In many ways, they succeeded. Cliff was bright and hard-working, a star student and frequent joiner in extra-curriculars. A move to Northern California shortly after his fourteenth birthday did little to hinder that; Cliff’s new classmates were curious about the boy from Australia, interested in his peculiar accent and means of expressing himself. His grades didn’t slip, but stayed high – high enough to earn Cliff admittance to the University of Pennsylvania after he finished high school. Determined to take over his father’s business, Cliff focused on marketing while he was in school, keen to earn the ins and outs of business. His voracious desire for knowledge was curbed only by a crippling sense of self-importance, Cliff’s own tendency to think he was the smartest person in the room making him occasionally lazy and irresponsible. After graduating, Cliff relocated again to Chicago, where he spent two years working towards his Master’s of Business of Administration. Afterwards, he returned home and began working for his father, who had opened a vineyard after their move to North America. Hungry for success, Cliff succeeded – though many would argue that he had a fair share of nepotism on his side. In 2010, only two years after he began working, Cliff was promoted to Marketing Director for Therapy Wine & Guesthouse. It seemed as if all his ducks were falling neatly into a row – Cliff married Romie Taylor in May of 2013 after a surprisingly short courtship and was promoted to managing director (and given a sizeable amount of the share) in September of 2014, two months after his father announced his impending retirement. Added responsibilities at work and the culmination of the honeymoon phase of their wedding resulted in Romie moving out in December, taking all of her things with her and still leaving Cliff on the hook for the rent of her new apartment.