High Tide by Jill Sanders

Author:Jill Sanders
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781942896937
Publisher: Grayton Press

10

She felt so much better after telling Alan everything. Well, almost everything. She’d loved Ryland so much, it had hurt losing him.

“Shortly after I was released from the hospital, my parents cut me off.” She saw the anger behind his eyes once more. She could tell he was fighting it and reached over to take his hand like he’d done to her several times. “Don’t worry, I had a good friend help me.” She smiled. “Remember Anna?”

He blinked a few times and nodded. “She… knew?”

“Yes, I had texted her when I first found out. Anyway, we stayed in contact. When my parents cut me off and kicked me out for what they called bad life choices, she moved to Kentucky. We got a small apartment together in Lexington. I got a job waiting tables and, since she’d finished school, she got a job as an occupational therapist at the hospital. The pay is crap, but she loves it. She actually met someone.” Grace smiled remembering how happy Anna was with Bryan, an EMT she’d met on the first night of her job. They were inseparable now. “It’s why I couldn’t make it down here…” She was lying only a little. She’d wanted to give her body a while to recover, before seeing him again.

“You don’t have to explain anything.” She watched as he looked off towards the water and could see the pain behind his eyes. She’d seen it in her own eyes for the past year.

“You mentioned going back to school and getting some land?” he asked.

“Yes.” She smiled. “I finished my degree and took night classes along with online classes. I sort of crammed every waking hour with school.” A frown formed on her lips. “Which I’ll be paying off the next few centuries,” she joked.

“What’s your plan to purchase land?” he asked.

“Next month is my twenty-fourth birthday.” Her heart fluttered when she thought about it.

“Okay.” He chuckled. “Which means?”

“My aunt Rita, my mother’s sister, died when I was six. I don’t really remember her much, but what I do remember was that she was a lot kinder towards me than my own mother. Both Rita and my mother inherited the family business from my grandparents. My mother took over when my grandfather retired. My aunt was bought out.”

She felt the sweat dripping down her back and stood up, wanting some shade. He followed her, and they started walking back down the beach together.

“Rita never married. And when she found out about the cancer, she had her will changed so that my parents couldn’t touch a penny of her money.” She glanced over at him. “The sisters never got along. Upon reaching twenty-four, I’ll come into my inheritance.”

“So, you’re going to buy some land and start your very own winery?” he asked.

“Yup.” She smiled and turned to him as they reached the stairs. “And I want your help.”

“Me…?” He blinked a few times. “I don’t know anything about making wine. Only selling it.”

“I’ll be the winemaker. You’ll be more of a… consultant.

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