Her boss led her down a hallway into an enormous living space, where she noticed a solid wood table matched with four chairs. The room was open-plan, and at the far end there was a large three-seater sofa, two armchairs, and a small round glass coffee table. To her right, out of the corner of her eye, she spotted a breakfast bar separating the kitchen from the rest of the spacious room.

"I know you well enough to guess that right now you want to take a look around the rest of the house," her bo