"Yes, it's just an act, but for her to enjoy this, it mustn't seem like an act. It has to seem real to her. Do you understand?" Yes, I... guess so." N... guessing. You make this real or Veronica and the world will know your little secret." ... All right, all right."The two stood in long all weather coats to conceal the outfits they wore beneath and pulled the leather masks down over their faces as Betty rang the doorbell. Matt also carried a canvas bag.Shonda Dubois had settled in for the. By the time the plane arrived, no one was outside. It continued down the river, turned, and then flew back up. It circled above us once, before flying south over the mountain and directly over the radar dome. The only glitch I could think of was Roy's chopper. Yes, it was covered with netting, but the netting was not the color of snow.About 4PM, we had another surprise! We heard a loud grinding and snapping sound. The ice broke on the river from a surge of water that flowed under it. Shortly,. . apparently, his family. He walked over and crouched down beside hisnursing daughter, tenderly kissing her forehead.He gazed into my uncomfortable eyes, "She about done?" He said, stroking hersoft hair with? two of his fingers.Even before I could answer, Nicole put her arm around her father. "On oneside." She pointed at the baby nuzzling my breast, "Mommy still needs tonurse her on the other one." Nicole pushed past her father and inserted alittle finger along her baby sister's cheek, breaking. 00" She could tell by the look on Tammy's face she still didn't understand what was happening. "Look honey, they say daddy stole money, the government has frozen all our assets, I can't write a check, our credit cards don't work, there is no money!" The last was almost a scream "Look, go through your pockets and anything you got put away. We're going to need grocery money, I'm sure this is going to get cleared up but right now we need some cash,Tammy opened her backpack and pulled out a stuffed.