Chapter 3

The morning sun felt warm and refreshing on Casey skin. She was currently in another place getting ready to shoot another scene.

Casey was seated on a chair as the makeup artist added some finishing touches. Casey mind had managed to remove the fact that Andrew was engage to Gwen, she didn’t need distractions right now. She needed to focus and get her mind together. She needed to get right into character.

It’s none of her business anyways, whoever he chooses to be with is probably who he is happy with. So she could only wish him good luck.

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The sun rays hit Andrew’s face, he squinted his eyes to try and get a better view of his surroundings.

He looked to his right and saw Gwen, he sighed and rubbed the back of neck, images of last night reappearing to him like a scene from a movie.

They both got into an argument about a very irrelevant matter that he doesn’t even remember, he just remembered the both of them shouting, cussing, and a lot of anger being thrown about. Normally when there is such an argument, it’s either Andrew walks out of the house and go to the bar down the street, or they both get into a heated session of love making.

And the latter what was took place last night.

He used his fingers to rub the bridge of his nose, he sat up on the bed and sighed, he removed the bed sheets from his body, trying his best not wake up Gwen, he gentle crossed over her, and made his way to the bathroom.

He got into the shower turning it on and let the warm water pour over him, he stood there for a long time.

After a while he switched it off and got out of the shower, he rubbed himself clean with a towel, using it to wrap around his lower body.

He stepped out of the bathroom and went to the closet, he picked out his usual attire, which consisted of a gray shortsleeved shirt, coveralls, and a straw hat (for protection against the sun).

His father used to be the owner of the biggest ranch in town, it was so big that outsiders usually come over to buy animals from the ranch. It had different varieties of animals and it also sold milk to diary companies, and crates of eggs to people that needed them.

When his father died and the lawyer read the will to both himself and his brothers, he gave the ranch to Andrew, and his brothers didn’t complain cause they knew that Andrew was the only one that showed actual interest in his father’s ranch.

His father passed away as soon as he was graduating from the university.

He made his way outside. The sun was a bright yellow, and sky was blue with some few clouds hanging around it.

The ranch was right next to the house, so he could just easily stroll and see how things are doing. His workers were already working, Andrew went out about inspecting and greeting everybody around.

He went to the fish pond and stood there watching as the fishes swam peacefully, the water was clear and the reflection of the sun shone on it.

Peter was there feeding the fishes, Andrew didn’t notice that Peter was there until he cleared his throat.

“Good morning Mr Denvers.” He greeted cheerfully.

“Good morning Peter,” Andrew greeted back, nodding his head towards him.

Peter was the youngest among his workers, he was still a high school student, so he usually come over every summer. The boy plan on going to college so he is saving up money to do so.

Andrew walked away from the fish pond and went to the horse stable, where Ross, his very close friend since high school, and trusted worker, was busy feeding the horses.

“Hey Ross, how are things looking down here?”

“Nothing too bad, Betsy look like she is doing well since the vet came over and gave her her medicine.”

Andrew walked up to Betsy, Betsy was a horse that has been around the ranch since he was a child, the horse always tend to scare him, especially when his father tried to place him on top of her when he was younger. He cried a lot when that happened.

He placed his hand on Betsy’s head, rubbing her, he then removed his hand from Betsy’s head. He couldn’t wait for her to get better.

“Hey Andrew have you heard?” Ross had stopped feeding the horses and was leaning on the shovel.

“Heard what?”

“Casey is back in town.”

“Casey? As in Casey McAddams?”

“Gee Andrew how many Casey’s do you know out there? Of cause I am talking about Casey McAddams.”

“Wow, that is oddly surprising. Thought she would never come back,” he murmured. “Anyways why exactly is she here?”

Ross shrugged, “I don’t know, but people are saying that she is here to shot a movie.”

Andrew smiled a little, Ross picked up on the smile. He was about to say something when he heard a voice calling out Andrew from the outside the horse stable.

“Andrew! Where the fuck are you?” It was Gwen’s voice. Andrew sighed and looked up to wooden ceiling in the stable.

“Looks like your woman is here,” Ross remarked sarcastically.

As soon as Gwen entered the stable, Ross took it as his cue to leave. As they passed each other, they both share a greeting, coupled up with some fake smiles to one another, as Ross walked out of the stable.

“Oh this place smells bad,” Gwen remarked.

Andrew rolled his eyes. “What do you want?”

Gwen looked at him for a while, her lips were in a thin line then she said, “I want to go shopping.”

“Go shopping then, nobody is stopping you,” he picked up the shovel to continue feeding the horses.

“Well I need money Andrew.” She said shoving her hands in her front pockets.

Andrew stopped what he was doing and gave her an incredulous look. “What happened to the money that I gave to you earlier this week?”

Gwen looked down at her feet, shuffling from one feet to the other.

“Please don’t tell that you have finished it already.”

Gwen looked the other way, avoiding his eyes. Andrew sighed for the hundredth time that day, he rubbed his face with his hands.

“I gave you close to 800 dollars and you are telling me that you blew it all away. 800 dollars Gwen Lowe! 800 dollars! And you blew it all away!” His voice was getting louder, he was doing like a parent scolding their child for doing something stupid. And yes what Gwen did was stupid.

“I am sorry ok, I just got carried away,” Gwen said picking at her fingers.

“Jesus Christ Gwen! What the fuck is wrong with you? Are you ok? Are you sure that you are ok?” By now with the way he was shouting, there was a high possibility that people outside were hearing in on the conversation going on between them.

“What exactly did you use the money to do?” Andrew question, clasping his hands together in a sarcastic manner.

“Well, I gambled it away,” Gwen’s voice was a low whisper while saying this.

“What did you use it to gamble with?”

“H-horseback racing.”

“Get out of my sight.” Andrew jaw clenched together in anger, he hates and despise the fact that Gwen was such a compulsive gambler and she was completely unapologetic about it. That thing alone pissed him off so bad.

“But can I use your credit card?” Andrew glared at her and she ran away outside.

Andrew sat down on a stool next to Betsy stall, his used his hands to rub his face, he wondered how he end up with someone like Gwen, ever since he proposed to her, she was getting more infuriating each day. Ross came into the ranch and walked over to him.

“So horseback riding huh?” Ross chuckled.

“Shut the fuck up Ross.”