Chapter 125

Christmas Eve...

So far, so good. The kitchen crew Preston had hired for the restaurant had shown up at the buttcrack of dawn to start making appetizers and finger food. It had been a cyclone of activity last he'd popped in there. The three maids on staff had done a thorough job on tidying up things and were scheduled to come back later tonight when the party was finished. One of his two front desk hosts was set to arrive an hour before festivities to take coats and book rooms for after the official opening on New Year's Eve, as were the couple of bartenders to man the bar.