TO FIND PEACE 25

at the hospital cleve was propped up in his bed with two pillows behind his head. when ty and katey walked into his room he was eating a pudding cup with a wooden spoon. the over head tv was blareing away." you look pretty well established in here cleve do we need to make arrangments for you to stay full time?" ty asked. " smart alec, but if i thought my insurence would covr it ide stay a bit longer" cleve chuckled. his color was better and the iv s had been removed. he had just finished a good meal." well how did the cows sell?"he asked. katey looked at ty with a look of fear. " well the first package sold for 1250 a round." ty took a step back. cleve sat up and leaned over. 1250 a pair? damn we need to sell every pair we got at that price." ty took another step back" we did" was all he said cleve glared at ty for a second then the hear monitor started squeeling. a nurse rushed in but cleve waved her away" its for a good thing., leave it." cleve turned to katey" were you in on this?" " not at first, but i came around to it. here." katey handed over the note from the DEA that was stamped paid in full. " damn, i need to have more heart attacks." was all he said. ty eased back uo next to the bed, " you got enough females left to stock the ranch plus some yearlings. everything is so framey the buyers are loveing them." you got money left over?"cleve asked " yes sir, where do you want me to put it?" katey answered in a whipped voice. " buy another couple loads of hay, some protein tubs. bank the rest for operating expenses. you need to get back to the kj and prowel for any remnents. i know we didnt sweep it clean. doc says i can go home friday if i behave myself." cleve was rattling off orders.his whole attitude had changed." you two make a pretty good team no, get outta here and go danceing or some thing. come back for me friday, scram!" out in the hall way the doctor had been standing there listening" you two did him a lot of good ill see you friday"