After Jared's father died, Jared stayed with Buck, his god-father. Jared's father's final wish was for him to stay in the family, and not be cast out. Jared retaliated after the funeral by running away, he's a city fellow, not some dusty ranch hand. He soon got into trouble with bandits, they sliced up his ear before Buck rescued him. Jared agreed to come back and live/work on the ranch for him.
I wanted a picture of him first entering the ranch hand wing, his new 'room' which he shares with two others, Bo and Charlie. Being an only child born into money, he's never had to share anything before, so its a rough transition.Â