<div class="floatleft"><div align="center">(http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/132c/qanv0vlare944wbzg.jpg)<br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;"><strong>Jaclyn Rosendahl</strong></span><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 10pt;">Entrepreneur<br/><em>About Jaclyn</em> (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=289408.msg14241614#msg14241614)<br/> ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ </span></span></div></div><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… Peter’s remark gets what might be a grudging mouth twitch from Jekesai … hardly a smile …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">  “Imbibe is your middle name, isn’t it Peter? I recall only one social event with you where no drink was evident, back in Las Vegas.”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… referring to the night I returned from The Cayman Islands to attend Kenzie’s party and retrieve the blackmail from Johnna … Peter had other ideas for how I ought to approach a certain necklace … and he left in a huff …</em></span></span><br/><br/><div class="floatright"><div align="center">(http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/cc45/8990emmy5sim49izg.jpg)<br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;"><strong>Jekesai</strong><br/><em>Guide</em><br/> ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ </span></div></div><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">  “As long as it doesn’t interfere with your reaction time, Mr. Warcaof. We have critters like Puff Adders and Boomslangs and Mambas and Cobras to avoid and the time available is limited when they become upset. Ms. Rosendahl and I and my assistant will all be armed. I have a handgun for you if you wish it and can claim proficiency. But in the presence of venomous snakes, diminished reaction time is not considered an admirable quality and can leave one dead. I lost a good assistant to a Mamba last year. He was too proud to urinate within eyesight and paid with his life when he happened to urinate on the snake.”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">  “Well I’d be upset too if I was minding my own business and someone, y’know …”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… the bartender delivers her drink, still with a frown … Jekesai seems about ready to say something … glare at him … measured words, not loud …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">  “She’s with us. And if that’s a problem, we can enjoy each other’s company elsewhere, perhaps checked into a different hotel!”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… he apologizes profusely and retreats …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">  “Is such a thing typical here, Jekesai? I do not tolerate it in my hotels and have refunded fees to guests who objected to other guests or staff on the basis of skin color or social status. One small blow against the residue of Colonialism, best I can do.”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… gets more of a smile followed by some very serious …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">  “Not typical, Ms. Rosendahl, but not rare either. Some believe tourists here require obsequious staff and segregated environment. Given our history and how long it took to rid ourselves of British rule. We still struggle to be educated enough to truly self govern. It’s too easy for people like Kenyatta and Moi to gather and motivate followers or attract the Army to their cause. We are poor and ill educated and easily led down the path to food and shelter at the expense of other people. The beggar children you encountered last night. Tribes here are very divided too and the divisions easily exploited. I referred earlier to things I needed to do before we depart in the morning, a small orphanage and school is the main among those things.”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… lift my drink to touch her glass … we each do what we can with what’s been given us … file away the intention to support her work …</em></span></span><br/>