TWENTY-FOUR
"Mr Meier!" As if Xan's morning wasn't already mad enough, a man wearing a khaki safari shirt and shorts burst into her office. "Mr Meier, he's done it again. It's worse than ever. He won't move, either. You've got to –" He caught sight of Xan and stopped dead. "Where's Mr Meier?"
Toby coughed. "Ah, Lee, this is Xan Lane, the new manager. Mr Meier's replacement."
Xan wanted to strangle the man, but he was only stating the truth, at least as he saw it. This mess wasn't the night porter's fault. She summoned her most serene smile. Never mind that she had to grit her teeth and think about feeding the man responsible to the sharks in the lagoon in order to produce something more believable than a grimace.
Lee eyed her nervously. "I work in Maintenance and someone logged a faul
