<div class="floatleft"><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><div align="center">(https://files.catbox.moe/0o4om1.png)<br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Palatino;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Peggy Barnes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Lipton)</strong><br/><em>CGDA Lippy</em><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: Palatino;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Where</strong>: Manhattan, at a bar near Jaclyn’s office.<br/><strong>When:</strong> Day two of CGDA’s Pursuit of Jaclyn, early afternoon.<br/><strong>With:</strong> Nicky</span></span><br/><hr/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Palatino;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">Nicky opens along lines similar to where I would have.</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Palatino;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">“Taffy is cool. She was with the cute girls for our last, um, case. So yeah, we need to talk to her but she’s not part of the problem and hopefully part of the solution.”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Palatino;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">Our drinks arrive. My bloody is very strong. Will order some water next.</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Palatino;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">“So let’s talk about this Peter Warcaof.”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Palatino;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">Tick off my points on my fingers.</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Palatino;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">“First, he solicits Jaclyn to join his club. Second, he borrows a bunch of money from her in Kenya. Third, he somehow shows up in Zurich when Interpol kidnaps Jaclyn away from the FAI. Fourth, he’s in Berlin when whatever that was with the jewelry store goes down and Jaclyn disappears. Fifth, he is with Jaclyn again when they come back from wherever on that train from Poland. And Sixth, it wasn’t ever quite said but he asked the Chief to help find Jaclyn. Did I miss something? He’s along for every single kink in this whole fiasco except for being wherever Jaclyn has gone off to.”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Palatino;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">Sip of my drink. Way too strong!</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Palatino;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">“Oh, and is it only coincidence that this du Monde is into diamonds and so is Peter? I mean shit, how do we know Peter and du Monde aren’t all in together on extorting Jaclyn? Everyone says we can trust Peter, but I’m not so sure. Maybe he’s gone bad since? Or his brother has? Or du Monde had him by the balls? I dunno. And I think it’s important that we find out before we walk into a trap trying to find Jaclyn. And I dunno if we can trust the Chief to discuss this impartially either.”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Palatino;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">Hold up a finger so he doesn’t answer yet. I take a small sip.</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Palatino;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">“I was thinking we should send the Chief the recording for them to listen to before we talk. What do you think, Nicky/”</span></span><br/>