Harvest Love Page #5

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if the pears are ripe enough

to harvest.

Do you even know

what you're looking for?

Sort of.

Sort of.

Set up for the harvest

festival is shorthanded.

Could use some volunteers.

Andy and I can pitch in.

All right, well,

we'll take my truck,

not the atv.

Scoot over.

Not very subtle, are they?

I think most of the single

women in Pineview

have tried to flirt with Will

at one time or another.

Really?

Yeah, he's a great catch.

Sweetheart!

I just got a call

confirming

that frank honeywell is going

to be one of the judges

in the best pear competition!

That's quite a coup for us.

That's wonderful, honey!

Now wait,

who is he again?

He's one of

the biggest food distributors

in the state.

Winning overall best pear

is the brass ring

for any farmer.

A win like that

can really put you on the map.

Well, it's been a while,

but if I remember correctly,

Gilson farms took home

that prize quite a few times.

Not in the last several years.

Yeah, williamsburg farms

has been winning

year after year.

And I

remember that name.

Whatever happened

to their son, Ronny?

He was kind of

a know-it-all?

No, no,

he goes by Ronald now.

Yeah, and he's even more

of a know-it-all.

I guess some people

never change.

I heard someone say

there's a harvest moon

starting tonight.

You heard right.

Ever seen one?

Maybe when I was younger,

but I don't remember.

Let's see...

The harvest moon

happens once a year,

at the beginning of Autumn,

and the full moon rises

at sunset,

so it's brighter

than usual,

which makes

for longer harvest days.

I am impressed.

My grandpa taught me that.

Well, it looks like

it might be a clear night.

I'll bet we'll be able

to get a good view of it.

Well,

if you're not too tired later,

I could show you

the best place on the farm

to see it.

Why don't you let me help you

with him?

Come on, buddy.

Come on, Andy.

Get him

into bed all right?

Sure did.

I really wish he

could have seen it

before he conked out.

It really is

something, isn't it?

Yep. yeah.

Not going to see

anything like that in Seattle.

All those city lights.

And too much noise.

I can actually hear the

crickets chirping here.

You have been in the city

too long.

Those are frogs.

What? no!

Yes, those are frogs.

Are you sure?

Pretty sure.

Okay, well,

whatever that noise is,

it's...

it's very relaxing.

That's something

I don't think you do much of.

Yeah, well, when you have

a eight-year-old kid,

and you're an

on-call surgeon,

you don't really

have time

to stop and

smell the roses...

Or the apples,

it seems.

Come on, what's your

secret, Will Nash?

I don't have a secret.

I just don't reveal much.

Yeah, well, that might be

a good idea for business,

but doesn't that

get in the way

of having a relationship?

Who says I want one?

I wasn't...

Implying that.

I just...

I meant...

I meant that most

people do that

at some point

or another, so...

Well, maybe

at some point, I will.

Yeah, but

I don't get it.

I mean, you're

a good catch, Will.

Nicole's words,

not mine...

But it is

my understanding

that you're very popular

with the local ladies.

Let's just say

that a relationship

doesn't exactly fit

into my plan right now.

Which you're not

going to tell me.

You are persistent,

aren't you?

Owning my own farm, okay?

That's my plan.

That's a nice plan!

I don't really

understand

how having

a relationship

gets in the way

of that, though.

Sometimes, they do.

When I was in medical school,

I had a plan, too.

No distractions

until I finished my residency...

And then I met Phillip,

and my plan sort of flew

out the window.

Glad it worked out

for you, doc.

When I met somebody,

threw my plans out the window...

It didn't exactly work out

for me.

I was blindsided.

Yeah, things don't always go

as you planned.

Must have been hard.

It was.

It still is, sometimes...

But I have Andy...

Although I've shortchanged him

a lot lately.

How do you mean?

I threw myself into work,

and I wasn't really around

for Andy enough.

The whole point of this trip

was to reconnect with him,

which I think

I've managed to do.

What happens

when you go back

in a couple days?

To be honest,

I don't know.

Up kind of early,

aren't you?

Couldn't sleep.

The moon give you

a lot to think about?

It did.

Do you need to get that?

Yeah...

But I'm not ready to.

Enjoy your walk, Luna.

Don't forget to do

the lift and twist.

Okay, Will,

you really have to stop

sneaking up behind people.

Maybe if certain people

stopped showing up

where they're not

supposed to...

And why am I not supposed

to be here?

Just that these trees are still

in the developmental phase.

Yeah, well,

if it's the same fruit

that you gave Andy

the other day,

I would say

it's far more than developed.

It's amazing.

So, what is all this?

Well, first of all,

they're not apples,

they're pears.

I crossbred

a rare variety of red seckel

with an Asian seuri,

so they have the look

and coloring of an apple,

but the seuri flavor

has hints of apricot.

So that's why it was so sweet.

They also have

a longer storage life

and less susceptibility

to bruising.

That's brilliant.

So does this fruit

have a name yet?

Not yet.

The scientific name

is pyrus phoeniceus.

I patented it.

I'm being

a little cautious

about what

my next step is.

So that explains the secrecy.

I met with some

potential investors,

but they're not sold yet,

so I entered it

in the harvest festival,

and if it wins best overall,

that could seal the deal.

So why don't you just continue

to grow them here?

I could never afford

to do that

on a farm this large.

Besides, if your parents

actually find a buyer,

this farm may not

even be here anymore.

That's what happened

with my folks.

Yeah, farley told me

that a corporation

took it over.

Yeah.

Leveled it.

Turned it into

a shopping mall.

That's awful.

It was,

but taught me that

when life knocks you down,

you get back up,

so that's what I did,

and that's

what I'm doing.

Andy, honey, there's something

I want to discuss with you.

First of all,

I want you to know

that I am so sorry

for all the plays,

and the spelling bees,

and the soccer games

that I missed.

You deserve a mom

that's going to be there

for you, 'Kay?

And I'm hoping that this

makes up for that a little.

I know it's not a theme park,

or what you really wanted

to do, but...

This hasn't been so bad,

and it's been kind of fun

watching you try to bake.

Yeah, well, I...

You know what?

You're going to see.

I am going

to master that cobbler...

And you are going to love it.

Honey, if you had a choice,

would you want to go back

to Seattle as planned,

or would you maybe want

to stick around here

a little longer?

Could we stay

for the harvest festival?

That is exactly

what I was thinking.

Of course, you'd have

to do some school work.

I think I could call school

and get your assignments, but...

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