Not many shady meetings take place during the middle of a sunny day. The kid gave me the signal and here we are, driving out of downtown towards the country. I’m not thrilled to let Mia and that lunatic out of my sight my I do t think he would ever hurt her. To my surprise I am somewhat elated to see the rolling green fields and empty winding road ahead of me. I roll all the windows down and breathe in the fresh air.
About thirty minutes into our drive we slow down to turn onto a gated driveway that leads to a magnificent chateau. This looks to be a vineyard of some sort. I’m not familiar with the local horticulture enough to know what is being grown. There are white flowered trees lining the long private driveway that ends around a fountain in front of the lavish home.
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