Our ETA was 2PM more or less. The reality network had booked me a mini suite at the Diplomat Lodge just outside Washington. I had no idea what the hel... it would be like, nor did I much care.We were on the expressway headed north when I managed to get the bagel bag open. I just wanted them to see me eat, I didn't need the food at all. I chewed on the bagel and the simple taste receptors allowed me to identify it as a bread with a sweet cheese addition. If anyone asked, I would know that it was a. I’m looking forward to whatever transpires between us. We finished our wine. I text my security team. ‘I want strict privacy’. The reply was an open mouthed smilie. I showed Dania, she got a chuckle out of it. Dania’s security, a fellow named Scott, opened the door, Dania nods in the affirmative. He seems surprised an closes the door. I look at Dania, “Why me?” “You’re not political, and I feel I can trust you Bob. It’s been a long time since I met someone I believed I could trust. . . . I can. I did that the night before we left the city.”She stared at me hard for a few minutes in silence, looking for something in me before she nodded her permission for me to continue. I don’t know what, if anything she found, I still couldn’t read the politically and personally astute elder woman in the slightest. But I instinctively trusted her and any advice she gave me.“The next morning as we were met by the prince, some of his guards and the Mage Guildmaster in hiding to ambush me. His lightning. . I don't know if they can help..." She wipedher face, standing. "I'm sorry I bothered you." Help with what?" Lupine asked. The New York Irish accent seemed to jarthe woman."Mama had a stroke. She was paralyzed." She sobbed again. "We didn't havethe money to support her. None of us did. We had to put her in a statehospital but all they could do is keep her alive. She was wasting awaybefore our eyes. I visited her when I could, but there was nothing Icould do, nothing any of us could do to.