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00:01En Briar Creek, hemos tenido una tradición llamada Bridal Day.
00:05Cada mujer de un marido tuvo una habitación en el corral para elegir un horde.
00:08Tú elegiste el horde.
00:10Sua persona se convirtió tu horde.
00:12En mi vida de la vida, Colt Mercer y yo tenía todo lo que tenía planned.
00:16He quedó una red red de la mano sobre su horda.
00:18Pero en Bridal Day, yo checkedo todos los hordes de 99.
00:21No uno había una red de la mano.
00:23Estuve ahí, perdón.
00:24Entonces, Tessa Lane, la ciudad de la ciudad que he llevó a casa,
00:27vino con el mensaje de Colt.
00:28¿No sabes qué hordes de su horda?
00:30¿Cómo se debe reconocer tu propia mujer?
00:35Yo limpié mis lágrimas, tomé un colt de un colt y maravillé el mejor hombre en la ciudad.
00:41Entonces, fui rebuy, en el momento en Bridal Day.
00:43Esta vez, me encontré la red de la mano, en el momento.
00:48Enough games.
00:50Voy a dejar que me picka esta vez.
01:21No need.
01:24I picked the one I wanted.
01:26You sure, Willa?
01:27That's not Colt's horse.
01:28Martha had watched me grow up.
01:29Five years ago, she'd paired us for a horse race.
01:32Just hold on to me, Willa.
01:33I'll win this for you.
01:37He jumped down and put the flowers in my hands.
01:40After that, everyone called us a match made in heaven.
01:44Even on Bridal Day, our names were listed side by side.
01:47Everyone thought I'd pick Colt's horse.
01:50Last time, I thought so too.
01:52But inside that corral, I learned the truth.
01:55Colt had turned my marriage into a test.
02:00I wasn't much of a rider.
02:02Hopeless at handling horses, actually.
02:04For two hours, I searched every inch of that corral.
02:08Horses kicked me and knocked me into the dirt.
02:11One bolted and dragged me across the ground.
02:17Every breath hurt.
02:18Still no red ribbon.
02:21Then Tessa walked in.
02:23For one second, I thought Colt had sent her to help me.
02:26Instead, she led away the only horse he'd brought.
02:30Well, this is boring.
02:32I wanted to see how tough you ranch girls were.
02:34You can't even pick out one horse?
02:38I had no other choice.
02:39I picked the scrawniest colt in the pen.
02:42He was nothing but skin and bone.
02:45He saw my bloody knees, lowered himself, and carried me out.
02:51I remembered his name, Cloud.
02:55Mom, Dad, Martha.
02:57I'm grown now.
02:59I know what I want.
03:02All right.
03:04She crossed out Ranger and wrote Cloud beside my name.
03:08This time, I was done looking for Colt's horse.
03:11I was done with Colt, too.
03:16The moment I stepped outside, Colt came over.
03:20So, Willa, which one did you pick?
03:22The results stayed secret until everyone finished.
03:25Cloud had to stay in the corral until then.
03:27Of course, the one with the red ribbon.
03:28Give it up, Cole.
03:29I told you she wouldn't recognize your horse.
03:31Seriously?
03:32One red ribbon and you still picked wrong?
03:34So throw a guy in a wedding suit and you'll marry him, too?
03:41Oh, I didn't pick that horse.
03:44What do you mean?
03:45You don't want to marry me?
03:46If I'd pick that horse, wouldn't I be marrying someone else?
03:49It was a test, that's all.
03:50I'd never let you marry someone else.
03:51I talk to every man on the registry.
03:53Not one of them will take you.
03:55You'll end up with me anyway.
03:57He wasn't lying.
03:58He'd track down every man on the registry.
04:00If a man turned me down, I had to go back into the corral.
04:04Again and again, until I chose Colt's horse.
04:07That was the test he'd been so proud of last time.
04:11But one man wasn't on the registry.
04:14Tessa pouted.
04:16Come on, Willa.
04:17Ranch girls can take a joke, can't they?
04:20Colt only did it because I asked.
04:22Don't tell me you're mad.
04:24Last time, she'd walked right up to me like nothing had happened.
04:27She'd watched me stand there, bruised and filthy.
04:30Then led away the horse Colt had picked out so carefully.
04:34Every night for the next month, I had nightmares.
04:36In those dreams, I married a man I didn't want.
04:39I was tied to a saddle and died alone out on the range.
04:43No one there even knew my name.
04:45Last time, I cried my eyes out.
04:47Not again.
04:49Of course not.
04:51Do whatever you want.
04:53You're all talk.
04:54You'll go home tonight, cry, and come begging me to fix it.
04:57He had no idea.
04:59Not this time.
04:59I wasn't going to marry him anymore.
