Hey guy's it's taken me ages to write this chapter, my life is turning into some of Jakesgirl1001's stories.
Chapter 9
Sam and Wendy looked beyond Jake and Nate; Linc, Ryan and Flick came out from behind a cropping of rocks.
"Well look what we got here" Flick said, walking towards Sam.
"Don't you dare come any closer Flick" Nate spoke.
"You think I give a damn about what you say Ely" Flick said taking another step towards Sam, with that Wendy drew her 9mm pistol and chucked it at Nate then took her shotgun out of her scabbard and brought it to her shoulder.
"I've shot someone and I will do it again if you take another step" Wendy said.
"You wouldn't dare" Flick said and took a step, Wendy pulled the trigger and the bullet grazed his shoulder.
"I told you" Wendy said.
"Look at this the Ely brothers need a girl to look after them now do they" Linc sniggered.
"Actually I'm an Ely" Wendy said.
"Which one did you marry, all of them?" Flick asked sarcastically.
"Me" Nate said proudly.
"What did you knock her up" Flick said, Wendy's face went stone hard as did Nate's.
"You have no right to talk to my wife like that" Nate spoke with enough force that Jackie and Wendy were shocked.
"I don't give a damn, Ely" Linc said walking towards Sam, Wendy leaned over and slapped Tempest on the rump. Tempest took off for River Bend with Sam clinging on her back Jake turned Witch and followed her.
"Well since that plan turned upside down, we should go see what's happened to our ranch" Linc said turning back to the cropping of rocks.
"You can't touch your old ranch anymore, Slocum, it's private property now" Nate said backing up Chance, getting ready to turn him and make him run for it.
"Oh is it now, I think the new owner will let us buy him a slab or two to come in" Ryan said turning away.
"I don't think you've got the right idea, the new owner's not like that" Nate said turning Chance's and taking off Wendy turning Lewis with a blink of an eye and took off with his tail streaming out behind him.
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"Well he better not even think about coming near my ranch if he wants to live" Wendy spat out taking the tack off Lewis.
"Wendy calm down you don't know that he's going to do that" Sam said, Jake had caught up with her and brought her to Harmony Ranch.
"Knowing Slocum he probably wouldn't" Jake said, "but with Flick there defiantly would".
"Who's Flick I take it, the one I've shot at twice" Wendy asked putting her tack on the fence and letting Lewis free in the 10 acre pasture and taking out Ramekins one of the Shetlands.
"I'll go find Lila to get Jackson and Carrie for their lesson and Brandon" Nate said heading towards Lila and Jed's house.
"Who are Jackson, Carrie and Brandon?" Sam asked.
"You'll see" Wendy said tacking up Ramekins.
When Wendy had first shown up buying Ryan's share of Harmony Ranch and Deer Path, not many had thought she had come here to find Nate, when the eloped in Reno a day after Sam's 'Death', Maxine asked what was going on and Nate and Wendy had to tell her, the rest thought that Wendy and Nate were planning to get married when Wendy showed up, not expecting that she was pregnant when they got married.
Nate came back with two very energetic two year olds and one 6 month old; he gave Jackson to Jake and Brandon to Wendy.
"Meet our kid's" Nate and Wendy said together, Wendy smiled remembering her surprise for everyone at tonight's barbeque then frowned because Nate wouldn't let her ride in her race in a week.
"Who wants to ride first?" Nate asked.
Carrie started wiggling in his arms he knew she was going first; he placed her on top of Ramekins. She took the reins in her small hands and Nate started leading her around.
"She's got your horse sense Wendy" Jake commented watching his niece riding around as if she had been riding for years.
"That would be right you remember a few weeks ago" Nate said walking past, Carrie had gotten into Wendy's race horses stall and the stallion went crazy when anyone else went near him.
Jake shook his head "I thought any good horse person could tame a horse but that thoroughbred stallion is crazy" Jake said.
"He is not he's one of the best race horses in the world" Wendy replied.
"You're the only one who can get near him; he's like a mouse with you. I'm surprised you can get him moving when you're on him" Jake said.
"If he couldn't move than how do you….." Wendy was cut off by Nate.
"You two bicker more than Wyatt and I yell on a bad day" Nate said slowing Ramekins, so that Carrie could get off.
"Is Heck on his way here?" Wendy asked giving Brandon to Jake and taking Jackson
"Yeah, I told Lila when I was getting the twins and Brandon" Nate said.
"What did the Ely's buy here as well I didn't know they were so rich" Linc smirked as he walked out from behind the barn.
"Get the heck off my ranch now!" Wendy ordered almost yelling, causing two of the horses in the paddock next to the one they were in to gallop off.
"Your ranch?!" Linc boomed, "what were you thinking when you sold up Ryan"
"I must have been up on it" Ryan replied, Linc had a quick smirk on his face before it disappeared quite happy that his son was a drug addict.
"Linc, Ryan, Curtis, I think Mrs. Ely asked you to get off her ranch" Heck said walking towards the Slocum's and Flick with some of his deputies.
"How did you get here so fast Heck?" Sam asked surprised.
"Well Jackie, Harmony and Rescue Ranch is now private property and since her stock has got such valuable income to the ranch. There are camera's everywhere" Heck answered and one of his deputies pointed to the barn.
Heck nodded, "check it". His deputy walked towards the barn to check on Wendy's stock.
"So when you say valuable income what do you mean by that?" Flick asked.
"That is to stay with Mrs Ely, Curtis" Heck said and three of his deputies went to handcuff Ryan, Linc and Flick.
"Come near me, my family or my ranch again, you'll be wishing that you were never born" Wendy said keeping eye contact with Flick and Linc.
"Wendy, cool it" Heck ordered, knowing Wendy's temper. His deputies that checked Wendy's barn nodded at Heck, "if you have any more trouble with anything let me know".
"Thanks Heck" Nate said.
"Sam you're okay to go back to college, just don't be surprised if things are weird at first" Heck said, Sam nodded understanding.
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Jake placed the last box in Sam's apartment, "how much stuff do you need Brat?" Jake asked straightening his back.
"This is less than what I usually have each year" Sam said closing the door behind her, "are you going to Australia still?".
"No. I never really finished I was going to do correspondent courses" he answered.
"We might graduate at the same time then" Sam said starting to unpack.
"What?" Jake almost yelled.
"I got ahead two years when I was away" Sam replied as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Wyatt would be proud if he knew you were still alive" Jake said.
"He'll find out when he gets the graduation invitation" Sam replied.
"You should tell him" Jake said.
"I'll do what I want thanks" Sam replied.
"Fine" Jake muttered and left.
"God I'm crazy about you" Sam said to herself when he left.
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Done. I haven't been able to work on this very much but I hope you understood it