You’re really aging yourself with that comment.
ACE
My wife likes to remind me daily.
JULIAN
Is Lincoln free? She might want to talk shop.
ACE
She?
JULIAN
Long story. I’ll tell you over some whiskey.
ACE
You mean bourbon.
JULIAN
I prefer whiskey now.
ACE
Not everyone has good taste.
If you need a place to stay, the Midnight Proof apartment is yours. Rhodes is in town. I’ll see if he wants to join us.
I knew Rhodes would be there. He makes frequent trips between Nashville and Louisville, stopping in Fiasco when he can to purchase whatever rare cases Ace is willing to part with.I’ve been friends with Rhodes Donovan for decades. He’s an asshole who likes to throw his money around and has a helluva time at auction houses, bidding on things other people want just to be a dick. He also happens to have something I want.
Wyn decided to take a few days away. She meant what she said about wanting to be in our bubble for a little longer, so she went into her office and spent a few hours wrapping up whatever it is that she needed to do to make sure her teaching assistant was prepped for end-of-week classes.
“There wasn’t anything specific, she said, but when I told Andi I was heading out of town, she looked anxious, like she wanted to tell me something.” Wyn shakes her head.
“Andi is the woman who came to Birdie’s house during dinner?” I ask.
She nods. “And one of the teaching assistants in the chemistry department.”
I pull into the private road and down toward the parking lot for the airfield.
When she hops out of the Bronco and stares toward the east side of the private airfield, I can’t help but think,Thisfeels like our airfield now.
“You sat up there with me,” she says, pointing to the hill, “and you didn’t mention that you actually know how to fly a plane? I feel like that would have been information worth sharing.”
I smile as I check in with air traffic control. I’ll get clearance as soon as I’m ready to take off. “You already know about my paper airplane attachment, so I grew up a bit, had some money to spend, and I learned to fly the real ones.”
She nods and sarcastically adds, “Yup, totally. People just do that—learn to fly planes and make gorgeous things.”
Laughing, I load our things into the small plane and then open her door. “Crowne, you can do whatever the hell you want, you know that, right? Just make up your mind and do it.”
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Wyn
The in-flight time was quick,and the minute we step foot outside, my mouth tics up at the side as I close my eyes and inhale.