05:02I turned to leave, but Tessa grabbed my wrist.
05:04Since you don't care, I can pick Colt's horse, right?
05:06I came all this way.
05:07I want to turn.
05:08I've never even ridden before.
05:10Think a city girl like me can still find his horse?
05:13Don't read into it.
05:14Tessa's not doing this to upset you.
05:16She's curious about everything.
05:17That's just how she is.
05:27He'd given me the same answer last time.
05:30Tessa had gone into the corral and come out with Colt's horse.
05:33I'd walked out with Colt while everyone laughed at me.
05:37But Bridal Day wasn't enough for her.
05:39She wanted the whole wedding.
05:41The veil.
05:42The ride to the ceremony.
05:43The vows.
05:44The champagne toasts.
05:46He came for me after she finished playing bride.
05:48I hadn't known a thing.
05:49He lifted me onto his horse and took me straight to his mother.
05:53Then he shoved a champagne glass into my hand.
05:55Tessa's done.
05:56You take it from here.
05:56You failed my test, Willa.
05:57My parents are still willing to welcome you into the family.
06:00Be grateful.
06:00And quit sawing.
06:01I never raised that glass.
06:03I wouldn't thank his family for letting me marry their son.
06:07Tessa wanted to play bride?
06:09Fine.
06:10This time, she could play it all the way through.
06:13Briar Creek took Bridal Day seriously.
06:15Tessa was about to find out.
06:17Half an hour later, Tessa came out leading Ranger.
06:23She broke another rule, led Ranger past the tent, and paraded him right in front of us.
06:29Marthin wanted Colt and me to see.
06:36Colt Mercer, how do you plan to clean up this mess?
06:40Bridal Day is our biggest celebration.
06:42It isn't your playground.
06:44What mess?
06:45If Tessa wants to play, I'll just marry her.
06:49Let's go home, Dad.
06:50You still have my wedding things to get ready.
06:53Yeah, better get home and pack.
06:54Someone's getting impatient.
06:56At six, the sun still hung high over the range.
07:00The last woman came out of the corral.
07:02The brides joined their parents, smiling.
07:05Martha stepped out with the completed list.
07:07Willa Hayes.
07:08Cloud.
07:09She called out each girl's name, her chosen horse, then its owner.
07:13Everyone knew about Colt and me.
07:15Every head turned toward him.
07:17Ellis Shaw.
07:18Martha, that's wrong!
07:20Ellis Shaw?
07:21That sickly Shaw boy signed up?
07:24Ellis Shaw?
07:25That sickly guy entered Bridal Day?
07:26Everyone knows Willa and Colt grew up together.
07:28Why would she pick someone else?
07:29I spoke to every eligible man in Briar Creek.
07:31Why would Ellis sign up?
07:38You planned this with him, didn't you?
07:40Nobody's seen Ellis leave his house in three years.
07:42Why would he enter Bridal Day now?
07:43Those are the rules, Colt.
07:45You have to live with them.
07:46I'm not the one who should be worried.
07:48What happens when your groom doesn't show up on your wedding day?
07:51You'll come begging me to marry you.
07:52That was exactly what had happened last time.
07:55No one could reach Ellis.
07:56I could have lived alone for the rest of my life.
08:00Mom and Dad couldn't live with the shame people piled on them.
08:04I watched their hair turn gray while they sat beside the fireplace.
08:08Then I sent Colt message after message.
08:11I begged him to stop playing.
08:14Honey, we can ask Martha to cancel the match.
08:17Nobody in town thinks Ellis will make a good husband.
08:19You can try again next year.
08:20Don't worry.
08:21Get my wedding things ready.
08:22Ellis will be there.
08:25For the next month, Mom prepared everything I would take into my marriage.
08:29She counted the cattle, packed the quilts, and polished the family jewelry.
08:34One afternoon, Colt walked into our ranch house with Tessa.
08:38Hospitality mattered in Briar Creek.
08:40Mom served them coffee, even with anger written all over her face.
08:44Tessa barely touched her cup.
08:47She couldn't stop staring at my wedding gifts.
08:50If Tessa's going to experience one of our weddings, she should see the whole thing.
08:54She's writing a paper on ranch traditions.
08:56Let her look through your wedding gifts.
08:58No.
08:59The answer came before he even finished.
09:03Those are for my husband to see.
09:05The room went silent.
09:11You're still mad about bridal day?
09:13What's the big deal?
09:14Ellis isn't coming.
09:15You'll marry me in the end.
09:16And don't forget, I gave you that red coral brooch as a promise.
09:18I didn't care how annoyed he got.
09:20My answer stayed the same.
09:21Then Tessa spotted the heirloom comb in the center of the table.
