Jack’s prediction came true, though it took a little while for the club’s owners to make their next move. For three days, things went pretty smoothly at Aurora. Loveli had indeed been fired. Being indicted for murder was the sort of blemish most employers wouldn’t overlook. The new guy was a hard-nosed, bookkeeper type who wouldn’t say more than five words to his staff. It was like he just didn’t care.
They wore the new, non-demeaning uniforms; they ousted any customers who refused to accept the no-touching policy. Things were going pretty well.
Until the evening of the third day.
The bookkeeper gathered them all in the empty dining room and told them that the club was going out of business. “Poor managerial decisions have resulted in insufficient profits. This club is no longer a lucra
