Moving around the dining table, I survey my staff, watching how they all straighten and offer me every bit of their attention as I snake my way to the head of the table.
Everyone is here. My housekeeper. Rohan, my doorman. My personal butler. The maids and the groundskeepers.
They all remain standing. knowing they all have duties to attend to and that I don't usually waste any time.
"Some of you may have noticed that we currently have a woman occupying the private suite on the second floor," I start as I settle at the top of the table, not bothering to take a seat. "She is my guest and is to be treated with the utmost respect, just as you would anyone else who steps foot inside my home. Not a single hand is to be laid on her, or any wandering eyes feasting upon her beauty. She has already been through enough, and I wish for her to find comfort within my home."