09:24The red coral brooch was fastened to its silver frame.
09:30Is that it?
09:32Colt gave you the coral, didn't he?
09:34Why can't he look at it?
09:35Before I could stop her, Tessa snatched up the comb and slid it into her hair.
09:40The women in my family had passed that comb down for generations.
09:44No outsider had ever worn it.
09:47Colt jumped up and locked his hand around my wrist.
09:51She's curious.
09:52That's all.
09:53She's not going to break it.
09:55Why are you making such a big deal out of this?
09:58Colt held me back while Tessa stood there wearing my family's heirloom.
10:02My chest went cold.
10:04She may not know better, but you do.
10:06My mother gave me that comb.
10:08I said no.
10:09That means nobody touches it.
10:10For years, I had believed Colt would always protect me.
10:13Now he was using all his strength to protect Tessa from me.
10:16She had taken my place in his heart a long time ago.
10:19Bridal Day had never been a test of my love.
10:21It was another trick to make Tessa happy.
10:22I kicked and fought, but Colt was stronger.
10:25Mom had stepped outside to give us privacy.
10:27No one else was there to stop him.
10:31One by one, she tried on everything Mom and Dad had spent years collecting for me.
10:35The necklace, the earrings, the silver pendants.
10:40Every piece had been set by the best jeweler in the state.
10:43Tessa touched every piece like it was cheap costume jewelry.
10:46Then she looked at me struggling in Colt's grip.
10:49This is what you're so worked up about?
10:51It's all so ugly.
10:53Tears hit the floor before I could stop them.
10:55Shut up!
10:59I'll borrow this for the wedding.
11:01You can have it back when I'm done.
11:04She had finally gotten bored.
11:06Colt released me and looked down at the red marks around my wrists.
11:10Did I hurt you?
11:12Do you want me to get you something?
11:15No.
11:17Know what?
11:18I pointed at the coral in Tessa's hand.
11:21She can keep it.
11:30Willow, what are you trying to pull?
11:32Nothing.
11:33I don't want your promise back.
11:36He stared at me, then grabbed Tessa's hand.
11:40Fine.
11:41I'll pick you up at two on the wedding day.
11:42That coral better be in your hair.
11:46He dragged Tessa toward the door.
11:49Two?
11:51What, is that too early?
11:53You're the one who failed to pick my horse.
11:55I looked at him.
11:56And I felt nothing.
11:58Come early, Colt.
12:00It may be your last chance to see me.
12:03Dark clouds rolled over the ranch as they left.
12:06Colt glanced at my face.
12:08For a second, something in my expression made him uneasy.
12:12Still, he kept walking.
12:14Tell yourself whatever you need to, Willow.
12:16If I don't come for you, no one will.
12:19Cloud grazed quietly by the fence.
12:24Days of rain finally broke on my wedding morning.
12:27Mom was up before sunrise to do my hair.
12:30The coral Colt gave me was gone, so she brought out her own heirloom brooch.
12:33It had been in our family for generations.
12:36She fastened it to a silver comb made by the best jeweler in Briar Creek.
12:40When she finished dressing me, tears slipped down her face.
12:43Honey, if Ellis really doesn't come, then I'll stay your daughter forever.
12:51Mom tried to smile.
12:53Your father will say you were reckless.
12:57He had been just as scared in my last life.
12:59The night before my wedding, he drank until he could finally sleep.
13:03Parents were all the same.
13:05When their children suffered, they suffered too.
13:11Don't be scared.
13:12I'm going to be happy this time.
13:14I mean it.
13:16Mom turned away and brushed dust from her dress, even though there wasn't any.
13:20It's getting late.
13:21I need to count the cattle.
13:22My daughter is getting married today.
13:24We won't be outdone.
13:25At nine, we were 30 minutes from the ceremony.
13:28One of my uncles hurried inside with news.
13:30The Mercer wedding party just left.
13:32They're headed north.
13:34Our ranch was south.
13:35Tessa had rented a cabin north of town.
13:38Dad took another sip of whiskey.
13:40Two red spotches rose on his cheeks.
13:42Got it.
13:43I don't want to hear another word about that boy.
13:46People raised on the range knew every sound the wind and ground could carry.
13:50Dad had the sharpest ears in Briar Creek.
13:52With 15 minutes left, he suddenly sat up.
13:55Willa, someone's coming.
13:56You're getting old.
13:58One drink and now you're hearing things.
14:00Dad slammed down his glass.
14:02I'd never joke about my daughter's wedding.
14:04But nobody could ride here from the Mercer ranch in 15 minutes.
14:07Not after heading north.
14:12Who said it was coal?
14:16Everyone turned toward the window.
14:19A man had appeared on the horizon.
14:23Ellis couldn't ride, so he had come on foot.
