Chapter Twenty-Six
NicoWe get a late start from Kansas City… for obvious reasons, but the last several weeks have been brutal between bringing myself up to speed as Case Family Wineries new CEO, bringing in two harvests, and planning the opening release party for Fieldstone Winery.
The lines of exhaustion around Ali’s eyes are more pronounced, and I insisted we make a slow morning of it. Ali covers a yawn as we speed down the highway toward Prairie, Kansas where Dec and Emmaline are getting married later today. “I could get used to room service,” she says with a smile.
“You hardly touched your eggs,” I remind her. “I think half the reason you’re so tired is that you don’t eat enough.” This has been an ongoing argument for us, and so far, one I can’t win.
“I had some,” she says with a d
