Hold My Tear, I’m Getting My Wife Back!

The approval process for the temporary flight route got the fast track, and the Gulfstream private jet took off from the private terminal, heading straight for Capital City Airport. When Phillip pulled up before the Watson Manor, four hours had passed.

His visit was a spur-of-the-moment decision, unplanned, and he hadn't considered that Tina might already be asleep at this hour.

Perhaps he had thought of it, but the impulsive heat of the moment overrode his usual rational thinking, which was a rare occurrence for him.

The house was in the serene darkness of the early hours, with no light from Tina's third-floor window, which suggested she had turned in for the night.

Phillip stood at the curb, leaning against his car door, pulling out a cigarette from the pack.

A voice cut through the night air as he was about to light it. "What are you doing by standing outside my house in the middle of the night?"

Phillip paused and turned his gaze toward the vineyard in the yard.

The lush grapevines covered a small gazebo, and in the dim light of the lamps, he hadn't noticed someone was sitting there.

Tina was swinging on a garden bench barefoot, cradling a glass bowl filled with washed green grapes.

to let the juice burst forth, her eyes fixed

down there eating grapes at the time, just as Tina hadn't expected her whimsical decision

with the garden lights off, the lamps barely illuminated

and stood there,

slipped them on, and walked to

time on your hands, coming all this way just to spy on

Tina realized perhaps, just maybe, she had missed

"Why aren't you asleep?"

a new espresso machine all day.

the bowl in her hand. "Want

scent of the grapes

for Phillip to respond, she retracted the bowl and returned to sit on the bench, patting the spot

over and sat down

since they last sat together like that. A gentle breeze rustled through the grapevine in the quiet

want to assume, but him standing outside at this hour wasn't to see her dad. "Why

to wake

here for?' Tina wondered, considering he usually avoided her on