CHAPTER 20

“Hi, sweetie!”

          Veronica smiled warmly as she recognized her boss’s voice.

“J.J.,” she responded, “how are you?”

“Fine, I guess. Listen, I’ve got to come over to England on some other business and I thought to come and see you and see how you’re getting on with Elsinore Hall.”

          She laughed since she was expecting his visit. J.J. was like a child with a new toy whenever he acquired a new property, saying every time that he wasn’t going to visit it again until all the renovation work had been complete and then being totally unable to resist checking on how things were going.

          Or not so much checking on how things were going, but sneaking another look, like a child sneaking a look at a hidden-away Chri