The morning after the wine-tasting party, I found myself seated at the kitchen table, enjoying a quiet breakfast. The sunlight streamed through the window, casting a serene glow over the room. As I sipped on a cup of herbal tea, I scrolled through my phone to catch up on the latest updates. That's when I stumbled upon a headline that caught me off guard: “Local Vineyard Enologist Terminated Effective Immediately.”
Curiosity piqued, I clicked on the article and read through the details. It was Alessia; she had been let go. The article didn’t specify the reasons for her dismissal, but the timing was too coincidental to ignore. The memory of last night's confrontation in the bathroom lingered unpleasantly in my mind.
After finishing my breakfast and washing my plate, I walked out to the bac
