Murder Before Moscato_A Vineyard Winery Culinary Cozy Mystery by Christie Waters

Author:Christie Waters [Waters, Christie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Midnight Toast Press
Published: 2018-05-22T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

“Can we just take a minute?” Daniel asked.

“Take a minute?” I said. “I thought whatever you brought me here to see was super important. So much so that I had to come with you right away…”

“It is.” He said. “But I still feel like we’ve gotten off on the wrong foot or something. You’ve been here for almost three years and until two weeks ago we hadn’t spoken.”

“Yeah?” I replied.

“It shouldn’t be that way.” He sat on a large white chair. “We’re in the same business, we could help one another. Or at the very least we could have a common ground, one that doesn’t double as a mine field…”

“What are you talking about?” I asked.

“High school…” He said.

“High school?”

The truth was I had absolutely no idea what he was talking about. I remembered high school, sure. Who didn’t, right? But I failed to see what, if anything, it could possibly have to do with him.

“We went to the same school.” He said.

“Yes… I know.”

“I just wanted to apologize for snapping at you the other day… when I came to your house.”

“What?” I asked. “What does that have to do with high school, and what does either one have to do with anything else?”

You know that feeling you get when you walk into a room and think everyone is already talking about something private, that no matter who you speak to you’ll be interrupting something that doesn’t involve you? Well… that’s the way I felt I that moment. It was like I’d only heard pieces of conversations that had nothing to do with me. Only…. I was the only other person in the room.

“I had a crush on you.” He said flatly. “And not a small one either… but it seemed no matter what I did I couldn’t get you to notice me.”

“What?” I asked, taking a seat across from him.

“When I heard you were moving back to town and that you were single I’d hoped you might notice me. But the longer it went on, the more upset I became.”

“Daniel…” I said. “This is all news to me. I barely even remember you in high school. You were older than me.”

“I know.” He said. “But once I found out you requested the competition be held at Chateau de Midnight all of those old feelings came back. It was an overreaction and I just wanted to apologize now.”

“Fine.” I said. “You’re forgiven.”

“Just like that?”

“Just like that.” I replied. “But why do you keep saying I requested the competition be held in my vineyard? I did no such thing…”

“What?” He wrinkled his forehead. “Then why was it moved?”

“I don’t know.” I said. “I just received a letter in the mail telling me that the club selected my vineyard as the location, and that all I had to do was accept. So, I agreed.”

“No.” He said. “That doesn’t make sense. The competition was originally to be held at Glass Rose. The club contacted me, saying it was to be moved due to your persistence.

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