Chapter 20
Annette placed a bottle of overpriced Merlot and four glasses down upon the table, smiled sweetly as she took a ten-pound note from the be-suited pinstripe who was obviously top dog of the group. He had managed to pull the note from his soft leather wallet and wave it in the air without acknowledging her presence, continuing his conversation without the slightest hint of a pause, such was his importance.
That was the way of it in the city. Strictly speaking though the wine bar was just on the edge of the city. Separated by the river and being one of the few venues to hold an all day licence it attracted the money brokers and mogul shakers from their glass faced edifices across the water.
It was unusually quiet today.Usually at this time, after the pubs had closed, the place w
