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Two minutes later, Andrew Thompson entered with Vanessa Winters, the hotel manager I'd met during our site visit. He looked around the conference room with obvious interest.

"Mrs. Carter," he greeted me warmly. "Hope you don't mind me arriving early. I wanted to see your team's workspace before the formal presentation."

"Not at all, Mr. Thompson. Welcome." I shook his hand, then Vanessa's. "Can I offer you coffee? Water?"

"Coffee would be ...