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He motioned for me to proceed.
“There are two things, actually.” I began by filling him in on what I’d read in the report earlier, including the articles about Joseph Reeve’s accident and death.
“It was a very sad time with the loss of that family.”
“I don’t remember hearing about it.”
“You were at the university, and I’m sure your parents didn’t want to trouble you with news of people you didn’t know.”
I had been at UC Davis, which was fifteen miles west of Sacramento and four hours from Paso Robles, where my parents spent the majority of their time. I would’ve been a junior in the viticulture and enology undergrad program.
It was an intense field of study, and given I planned to get a graduate degree as well, I’d had to work hard to maintain my GPA. It made sense my parents wouldn’t have mentioned the accident to me, nor my father’s purchase of the Reeve property. Ridge acquired new vineyards on a regular basis as they became available.
“I know you said there was more to the story regarding Ridge’s purchase of Reeve’s vineyards.”
“I also said it is a conversation you should have with your father.”
I smiled. “I recall. However, is this what you were referencing? Reeve’s accident?”
“In part.”
I smiled again. “Okay, I hear you loud and clear. Next subject.”
Tryst had a glint in his eye similar to the woman’s I wanted to talk to him about.
“You know I had a crush on your niece.”
Tryst laughed out loud. “A crush, you say?”
“Okay, an infatuation.”
He squeezed my shoulder, then his expression turned serious. “An obsession, Noah.”
It was rare for Tryst to use my given name, but I understood why he had.
“I feel myself going down the same road with another woman, yet I can’t seem to stop myself.”
“Seraphina?”
“Yes.”
