” He pushed a small bottle of tonic water to Jason. It was plainly labeled, ‘With Quinine!’ “I don’t know how well it cures malaria, but tha... was the idea anyway.”“I don’t know, either, but I do know it’s a pretty common drink throughout the English-speaking world,” remarked Malcolm. He ordered another round, which was delivered as the pair finished off their first. “Now, it’s your turn. What’s the toast?”Just then, the entire room’s attention was drawn to and riveted to a blonde who entered. "She got out and stood looking at the car for a moment. Then she turned and looked at the house and asked, "Your husband is a junior VP, right?"I nodded.She asked, "Are you rich?"I shrugged and replied, "We just have my husband's income from the plant. Maybe I can explain later if we start getting along a little better."We headed inside. Half way through to the kitchen I heard her behind me when she exclaimed under her breath, "Holy shit!"I looked around and saw Helen dusting the living room.. Bart frowned at this. Dewar had not made such offer, and he’d not been happy that Bart planned to have any slur on his son’s name removed. Bart looked at the older Pix. Jim did have a reputation for his wards and his honest dealings.Bart knew that Jim had been wearing his ring for over a hundred years. A ring won’t stay with a magician if they are dishonest. Bart couldn’t detect any interference with the spells on Jim’s ring, and it resonated as happy as when it had detected his ring.Bart. ’ ‘Thanks.’ ‘Sir? One of the guys back here is a medic, he says this one guy is stable but in deep shit and a battalion aid station isn’t going to do him a hell of a lot of good. He wants us to take him to the evac hospital.’ ‘Tell him that’s twenty minutes versus five, is he okay with that?’ Jake came back on the line in a matter of seconds. ‘Yeah, he says that would be the best.’ ‘Fuel, Rob?’ ‘Seven hundred…give or take.’ ‘That puts us at under four hundred—possible twenty-minute fuel warning.