TWENTY-SIX
Two days. It took Xan two very dull days of skimming through paperwork before she felt she truly had a handle on resort operations. Profit margins were slim because expensive luxury resorts weren't in as high demand during the recent economic slump. The mining industry downturn hadn't helped matters. Fewer guests could afford the place, but rising costs meant they couldn't drop the fancy price tag.
As for the rising costs...she could lay a lot of them firmly at Jay's door, wherever it was. Since he'd first arrived at the resort, staff turnover rates had reached a record high. One week, they'd lost ten staff – and eight of those were new hires who'd only started work that week. Smelling a rat, Xan had checked the personnel files. Sure enough, the staff were all women under thi
