Once Upon a Wine
““Grapes still alive?” Ian asked.
“So far, so good,” Cammie confirmed. She tucked her feet underneath her on the sofa. At almost five o’clock in the afternoon, her muscles ached and her limbs felt leaden with exhaustion. Ginger, Kat, and Jacques had joined her shortly after dawn to pull weeds and check the moisture levels in the soil. She let her eyes flutter closed for a moment, tipped her head against the back of the sofa . . .
“Hey.” Ian’s voice brought her back to reality. “Still wit...h me?”
“What? Yes.” She could hear a faint mechanical rumbling on his end of the connection and pictured him out in the fields, surrounded by soil and strawberries. “Sorry—I’m a little drowsy. We’ve had people show up at all hours.” She recounted the story of the midnight tourists.
He sounded both amused and incredulous. “And you invited them in and poured them wine?”
The doorbell rang.MoreLess
“So far, so good,” Cammie confirmed. She tucked her feet underneath her on the sofa. At almost five o’clock in the afternoon, her muscles ached and her limbs felt leaden with exhaustion. Ginger, Kat, and Jacques had joined her shortly after dawn to pull weeds and check the moisture levels in the soil. She let her eyes flutter closed for a moment, tipped her head against the back of the sofa . . .
“Hey.” Ian’s voice brought her back to reality. “Still wit...h me?”
“What? Yes.” She could hear a faint mechanical rumbling on his end of the connection and pictured him out in the fields, surrounded by soil and strawberries. “Sorry—I’m a little drowsy. We’ve had people show up at all hours.” She recounted the story of the midnight tourists.
He sounded both amused and incredulous. “And you invited them in and poured them wine?”
The doorbell rang.MoreLess
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