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Spoiler for Plum Lucky and Doug, the retired racehorse.
Even the Pup is an Unmentionable by Debra8652
Chapter 19
Remy's POV
Sometimes things get a little kerfuffled here at Rangeman, LLC. On Saturday, Mom and Woody were doing crowd control on horseback at an outdoor music festival. Mom got to ride Doug, Snuggy O'Connor's horse! On Monday morning in the breakroom, Lester asked Mom how she was feeling. OK, no problem with that, except for the fact that Zip and Zero had been out of touch for a few days to attend a family wedding and came to a dead stop when Mom said that her legs were sore from mounting and having her legs wrapped around Doug for hours, but at least she was getting paid for it. Poor Z and Z - it's not like it sounds. And Santos shouldn't have waggled his eyebrows and said "lucky Doug"!
And Vince is on desk duty and wearing flip-flops on his feet bc he had an ingrown toenail removed on his big toe. And maybe, just maybe, my turtle Freddy sneaked up and nipped Vince on his little toe.
And then Brett fell off the treadmill when he was putting his water bottle in the cup holder and the treadmill jerked when it started up. He cut the underside of his chin open and Mom had to hold it closed while Bones stitched it up bc she has small hands, and Bobby wasn't available bc he got thwacked in the eye by a tree branch when he was jogging and is wearing a black eyepatch and has no depth perception. Too bad Talk Like a Pirate Day* is over a month away - the guys would have a field day teasing Bobby about that.
And there's Ramon, who wiped out on his dirtbike on his parents' property but only got some scrapes on his hand. His mom runs an in-home day care, so badass Ramon is sporting Baby Shark bandaids on his hand. I'm guessing Tank has Hello Kitty bandaids at his house. Who knows about Woody - maybe Toy Story bandaids for him.
My buddy Gene is staggering around with an inner ear infection - he can't stay in his apartment bc he has no balance so he's in the infirmary with the bed rails up and he's whacked out on Benadryl. At least Bobby can watch over him even though he's wearing an eyepatch. They make a good pair!
Mom's Man is giving serious consideration to postponing the paintball team-building exercise since the guys are clearly dangerous to self, property, and others. I wonder if he will still let them put a new roof on the VFW this fall. Oh well, as long as Mom and Ella are ok, Rangeman will carry on just fine. Truth.
Oh, for Pete's sake, Lester just brought in a big bag of bagels and they aren't sliced. Somebody get Hector - he's the only one I trust to use a knife and not end up needing stitches!
A/N *International Talk Like a Pirate Day is Tuesday, September 19, 2023.