14:26He had walked from the west end of Briar Creek to our ranch in the south.
14:30I had no idea how long he'd been on the road.
14:33Behind him came hundreds of cattle.
14:37Trucks loaded with furniture.
14:39And case after case of jewelry.
14:42His wedding gifts matched everything my parents had prepared for me.
14:46Even Dad stared.
14:48That Shaw boy has been gone for years.
14:50Where did he get all this?
14:52Everyone in Briar Creek called Ellis the weakest man in town.
14:56He couldn't hit a target.
14:57He could barely sit a horse.
14:59Even the easiest ranch work wore him out.
15:02No one had seen him in three years.
15:05But now he walked through the morning mist.
15:09And stopped in front of me.
15:12His wedding suit was too heavy for him.
15:14Sweat dampened his forehead and his shoulders bowed under the weight.
15:19Still, he had made it right on time.
15:25I'm not late, am I?
15:27Mom was so shocked she forgot every welcome she had planned and rushed to bring him inside.
15:31Dad stopped her with one look.
15:33Then the hardest man in Briar Kelly broke into a grin.
15:37Not late.
15:39Right on time.
15:41None of this had happened in my last life.
15:44Ellis had arrived after sunset.
15:46Mom had cried as he quietly took me away.
15:50Today, he gave me every piece of the wedding we had missed.
15:53Dad made him complete every welcome Mom had forgotten.
15:57Ellis played the door games,
15:59toasted both families,
16:00and led me beneath the wedding arch.
16:04He didn't miss a single step.
16:06When it was time for us to leave,
16:08Mom pulled me aside.
16:10Why didn't you tell us?
16:15Until that morning, I hadn't known for sure he would come.
16:18I only knew that when Cloud novelled my palm,
16:21I missed Ellis so much it hurt.
16:26At ten that morning,
16:28Colt arrived at Tessa's cabin with a huge wedding party.
16:31Her bridesmaids made them play three rounds of steal the hat.
16:40And down two rounds of whiskey shots.
16:42It was the hardest set of wedding games Briar Creek had ever seen.
16:46Even after all that, Tessa never appeared.
16:48One of her college friends smiled at the exhausted groomsmen.
16:51This is how we do it in the city.
16:53The harder the games,
16:54the more the groom proves he loves his bride.
16:56The men forced smiles and kept going.
16:59Colt kept checking his watch.
17:03One late step would delay the next.
17:05If this went on,
17:06he wouldn't reach my ranch by two.
17:08At last, the final game ended
17:10and the cabin door opened.
17:11Colt expected a bride in her wedding dress.
17:14Instead, Tessa stood there in pajamas,
17:16rubbing sleep from her eyes.
17:20Sorry, I stayed up way too late.
17:22You'll have to wait while I get ready.
17:23Then she shut the door in Colt's face.
17:27His friends had finally had enough.
17:29Colt, what is wrong with her?
17:31Does she understand how much timing matters
17:33at a Briar Creek wedding?
17:34What happens when there's a real emergency?
17:35Do we all stand around waiting for her then too?
17:40Colt frowned.
17:41He didn't like it either.
17:42But Tessa could turn one complaint
17:45into an hour-long fight.
17:47So he defended her.
17:48She didn't grow up here.
17:50Of course she doesn't know all our rules.
17:51One of his friends cut him off.
17:53Then she never should have picked your horse.
17:57The rest of the wedding party joined in.
17:59She took part in Bridal Day.
18:01She accepted the wedding gifts.
18:03We spent all night teaching her the traditions.
18:06She can't forget them
18:07the second they stopped being fun.
18:08Colt had invited all those people
18:09to give Tessa the full Briar Creek experience.
18:11Every guest had brought a small strip of wool.
18:14A local wish for a warm and wealthy marriage.
18:16Now every blessing felt like it was choking him.
18:19Tessa, hurry up.
18:21We're going to miss the ceremony.
18:22The door flew open.
18:23Tessa had makeup on one eye.
18:25Her hairpiece hung sideways.
18:27Stop rushing me!
18:28You made me mess up my eyeliner!
18:29I'm only doing this to save you from looking stupid.
18:32You think I want to be here?
18:33The noisy cabin went silent.
18:35The first groomsman shoved his strip of wool
18:37into Colt's hands.
18:38You keep waiting.
18:40I'm done.
18:41The bride clearly doesn't want us here.
18:45Another man checked the time.
18:47If she's not out by 11, I'm leaving too.
18:49Tessa went back to the mirror
18:50and slowly brushed on her blush.
18:53Then leave.
18:54It's not your wedding.
18:58Enough.
18:59How am I supposed to fix this
19:00after you insult everyone?
19:02Tessa's eyes filled at once.
