Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan
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- “Julie, honey, what’s the dealio? I’ve waited more than fifteen minutes formy table!”
- “But the terrace is your prime spot! Why on earth did you let those touriststake up all that space?”
- "The party of twelve on the terrace showed up first just beforeyou did,”
- “Well, that tourist in the red fishing cap is the Duke of Glencora. His party just boated over from Windermere – that’s his Royal Huisman you see moored offthe coast. Isn’t it the most handsome sailboat you’ve ever seen?”
- These aristo British types were such a strange breed. Sure, they had their Savile Row suits and their heirloomtiaras, but when they traveled, they looked so painfully frumpy.
- “I’m not impressed by big boats,” Bettina huffed, although secretly she was rather impressed by people with big title.
- From the kitchen window, she surveyedthe party assembled on the terrace with new eyes.
- It was only then that Bettina noticed three tan, well-built men in fittedwhite T-shirts and black Kevlar pants sitting at the adjacent table. The guysweren’t eating but sat watchfully, sipping glasses of seltzer water.
- “I assume that’sthe duke’s security detail? They couldn’t be more obvious! Don’t they know that we’re all billionaires here on Briland, and this isn’t how we roll?”
- “Actually, those bodyguards belong to the duke’s special guest. They did awhole sweep of the restaurant before the party arrived. They even searched mywalk-in freezer. See that Chinese fellow seated at the end of the table?”
- Bettina squinted through her Dior Extase sunglasses at the portly, balding, seventy-something Asian man dressed in a nondescript white short-sleeved golf shirt andgray trousers.
- “Oh, I didn’t even notice him! Am I supposed to know who he is?”
- That’s Alfred Shang!
- “He looks like their chauffeur. Doesn’t he look like thatguy that use to drive Jane Wyman around in Falcon Crest?”
- “What’s his name again?”
- “From what I hear, that chauffeur is the most powerful man in Asia.”
- “Alfred Shang. He’s Singaporean but lives mostly in England on an estate that’s half the size of Scotland, so I’m told.”
- “Bettina, I’m sure you know that there are people on this planet who arefar too rich and powerful to ever appear on those lists!”
- “Well I’ve never seen his name on any of the rich lists,”
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