Richard joins me in the kitchen, peering over my work surface and hob, where onions and mince sizzle with the spices. “What are we having?”
“Chilli con Carne.”
“Sounds good. Want some help?”
“No, I’m fine. I enjoy cooking.”
“I’ll rephrase that. Do you mind if I join you? It’s getting a little heated in there.”
“Join me by all means.” I nod across to the bottle. “Help yourself to a drink. Problem?”
Richard examines the label, Hmmms, then pours himself a glass of wine. “Um, not a problem exactly. But I think when Michael accepted my investment in his spa hotel, he thought I’d be a sleeping partner.”
“And…?”
“If you recall, I had the investment made in Elizabeth’s name, and she definitely wants to have an input.”
I pause from chopping chillies as the humour creeps over me.
Of course, he’s used to running everything himself….
Michael’s business, I
wants
the side of my
Ahhh… Shit!
Chillies….
a paper towel. Eyes watering, I dab
don’t
I’m
tomato puree and the rest of the
Michael’s bearing up
*****
are glazing. Doubt in his voice, sitting over a table-top of rosters and timetables, “We’ve
doing it now?”
a sub,
for support. “What do
sparkle. “The boxing I used to do gives you a really good workout. And at the end of it, you know a bit about how to
like the
least have a shot at protecting themselves. But somehow, it’s not always seen as something
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