We hustled back over to the Coliseum as fast as Dana could go. With her usual limp, she didn’t move much faster than Nora Harper had been.
Nina Harper and her mother were waiting two steers behind Cole in line with Nora’s steer. I had half a mind to say something then and there, but I bit my tongue. There would be time enough later for a confrontation.
The crowd right around the show ring had grown. The bigger steers always drew more people to watch. Dad was still at the fence and Kris was on his right. I let Dana squeeze in beside dad on his left and I stood behind her since I’m several inches taller. It took everything I had not to cradle her and hold her in the public space.
Dad was in full nervous chawing mode as Cole and Big Boy entered the show ring. There were ten steers in the c
