"Victoria handed in her notice as soon as she reached the office on Monday morning. It did not cause a ripple. One of the younger legal clerks approac...ed her on Wednesday and suggested a drink on Friday evening. That confirmed her views. Friday night, as far as she was concerned was vanishing night and anyone who was going to hang around in London was rubbish. She never considered that she could have been wrong.On Tuesday Peter rang Mark back. "It's all fixed," he said. "Come on the 17th. The. I've mentioned at the beginning of my story that I had brought along a super-insulated medical storage cabinet / fridge. The medical fridge could be powered from two sources, both propane — its normal mode of operation, or with the external compressor it could be electrically powered. The standard medical fridge was already highly efficient, but with the Aerogel inserts I had specified when I was ordering supplies it used well under fifteen watts of power to maintain an acceptably cold. A friend of mine who works at the bank is keeping it for me. I’ve asked her to keep an eye on my financial transactions, as well. If I ask for the key to the box, if I start behaving strangely, if my bank account starts doing anything funny, or if you even so much as say hello to her, she knows what to do.’ She didn’t know why, of course. But Cassie trusted her well enough not to ask. ‘We play this game on my terms, or the evidence goes straight to the AMA.’ Doctor Klein sucked in his breath. Moving the source of disturbance to my otherwise serene thoughtless mind I walked over to the standing HR who as clever as the profession demanded was looking at the same place my eye was trying to counter. A mere explanation wouldn’t have done justice, since their scrutiny wouldn’t have ended on that. So being as straight forward as possible I asked, ‘Would she be joining the company?’ Guess the remark was innocent enough, because I got a reply back stating, ‘Yes! She would be joining.