19:04What's that supposed to mean?
19:05If I'm such a problem, go ahead and leave.
19:08Colt looked at the door.
19:09He almost walked out.
19:10Then he stopped.
19:12Colt stayed.
19:13He pulled out his phone and sent me a message.
19:15Might be late.
19:16Be dressed and ready when I get there.
19:17I used to answer him in seconds.
19:19This time, he got nothing.
19:21Tessa finally came out.
19:22Who are you texting?
19:24Nobody.
19:24Tessa didn't believe him.
19:25She crossed her arms and ignored both his hand
19:27and the wool ribbon a guest offered her.
19:29It's Willa, isn't it?
19:30We agreed to teach her a lesson.
19:32She failed your test.
19:32If you give in now,
19:33what was the point of this entire month?
19:35The wedding guests looked angrier by the second.
19:37Colt grabbed Tita's hand.
19:39Right now, we finish the ceremony.
19:41He let her have everything she wanted
19:42and forced himself through every part of the wedding.
19:45By the time Tita finished drinking with the guests,
19:47it was four in the afternoon.
19:48The summer sun still hung high,
19:50but the tight feeling in Colt's chest kept growing.
19:52Tita had finally had her fun.
19:54Her smile came back.
19:55The rest sounds boring.
19:56I'm done.
19:57Go get Willa.
19:58She can take over now.
19:59The champagne for his parents
20:00still sat untouched on the table.
20:01Colt didn't wait another second.
20:02Ranger shot forward the moment Colt hit the saddle.
20:04He had promised to reach my ranch by two.
20:06Now he was two hours late.
20:08Colt covered the distance in 30 minutes.
20:11He jumped down at our gate,
20:12pushed his hair from his face,
20:13and reached for the latch.
20:14Then he heard music.
20:16Our yard was packed with people.
20:17Guests danced arm in arm
20:19while Dad moved through the crowd,
20:20pouring drinks with a huge smile.
20:21No one even noticed Colt.
20:23One of the dancers caught his wrist.
20:24You here to celebrate?
20:25Come have a drink.
20:26Colt didn't move.
20:27The brun had arrived late,
20:28yet the bride's family
20:29had started the party without him.
20:31That broke every rule he knew.
20:32I know I'm late, sir,
20:34but you don't have to humiliate me.
20:36Dad frowned.
20:37Humiliate you?
20:38My daughter got married today.
20:39Of course we're celebrating.
20:40What does that have to do with you?
20:42Colt sighed.
20:42His parents were waiting at home.
20:44In his mind,
20:45I was still upstairs crying.
20:46Come on.
20:47This isn't funny.
20:47I'll come back in a few days
20:48and apologize properly.
20:50Right now, let me take Willa.
20:51Ranger's waiting,
20:52and so are the guests.
20:53The yard glowed with string lights.
20:55The smell of grilled meat
20:55and whiskey filled the air.
20:57Dad stared at Colt
20:58as if he had finally understood the joke.
21:00Then he laughed.
21:01Willa already left with her husband.
21:02You thought she'd wait for you?
21:03Who the hell do you think you are?
21:06Colt stumbled back.
21:07The red coral brooch
21:08slipped from his hand
21:09and struck the ground.
21:09It had fallen before without a scratch.
21:11This time, it shattered.
21:12The music stopped.
21:13So did the dancing.
21:14Everyone watched Colt
21:15run into my old room.
21:17No bride waited there in the dark.
21:18My wedding chests were gone.
21:19The room stood empty.
21:20I had really married someone else.
21:22I warned every man in Briar Creek
21:23who dared marry her.
21:25Every guest remembered the herd
21:26that had crossed the range that morning.
21:28They remembered the man
21:29walking in front of it.
21:30Ellis Shaw.
21:31Everyone called him useless,
21:32but did you see those wedding gifts?
21:33He brought more than every other groom
21:34this year put together.
21:35Willa's gonna live like a queen.
21:37Colt barely remembered
21:38leaving our ranch.
21:39By the time Ranger carried him home,
21:40the moon was rising.
21:42His parents waited outside
21:43with grim faces.
21:44Tessa was trying to leave,
21:45but the wedding guests
21:46blocked the door.
21:47Colt, she's your bride.
21:48She can't just walk out.
21:49Tell them, Colt.
21:50I was only playing.
21:51Colt looked up at the stars
21:52and laughed.
21:53The sound came out broken and ugly.
21:55Then he grabbed Tessa by the shoulders.
21:57They're right.
21:57You're my bride.
21:58Where do you think you're going?
21:59Night settled over Briar Creek.
22:00For Tessa, the game was over.
22:02Her nightmare had just begun.
22:04It took Ellis and me three days
22:05to get everything settled in Denver.
