She was stopped only once, and that was by a pair of rather lethargic soldiers lounging at the mansion gate. Nobody else was visible until she entered... the village proper. There she saw a couple of squads of soldiers poking around the houses, ostensibly looking for something. They did stop her, but immediately lost interest, other than a few ribald comments, once she showed them the pass and mentioned the sergeant's name. Other than these two patrols the village seemed to be deserted.Shasta. Rather than the fury being broadcast by her husband."I ... well ..." I stammered, scrambling to put together something thatmight be a flimsy, but believable, excuse. But how did I explain doingsomething I wasn't even around to do? Just trying to come to terms withthat question was enough to give someone a headache."I really don't know what has gotten into you the past few days,Charles," my father said, shaking his head. "However, your behaviortonight went beyond the pale."Fucking Christ on a. ” She ended her explanation with, “We’re stopping that from happening seventy years earlier than it would have, if we let history take its own course.”Finished, Anna leaned back against me, and sipped her coffee, waiting to see what the Greenburg’s response would be.“Interesting,” Mr. Greenburg finally said. “It’s certainly in line with the other plans you’ve shown us, and it’s certainly in line with your previous explanations.”He went quiet again and turned towards his wife, staring into her. Let's get the kids in the car and go do it."While they vanished to get ready to go, I took a couple of thousand from the bundle and put the rest in the floor safe in the office. Mom told me that she wanted to count it, but I made her come with us.We had a great time shopping for all the little things the girls had been wanting. We had a couple of full shopping carts, and didn't even spend a thousand for everything. Rosita was smart and asked if they could have another shopping day like this one.