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.

into her mouth, breaking the firm skin to let the juice burst forth, her eyes

grapes at the time, just as Tina hadn't expected her whimsical decision to enjoy the

night breeze brought a pleasant chill, and with

cigarette and stood there, looking at

on,

coming all

low voice reached her ears, and Tina realized perhaps, just maybe, she had missed

"Why aren't you asleep?"

machine

bowl in her hand. "Want

of the grapes wafted

things." Without waiting for Phillip to respond, she retracted the bowl

walked over and sat

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

assume, but him standing outside

didn't want to wake

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

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