22:07Modern trucks made the move easier,
22:09but nobody could relocate a herd
22:10and a house full of wedding gifts overnight.
22:12We spent our first night
22:13in the best hotel in the city.
22:14I stood at the window,
22:15looking down at the lights.
22:17You found the ribbon on Cloud's hoof?
22:18I turned toward the face
22:19I had known for 50 years.
22:21Ellis looked nothing like a rancher.
22:22His skin was smooth,
22:23his eyes stayed lower,
22:24and he could barely make himself look at me.
22:26I leaned closer.
22:27The tips of his ears turned red.
22:29How could I miss it?
22:30Last time,
22:30I had chosen Cloud in complete despair.
22:32Dad brought him home,
22:33and I couldn't bear to look at him
22:34before the wedding.
22:35This time,
22:36Cloud belonged to Ellis.
22:37Now,
22:37Cloud belonged to both of us.
22:38I had noticed Cloud scraping
22:39one hood against the ground.
22:41Mom and Dad found no injury.
22:42When I checked for myself,
22:43I found a red ribbon
22:44caught against his horse's shoe.
22:45Ellis' Denver address
22:46was printed on it.
22:47He had left Briar Creek
22:48three years earlier
22:49and built a life in the city.
22:50I mailed him a letter
22:51one month before the wedding.
22:52I spent the whole month
22:53wondering if it got lost
22:54or if Ellis had moved,
22:55but I never believed
22:56he would ignore it.
22:57Now,
22:57I hooked a finger
22:58around the edge of his collar.
22:59What if another woman
23:00had picked Cloud?
23:01Cloud knows you.
23:02He would have thrown anyone else.
23:04Ellis glanced down.
23:05Besides,
23:06Cloud was so thin,
23:07no one else would have picked him.
23:08He went quiet,
23:09then drew a long breath.
23:11And even if I got the letter,
23:13I wouldn't have gone back
23:13for anyone else.
23:14Men like Colt
23:15poured sweet words
23:16into a woman's ear
23:16every chance they got.
23:17Ellis gave me
23:18one simple sentence
23:19and my heart
23:20wouldn't slow down.
23:21I had my answer.
23:22I was suddenly too nervous
23:23to ask for more.
23:24Oh.
23:24Ellis stood behind me
23:25for a long moment,
23:26then came closer.
23:27Did I make you mad?
23:28Before I could answer,
23:29the words rushed out of him.
23:30I should have been
23:31at Bridal Day,
23:31but I was scared.
23:32If you saw me there,
23:33you might not pick Cloud.
23:34I frowned.
23:35If the women in Briar Creek
23:36saw you now,
23:37half of them would fall for you.
23:38The older generation
23:38admired loud,
23:39fearless cowboys like Colt.
23:41I had gone to college
23:41and lived outside Briar Creek.
23:43I had seen another kind of life.
23:44I couldn't spend forever
23:45in the staddle
23:46and measure every year
23:47by the size of a herd.
23:48Ellis and I had shared
23:4950 peaceful years
23:50in my last life,
23:51but he never answered
23:51one question.
23:52Why had a man who vanished
23:53from Briar Creek
23:54entered Bridal Day?
23:55Why had a successful man
23:56in Denver married
23:57a woman he barely knew?
23:58Whenever I asked,
23:59Ellis found a reason
23:59to leave the room.
24:00Eventually,
24:01I stopped asking.
24:02Now he pulled at his collar
24:03and gave a small,
24:04bitter laugh.
24:05You wouldn't say that
24:05if you'd seen me
24:06five years ago.
24:07It was the closest Ellis
24:09had ever come
24:09to telling me
24:10about his past.
24:11I wanted to ask
24:12what had happened
24:12five years ago.
24:13Instead,
24:14he turned away
24:14and pulled back
24:15the covers for me.
24:16Get some sleep.
24:17We have an early start tomorrow.
24:19I knew that little gesture.
24:20For 50 years,
24:22Ellis had opened
24:22my side of the bed
24:23before I climbed in.
24:24The sheets were always warm
24:25and carried the faint
24:26scent of pine.
24:27The memory hit me
24:28all at once.
24:29I had waited a month
24:30for him and now
24:30he planned to sleep
24:31somewhere else?
24:31Ellis,
24:32I waited a whole month
24:33for you.
24:33Where do you think
24:34you're going?
24:34He picked up a pillow
24:35and pretended not
24:36to understand.
24:37The couch.
24:38You don't like me?
24:38You won't even sleep
24:39in the same bed?
24:40No,
24:41that's not it.
24:42I thought you might
24:43be uncomfortable.
24:43Then get in.
24:44You're sleeping here with me.
24:46Ellis wasn't ready.
