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Horsehockey V - Episode 976

In a hotel room in Fort Stockton, Texas...

"We have to get out of here, and fast!" Jim Harper told his girlfriend Sharon Faraday. "I just got a complaint from the manager: everyone within earshot of Billy and Robin's room have been hearing them fight since they woke up this morning. And since we're paying for their rooms, Sharon, we probably are gonna be the ones blamed if something gets broken!"
"Yeah, how the hell did Billy come all this way, and he only recently 'lost' his wallet?" Sharon asked. "Doesn't that sound really suspicious to you?"
"It would explain how Rick and me contributed more money to the trip fund than we had originally budgeted," added Samantha Long. "I know Robin gave to the fund. Somehow, Billy's riding on our coattails."
"Just like the guy," Rick Wainwright III finally spoke. "But I agree, we'd better get out of here before they end up killing one another."

Further discussion followed where it was decided that, against their better judgement, a new car would be rented for Billy and Robin. This trip had already cost more than anyone had originally planned, especially after the other rental car broke down west of Fort Stockton, and having to spend a few unplanned days in this hotel waiting for the car to be serviced, which as of this writing, had finally begun that morning, but the mechanic in charge had already warned Jim and Sharon that this project "needed parts brought in from either El Paso or San Antonio", and they wouldn't be available for at least another day.

The main thing was, Samantha was now unwilling to ride along with Billy and Robin, as she was unwilling to referee their arguments on the highway. But what could be done about that? Getting a new rental car would be the easy part. Finding anyone to willingly sit in a car with two feuding people would be much more difficult...

  1. Rick suddenly remembers--he has two good friends who live in town. Would they like to take a spontaneous trip to Florida?
  2. Robin and Billy cease arguing and reconcile. It was just as well, since they were on the brink of being ejected from the hotel.
  3. Meanwhile, back up in Miles City...

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