Something in the Wine by Jae

Author:Jae
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, lesbian
Publisher: Ylva Verlag e.Kfr.
Published: 2012-10-26T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Drew took her keys from the hall table and headed toward the door with Cab at her heels. “No, Cab. You stay.” At the last second, she remembered Annie’s instruction to take good care of herself and snatched a jacket from the hook next to the door. She slipped outside, leaving behind a whining Cab.

She climbed down the stairs to the barrel cellar beneath the fermentation barn. Even through her stuffed-up nose, she could detect the heady fragrance of wine and oak. Drew walked between the rows of French oak barrels. From time to time, she put her ear to one of the sixty-gallon barrels. The crackle and pop of the fermenting wine reminded her of the popcorn Annie and she had eaten last night.

Everything reminds you of Annie lately. Pathetic. A crush on a straight woman. Haven’t you read the handbook? No straight women, dammit.

The heavy doors opened and closed behind her, and Martin walked over. “Morning, boss. I thought you were still out sick.”

“I’m doing better, but I’ll go back inside in a minute and do paperwork for the rest of the day.”

“It seems your girlfriend took good care of you,” Martin said.

Drew turned and glanced at him over the top of a barrel. “Girlfriend?”

“Enrico and I saw her when she was walking Cab.”

Great. My friends think there’s something between us, Martin thinks she’s my girlfriend, and my goddamn hormones dance a rumba every time she’s near. Only Jake stubbornly refuses to believe it. “What makes you think she’s my girlfriend?” Had Annie told him that to practice convincing people that they were a couple?

Martin shrugged. “Not hard to figure out. I’ve known you for all your life, but you rarely, if ever, have a woman stay overnight, not even now that your parents are ...” He cleared his throat. “Guess she must be special.”

“She is, but she’s just a friend.” Drew turned away with a sigh and continued down the row of barrels.

“That’s how all good relationships start,” Martin said as he followed her through the barrel cellar. “Your parents knew each other for two years before they started dating.”

“Martin.” Drew gave her voice a warning note. After working for her family for over thirty years, Martin was much more than an employee. As far as Drew was concerned, he had earned the right to ask personal questions, but she didn’t need him to give her crazy ideas. Annie was straight, so she couldn’t afford to let herself hope for more than friendship.

He took off his baseball cap and ran his fingers through his graying hair. “All right. I’ll shut up. Do you want us to test the acid levels of the reds today?”

Drew calculated quickly. “No, let’s wait until tomorrow. I’ll come over and help.” After she said good-bye to Martin, she crossed the yard and returned to the house.

In the living room, the comforter was lying on the floor between the couch and the coffee table, where it had fallen when Annie had jumped up from the couch last night.

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