24:47One pull sent him
24:48falling onto the mattress.
24:49I climbed in beside him
24:50and hooked one leg
24:51over his hip.
24:51This doesn't feel right.
24:52I kissed him
24:53and caught his lower lip
24:54between my teeth.
24:55Feels right to me.
24:56You're my husband now.
24:57I can do whatever
24:57I want with you.
24:58His eyes squeezed shut,
25:00tumbled.
25:00I could barely stop smiling.
25:01So this was what it felt like
25:03to steal a husband.
25:04Two years passed in Denver.
25:06More young people
25:07left Briar Creek for the city.
25:08Whenever Martha called,
25:09she sighed about how fast
25:10things were changing.
25:11Still, she always ended
25:12the same way.
25:13Look after our people
25:13out there, Willa.
25:14I used the cattle and jewelry
25:15my parents gave me
25:16to start a business.
25:17It did well.
25:18Anyone from Briar Creek
25:19could call me when they
25:19reached Denver
25:20and I always gave them
25:21a place to land.
25:21I never expected Colt and Tessa
25:23to show up at my door.
25:24Two years had changed them.
25:25Colt had lost the fire
25:26everyone once admired.
25:27A livestock transport crash
25:28had wrecked his family's operation.
25:30His father was left unable
25:31to walk
25:31and they lost most of their cattle.
25:32Once the ranch failed,
25:33Colt came to Denver
25:34looking for work.
25:35Tessa had changed too.
25:36The proud city girl was gone.
25:38Her skin was weathered,
25:39her hands were rough
25:40and she even sounded
25:41like a Briar Creek local now.
25:42Willa, I didn't want
25:43to bother you
25:44but I'm pregnant
25:44and Colt still hasn't found a job.
25:46Everyone says you help
25:46people from back home.
25:47Starting over in a city was hard.
25:49I helped whenever I could
25:50but not this time.
25:51Did either of you call
25:52before showing up?
25:53We're all from Briar Creek.
25:54Why would we need to call?
25:55I straightened my back.
25:56This is my home.
25:57I make the rules here.
26:00I started to close the door.
26:02Colt shoved his boot
26:03across the threshold
26:03and blocked it with his body.
26:07You're still mad
26:07about the wedding, aren't you?
26:10Fine.
26:11I missed Ellis
26:11when I made my plan
26:13but that was two years ago.
26:14Get over it.
26:15He tried to sneer
26:16but regret still showed
26:17in his eyes.
26:18I came to your ranch that day.
26:19You were the one
26:20who couldn't wait.
26:20You ran off with another man.
26:22He said it like
26:22repeating the lie
26:23could make it true.
26:24I laughed.
26:26Get over it?
26:27What if I had picked
26:28the horse with your ribbon?
26:30Do you know what this town
26:31would have done to me?
26:32To my parents?
26:34A woman gets rejected
26:35three times
26:35and people start
26:36calling her cursed.
26:37You expected me
26:38to find one horse
26:39out of 99?
26:41You were out of your mind.
26:43Colt's jaw tightened.
26:44Willa.
26:46You did this to me, Colt.
26:49And what would have happened
26:50if you showed up at two?
26:52You would have dragged me
26:52in front of your parents
26:53and made me thank them
26:54for taking me.
26:57Tessa picked your horse.
26:59She became your bride.
27:01She's the one
27:01who gets to live
27:02with your choices.
27:04Colt stared at me.
27:05I told you.
27:06It was a joke.
27:07Then he pushed harder
27:08against the door.
27:09A large hand struck
27:10the frame between us.
27:11You're scaring my wife.
27:14Ellis stepped up behind I.
27:16His hand stayed braced
27:17against the door frame.
27:18Try to force your way
27:19in again
27:19and I'll call the police.
27:21Colt looked up at him.
27:22Two years of anger
27:24burst out at once.
27:25Your wife?
27:27She was mine first, Ellis.
27:29I let you have her.
27:30What gives you the right
27:31to talk to me like that?
27:32Ellis looked at him
27:33with a coldness
27:34I had never seen
27:35in him before.
27:36I'm her husband.
27:37This is my home.
27:39And you're standing
27:40on my porch
27:41begging my wife and me
27:42for a place to sleep.
27:44Colt had no answer.
27:45He looked Ellis over
27:46and slowly pulled
27:47his foot back.
27:48Then something
27:49in Ellis' face
27:50caught him.
27:52Wait.
27:54Ellis and I both froze.
27:57It was you, wasn't it?
27:58Outside that gaming cafe
28:00five years ago.
28:01Five years earlier
28:02Colt and I had spent
28:03the night at a gaming cafe.
28:06The owner threw out
28:07a young man
28:08who couldn't pay his bill.
