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I went to work for him that summer.

A college kid, trying to figure out his future.

He was a lonely widower, haunted by the ghost's path.

We both needed something from each other.

Something from life.

We had absolutely nothing in common.

the quiet cowboy, and the college boy from the city.

Must be a writer.

Yes, sir.

All right.

Over here's the kitchen.

Feel free to use it as you like. Clean up after yourself.

Cool.

Over here's the living room.

Usually where I'm at in the evening.

Help yourself.

Sounds great.

And down the hall, got your bedroom.

Make yourself at home.

A couple ground rules, all right?

No noise past midnight, got it?

Make sure they're already in by midnight.

Got it.

Mm -hmm.

Don't be bringing no girls here, all right? It's another thing.

I don't want a lot of people at the ramp.

Won't be a big concern.

I'm not sure about that.

That's good to hear.

All right, I'd like to get settled in.

Start tomorrow.

Ready to get to work.

Thank you, Mr. Woods.

Please, Mr. Woods was my father.

Call me Carter.

Sorry, sir.

Sorry,

Carter.

All right.

Welcome home.

Thank you.

coming in, you know?

Over here, we're gonna finish with the saplings, get a, you know, get a lot of

trees planted all around here, alright?

You, uh, you sure ready for this type of work? You don't look, uh,

dressed apart.

You gotta get down and dirty here.

Are you judging me because I'm from the city?

Well, no, but, uh, most city folk don't last over here, you know?

Can't think for the lifestyle.

Not everyone's okay with getting dirty.

Well, I appreciate the concern, but I'm here to work.

I know I may not look the part really, but I'm handy.

I'm not afraid to work hard.

If you just give me a chance, I can show you. I promise I won't let you down.

All right, sounds good.

This is what I'm going to need from you. You're here to help me take care of

this place.

You're going to clean what needs cleaning, fix what needs fixing. Sound

All right. All right.

So, yeah, get these trees planted.

Go over here. We're digging a well for this place.

That's going to go all the way back to here.

We both kept to ourselves, focusing on the work that needed to be done.

For that first while, we would say maybe three words to each other a day.

I didn't mind.

It left me plenty of time to think.

Then, one day, in the middle of summer...

Come on in.

Why don't you come up here and have a water.

Take a load off.

Thank you.

Nothing like a cold drink after a hard day's work.

Good luck here, man.

I've been wanting to ask you.

Yeah.

It's a city boy like you doing out here in the country.

Doesn't seem like somewhere someone like you would want to be.

Well, I had this boyfriend back in college.

And I would do anything for him.

I did everything for him.

But I guess he lost interest and kicked me in the curb.

I didn't have a place to stay for the summer after that.

And it was too late for an internship or anything.

So when your ad came along, I took it and ran with it.

Well, I'm sorry, man.

A guy like that ain't even worth the shipping if you shoot, right?

Thanks.

Gotta be honest, though. I'm surprised you're one of those men who like men

type, you know?

You can sing gay. It's okay.

Is it? I can't keep up these days.

Yeah. Gay's fine.

Why? Didn't you think I was gay?

I don't know.

Didn't seem like the type, I guess.

What do you mean?

No, you, uh, work hard, act like a man.

Just, uh, didn't seem like one of those prancing around types.

Yeah, some are feminine.

Some aren't.

But that's the beauty of being queer, though.

You can be whoever you want to be.

Love whoever you want to love, I guess, you know?

Yeah.

I do.

Okay.

Well, now I have a question for you.

Shoot.

What's an attractive guy like you doing out in the middle of the country by

yourself?

Sorry for another time.

Aw, come on.

Told you my shit.

Yeah, it's only fair that you tell me some of yours.

Alright. Alright, alright.

You brought this on yourself, though.

I can live with that.

So, uh... Me and my high school sweetheart... We got married after we

Moved out here to the country.

Just the two of us, you know.

Us against the world type shit.

if he, uh, got cancer.

And, uh, she passed not too long after.

Oh, my God.

I'm... I'm so sorry.

It's okay, man.

It's not your fault she's dead.

Nothing to be sorry about.

I haven't really been able to move on quite just yet.

It's just me trying to keep this place from falling apart by myself, you know?

Well, you got me here for now.

For the summer, at least.

I appreciate that, man. I do.

Things seemed to change after that night.

We both dropped our guard a little.

actually started to chat.

Got to know each other a little bit.

We were almost friends.

Hey, are you okay?

I hurt my shoulder a little bit working in the shop today.

That's nothing. I'm fine.

Maybe it's nothing now. If you keep putting pressure on it, you're going to

it up.

Here, let me massage it.

You want a what now?

Dude, relax.

I know what I'm doing.

I took a massage therapy class.

I'll make you feel a whole fuck ton better, but look, man, I think you're

overplaying it.

You need to stop being such a man about it. Let me work on your shoulder so you

don't fuck it over.

Can't get a good grip with your shirt on.

Could you take it off?

Yeah, sure.

I, uh, might need to work on your whole back.

You have a lot of knot.

It seemed like a blink of an eye.

But summer was almost over.

We had just one more night together.

But little did I know, there was one more surprise coming.

Hey, uh, Ryder, why don't you come out here? I got something for you.

That was good. Here, have lunch.

I'm, uh, making something special.

So, uh, so look, I've never really been one to be the sentimental type.

Um, but hey, I've really enjoyed your company over this last summer.

And, uh, just wanted to get something like a going away gift for you.

Maybe do something special.

So, uh, a toast.

A toast?

What exactly?

This summer?

Yeah. Sort of.

You know, it's been a hard couple of years since my wife died.

And you've brought out some feelings in me I haven't felt in a long time.

And yeah, tough for you.

You've taught me a lot this summer about independence and what it means to put

myself first.

So thanks.

I'll be able to focus on myself for once when I get back this semester.

Right.

See you in a year.

Man, you really made me realize how alone I was.

But I think I'm going to get back into the world and maybe try some new

things.

You're really happy to hear it, Carter.

Yeah.

Sorry, I don't know what came over me.

Don't apologize.

Look, it's been a long time since I felt this way.

Is that beer?

I haven't really done anything like this before.

Don't worry.

We'll look it up.

I'll guide you.

Are you sure?

Yeah.

on your back, right?

I often think about that summer.

The fresh country air,

the solitude, and the cowboys.

I learned what it felt like to put in the hard work for someone who actually

appreciated it.

And I'd like to think I helped him too.

Helping him back up to the world. Maybe helping him to learn to live again.

A summer of healing, sealed with a night of passion that I'll never forget.