CHAPTER 2
II only took a week of extremely long shifts to burst Rachel ’ s fairly hopeful little bubble about her new job . Yes , it was better than her old job – and paid somewhat better, too – but she worked long hours in a terrible penguin suit, and got nothing but patronising swipes and biting sarcasm from the pretentious, over-stuffed , elitist guests . It just went to prove that no amount of money could ever buy manners or style . She didn ’ t see Luke Heartlett again in the place, though , which was a relief, at least. She could do without that humiliation coming back to haunt her. Things were bad enough as it was. Unfortunately, it was about the only bit of good luck she would have. After barely sleeping a wink all night Sunday from a long and stressful late shift , Rachel was in no mood to be ready for work by twelve, to get there before two on Monday afternoon . She wasn ’...