“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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