The room has a weird fog, killing the cosy atmosphere I spent hours creating. The room is still dark and glossy with the same seating and general outlay, but the walls don’t seem right. The colour appears brighter in the lack of overhead lighting, and in fact, the lack of light makes me look up to see why it is so dim here.

‘What is that?’ I point up at the ugly globe light thing in the place of the crystal chandelier I hand-picked for this room as I cross the marble floor and ...