“You’ve been telling me for years to find someone to love again. Someone who makes me happy.” Euan wished he was still out on his board enjoying the solitude of the ocean, instead of getting a lecture from Maggie in his own house. “Now that I’ve asked Dianna to be a part of my life, you’re saying I have to choose between her and my son.”

Maggie sighed. “That’s not what I’m saying at all.”

Euan thumped the table. “Well, damn it, Maggie, what are you saying? You told me Flynn is leaving because Dianna is coming to stay.”

“But it’s not Dianna herself that’s driving him away. Can’t you see that he doesn’t know how he fits in? He’s not sure of his place.”

“This will always be his home.”

“Of course it will but Levallier Dell is more than a home. It’s a business. Where does he fit with that? Do you want your son to be a part of this winery or not?”

Euan glared at his sister. Flynn was already a partner in Levallier Dell. What was she talking about? “I’ve congratulated him on his dry white.”

“He wanted to plant something different over at the Haystack Block and you didn’t let him.”

Euan sighed. “I know, it was probably a bit rash in hindsight.”

“Does he know that? And what about the cellar door?”

“It went well enough but I don’t like people having access to the house.”

“There was no real harm done. And maybe there are other ways to run it. You’ve got several buildings on this property. Perhaps you need to think it through further. It’s an aspect of the business Flynn wants to expand.”

“He’s got his hands full with the Haystack Block wines.”

“The small section you allow him to have a say in.”

Euan put his hands to his head. “We’re just going round in circles.”

“So now you’re starting to get a taste of what Flynn is experiencing.”

“He needs something else in his life.” Euan looked at the scarecrow sketch that now hung on the wall by the bookshelf. “I had a small hope Keely might be the one to help him with that. I tried again last night to get him to stay. I thought with everyone gone that he and Keely might have a chance to get to know each other better. It seems Kat is the one he’s interested in.”

Maggie gave a snort.

“I didn’t like the idea either,” he went on, “but, as Anna reminded me the other day, she can’t help being Theo’s granddaughter and she understands a winemaker’s life.”

“Anna’s always full of suggestions.”

“She can sometimes see things with Flynn that I don’t notice. Since Lucy died she’s been a great support.”

“There’s a fine line between support and meddling.”