The following day, the time showed 11:45 AM when Zachary set foot in Pullman Kinshasa Grand Hotel's restaurant for his only scheduled meeting before he returned to Europe.
He settled down at a table by the window in the far corner and started taking in the sights around him. The next moment, his eyes lit up as he was really impressed by the aesthetics around him.
The decorations around the place were elegant and extravagant, especially with the eye-catching paintings and expensive antiques adorning the walls. The luxurious dining table sets, neatly arranged in the restaurant, were like a work of art atop the beautiful woolen carpets covering a sizeable fraction of the tiled floor. And as a final touch to the entire set-up, soft classic music, at just the right volume, played in the background, soothing the ears of the customers savoring their meals.
"Good morning, sir," a uniformed waiter said after approaching his table.