28:09He was filthy,
28:10starving,
28:11and too ashamed
28:12to look at anyone.
28:14Colt told me
28:14to mind my own business.
28:16I bought the stranger
28:17breakfast anyway.
28:18Then I gave him
28:19every dollar left
28:19in my wallet.
28:21I stared at Ellis now.
28:23The starving young man
28:25outside that cafe
28:26had been him.
28:29Five years ago
28:30Ellis had been broke
28:31and alone
28:31outside a gaming cafe.
28:32Now he was one of Denver's
28:34newest business success series.
28:35I couldn't fit
28:36the two pictures together.
28:37I turned toward him.
28:38Ellis' face flushed
28:39with anger.
28:40So what if it was me?
28:41For the first time
28:42since he arrived
28:43he looked sure of himself.
28:44Don't act so high
28:45and mighty with me.
28:46If we hadn't helped you
28:46that morning
28:47you would have starved
28:48in the street.
28:48After what we did for you
28:49you can't give us a room
28:50for two nights?
28:51Open your eyes, Willa.
28:52This is who you married.
28:53He's trash.
28:54He pointed at Ellis
28:55and looked at me.
28:56Colt planted his hands
28:56on his hips.
28:57I didn't let him finish.
28:59I pulled Ellis behind me.
29:01Then I kicked Colt
29:02square in the chest
29:03and sent him stumbling
29:04off the porch.
29:04Listen carefully Colt.
29:06I helped Ellis.
29:07You didn't.
29:10And he's not the trash
29:11standing at my door.
29:12You are.
29:17I slammed the door.
29:19The house finally went quiet.
29:21When I turned around
29:22Ellis was staring at the floor.
29:24His hands were curled
29:25into fists
29:26and fear filled his eyes.
29:28Willa, I didn't mean
29:29to lie to you.
29:30I was just scared.
29:33I looked at Ellis
29:34and saw myself
29:35back in that corral.
29:37Bruised.
29:38Filthy.
29:38Sure that no one
29:39would ever choose me.
29:41We had both let
29:42someone else's rejection
29:43convince us
29:44we were worth nothing.
29:45And somehow
29:46we had still found each other.
29:48Five years ago
29:48I had found Ellis
29:49at his lowest.
29:50Ellis.
29:51Look at me.
29:52On bridal day
29:53he found me at mine.
29:54You don't have to be scared.
29:57Maybe I saved you
29:58that morning
29:59but later
30:01you saved me.
30:03In my last life
30:04I had chosen Cloud
30:06because I had nowhere else to go.
30:08Ellis never treated me
30:09like a burden.
30:11He gave me a home.
30:12He stood beside me
30:14for 50 years.
30:19This time
30:19he crossed Briar Creek
30:21on foot
30:21and gave me the wedding
30:22we had missed.
30:27He had never been
30:28the weak man
30:28everyone saw.
30:30He was the man
30:30who came when I called.
30:32I laced my fingers
30:34through his.
30:35I know who you were.
30:36I know who you are now.
30:38None of it changes
30:39how I feel about you.
30:40Nothing he had been
30:41could ever make me ashamed of him.
30:43The fear in his eyes
30:44finally eased.
30:45There was nothing left for me
30:46on the other side
30:47of that door.
30:50Ellis held my hand tighter.
30:52For years
30:53he had hidden
30:54the hungry young man
30:55he used to be.
30:56He thought the truth
30:57would make me see him differently.
30:58It did.
31:00Now I finally understood
31:01why he entered
31:02Brittle Day
31:02in my last life.
31:03He had remembered
31:04the girl
31:05who bought him breakfast
31:06when everyone else
31:07walked past.
31:07I had saved him
31:09with one meal
31:09and the last few dollars
31:11in my wallet.
31:12And when I chose Cloud
31:13he came back for me.
31:14He gave me 50 years
31:15of kindness in return.
31:17Then we were given
31:17another life
31:18and we found each other again.
31:19No more hiding from me.
31:21I wiped the tear
31:21from the corner of his eye.
31:23No more hiding.
31:24Ellis nodded.
31:25I rested my forehead
31:26against his.
31:27Past life
31:28or this one
31:28it didn't matter.
31:29We both knew
31:30what it felt like
31:31to be unwanted
31:32and left behind.
31:33Five years ago
31:34I gave him breakfast.
31:35On Bridal Day
31:36he gave me a way out.
31:37For 50 years after that
31:39we kept choosing each other.
31:40Whatever came next
31:41I would hold his hand
31:42and walk straight into it.
31:46As for Colt and Tessa
31:48they had made their choice
31:49long ago.
31:50They could live with it.
31:52The people we had left behind
31:54faded into the storm.
31:55Ellis and I kept walking forward.