Chapter 1
"Hey Matt, who's that girl by the trailers with Pablo?" asked a young girl with medium length brown hair tied back into a ponytail. She was Beth Ritter, the owner's daughter. At the age of 15, she was ready to step into the world. With a lot of energy, Beth could keep up with the workload, unlike other people.
"I don't know," replied Matt, her 17 year old brother. "A new worker?" he guessed. Matt was the oldest and loved it. After their father left a year ago, Matt took on a bigger workload and Beth relieved some of the stress by helping when she was done with her chores.
"I think her name is Kris," said their little brother, Todd. "I think she was in prison and Pablo met her at a prison camp." Todd was 10, but full of wisdom and was smart like his sister.
The tree Ritter kids were very close, and have grown closer since their dad left.
"I don't care, she's hot!" exclaimed Junior Davis, Matt's best friends. Junior's father owned the rival ranch, but Junior and Matt were the best of buds.
"Oh shut up!" remarked Beth and Junior's sister, Dani at the same time. Dani was 16, but she and Beth were best friends.
"Kids," shouted Jean Ritter, "There's someone I want you to meet." Jean was having a rough year because her ex-husband left a mess of bills for her.
"Oh boy," said Henry, Jean's father, "This could be bad or good." Henry was 75 and still strong. He moved to Raintree Ranch when Jean's ex-husband, Pete left.
Everyone laughed and headed to the house.
"What up Pablo?" asked Beth in a joking matter.
'The ceiling," he replied. Pablo was the head trainer at Raintree. He had a thing for Jean and everyone knew it except for her. Pablo treated the Ritter kids like they were his own.
Everyone laughed at that.
"Actually," he said, "I'd like you to introduce our newest employee, Kris."
"Hi Kris," everyone said in unison.
"This is Mrs. Ritter, Henry, Beth, Matt and Todd. They all live here. And this is Junior and Dani Davis. Their father is the owner of our rival ranch. For some odd reason they're best friends with Matt and Beth," continued Pablo.
"Hello," replied Kris shyly. Kris was Matt and Junior's age. She was sent to prison for stealing a car.
"There's a carnival tonight," said Beth. You wanna come?"
"I don't have any nice clothes to wear," Kris replied.
"Beth and I have plenty of clothes you could borrow, so don't worry about it," Dani answered back. "Have you finished unpacking?"
"No, I haven't," replied Kris.
We'll help!" exclaimed Beth, jumping up and heading to the door. Dani and Kris followed suit.
"She'll fit in just fine," remarked Jean.
"Yes she will," replied Pablo.
