My Secret Valentine Page #3

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(birds chirping)

Hello?

It's, uh... it's...

your landlord, I guess.

Hello?

I'm inside, so...

I just didn't wanna surprise you

if you're here.

And if you're not,

then I'm talking to myself,

so never mind.

(soft music)

"There's a lot of downtime

in the country,

"so I decided to help out

and fix stuff.

"I hope that's OK.

Handyman."

Thank you.

- Do you need a bag?

- I don't need a bag for that.

- All right. Bye bye!

(sighing)

Great.

All right.

Taylor! Hey, reception

is pretty bad here.

So, I met with the family today.

Look...

it's...

gonna be a bit trickier

than I thought,

but, uh...

I'm confident

we'll make the sale.

You should probably start

getting my VP plaque ready.

Look, I don't know if you're

getting any of this, so...

I'm gonna let you go.

Bye bye.

What's this?

Oh, yeah! Love these.

This is great!

(chuckling)

"You are my hero, handyman.

Thank you! In Need of Repairs."

(chuckling)

I'm your hero, huh?

OK.

Well, then...

I'll be your hero.

(Chloe):
Hey, Dad.

Hey.

Boy, you sure weren't

easy on Seth today.

Yeah, well, he needs to know

that we aren't pushovers.

I think he got that.

So, how's everything at work?

It's fine.

"It's fine." You used to say,

"It's great! It's awesome!

It's the best job

in the world, Dad!"

I don't know.

I've just been feeling like...

maybe there's

something else out there.

Maybe I need a change.

You know what I mean?

You're talking

to a future retiree.

(Chloe chuckling)

Look what I found.

Oh...

This was our first

Wine Festival!

Dad, what if...

what if we recreated

the original Grange booth

for the festival?

I mean, this might be

our last festival,

so what if we...

what if we did this again?

I don't know

if people would appreciate

something so simple.

- Come on!

I wanna do this.

Let me do this for you.

I'd be honoured.

Great.

It'll be the best booth

at the festival.

Promise.

- OK.

(groaning)

(sighing)

(grunting)

(sighing)

(sighing)

All right,

In Need of Repairs...

any suggestions

on how to entertain myself?

That's right.

Suggestion taken.

(upbeat music)

Morning!

Bear claw? I know it's not

popcorn and chocolate, but...

it's a close second.

- What are you

really doing here?

- I knew you were

an early riser,

so I thought I'd join you.

No, I mean

what are you doing here.

Do you... do you

realize that this winery

has been in my family

for 60 years?

Do you have any idea

what this means to us,

or is this just another deal

you have to close?

Don't judge me so quickly!

I might surprise you.

Really? Then surprise me.

OK. How about this?

See that tall tree over there?

That's an Oregon white oak.

Right next to it,

that's a western white pine.

Great for Christmas trees.

Are you reading this

off of some sort of tree app?

I was a divorce kid.

My mom moved to the city

and my dad

stayed in the country.

We used to go camping

all the time.

All right, all right. I'll...

I'll give you that.

Look, I might not know much

about high-end wines, all right?

- Yeah, that's shocking.

- But I know a good story

when I see one, and...

I'm really good at my job.

You know what? Being charming

is not the same thing

as being good at your job.

You think I'm charming?

I...

(Chloe scoffing)

Don't forget your bear claw.

I'm taking this

as breakfast...

not a bribe.

And you know what?

I'm not your tour guide.

Stop following me around.

(chuckling)

Hey.

I saw you and Seth

in the vineyard earlier.

Do you need to talk?

- Uh, nope.

Nope, neither do I.

Talking is so overrated.

Hey, do you mind helping me

with the booth for the festival?

Of course!

It'll be like old times.

- Yeah.

- Knock knock.

- Are you still following me?

- Thanks for the coffee, Seth.

- Thank you.

- (yawning):
No problem.

Hmm. You look like you could

use this more than I could.

No. No, thank you.

It's all the quiet.

I can't sleep at night.

I need to show you something.

Come with me.

I think we're

supposed to follow.

OK.

So, since my charm

isn't working, I figured I'd

show you how your business would

grow once our company took over.

We did a five-year forecast

with in-depth analytics.

We have an amazing team in place

that will take over

all day-to-day operations

from your dad,

and your current employees

can stay on board if they like.

This includes

an enhanced benefits package

and a pay increase.

This is...

this is a really great deal.

This is a family winery.

It's not about daily operations

and honestly,

my dad would be very unhappy

with someone here who doesn't

understand what we do.

You know what? You're right.

You're right. That's why...

I get to know people

on a personal level before going

into business with them.

I mean, we wanna

build something special.

Grow together.

(phone buzzing)

This is...

this is my, uh... my boss.

I should probably get this.

- Yeah.

- Mm-hmm.

- Ahem. Taylor. Hey.

Wow. This is

a really good deal.

Mm-hmm. Someone's gonna

have to give your dad

a really good reason

to turn this down.

- Hey, Taylor.

- Are you any closer

to this deal yet?

- Uh...

the dad's warming up to it,

but the daughter

is playing hardball.

Listen, you need

to figure this out if you

wanna be considered for VP.

- I know I do.

Well then,

do what you do best.

[Convince Grange to sell.]

[Hey, don't worry.

I got this.]

(beeping)

(sighing)

(sighing)

(indistinct speaking)

(chuckling softly)

(Chloe scoffing)

What is he doing out there?

Do you think he's

posing the cane?

He's pruning the vines.

Oh, he's good.

Oh, he's good all right.

(grunting)

We wondered where you'd gone.

Are you pursuing

a new career path now?

Why don't you join in?

Start pruning?

You're having fun

with this, huh?

Well, you said

you wouldn't sell to somebody

that didn't know the business.

So, I'm getting to know

the business...

from the ground up.

Oh, look at this!

Oh, I wouldn't do that

if I were you.

It's OK. I love

my grapes... tart.

Mm-hmm.

- You can spit it out.

(laughing)

Looks like I'm

the tour guide now.

Uh, that's highly unlikely.

Better watch out, you're

getting your shoes dirty.

- It's OK. I love the dirt.

- Hey.

I embrace the earth.

I'm at one with the vines!

(Chloe scoffing)

So, uh... how's

your buddy doing?

Seth is fine.

Come on, this sign

isn't gonna paint itself.

(soft music)

- All right.

- OK, the manual labour's

a little overkill.

- It reminds me of when I

was back in college, working

on the construction site.

You know, the more you do,

the more I kind of just wanna

say no to you out of spite.

- I can't help it.

I've got a blue collar

underneath this white one.

Really? That's weird.

All I see is a stuffed shirt.

Excuse me. I'm trying

to work here.

- Yeah, you can go there.

- OK. Thank you. Thank you.

(engine roaring)

(indistinct speaking)

Oh, come on.

He's just... unbelievable.

You know what?

I don't think he even

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