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Rachel closed her mouth then Well, of course it was for work How could she, even for a split-second, i else?

Silly Rachel

‘What kind of work?’ she asked, finally feeling safe enough to lift her coffee off the counter and take a sip

‘A different kind of investment advice from my usual Apparently, this holiday hotel—it’s called Sunshine Gardens—is on theflown up free of charge so they can see and experience first-hand the hotel’s attractions and assets Generally speaking we can do our own thing, except for toe with a presentation of facts and figures to con everyone into believing the hotel is a rock-solid investo, but he can’t, so he asked o in his place’

Rachel frowned ‘Guy Walters Who’s he? I can’t place him’

‘You , beefy fellow Fortyish Bald head Exec in charge of property investments’

Rachel searched her memory ‘No No, I don’t think I do I’d remember someone who looked like that’

Now Justin frowned ‘You’re right Guy hasn’t been down here to see hts with hi he wasn’t there He raced in half an hour later and explained that he was off to the airport to fly to Melbourne because his dad was ill, after which he explained about where he was supposed to be going and begged o in his place Apparently, the CEO of AWI is super-keen on buying this place and is expecting a report on his desk first thing Monday , no excuses Guy said I was the only one he could ask to go in his place whose opinion he would trust He said he knew an old cynic like me wouldn’t be blinded by surface appearances and would look for the pitfalls At the same tis men don’t always see’

‘So oue?’

‘No, actually, he’d been going to take his wife When I pointed out I didn’t have a wife he said that shouldn’t present a problee-nudge, ink crap Guy’s always i I must have a little black book filled with the phone numbers of dozens of dolly-birds available for dirty weekends at a moment’s notice’

Rachel stopped sipping her coffee, her curiosity piqued ‘And you don’t?’