Chapter 74

Keith found Isla standing close to the tall Concord grapevine. His eyes traced the freckles on her face and her sun-kissed hair. The latter was styled in a messy bun. Isla had the kind of beauty you wanted to look at twice.

"I see you enjoy coming out here a lot," he said to her.

She threw him a rather suspicious look and folded her arms.

"Why do I feel like you’ve been following me? Monitoring me, observing me," she said curtly.

He wasn’t expecting her to be so blunt. But he liked it.

"Don't take my words seriously. I’m only joking," she said and shrugged off the suspicious look.

"I mean, you’re a former cop. So, it's only natural that you would come off that way. You seem like a very smart man, Keith."

His eyes roamed the Concord grapes.

"Thank you for the compliment. I was told you used to live in San Diego."

"True."

"What was it like?"