Contention

[not_his_pa]

The last days of the drive go by quickly enough, a heavy rain falls on the last day but they keep together. When they come in sight of Contention, Mark glances at his brother more, they've been here since it all got bad as they have to, but he worries. Their father was killed at the train station and he knows William saw it from the stockyards.

They're not the only herd coming into town and William ends up yelling and arguing before the stock is finally penned in.

Within sight of the stockyards, William finds a place for them to dismount and he leans against a hitching post, "I'll have to make the sale final and then I'll be able to pay you."

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[luvs_yogurt]

Michael does his best to mind orders and keep himself quiet - it doesn't take much despite the lingering watch he kept over the brothers through the ride.

He's gotta admit, it's nice to get away from the city again, away from what he knows lies ahead for him. At least here, with these good people, he can pretend that he won't have to make a very big decision any time soon.

"Don't worry about it," Michael stretches, giving him a stern look. "I owe you for what happened the other week." He doesn't want to say it in front of Mark, or Jack for that matter - but after William had his back in Miami, he couldn't take his money even if he needed it. "Or you can consider it payment for training me."