A California Christmas

Joey!

Hey... you. How'd you sleep?

So good.

Great.

Okay, uh, checkout, it's at noon.

Here's a little menu if you get hungry.

And, uh...

I'll call you.

Hey!

No you won't.

Okay.

Looking good as ever, Ms. D.

Thank you, Mr. Van Aston.

Good morning, sir.

Good morning, sexy. How'd you sleep?

Beautifully, as always.

What's up?

Thank you.

- See you at the office, sir. - Sounds good!

Good morning, ladies. How we doin'?

Problem solved!

Joseph will go.

- Mom, absolutely not. - It's not up to you, son.

Just send Leo!

What? You can get the contract signed this week.

Listen, it is not that simple, Joseph.

They haven't signed the contract yet.

The owner of the property, she's difficult.

That's where you come in.

This is a very important deal to Van Aston enterprises.

We have tried everything to get this piece of land.

Money and pressure don't seem to have any effect.

We have three weeks to get this parcel in escrow.

If not, the deal falls apart before Christmas.

Fine.

What do you want me to do?

Well, as far as I can tell, you've got one skill.

Getting young women to do

whatever the hell you ask them to.

You don't know anything about my personal life.

This is your last chance to show me

you're capable of, well, anything, really.

And if I don't?

Well, then, it all goes away.

The title, the stipend, the hotel suite...

and the Leo.

You can't do that.

Should you manage to pull this off,

we will announce your move from managing partner,

to president of acquisitions at the holiday party.

You want to be a real part of this company?

It starts here.

Oh, voicemail. Thank God!

Gemma. Hey, it's me.

Listen, I've been thinking a lot,

and I think it's pretty clear that we're not working,

so, uh, I think we should call it quits.

Yeah, but remember, you are a sensational woman

that is going to make some man very happy some day.

Stay beautiful.

Wow, I really thought she was the one, sir.

Shut up.

Who lives out here, anyway?

It's a whole lotta nothing.

This is wine country.

Did you know that 80% of the nation's wine

is made right here in California?

And Chardonnay grapes are the most popular ones planted.

Actually...

All right, y'all.

Here it comes. Come on.

Shit!

My apologies, sir!

These roads could use some work.

How far are we?

Uh, just up the road here, sir.

They're not expecting you until later today.

Do you have any clothes I can wear?

I can't show up like this.

I picked these up at the Christmas Clothing Drive.

I was going to donate them to Goodwill.

Well, aren't you a little saint?

Shut up.

If money and power don't impress these people,

maybe I should go with something a little more casual.

Wow.

Well, that will cut down on the small talk.

Ah, screw it.

So?

What do you think?

Well, you definitely nailed "casual," sir.

All right.

Get this car out of here,

and I will call you when the deal is done.

I could use a good cleaning.

Good. You do that.

But don't go too far,

'cause it's not gonna take long.

What in the world?

Hannah, where's the water?

Come on, Hannah, I need that water.

Coming, Callie.

- Hey! - Oh, hi, new ranch hand.

- Let me help you with that. - Oh, my gosh.

Thank you.

Good thing you got here early! A calf is coming!

What?

- Hannah, I need that water! - The new ranch hand has it!

- Who? - No, no, no.

- I'm not the new... - Just set that down

and come help me.

Grab his feet. She stopped pushing.

- I need to check her eyes. - Oh, my... Oh...

Grab it. Come on.

Come on. Come on, girl.

You've got this, okay?

You can do it, okay? Come on.

I need one more, all right?

Come on, girl. You got this, okay?

Pull! What are doing?

- Pull! - I'm pulling!

- Pull it harder! - Okay.

Come on. You're okay.

One more. You got it!

Yes, you did it. You did it.

Good girl, good girl.

Good job.

All right, let's get it out.

Okay...

You called it, Han. He's a boy.

I'm gonna call him Joey.

I think that's a perfect name.

God, you know, for a second, there,

I thought you were the suit.

The what?

Some hoity-toity company man,

supposed to come by later today

and wave some money in my face.

- Is that so? - Yeah, but, uh...

I'm ready to welcome him, though.

I see that.

Hey, Hannah, why don't you go tell mom

we got a new addition to the ranch, okay?

Get.

Follow me.

Sorry about your clever shirt.

So what's your deal?

Most ranch hands show up a day or two late,

not the other way around.

You know, this is some beautiful land

you've got here.

It's a, uh, it's a cow farm, right?

You mean dairy farm?

- Sure. - Yeah, we have cows,

but it's just enough for some local production.

Do you make a lot of money?

Like most ranchers out here, we barely get by.

Then why the heck do you do it?

There's more to life than money.

Yeah, but it doesn't suck, having money.

I'm sorry. Okay, look.

I'm not who you think I am. All right? No, my...

Oh, no. I know exactly who you are.

You woke up one day and thought, "Hey.

I'll learn how muck a stall, round up some cattle.

I'll get a free bed to sleep in

and then I'll charm my way through doing

as little work as possible."

You're working for trade housing with a little bit of stipend.

If you're here for the money, you're in the wrong place.

Are you coming?

Name's Callie, by the way. Manny, is it?

Uh... yeah.

Your free bed.

The, uh, key is inside.

There's a list of projects that have been piling up.

And the generator's down,

so you might want to start with that.

So what do you think?

You up for it?

Or do you want to go work somewhere else

to make some big money?

Yeah, I'm up for it.

Okay.

Day starts at 6:00 AM around here.

One strike and you're out.

Hannah, what are you doing up here?

I'm sorry! I just wanted see if the new ranch hand

wanted some breakfast!

Cheese or jelly?

- Oh, I'm more of a... - You're not hungry,

are you?

No, no, of course not.

Great.