I shouldn't have bought businesses that were so drastically spaced out across the city. It felt like an eternally long drive to the hotel Anastasia managed from this damned real estate office. Traffic wasn't particularly bad on a morning like this, but New York City seemed to span an eternity. Maybe having to walk back to my apartment before I even got started to the hotel to get my car made that worse.

The hotel looked fine from the outside. Better than fine, actually. I ...