<div class="floatleft">(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/4474/fy1ijwqfvup45ew6g.jpg) <br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"></span><div align="center"><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">Peter Warcaof</span></strong> <span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"></span><div align="center"><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">CGDA Benefactor</span></strong></div></div></div><br/><div class="floatleft">(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/0d06/edp7l4ylbdz97uv6g.jpg) <br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"></span><div align="center"><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">Ari Warcaof </span></strong> <span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span><div align="center"><strong> <span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">Businessman <br/>(of sorts) </span></strong></div></div></div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;"><br/><em>PW:</em>  Jaclyn may be unraveling.  Or perhaps I don’t understand the full situation.  I was uncertain of this police officer Nan, but to ‘cold cock’ her with the possibility of a fatal blow?  I will keep Jaclyn under close scrutiny. <br/><br/><em>Ari:</em>  Bantam weight, modern day fighter—next in the evolving fight world—use whatever it takes to bring your opponent down.  Based on size, she’d get picked last.  Based on viciousness, she’d get picked much sooner.<br/><br/><em>PW:</em>  The bartender has delivered the Grey Goose, even with the olives.  <strong>“Don’t forget to mention that in your Trip Advisor review.  <em>Hee-hee!</em>”</strong>   <br/><br/><em>Ari:</em>  “Credit cards, your phone, oh and yes, your purse.  That’s a definite.  They’ll shortly be history.” <br/><br/><em>PW:</em>  Ari’s the first to mention items for disappearance.  I nod agreement.  <strong>“We’ll sell those.  The ‘cold-cock’ glass—leave that at the bar here.  It’ll go into their cycle, get washed and disappear.”</strong> <br/><br/><strong>“We could trade those cards as stolen for other stolen cards, but I say take cash and then buy cards elsewhere.”</strong>  Ari nods in agreement.<br/><br/><strong>“A portion of the plan has been laid out for years.”</strong>  Ari nods amiably.  <strong>“We have money in different locations, different cities, not banks.  In case certain concerns eventuate.  Things like this.”</strong>  <br/><br/><em>Ari:</em>  “We assume identities that we feel like at the moment of crisis.” <br/><br/><em>PW:</em>  <strong>“We consider options—how many games of chess have been played with the opponent.  Choose our gambits and proceed.”</strong> <br/><br/><em>Ari:</em>  “We could be hops farmers and salesmen.  The bantam could be the ‘brains’ for sales.  We’ve not done that before.” <br/><br/><em>PW:</em>  <strong>“Hagen.  That could be our last name—usually we don’t change the first name to avoid misspeaking.”</strong> <br/><br/><em>Ari:</em>  “Miss Hagen could call du Monde--hmmpff”  I shake my head, the Queen of Diamonds indeed!—“say a) she discovered the leak was her companion, b) blame us and/or c) be submissive and confess not knowing how it all came about for sure.” <br/><br/><em>PW:</em>  <strong>“For some reason, Ari likes the lettering of options.  We’ll have to deal with du Monde, but I’m not sure Miss Hagen is the one we want to risk.”</strong> <br/><br/>I smile at Jaclyn.  <strong>“So we have a solid foundation to work from—hidden money.  Now we have to look at angles, discuss, let things settle, see how they feel.  Unless we’re inspired by a bolt of eureka <em>Hee-hee!</em> we’ll be at Anastasia’s, but for just a few days I would think.”</strong> <br/><br/><em>Ari:</em>  “And I thought you asked for her.  I mean Anastasia.  Where is she?” <br/><br/><em>PW:</em>  <strong>“We haven’t been here long.  Not even finished with our first drink.  If she’s here, we don’t know what we might have been interrupting.”</strong> <br/><br/>Ari nods.  We both turn to see if she could be approaching, almost here perhaps.  Not yet.<br/></span>