Echoes of a Promise

Hazel

The phone on the reception desk rings, sharp and insistent. Maya snatches it up, her eyes widening as she listens.

“Hazel…” she whispers, covering the receiver. “You won’t believe this. The Van Der Linds — the millionaires from Zurich — they just confirmed. They want the villa next week.”

I don’t look up from the tablet in my hands. The guest schedules scroll beneath my thumb, neat and contr