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outside. It was set with a small table and two
chairs.
    Grace
sighed. How wonderful to come to a room like this after your wedding. Look!
Boxes of chocolates dotted around the room. And not ordinary chocolates that
you could get from a magazine. No, Grace had seen pictures of this brand of
chocolate in a magazine. They could only be imported from Switzerland. Grace’s
mouth watered. Now was not the time to be drooling over forbidden chocolates.
    Grace
stood in the centre of the room and tried to imagine Archie standing here. How
did he die? She looked at the carpet. Had there been a loss of blood? Was this
the same carpet that Archie had stood on? Had the killer been in the room at
the time? If Lily knew about the dodgy lock then maybe someone else did too.
Grace looked again at the French windows. This room was only one storey up,
someone could have easily climbed up somehow and surprised Archie.
    Oh!
Too many questions!
    Grace
still hadn’t got any answers from Lily and how she knew Archie. She opened her
mouth to ask her something. “Lily, can you...?”
    Lily
abruptly swooped over and placed an icy cold hand over Grace’s mouth. She
hissed, “Shh! Someone’s coming! Hide!”
    Lily
disappeared.
    Grace
looked from left to right. Hide? Where?
    She
thought her heart actually stopped when she heard the rattle of the door
handle.
     

Chapter 8
     
    Grace
heard a creak and then a cry of, “Over here!”
    One
of the doors to the walk-in wardrobes was open, Lilly was inside and gesturing
to Grace. Grace didn’t hesitate, she raced towards the wardrobes and flung
herself inside. There was plenty of room inside. Grace swiftly pulled the door
shut and then held her breath. Lily’s eyes were as wide as the grin on her
face. Grace got the impression that she seemed to think that everything was a
game.
    A
female voice shot through the quiet. “I told Old Raspberry that I couldn’t do
everything! But would she listen? No! Thinks we should jump to attention every
time she opens her mouth. Never gives anyone else’s opinion a second thought!
I’m telling you, Carol, one of these days I’m going to pack this job in!”
    Through
a gap in the wardrobe door Grace saw a harassed-looking maid rushing forwards
carrying something in her hands. She placed it down, whipped out a duster and
gave it a quick once-over.
    Grace
turned at the sound of Lily’s giggle. Lily said, “She forgot the champagne!”
    Grace
could now see a bottle standing inside a silver wine cooler next to the bed. A
second maid entered her view. Carol?
    Carol
moved the wine cooler a few inches to the right. “Keep your mind on the job,
Beth. You know how particular Old Raspberry is. She’ll probably be up here in a
minute to check that we’ve done everything right.”
    Beth
disappeared from view but Grace heard her. “What’s wrong with that sour-faced
old trout? Why is she so mean? She’s always going on about hotel stuff, nothing
we do is ever good enough for this fancy hotel. She probably thinks she owns
it! She needs to get a life, sad cow.”
    Carol
took out a duster and cleaned the bottle again. “Don’t be so harsh on her,
she’s had a hard time. I think the hotel is the only thing she has in her life
now. Have you got the rose petals? Are you going to put them on or shall I?”
    Grace
heard a tut from Beth. “I think I can manage that small job. You can feel sorry
for Old Raspberry but I won’t. She doesn’t deserve any sympathy.”
    Grace
saw red rose petals being flung on to the bed. Carol clasped her hands behind
her back as if to stop herself from rearranging the petals. Grace glanced at
Lily. She was shocked to see tears running down her cheeks.
    Beth
complained non-stop as she and Carol vacated the room, firmly closing the door
behind them.
    Grace
let out a slow breath. She opened the doors and stepped out. “That was close,
Lily. I’m glad they didn’t need to come in here, I’m not sure how I would have
explained myself. Lily? Are