James
The day before the Grand Opening of Michael’s spa hotel, ‘Life and Beauty’ - If it succeeds as he hopes, pulling in the rich and prosperous from the City to be pampered, cosseted and generally made much of, it should earn him a tidy sum. As well as paying off handsomely for Richard who has invested in the project, albeit with Beth’s name on the share certificates.
Michael is like a cat on a hot tin roof and simply impossible to be around. We have plenty of time in hand, and everything is ready, planned well in advance, but he’s nervous and it shows. He circles the grounds like a shark then paces the inside getting in everyone’s way.
“What exactly is wrong with the way the kitchens are working?” I ask.
He scowls at me. “I don’t know. I’m just not convinced everything’s as it shoul
