do you want?

Texas Downs.

Two weeks ago.

You made a bet.

I don't have it.

Is that going to be your final answer?

What do you want me to say?

Look I have, I have kids at home-

- They know that their dad's a degenerate piece of shit?

Huh?

The watch.

The chain.

The ring.

That buys you two days.

The ring?

You either give me that ring, or you give me that finger.

That choice is pretty easy.

What?

You ever bet on the horses?

No.

You ought to give it a try.

It's easy to fix.

Yeah.

Jockey gives you the signal, the fix is in, odds go up.

Just like clockwork.

I'll remember that.

Usually these envelopes are filled with cash-

He was light.

And this?

I gave him two days.

That's a message so he don't forget.

A message?

From who?

He's got three little girls at home.

You want your money, or not?

If I want you to send a message,

I'll tell you to send a message.

What do you want me to do with it now?

Sew it back on?

I want you to shut up and do what you're told to do!

The finger comes out of your end.

I'm going to need some time off after this.

Time off?

You own a time share that I don't know about?

I'm done.

Just go home.

Okay?

Get some rest.

Come back in two days and we'll talk.

See you, Boone.

All right.

How's the back?

Hurts.

The leg?

Hurts worse.

My brother had a picture of you from 2008.

He framed it.

Look at that.

Good looking guy.

Yeah.

Hey look, I'm sorry to hear about your mother.

Word travels fast in this town, don't it?

Yeah, well, that's a small town for you.

You can resent it but in the end

you're just another part of it.

Anyway, she was nice.

The beer is on me tonight, okay?

All right.

Have a good night.

Thank you.

Goddamn it.

I should have knocked.

Can't seem to keep anything down.

I'll call the doctor first thing.

Take pills to go to sleep.

Pills to wake up.

What the hell is the difference?

The difference is that something is going to work.

Maybe.

Maybe I'll just shut my eyes tonight and

by the morning this nightmare is finally over.

You can't talk like that.

I saw the bank sent another letter.

A few days ago.

When were you going to tell me about it?

- I wasn't. - Why the hell not?

The letter was addressed to me.

I'll call the loan officer first thing.

The doctor after.

In that order.

Which one of these help you sleep?

I already took them.

Good.

You won't mind if I steal a couple.

There's the amount of the loan pay off, right there.

Three copies.

You've got to do the same to each.

I sign this and hand you over that money

and that house is mine?

As long as the payment is made by end of this week.

Once that happens, the house is untouchable.

But you've got to give me a check by Friday.

The bank closes at five.

Otherwise, come Monday they will foreclose

and take your mother's land.

Well this takes care of the reverse mortgage

and the back property tax.

Anything else?

That'll do it.

How long have we known each other?

Since we were kids.

And I never once asked you how

you made this kind of money.

I told you.

Rodeo insurance.

Since when do they start giving out PPOs to bull riders?

Huh?

She can never know about this.

Yes?

Rodeo?

Rodeo.

Thanks, Billy.

Bet you had a good time putting her in the trailer.

This one?

Goddamn, 1500 pound Texas tornado.

You want to pet him?

Maybe next year.

So what brings you up here?

Came to see Palmer.

He bought a stallion.

Bringing him in this afternoon if you want to hang out.

I can do that.

The boys busy?

For you?

They'll make time for you.

Come on.

Out!

All right, listen here.

I think we can make some money off of these guys today.

The way they've been roping.

What do you think?

Man, I had a late night last night,

but I think I'm up for it.

I am too.

How much you got?

I've got 200 to put on it.

Let's do it.

Hey, boys.

What you got?

I've got 200 here

that says you boys can't rope half as fast as us.

I'll play with you.

He'll play.

We'll dang sure play.

- Well let's see- - Show your money.

Let's do it.

I'm short.

Short again?

- Typical team roper. - Go figure.

Let's do some gambling, boys.

Sweet, thanks.

Who's up first?

We'll let you girls go first.