Tara was last and gave him a brief kiss on the cheek before turning away.“We were just planning your vacation,” Merie said with glee. “I’m goi...g to make this my unofficial residence during the holidays. Mel and Jen are staying here, from what I understand. That frees up their bedrooms. We’re not sure where everyone else is going to land yet.”Brock just nodded dumbly. He knew that Leslie had designs on using his house as a staging area for the 10-day break.“Well, Jen and Melanie have already. Joseph. From there, he would push his crew towards Council Bluffs, and then Libertyville. The entire route to Council Bluffs would remain north and east of the Missouri River. If all went well, the line to Libertyville would be finished before Christmas, before winter weather froze the ground.Phase two would be a separate line west of the Missouri River, from Libertyville south to Kansas City, then east through Jefferson City, and eventually to St. Louis. That route would remain entirely west. I saw you preparing your own masquerade on the security monitors, Sue, andI realized I could do something similar myself. It was a simple matter tocreate a solid light hologram of my normal self and program it to mimic myactions and modify my voice to more masculine tones, and appear to be myusual self to anyone in the immediate area. I also directed the program itto let me be able to walk right into the hologram and direct it fromwithin, triggered after I utilized your power of invisibility to. As a swimmer, Abbie kept her hair short. However, this afternoon she spent time conditioning it and pruning it so it looked the best it could. Abbie’s aunt helped with makeup. Abbie used a lot of skin conditioner so her skin wouldn’t get destroyed by water from the lake or from chemicals in swimming pools. Yet, she lacked a lot on makeup know how. ‘I don’t want a lot of makeup but I want David to go wow when he sees me tonight.’ Six o’clock got closer and Abbie began dressing. The lacy.