" Tankena was staring at the leader of the council his mouth agape, and then he turned to Jake throwing his arms around him in a bear hug. Tears were...falling from Tankena's eyes as he bowed to Jake. "I will do all I can to help you Master Jake. You have only to ask." Jake sucked in a deep lung full of air the moment Tankena let him go. Damn he thought I have to remember they are far stronger than me. Shaking his head he turned back toward his Jinns. Sheeka and Qaseem moved toward Jake. "I. We’re still in pretty good shape but there are some health problems revealing themselves the older we get so we built the house with that in mind.This was the weekend of the party we were giving to celebrate the new house and many friends and relatives were attending. One of my cousins had arranged for a young choral group she is involved with to attend and provide some entertainment. They wanted the experience of an audience and she thought this would be appropriate. Three or four adults came. Um, it's Mary, Lisa's mother. I wasn't sure if I should bother you, especially at work, but..." It's fine. What happened." Lisa's OK, but we're in the hospital. She had a blood clot in her leg." Blood clot?" What the hell? Fred knew about blood clots. Knew about them all too well. His mother, during her chemo, had been in and out of the hospital with them, constantly on blood thinners or thickeners or whatever else was needed to counteract the last thing they had given her. Why would a healthy. Of course, I have mywig on, my face is fully-made up, and to add to the excitement further,I'm wearing one of Sarah's necklaces and my fingernails have been painteda very pale red colour! Sarah assures me that the polish will come rightoff at the end of the day with some remover, and of course, I believeher, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't nervous at the prospect ofhaving to go home with my nails done up like this!Sarah's dressed similarly to me, only her dress is shorter and red, andher.