Chapter Four
The business premises of the Raines’ family fashion firm looked sleek and decidedly upmarket, their jaunty yellow umbrella logo prominent on the facade.
Rafferty parked in the small forecourt and he and Llewellyn entered the understated but undoubtedly expensive reception area.
Of course, the family business was fashion design so they would require premises that reflected the appropriate image: mahogany and other old-fashioned Victoriana would have no more place here than stuffed eagles or tiger-skin rugs. With its decor of black, grey and silver, with accents of white and rich scarlet, and seating in black leather and chrome; it looked coolly elegant, as did the young woman seated behind the high, curved reception desk, who was clothed in similar hues to the reception area
