“Good to meet you, Jim. Beer sounds great but I’m not really a fan of fruit-flavoured drinks.”
“Trust me, you will be. CB’s does the finest Margaritas in Bangkok at the best of times but their passion fruit ones are addictive as hell.”
Jim caught the eye of one of the waiting staff and ordered in fluent Thai. While waiting for the drinks, they made the usual small talk about Dave’s flight and hotel and how he had come to know Frank. Within five minutes the attentive waitress had returned with beer, pitcher, and two glasses. Jim let Dave take a good long drink from the Beer Lao then leaned forward and lowered his voice.
“So, Frank tells me you did a great piece on Svay Pak a dozen or so years back and took down a lot of big people at the top of the chain. To be honest, I’m not usually a
