That did the trick temporarily and Lek smiled.
Beou continued smiling: “After I had Shelly, who’s fifteen now, I thought what you're thinking now and pleaded with her father to set me up in a bar so that his daughter would learn to know her mother as a business woman and I could set her a good example.
I'm so pleased he helped me, even though I probably should have chosen a different game to be in. But this was al I knew at the time
– it's probably al I'm good at now too, I suppose. OK, so what solution have you got in that stil very pretty head of yours. Are you going to ask the next foreigner you meet to set you up in competition with me?”
“No,” Lek laughed, “you'd beat me hands down. We'd be bankrupt within a year, even if I could
