.” She paused for a moment.“Go on,” Kath encouraged.“Sorry. We chatted for a bit, saying a long goodbye to each other. He handed me a drink, t...en said he wanted to say a proper goodbye to me as he was leaving the party early. He said I was the best friend he’d made during his time there. Then we hugged, kissed very briefly on the lips, he handed me a glass of juice and then he walked away. Yes, I remember now clearly that he walked away and out of the door.”“And what was the next thing that you. If anybody knew about my limitations as a jock, Franklin Jones did.No, it wasn't economics that was making me the honored guest of the evening. It was my part in Juniper's recent behavioral sea change. My take on it was, her folks had probably just about given up on her, and now I had come along and had them back to hoping their daughter was going to "straighten out."It was the hope that springs eternal, within a parent's breast.I recognized the attitude, and it made me feel a certain extra. .”“If I can get a couple of clients to show up, 3Sigma gets the bill,” he laughed.“DO it, bud!” Jason’s good people, as are his folks, and Susan is a complete hoot. She plays that ‘innocent’ angle to a T, for laughs. I personally think she’s as much of a rock as my Haley. Or Deena, who can effect her mom’s prissiness quite well. But I’ve seen THOSE two at a crawfish boil, and I KNOW better.“I will,” he said.So I believe Jason. That’s part of the charm of this strange bunch – they’re all what. I don’t believe it is Cook, as we have heard nothing from her and none of the other Witches have been able to contact her,” Stone told them.“But who?” the Boston AIC asked.“That is the question, and I have no idea of who it could be. On another piece of business, you had better get some security set up against an attack by Paranormals, now that Cook isn’t there anymore. I’ll get some of our government Wizards up there to set some wards also. Have some of those on the Witch hunting teams find.