<table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;">When:</span></td><td><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;">Sunday around midnight, 2  days before the meeting in New York.</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;">Where:</span></td><td><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;">The Bennington Club, Manhattan, New York, NY</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;">Who:</span></td><td><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;">Jaclyn, Asp, and Steffy</span></td></tr></tbody></table><hr/><div class="floatleft"><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><div align="center">(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/2385/eotcdgr8scvudk8zg.jpg)<br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong> Jaclyn Rosendahl </strong><br/>Entrepreneur<br/><em>About her</em> (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=289408.msg14241614#msg14241614)<br/><span style="text-decoration: overline;">         </span></span></span></div></td><td>(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/4/4d/AlTeregoSeparator.png)</td></tr></tbody></table></div><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… escalate? …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">“Escalate? We’ll deal with it, we always have.”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… she glances at her phone and indicates she’s leaving …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">“Okay, sleep well. Meeting at 10 tomorrow. Oh I just decided, we’ll grab a meeting room here so see you and the lawyer and please invite Peter if you can. Cheers!”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… and she’s gone … eat one moz stick and sip of my martini … stifle a yawn …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">“So I’ll call my staff very first thing in the morning. Close the office for the day. Doesn’t matter, there’s no walk in traffic and if du Monde’s minions show up, tough. We’ve nothing for them anyway.”</span></span><br class="clear_left"/><br/><div class="floatleft"><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><div align="center">(https://files.catbox.moe/clloy2.png)<br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Stheno D. “Asp”<br/> Kissplen</strong></span><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;">Ret. Col. Special Forces<br/>Seal Team XIX<br/><em>About Her</em> (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=289408.msg16363404#msg16363404)<br/><span style="text-decoration: overline;">          </span></span></span></div></td><td>(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/4/4d/AlTeregoSeparator.png)</td></tr></tbody></table></div><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… Asp raises a finger …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 13pt;">“So a couple of observations. Steffy’s okay, she’d be a good friend if you let her. She’s not sure about that either, so go careful there. But more important, she dropped some hints that maybe you missed. And you need to get those because every time you mention Peter Warcaof, your voice goes oh I don’t know wistful maybe. I suggest you’re in love with Peter and he’s in love with you. Maybe he likes your new appearance, I can’t speculate. But he brought you into Bennington, right? And went to Africa with you where you both got ripped off. And he brought Steffy and her crew in on your case. And he supported you in Europe. That’s a lot from a guy for a mere acquaintance. I suggest you be a bit more open to him, find out what he likes about your appearance too. He might be a breast man for all we know.”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… she sips her drink to suggest she’s done … I let what she suggests wash over me … Peter? … how much older than me? … a Daddy figure in one sense … someone I enjoy being close to too … a lover? … can I even imagine that? … he likes these huge tits on me? OMG!!! …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">“m thanks I guess. I need to think about that. Red hair he can have. D-cups I’m not so sure, these things hurt my back. Let’s go get a few hours sleep, tomorrow and Tuesday are gonna be heavy.”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… drain my drink and nod to the bartender … Asp drops some cash into the tip jar … damn, I need a phone and purse and wallet and cash and IDs beyond the passport and Global Entry … we leave and head to our rooms … agree on 7 am wakeups and she says she’ll handle that for both of us … call out goodnight through the open door between … I’m so tired my sleep is instant …<br/><br/>… I’m awakened by someone shaking my shoulder …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 13pt;">“Good morning Jaclyn. 7 o’clock, time to get going. You have a meeting to arrange.”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… I mumble something and my brain engages … Peter was in my dream … that’s all I remember … he was sweet … I manage to get up and to the bathroom … shower with a shower cap … no time to dry my hair … and my roots are barely showing … dress low key, a white blouse and A-line skirt … need to go shopping! … nothing to wear to the big meeting tomorrow! … makeup from the small kit Asp and the women provided in Jamaica … and find Asp waiting for me in the door between our rooms ready to go … she nods approvingly …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 13pt;">“Not bad for makeshift. You’re going shopping after our 10 o’clock, don’t let that take more than it needs to.”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… downstairs … front desk and arrange a conference room for 10 … coffee and lunch at 12:30 … into the dining room … men turn their heads … we ignore them …I order a big breakfast and start caffeinating … Asp is more modest … it arrives and I eat most of it, leaving potatoes and bread but not protein … the bacon was great …<br/><br/>… I call Genser from the burn phone … tell her to arrange for a phone and credit card for me … and to call the staff to the meeting here and to close the office and she comes too … send a text to Peter … only number I have …</em></span></span><br/><br/><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>   </td><td><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 9pt;"><em><strong>to: <span class="bbc_u">Peter Warcaof</span><br/>### Expecting you and Steffy and Atty at meeting at Bennington at 10.<br/>### Truly hope you can make it.</strong></em> ~send</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… all good … Asp shakes her head when I ask if she thinks I’ve forgotten anything … sip a second cup of coffee … start to focus on the business problem – fending off du Monde …<br/><br/>… it’s 9:30 when I finish my coffee … we head for the conference room … I sit in the middle on the side of the table away from the door with a fresh cup of coffee … I indicate Asp should sit on my left … yes, I do want her at the table … Debby and Margot arrive together and I introduce Asp … Genser next – seat her to my left so we can take notes as we typically do … Margot is engaging Asp …</em></span></span><br class="clear_left"/><br/><div class="floatleft"><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><div align="center">(https://files.catbox.moe/dk3ubc.png)<br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 13pt;"><strong>Margot Fenring, Esq.</strong></span><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;">Chief Counsel<br/>JR Enterprises<br/><span style="text-decoration: overline;">          </span></span></span></div></td><td>(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/4/4d/AlTeregoSeparator.png)</td></tr></tbody></table></div><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 13pt;">“You’ll excuse me Asp, I just did a search on you and it came up quite sparse, Would I be presuming too much to suggest you have been around the block a time or six. May I ask how is it you know our Jaclyn?”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… I take a sip of my coffee … Margot is so direct … and since we’re waiting for the others, she’s welcome to this  … Asp replies with a perhaps wry smile …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 13pt;">“Or 60, Margot. May I call you Margot? Thank you. I am the face of an organization that approves of what you all are doing with the resorts in the Caribbean. We recognized that Jaclyn was in an interesting situation and so I have had the honor of being her protector and travel agent since we found her in Vienna. You all, who work with Jaclyn, can consider yourself members of our organization since you seem highly committed to the goals your company espouses.”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… Margot probes and finally gives up … she has met her peer in the art of prying and rebuff … seems the two have established a trust … Debby takes it in with her characteristic stoicism …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">“We’ll start at 10:15 if they don’t show. They’re on short notice too so we can wait.”</span></span><br/>