by Diana Orgain | Jun 22, 2021 | Maternal Instincts Mysteries, Sneak Peek, Uncategorized
Did you miss Chapter One? Did you miss part one of Chapter Two? From Lethal Lullaby Chapter Two Continued… It smelled good, but I had to suppress a smile at all the pageantry. I loved a good wine tour as much as the next person, but a lot of it seemed like theatrics to me—could anyone really taste all those notes in the wine? Could anyone really tell the difference between a fifteen-dollar bottle and a hundred-dollar bottle? I was skeptical. With a side‐ ways glance at Andrew, I filched his chocolate. I mean, if I can’t have the wine . . . They sipped the wine with very serious expressions. “An excellent choice,” declared Nick. Natalie, Nick’s girlfriend, started talking as if she were speaking to a camera. “Nick is sipping the 2017 Merlot, infused with dried floral and vanilla and perfumed with berry aromas.” She thrust her empty fist toward his face as if she held a microphone. “Tell us, can you taste the lingering finish?” He chuckled and leaned over to give her a quick kiss, then turned to us. “Natalie’s going to be the next anchor on our local news chan‐ nel, so she’s using this trip to practice.” She suddenly looked shy, tucking back a strand of dark hair that had come loose from her ponytail. “Well, I’m still in the interview process,” she said, “but I’m hopeful. It’d be a dream come true.” “That sounds like an exciting career,” I said. “Have you always wanted to be a journalist?” She nodded. “This is going to be my big break. I’m sure of it.”...
